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Saturday, June 1, 2024 - 9:21pm

UPDATE: Power has been restored. NV Energy informed customers the outage was caused by wildlife.
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A widespread power outage Saturday evening has affected much of Douglas County, including Minden, Gardnerville and areas of the south county and Kingsbury. NV Energy reports 14,034 customers were without power as of around 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 1, 2024 - 5:52pm

Washoe County prosecutors have sued the United States Postal Service, asking a federal court to halt its plan to move key mail processing operations from Reno to Sacramento — cities divided by a snow closure-prone mountain pass — and accusing the agency of circumventing federal law.

Saturday, June 1, 2024 - 3:53pm

Join Nevada Author, Sandie La Nae, in a lecture and PowerPoint presentation titled: “Eilley Riches To Rags At Bowers Mansion.”

Saturday, June 1, 2024 - 1:25pm

Louis and Peggy Locke, founding Pastors of Carson City Foursquare Church celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on May 25th.

Saturday, June 1, 2024 - 11:43am

Meet Penelope, also known as Princess Penelope. This sweetie is very social and friendly. She is a beautiful short-haired Tabby hoping to find a home where she will be spoiled for the rest of her life. At 9 years young, this lovely girl has many good years of life ahead of her.

Saturday, June 1, 2024 - 9:24am
June's Carson City Connections story theme is "A funny thing happened..." The magic of humor in our lives and relationships. Join us for a few laughs with Robert and Maria. Both share in the love of humor and laughter. For them it's serious business — a means of expressing and coping with all of life's many challenges.There is no better medicine than the tears of laughter.
Saturday, June 1, 2024 - 7:38am

Fire crews and managers are already preparing for fire season. Despite two years of average to above-average precipitation, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region Fire Director, Jaime Gamboa, knows just how quickly wildfire season can take off.

Saturday, June 1, 2024 - 6:38am

Optum, a leading health solution and care delivery organization, brings its Mobile Medical Center known as "Medicine on the Move" to Carson City this Tuesday and Wednesday.

Friday, May 31, 2024 - 5:10pm

Discover Andean Music with Kantu Inka during a series of three weekly lessons at the Carson City Senior Center.

Friday, May 31, 2024 - 4:26pm

UPDATE: The fire is controlled and extinguished, per WildCAD. No further extension to wildland, according to Eastern Sierra Fire & Ice, a fire and weather watch page.
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A large fire has been reported and spotted on the wildland fire cameras in Lyon County as of Friday afternoon.

Around 4 p.m. the smoke plume was first reported near Speedway and 95A in Lyon County.