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Come out and join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet in the Highway 50 Park n Ride where we will carpool up to Spooner Summit trailhead.

Bring a friend and/or friendly dogs. All hikes are 2-4 miles with duration of about 90 minutes, sometimes with elevation gains of 500 feet or more.

Water and sturdy or athletic shoes are required. Hat, sunscreen and hiking poles recommended. Some trails are dirt and others are paved.

Come out and join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the Korean Memorial parking area, east end of Fifth Street, 600 Marsh Road.

Bring a friend and/or friendly dogs. All hikes are 2-4 miles with duration of about 90 minutes, sometimes with elevation gains of 500 feet or more.

Water and sturdy or athletic shoes are required. Hat, sunscreen and hiking poles recommended. Some trails are dirt and others are paved. In case of bad weather, we will cancel.

Come out and join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the trailhead for the Clear Creek trail, one-half mile west of Jacks Valley Elementary School on Jacks Valley Road, 1.8 miles from Hwy 395, Minden.

Hikes are 4-6 miles in length with an elevation gain, sometimes over 500 feet and usually on single track trail.

Evening hikes are usually one and a half hours or more duration. Water and study boots or athletic shoes required. Hat and sunscreen recommended.

Contact Sharon Coates at scoates7515@gmail.com or 775-720-4060.

Come out and join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the west end of Kings Canyon Road by the trailhead.

Hikes are 4-6 miles in length with an elevation gain, sometimes over 500 feet and usually on single track trail.

Evening hikes are usually one and a half hours or more duration. Water and study boots or athletic shoes required. Hat and sunscreen recommended.

Contact Sharon Coates at scoates7515@gmail.com or 775-720-4060.

Come out and join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the end of the pavement on Sedge Road, off Dear Run Road.

Hikes are 4-6 miles in length with an elevation gain, sometimes over 500 feet and usually on single track trail.

Evening hikes are usually one and a half hours or more duration. Water and study boots or athletic shoes required. Hat and sunscreen recommended.

Contact Sharon Coates at scoates7515@gmail.com, or 775-720-4060.

Come out and join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet in the dirt parking area on Curry Street behind the Railroad Museum.

Hikes are 4-6 miles in length with an elevation gain, sometimes over 500 feet and usually on single track trail.

Evening hikes are usually one and a half hours or more duration. Water and study boots or athletic shoes required. Hat and sunscreen recommended.

Contact Sharon Coates at scoates7515@gmail.com, or 775-720-4060.

Come and join us for our weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the Korean Memorial parking area at the east end of Fifth Street, 600 Marsh Road. This is a easy dirt trail.

All walks are 1-2 miles with duration of one hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths.

Water and closed-toe shoes required. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way.

Contact Betts Markle at 775-843-8424, if you have any questions.

Come and join us for our weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the Korean Memorial parking area at the east end of Fifth Street, 600 Marsh Road. This is a easy dirt trail.

All walks are 1-2 miles with duration of one hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths.

Water and closed-toe shoes required. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way.

Contact Alyce Cloutier, klute89706@gmail.com or call 775-250-0282, if you have any questions.

Come and join us for our weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet in the Hidden Meadow trailhead parking area at 965 Buzzy's Ranch Road. This is a easy dirt trail.

All walks are 1-2 miles with duration of one hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths.

Water and closed-toe shoes required. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way.

Contact Betts Markle at 775-843-8424, if you have any questions.

Come and join us for our weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet in the Hidden Meadow trailhead parking area at 965 Buzzy's Ranch Road. This is a easy dirt trail.

All walks are 1-2 miles with duration of one hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths.

Water and closed-toe shoes required. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way.

Contact Alyce Cloutier, klute89706@gmail.com or call 775-250-0282, if you have any questions.

Come and join us for our weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! This is a easy, dirt trail. Meet at the Moffat Open Space parking area on Hells Bells Road and Parkhill Drive.

All walks are 1-2 miles with duration of one hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths.

Water and closed-toe shoes required. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way.

Contact Betts Markle at 775-843-8424, if you have any questions.

Come and join us for our weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! This is a easy, dirt trail. Meet at the Moffat Open Space parking area on Hells Bells Road and Parkhill Drive.

