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A Carson City man has been identified in a crash that killed two people Tuesday night on Highway 50 in the Stagecoach area.

UPDATE THURSDAY: A Carson City man has been identified in a crash that killed two people Tuesday night on Highway 50 in the Stagecoach area.

In the days of covered wagons, copious amounts of gold and silver, and dastardly highway bandits, the legend of the Prison Hill Missing Treasure still lives today, and people often comb the sides of Prison Hill in Carson City searching out the lost Wells Fargo gold for themselves, but it has yet to be found to this day.

CARSON CITY — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed Executive Order 2018-21 on Wednesday, lowering flags in honor of former Nevada Governor and U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt.

Paul Dominique Laxalt, a former Nevada Governor, United States Senator, Lieutenant Governor and District Attorney, and one of former President Ronald Reagan’s closest friends in politics, died at a healthcare facility in Northern Virginia on Monday. He was 96.

Each person has an estate. It can be large or small. It includes all of your personal property, money, bank accounts, retirement accounts, insurance policies and real estate that you own.

The Nevada Highway Patrol has identified a California man who died in a vehicle accident that happened Wednesday, July 25, on US Highway 6 in Esmeralda County.

The Capital City Arts Initiative, also known as CCAI, presents its exhibition, "Jenny Raven: The Creative Growth Years 1979 - 1984" with artwork by artist Jenny Raven in the city’s Community Center Sierra Room, 851 E William Street, Carson City. The exhibition is available to the public through October 18, 2018. CCAI will host an exhibition reception on Friday, August 17, 5-7pm in the Sierra Room.

UPDATE: The Storey County Deputy Sheriff’s Association is asking for the public's help to assist them in supporting one of their deputy's children, Jonathan and Kaitlyn Francone of Carson City, who were injured in a fatal car crash near the Oregon-California state border.

A 50-year-old Dayton man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for manslaughter with a deadly weapon after a guilty plea in May following a shooting incident in which a 39-year-old Dayton man died, Lyon County District Attorney Stephen B. Rye said Thursday.

A Yerington man convicted in May of killing his wife who worked as a rural mail carrier was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with the eligibility for parole in 25 years, according to Lyon County District Attorney Stephen B. Rye.

Authorities have identified the suspect in custody for Sunday's shooting at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Fallon that resulted in one dead and another injured.

Grammy-nominated country singer Ty Herndon, who rose to fame as a finalist in the television show “Star Search” will perform Aug. 25 at Living the Good Life in Carson City as a part of the Last Response Memorial Fund music festival.

The Nevada Highway Patrol has identified a Reno man who died Sunday in a motorcycle crash on USA Parkway in Lyon County.

According to friends, a memorial letter "K" went up late last week and remains Monday on C-Hill in memory of Curtis Ryan Kiernan, who died June 29 in a motorcycle crash in Sparks.

The Nevada Highway Patrol has released the name of a Gardnerville man who died from injuries in a motorcycle crash that happened Sunday on State Route 207 Kingsbury Grade near Tramway Drive.

Not every hero walks on two legs. Some have four.

There are five of these serving the Carson City Sheriff's Office, and I was humbled to be able to meet them Saturday at a retirement celebration for one of their own.

The Nevada Highway Patrol said Tuesday that it has made an arrest in connection with a fatal crash that happened Jan. 6 on South Carson Street in which an 81-year-old woman died.

Linda Javitch Furbee was born on December 2, 1947 in Los Angeles, California to her parents, Pauline and Harry Javitch. She is survived by her husband, Stephen Nicholas, and about a million friends, and colleagues, including the many people she helped on their journeys in her various roles in the community. She died of issues related to metastatic breast cancer on June 21, at 3:07 a.m. the exact minute the Summer Solstice began.

I recently cleaned out old files on my computer, coming across one I hadn't seen in six years.

It was the eulogy I wrote for and delivered at my father's funeral on June 30, 2012.

Reading through it for the first time in six years stirred up a lot of memories, some painful but mostly fond.

Firefighters were experiencing improved wind and weather conditions early Wednesday in the Voltaire Canyon area of south Carson City where a wildland fire, believed to have started by campers, erupted Tuesday night.

The Nevada Highway Patrol has identified a 68-year-old man from British Columbia who died Monday from injuries sustained in a crash involving a motorcycle and a passenger car.

Carson High School graduated about 465 seniors Saturday at its Carson City football stadium.

Under sunny skies and windy conditions with C-Hill serving as a backdrop, members of the CHS Class of 2018 in words and on their mortarboards, praised their parents, families and teachers for believing in them.

The Nevada Highway Patrol has identified a Fallon woman and a Silver Springs man as the two victims of a fatal crash that happened Monday afternoon on Highway 50 near Silver Springs.

Mark William Yenter, recently retired deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Carson City resident, died May 25, 2018. He was 60 years old.

A funeral service will be held for Maj. Gen. Yenter at the First Presbyterian Church in Carson City at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 2, with interment to follow at Lone Mountain Cemetery here. He will receive full military honors.

Another Memorial Day has come. Today we observe the sacrifices of men and women who gave the last full measure of devotion in defense of the United States of America.

I was going to write about how this year marks the sesquicentennial of Decoration Day, predecessor to the modern Memorial Day holiday.

Liberty is the absence of murder, slavery and tyranny. Liberty is the "freedom to choose" constrained by the golden rule with equal individual responsibility to choose wisely.

Bob Parkerson started smoking cigarettes when he was 15 years old. So, four years ago when his cardiologist recommended he quit, Parkerson, then 72, was skeptical he’d be able to.

A Carson City woman who pled guilty after faking her child’s death in April 2017 so that she could generate money through a scam of community donations was sentenced to prison Wednesday.

A Northern Nevada Correctional center inmate was killed Tuesday in an attack by another inmate who allegedly used a homemade weapon in the Carson City facility homicide, prison officials said.