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An excavator has been removing chunks of the Kinkead Building throughout the week, taking apart one of Carson City skyline's most notorious and poorly constructed buildings ever.

We’ve got one heck of a weekend on its way, and it’s starting right now. Start off with a trip to the Governor’s Mansion with something non-perishable for the annual Share Your Christmas Food Drive: you won’t even have to leave the warmth of your vehicle. Break a leg to Wild Horse Children’s Theater and to the Proscenium Players. Both troupes begin the run of their winter plays tonight at the Brewery Arts Center. It’s a Christmas Shopping Extravaganza at Fuji Park. You’ll find a plethora of vendors, crafters, and artisans waiting to help make your holiday shopping hassle-free.

Carson City Nevada TRIAD presents “Public Works for Public Safety”, a discussion on how the city prepares for major winter weather events and tips and tools for individuals on how to manage in major weather at the Carson City Senior Center Friday, Dec. 8, at 11:45 a.m.

UPDATE 1:15PM: Video added of Kinkead Building demolition.

The final phase of demolition began Monday at the Kinkead Building at 505 East King Street in Carson City. Since Oct. 16, crews have been gutting the inside of the structure from the bottom up.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Monday afternoon to a vehicle accident near the intersection of College Parkway and Research Way.

With rain continuing to fall throughout Carson City and a Flood Watch in effect through Thursday night, some city streets are experiencing some ponding.

The demolition of the Kinkead building at 505 East King Street in Carson City continues. The demolition contract was awarded to local contractor Advance Installations, Inc. A high reach demolition excavator and Bobcat front loaders have been gutting the inside of the building from the bottom up, according to Deputy Public Works Administrator Chris Chimits.

Join Carson City Public Works for Ribbon Cutting Ceremony celebrating the completion of the Waste Water Treatment Plant's Phase 1A at 3320 E. Fifth Street Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 9 a.m.

The $30 Million rehab of the wastewater treatment plant is Carson City’s largest capital improvement project and ahead of schedule.

Demolition of the much reviled Kinkead Building at 505 East King Street in Carson City is currently underway.

Carson City’s 2017 limb and leaf collection begins Monday, Nov. 13 and runs through Thursday, Nov. 16.

Carson Street from Fairview Drive north to Winnie Lane has been closed in preparation for today's Nevada Day Parade, according to Carson City Public Works.

As the capital city prepares for Saturday's 79th annual Nevada Day Parade, the thousands who line Carson Street for the celebration will no doubt generate paper, plastic, food and beverage waste.

Carson City crews spent Friday putting out barrels along the parade route as an all-out effort to minimize what others leave behind. Following the parade, Carson City Public Works is there to sweep the street clean of debris.

The 29th Carson City Chamber Leadership Institute Class of 2018 is off and running and will be learning about our city for the next 8 months.

The joyful sounds of bells chiming from atop the Paul Laxalt building in downtown Carson City came to an abrupt halt over the summer because of equipment power failure, said Public Information Officer Mary Woods of the Nevada Department of Administration.

YERINGTON — Lyon County Manager Jeff Page has announced a new initiative to address the physical and fiscal health of Lyon County. Page explained Lyon County ranks 14 out of 17 in the Health Outcome Rankings and 15 out of 17 in the Health Factor Outcomes.

As Carson City becomes more bike-friendly, it is important that residents and visitors are able to safely navigate around our community by bike. While having bike lanes and paths is one part of creating a bike-friendly community, it’s also important for people on bicycles to understand how to ride safely.

Heavy equipment has begun clearing space on the old animal shelter property at 3770 Butti Way to make way for a new bus terminal, said Carson City Planning Division Assistant Planner Kathe Green.

Commuters may experience minor delays on eastbound Fairview Drive in the area of I- 580 as well as southbound I-580 at Fairview Drive and associated surface streets.

Families and residents were treated to an open house Saturday hosted by the Carson City Public Works Department at its corporate yard off Butti Way.

What to do, what to do? That’s the question that starts most every weekend. If you’ve got kids, test their mettle at the annual Capitol City Triathlon. Open to kids of all ages, they will bike, run, and swim their way to the finish line. The third annual Sassabration event kicks off with a multi-colored, costume bike parade from the Brewery Arts Center to the celebration at Sassafras Eclectic Food Joint. Multiple bands, vendors, non-profit booths, free swimming at the Carson Hot Springs, not to mention the yummy food and drink available make this a not-to-be-missed festival.

Today, Wednesday from 5 to 10 p.m., the Capitol Complex grounds and associated buildings in Carson City will be closed to the public for first responder agencies to participate in a full scale “active shooter” drill.

A new ambulance that would provide Basic Life Services to residents has been approved by the Carson City Board of Supervisors at its July 6 meeting, board minutes said.

A private contractor working in the Silver Oak area installing main connections on the water pipeline serving the extreme northwest portion of Carson City ruptured the line Monday morning sending one person to the hospital with moderate injuries, according to Carson City Public Works.

The much-reviled Kinkead Building will be taken down before the end of this year. "The goal is to have it down by mid-December at latest," said Public Works Manager Gus Nuñez.

The Carson City Public Works Department is holding an open house on July 15th, from 10 am to 2 pm. Come join the men and women who help keep your city running daily with clean water, sewer service, streets, utility billing, the Jump Around Carson (JAC) bus system, landfill, city vehicle fleet maintenance, flood mitigation and storm drain services. Bring the whole family to a unique event, with tons of big construction equipment to see up close and climb on, a fun duck race, informative displays, lots of cool, free give-aways, and yummy eats from The Lazy Hog food truck.

Carson City Public Works has unveiled a new portal for accessing the City's map data. MapGeo is an online interactive mapping application that uses Carson City's geographic information system (GIS) to provide the latest property information and other map layers to staff and citizens.

Several leading residents of Carson City pooled their resources Sunday to treat local public service workers to a barbecue at Fuji Park.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed several measures into law Friday including one of the Governor’s priorities, Assembly Bill 471, creating the Nevada Office of Cyber Defense Coordination.

Carson City you did it again, you lent a hand and kept our water, waste lands, and citizens safe by properly disposing of 247 pounds of prescription and non-prescription medications and 91 pounds of needles at the April 29th Prescription Drug Round Up.

The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City is back to full operations just in time for the Memorial Day Weekend and the busy summer season. Construction crews this week completed removal of more than 110,000 square feet of debris and repairs to the tracks on the museum grounds that were damaged by flooding in January.