All walks are 1-2 miles with duration of one hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths.

Water and closed-toe shoes required. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way.

Contact Alyce Cloutier, klute89706@gmail.com or call 775-250-0282, if you have any questions.

Come and join us for our weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at Carson River Park parking lot off of Carson River Road. This is an easy dirt trail.

All walks are 1-2 miles with duration of one hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths.

Water and closed-toe shoes required. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way.

Contact Betts Markle at 775-843-8424, if you have any questions.

Come and join us for our weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at Carson River Park parking lot off of Carson River Road. This is an easy dirt trail.

All walks are 1-2 miles with duration of one hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths.

Water and closed-toe shoes required. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way.

Contact Alyce Cloutier, klute89706@gmail.com or call 775-250-0282, if you have any questions.

When my sister and I were in college, we often had difficulty sharing information by computer. I worked on an Apple Macintosh, while she used an International Business Machines (IBM) unit with a Microsoft Windows operating system.

Bicycle riding, beer drinking and social engagement.

Whether light lavender, dark purple or even white, I love the color and scent of common lilac, Syringa vulgaris. I often see bushes densely covered in blossoms, yet my lilac bushes are sparse with few blooms.

Colorful lights and costumes lit up the streets of Carson City Saturday night as revelers participated in the Blinky Man Spring Ride.

The evening bicycle ride, featuring illuminated cycles and people, made several stops at local taverns around town.

Two Eagle Valley Middle School students and two Pioneer High School students and their families experienced a tragic fire May 16 in Carson City.

Antonio and Alexis Trujillo’s family, and Jordan and Theodore Leyva’s family are now displaced following this incident.

Carson City kicked off holiday festivities in a big way Saturday during the inaugural Memorial Day weekend Rockin’ Rib Fest at Casino Fandango.

Here is the church and here is the steeple. Open the door and see – Oh, sweet Mother Goose! – a heart-wrenching mess. Inspired by a “very personal, visceral” church gathering with his family, artist Sam Shear will reveal his sculpture, Upside Down Church, on Sunday in Virginia City.

A man and woman were arrested Friday evening at 7:05 p.m. in the 3800 block of Goni Road after they were found in possession of drugs, a Carson City Sheriff's deputy reported, including heroin and methamphetamine.

Early voting for the 2018 Nevada primary election began Saturday at the Carson City Courthouse, 885 E. Musser Street in Carson City.

Participants in the annual Battle Born Trail Series: Fire Up for Firefighters Multi-Hour Event in Washoe County raised $5,823.40 for the Nevada Local Assistance State Team Program, also known as Nevada LAST.

On Wednesday May 23, 2018 at approximately 4 p.m., Nevada Highway Patrol troopers responded to a hit-and-run crash involving a vehicle and a bicyclist on State Route 28 near Stateline Road in Crystal Bay.

Memorial Day weekend is often thought of as the kick-off to summer, but in Northern Nevada we know that the weather is a fickle creature. The weather should be dryer and warmer as the weekend progresses but have back-up plans for your bar-be-que, just in case. From the Downtown Carson City Ghost Walk to the Rockin’ Rib Fest at Casino Fandango, a day hike with Muscle Powered to the Spring Blinky Man night-time costumed bike pub crawl – this weekend is chock-full of fun for locals and visitors alike, for the young and young-at-heart.

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Volunteer families and veterans joined forces Friday, placing hundreds of American flags over the headstones of buried veterans and fallen military Friday at Lone Mountain Cemetery in Carson City.

The nationally-ranked Western Nevada FC Coyotes will put both its number one ranking and its 10-game United Premier Soccer League unbeaten streak on the line this Saturday as they host San Leandro United FC at the Moana Recreational Sports Complex in Reno. Kickoff is currently set for 4:45 pm.

Gary Schmidt will be allowed to keep up his state Senate run — for now. The Nevada Supreme Court on Friday ruled Republican primary election voters in state Senate District 16 could cast a ballot for Schmidt ahead of a July 9 hearing at the state’s highest court.

Reward yourself with a true grit, toe-tapping cowboy concert this Sunday in Carson City at the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada featuring Purly Gates, a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist "cowgirl" poet from Texas.

