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Eric Anthony Buhl was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the March 2017 murder of a 2-year-old girl left in his care at a north Carson City home.

CARSON CITY - District Attorney Jason Woodbury announced Tuesday he will run for re-election this year. Woodbury is finishing his first term after winning office in 2014. “I am profoundly grateful Carson City voters hired me to do this job,” Woodbury said. “We’ve assembled a solid team that serves this community well.”

The Division of Child and Family Services is holding a foster parent information night Wednesday Feb. 7, at Carson Middle School from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

The Carson City District Attorney’s Office won convictions of two defendants charged with felony offenses this week.

Kristin Luis, the Assistant District Attorney for Carson City, has formally announced that she will run for Carson City Justice of the Peace, Department Two.

Judge Tom Armstrong announced Friday that he seeks re-election to Department I of the Carson City Justice/Municipal Court. Judge Armstrong was elected to the bench in 2012, after he was appointed to fill the position by the Carson City Board of Supervisors in May of 2011.

A Fernley man was sentenced this week to life in prison with a chance at parole in 10 years after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the death of a two-year-old child in May 2015, according to the Lyon County District Attorney.

The Carson City District Attorney’s office will lead a Youth and Family Service Symposium at the Nevada Legislature Feb. 1-2, 2018. According to the D.A.’s office, the purposes of the event are to:

Dayton resident James Leo Hamrick was sentenced Monday to life in prison by the Third Judicial Court in Lyon County for the April 28, 2016 murder of Toni Marie Davis.

Almost everyone reading these words grew up safe and secure within the comfortable care of at least one dependable parent. For those of us so blessed, it is hard to imagine anything but a childhood defined by consistency, more than anything else. Some children, however, exist in a different world altogether.

November is National Adoption Month. In Nevada, there are more than 4,600 children and teens in foster care. Many of these children have spent several years in foster care and are seeking more permanent connections through adoption by a family or adult mentor.

An 81-year-old Yerington man was found guilty of three counts sexual assault on a child, one count of lewdness with a child under 14, and one count of open and gross lewdness, following a week long jury trial in Lyon County.

The man who once threatened to disrupt the Nevada Day Parade and led anti-Carson City, South Lake Tahoe Police, El Dorado County Sheriff's Office, district attorney and judge campaigns will be spending the next seven years in prison after he was given the maximum sentence Friday in Sacramento Superior Court.

The man who has led anti-South Lake Tahoe Police, El Dorado County Sheriff, District Attorney and Judge campaigns was found guilty on Monday in Sacramento Superior Court on eight felony charges.

Caretaker Eric Anthony Buhl pled guilty Tuesday in Carson City District Court of first degree murder in the death of 2-year-old Coanuyana Hernandez. Sentencing will be on Jan. 17, 2018.

A 56-year-old man was found guilty of first degree murder with use of a deadly weapon and destruction of evidence in the April 2016 murder of a Dayton woman.

The man accused of murder in the March death of a 2-year-old girl waived his preliminary hearing Monday in Carson City Justice Court with the expectation at the time of his arraignment later this month that he will enter a guilty plea to the charge of first degree murder.

The man accused of firing shots into the home of Carson City Judge John Tatro, and later attempting to firebomb his residence, was sentenced to prison Tuesday following his conviction on felony weapons charges from 2011.

A sunny summer weekend has arrived and it brings numerous fun ways to seize the day. You can always head out hiking or spend the day at the pool, but the Carson City Fair is just here until Sunday. Farm animals, great exhibits, live entertainment, a carnival, and a bull-riding rodeo can be found at Fuji Park. Park your car at the Super Walmart on Topsy and you’ll be treated to a free shuttle. Go a little bit country at the Brewery Arts Center tonight; they are bringing back the Southern Drawl Band to the Minnesota Street Stage for this week’s free concert.

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Historian Patty Cafferata will present “By Gas, Rope, Bullet or Poison: A History of Capital Punishment in Nevada” on Saturday, July 29, at 10:00 am at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park.

A “zero tolerance" policy for prosecuting marijuana sales to youth in Carson City was announced Wednesday by District Attorney Jason Woodbury.

Carson City District Attorney Jason Woodbury announced Monday that a sheriff’s deputy acted in self-defense in the 2015 shooting of a domestic violence suspect. Deputy Carl Howell and Jonathon Pope were both killed when they exchanged gunfire at Pope’s residence in Carson City in the early morning hours of August 15, 2015.

The man accused of sending a Carson City judge threatening messages, shooting at and attempting to fire bomb his home, was convicted by jury Thursday in Carson City District Court of two felony weapons charges from 2011, said Carson City District Attorney Jason Woodbury.

A 29-year-old Fernley woman who pled guilty in a Lyon County courtroom to driving under the influence of a controlled substance causing death and driving under the influence of a controlled substance causing substantial bodily harm, was sentenced to prison.

Investigators continue to unravel the bizarre circumstances surrounding a Carson City woman who was arrested Friday after she allegedly faked her 10-year-old son's death in order to generate money through community donations and a GoFundMe account, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.

From the moment victims report a sexual assault in Carson City, they are assigned an advocate to help them through the legal process and to recover emotionally.

The Office of the District Attorney in Carson City is collecting new or used business attire the entire month of April 2017. The clothing collected will be donated to Classy Seconds which, through the work of Advocates to End Domestic Violence, provides free business attire to individuals seeking to enter or re-enter the job market.

A California man who pled guilty to DUI drugs causing the death of a Silver Springs man in a Dec. 14, 2016 fatal crash on US 95 in Lyon County has been sentenced to prison, Lyon County District Attorney Stephen B. Rye said Tuesday.

The man believed to be responsible for shooting at and attempting to firebomb the home of a Carson City judge and sending him a threatening Christmas card in the mail has been formally charged for the crimes, officials announced Tuesday.

DNA evidence that links a 74-year-old Reno man to threats made to a Carson City judge has been confirmed, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said Wednesday.