Falling

Another winter storm is on the way bringing strong and gusty winds and a brief period of moderate to heavy snow on Sunday in the Sierra and then falling to the valley floor into Carson City by Sunday night.

Winds will begin to increase late Saturday night with the strongest winds anticipated Sunday morning and early afternoon, according to the National Weather Service, which which has posted a Wind Advisory and Winter Weather Advisory for the Carson City region and a Winter Storm Warning for the Sierra and Lake Tahoe.

A 26-year-old Carson City man was arrested Tuesday for felony home invasion after allegedly kicking in the door of one apartment and assaulting a resident in another, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Western Nevada College’s Carson City and Douglas campuses are offering new driver’s education courses for teens 15 and older this winter and spring.

Recently, there have been quite a few news stories in Carson City about local businesses falling victim to embezzlement. It even reached into the Carson City Sheriff's office last year.

Most small businesses can only afford one bookkeeper who "does it all." Unfortunately, that is how embezzlement most likely occurs. One person with no oversight or accountability, having access to all books, records, bank accounts, blank checks, etc. That's a big temptation for some folks.

Hello fellow anglers, winter doesn't officially begin until Dec. 21 but with our recent weather, I'm getting ready for ice fishing season.

With 8 degree mornings, the higher lakes are now beginning to freeze over. I prefer to wait until a lake has a minimum of 8 to 10 inches of ice on it before I venture out, even though statistics and various websites may say different.

Snow flurries have begun. The first storm dropped heavy “Sierra cement,” that wet slushy snow whose weight often damages plants. Here are a few tips for preventing winter injury to plants.

A 47-year-old Carson City man was arrested Friday, 2:40 a.m. in the area of Telegraph and Stewart streets on misdemeanor charges of DUI, open container and possession of drug paraphernalia, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

A low pressure system will produce strong gusty winds tonight and a wind advisory is in effect beginning early Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. Snow is expected to arrive in the Sierra by Sunday morning, with rain and snow showers around Carson City by Sunday night.

Carson City Health and Human Services will host flu vaccination clinics this Thursday and next Tuesday as it continues to help build community immunity. By getting a flu vaccine this year, citizens are not only protecting themselves but others from falling ill to the flu.

Class will be approximately 1 to 1 ½ hours in length. There will be an incorporation of Regular Sun Salutation, while variations of A and B will be incorporated making it an energetic eclectic class with various added balance, inverted, and challenging poses. While the class winds down into Yin Poses and ending in a few restorative poses.

Carson City unemployment fell to 6.8 percent in September, according to figures released Tuesday by Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. In August, unemployment in Carson City was 7.1 percent. The month's figures count for an additional 200 jobs over-the-year, officials note.

The statewide seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September registered at 6.7 percent.

Community flu vaccination events are being held in October and November in Carson City and Douglas County.
Each fall, the flu returns and brings with it the fever, cough, sore throat, congestion, muscle aches and fatigue that many of us dread.

In a training exercise Wednesday, seasonal firefighters joined with recruits and veteran firefighters from the Carson City Fire Department to practice extinguishing wildfire and discouraging its spread.

“By training, we can hone our skills. We work together more efficiently,” said Rodd Rummel, wildland fuels management officer. “Even for seasoned veterans, training is always key to efficient and effective work.”
Crews spent the day at a north Carson home practicing different maneuvers, such as creating defensible space, thinning brush and extending the fire hose.

The first week of October marks the official start of flu season in the United States. Beginning in October and lasting through May, flu season is the period when flu germs are most likely to be circulating and to make people sick.

After falling to 15 degrees below the average daytime high temperature over the Labor Day weekend, temperatures will quickly rebound to around 10 degrees above average, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

A Carson City man arrested Saturday on felony warrant charges from another county, also faces a charge of possession of stolen property after he was found on a mountain bike stolen earlier from a Divot Road home, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of Aug. 5, 2015 and beyond. As of Aug 4, Nevada Department of Wildlife fishing reports for Western Nevada waters are not included as their most current reports are dated June 4.

June was a tough month for Nevada casinos with the total win falling 8.4 percent below the previous June.But the core of the problem wasn’t how bad business was in June, but how good it was in June 2014 whe...

June was a tough month for Nevada casinos with the total win falling 8.4 percent below the previous June.But the core of the problem wasn’t how bad business was in June, but how good it was in June 2014 when total sta...

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of July 29, 2015 and beyond. Nevada Department of Wildlife fishing reports for Western Nevada waters are not included as their most current reports are from early June.

The unemployment rate for the Carson City area rate rose to 7.3 percent in June, but declined 1.1 percentage points from 2014, according to figures released Tuesday from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

A 53-year-old Carson City man was arrested Saturday on a felony charge of battery with a deadly weapon after allegedly ramming another vehicle during a road rage incident, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Thinning of trees for fuels reduction and forest health has resumed on approximately 340 acres of National Forest System lands on the east side of Highway 267 north of Speckled Avenue above Kings Beach, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of June 10, 2015 and beyond.

A 44-year-old Carson City man was arrested Friday in the 1400 block of Rand Avenue on felony drug possession charges, a gross misdemeanor charge of child neglect and possession of drug paraphernalia, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

A deputy with the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement Team was called to the area of Rand Avenue for a report of drug activity. Taken into custody was Erik Robert Compton.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of June 3 and beyond.

With a critical Assembly vote Sunday approving Gov. Brian Sandoval’s controversial new gross receipts tax, all of the moving pieces were falling into place to ensure that the 2015 legislative session will adjourn by midnight Monday....

April unemployment claims filed in Nevada were down 9.3 percent from April 2014 figures, with the general trend in claims, captured by the 12-month moving average, remaining relatively flat, falling by 0.8 percent to 14,510 in April, said Bill Anderson, chief economist for Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

“The waves were like riding on the ocean after the initial shock subsided,” Ian Pierce, one of a team of researchers from the University of Nevada, Reno’s Nevada Seismological Laboratory studying the Himalayan earthquake fault, said about the 7.3 aftershock that struck Nepal and India Tuesday, May 12.

Shut out through the first six innings by Megan Mello, the Western Nevada College softball team didn't go down without a fight at the Region 18 Softball Tournament on Friday afternoon in Taylorsville, Utah.
College of Southern Nevada's Mello took a four-hit shutout into the final inning, but the Wildcats fought back to score two runs before falling in the elimination game, 7-2.