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. — Spooner Lake is home to over 100 different species of wildflowers. Join a wildflower expert for a leisurely two-mile walk around the lake to learn about plant names, uses, habitats and to enjoy their beauty. Park entrance fees are waived for event attendees.

4-H Club, Carson City, First Lego League

Storey County Silver Bricks 4-H Robotics First Lego League club packed their year establishing goals and assisting other First Lego League teams.

A Carson City couple face drug, firearm and child neglect charges after a search warrant was served at a home in which, among other things, a loaded handgun was located underneath a couch pillow where their 2-year-old had been sleeping.

The iconic blue line marking the Kit Carson Trail that winds its way through the west side historic district of Carson City will be replaced by another way-finding method, said Carson City Public Works Senior Transportation Planner Dirk Goering.

Laughter, romance, and a message about what it means to want to live are at the core of “The Hit,” a critically acclaimed play performed in Carson City at the Brewery Art Center's Maize Jesse Black Box Theater beginning Friday, May 25.

It is time to gather up the family and gear and head to your favorite recreation spot. Memorial Day weekend is the kick off for the summer, and traditionally it is a very busy weekend on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Forest visitors can enjoy biking, camping, fishing, hiking, horseback riding, picnicking, and many more recreations activities this summer.

CARSON CITY — The gate located at the trailhead to the Ash to Kings Trail in Ash Canyon, will reopen beginning today, Friday, May 25.

Carson High School students Kalysta Branco, Sara Knight, Catheryn Linkul, Jessica Preston and Jenaya Meyer along with Carson City resident Autumn Cuellar were each recently awarded a $2,000 scholarship from Greater Nevada Credit Union.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue through Friday around the Carson City region, bringing some water ponding along the local roads, according to the National Weather Service.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Dennis Hof has announced plans for an anti-aging rejuvenation center next door to the Moonlite BunnyRanch brothel just east ...

Mr. Appliance of Reno. Appliance repair and installation. Sierra Home Services LLC. 775-690-3298. 795 Jacks Valley Road. Carson City, NV 89705.

Daybreak Friday morning in west Carson City gave way quickly to a rainy downpour.

Ryan Bauer, brewer and co-owner of Shoe Tree Brewing Co. in Carson City, said he thinks oversaturation in the region is a ways away — especially ...

According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.” Beauty and art can both be found at Carson City's Pioneer High School.

Please join us for the 2nd annual Stewart Father's Day Color 5K Fun Run and Walk. All proceeds for this event will benefit the Wishtayo Chumash Youth Summer Field Study Program.

Registration forms can be found here.

Don’t let the weather fool you. Once we get past the gloomy skies of today, we’re on track for a beautiful Memorial Day weekend. The inaugural Rockin’ Rib Fest at Fandango begins this afternoon and runs until Monday, so you’ll have plenty of opportunity to sample some grilled bbq. The Proscenium Players begin their run of ‘The Hit’ in the Brewery Arts Center’s Black Box Theater; break a leg. Lend a hand to our various Veterans’ organizations this afternoon as they plant flags on the graves of those who served in the Lone Mountain Cemetery: many hands make light work.

Leonardo Cardoza, whose first degree murder conviction was overturned, has pleaded guilty to second degree murder rather than face a new trial.

Enjoy a night out on the town with your girlfriends, on a date night, or with the whole family at the Carson Nugget on Friday, June 1, 2018. Relay For Life of Carson City-Douglas County is hosting a spectacular Night of Hypnosis & Comedy with Dan Kimm, Roger Diez, and Sally O'Neill Mauldin. You can expect fabulous entertainment, great fun, and raffles, all while supporting a good cause. Cash bar. The after party will head to The Westside Pour House at 9pm. Join us!

Tickets
$20 in advance - Contact Richaun at 775-240-0157
$25 at the door.

Join Carson City Parks, Recreation & Open Space for an interpretive hike with your dog! Learn about the Carson River and local wildlife and plants while enjoying a relaxing walk with your furry best friend. Meet us at Carson River Park at 5013 Carson River Road at 6pm.

A United States Army veteran and his family remain without a home of their own following a May 16 structure fire that destroyed their apartment off Pheasant Drive in Carson City.

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