• Carson Now on Facebook
  • Follow Carson Now on Twitter
  • Follow Carson Now by RSS
  • Follow Carson Now by Email

July 2014

Stanley Lloyd Hunewill

Sep. 30, 1934 - July 9, 2014 Stanley Lloyd Hunewill longtime rancher of Bridgeport, California and Wellington, Nevada passed away on ...

Russell John Gentry “Woody”

Feb 25, 1954 - July 24, 2014 Russell John Gentry ‘Woody’ unexpectedly left this world Thursday July 24th, 2014. He is reun...

Howard “Bud” Sutherland

Dec 25, 1923 - July 28, 2014 Howard “Bud” Sutherland passed away July 28, 2014. He was a fifty-six year resident of Carson...

Eugene (Pat) Briggs

Eugene (Pat) Briggs, died Thursday, July 3rd, 2014 at Banner Hospital in Fallon, NV. Mr. Briggs was 88 years old. He leaves his wife ...

Steven David Calcaterra

Oct. 15, 1979 - July 9, 2014 Steven David Calcaterra, age 34, passed away July 9th, at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Cente...

Care Flight called after woman, child struck by vehicle at Fifth and Roop streets

UPDATE: Carson City sheriff's officials confirmed an adult woman was flown by Care Flight following this morning's crash at Fifth and Roop Street and a child was taken by ambulance. Their conditions are unknown and their identities were unavailable.

***
UPDATE: Care Flight has taken one victim to the trauma ward of Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno following a pedestrian accident this morning at Fifth and Roop streets. A second victim was taken by ambulance. Reports to dispatch were that a woman and child were hit by a pickup at the intersection.

***

Man jailed on felony charge of violating probation terms after traffic stop

A Reno man was booked Tuesday into Carson City Jail on a felony charge of probation violation. Timothy Ryan Gillenwater, 25, was stopped after a Carson City sheriff’s deputy observed the vehicle he was driving speeding 50 mph in a 40 mph zone and twice crossing the white travel lane divider, according to the arrest report.

Officers could smell a slight odor of alcohol from his breath and observed four opened and empty beer cans in the back seat of his vehicle, the arrest report states.

A new 'Carson City' will sail for the U.S. Navy

A few months ago, Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell was out of the state when he received a message from his city hall office that a secretary from the Navy wanted to arrange a meeting with him.

Crowell, a Navy veteran who served in the Vietnam War, suspected the meeting might be about recruiting. He was delightfully wrong.

Don Q's Nevada and Northern California fishing report through Aug. 5

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of June 30 through Aug. 5, 2014.

Nevada Public Health launches websites to combat sexual violence

The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health launched two new Nevada-specific websites Tuesday to help schools protect students from sexual assaults on college campuses.

The websites, www.preventsexualviolenceNV.org and www.stepupstopviolence.org, define sexual assault and consent and offer approaches for individuals, students, and community members to safely intervene when observing a potentially high-risk situation.