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Heading into the Veterans Day weekend, there’s a bevy of activities around the Carson City region over the next four days. Events include live comedy, art and heater, multiple holiday craft fairs around Carson City and Carson Valley as well as several Veterans Day ceremonies and offers of gratitude to vets and active duty members of the U.S. military on Monday. Read on for details.

Using only a drill bit and a hammer, the annual Rock Drilling Competition wowed and impressed on Nevada Day.

The winner of the competition was awarded to First Place, $2000 – Emmit Hoyl.

The intention of the competition is to attempt to drill the deepest hole possible within ten minutes, with only a steady stream of water to help the drillers excavate.

Washoe County Sheriff’s Office detectives announced today that the remains of missing 20-year-old Kenyon Wilson were located late last week. Detectives say they are treating this case as a homicide investigation and are asking the public for any information that may help to identify and locate a suspect, or suspects.

Impressions. They are what we remember about people, places or things that come into and out of our lives.

Hello fellow anglers. The season is changing just like the leaves in Alpine County. Renee and I took a drive up to Apple Hill located in Placerville, Calif., last week and were planning on doing some fishing in the higher lakes.

A 43-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in the area of Fall and William Street for allegedly trying to fight a Pioneer High School student and throwing rocks at the school.

UPDATE: The 19-year-old bear captured Tuesday in Carson City by wildlife officials has died as a result of a brain tumor after he was tranquilized, with the intention of being released later into the wild, according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife. Go here for the updated version of this story.
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With recent bear sightings around Carson City, including Tuesday morning off of Minnesota Street, it is a sure sign that fall has set in as the capital city area is seeing increased bear foraging activity, according to wildlife officials.

2019 was the inaugural year for the Northern Nevada Gambler 500. What is the Gambler 500 you ask? The Gambler 500 was born from a dream. A dream of giving forgotten, tossed aside and abandoned autos new life and a chance to become legendary.

Over sixty volunteers showed up early Saturday morning to help Gabe Crossman, a 17-year-old senior at Carson High School and member of Troop 45, restore the “C” on C-Hill for his Eagle Scout and Senior Projects.

CARSON CITY — Gabe Crossman, a 17-year-old senior at Carson High School and member of Troop 45, will be refreshing the “C" on C-Hill for his Eagle Scout and senior class projects Saturday, September 7, at 7 a.m. Seniors from the Class of 2019 moved the rocks to form “TJ3" in memory of their classmate Timmy Jones.

Have you ever felt like projects, circumstances, the world was just piling on top of you like rocks? One rock is easy. You can catch it as it falls from the heavens and deal with it: setting it to the side, jackhammering it up into little pieces, or giving the rock to someone else.

Another illegal dumper has been caught and cited thanks to an alert resident who witnessed the dumping and reported it to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office.

This is the fourth illegal dumper caught in the last two weeks thanks to the help of concerned citizens.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, the Nevada State Museum in Carson City has a host of activities and programs planned this week that aim to look back at the past, learn about the present and inspire the future.

CARSON CITY — Fifty years after Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took “one giant leap for mankind,” the image of putting a man on the moon remains a source of pride wrapped in awe for most Americans.

The young and young of heart still dream of becoming astronauts and most people 50-plus can tell you where they were and what they were doing that July day in 1969.

A 46-year-old Carson City man was arrested for suspicion of multiple felony and misdemeanor crimes, including two counts assault with a deadly weapon and destruction of property following an incident Monday, a sheriff's report states.

CARSON CITY — Single lane closures will take place on the Carson Valley side of Kingsbury Grade (State Route 207) July 17-31 as the Nevada Department of Transportation clears roadside slopes.

This weekend, I was blessed to attend Gaia Gathering — an impactful gathering of healers from all walks of life. I was surrounded by many modalities of healing from a variety of cultures: artists, medicine men and women, yogis, energy healers, and spiritualists. As someone who heals companies and leaders through communication, I felt right at home. The messages rang through loud and clear and you will see many of my a-ha moments translated into my column here.

UPDATE 5:00 p.m.: Officials are now calling it a “mechanical failure.” Crews continue to search the wreckage for anyone who may be trapped. All streets within a half mile of the campus are closed. Major damage is being reported at Argenta Hall; however, they believe the building was mostly unoccupied at the time of the explosion.

UPDATE 4:00 p.m.: So far, reports of 8 people were injured and two have been transferred to the hospital. All classes for the rest of the day have been cancelled.

Waste Management of Northern Nevada is delivering roughly 45,000 new trash carts to Carson City residents on July 1, 2019.

Fire season is upon us, and while the high temperatures may have come a little late this year, the wet winter and cool temperatures also created a perfect growing situation for fast acting fuels such as cheat grass.

Last year, our community watched with sadness and horror at the Camp Fire and Butte Fire that destroyed our western neighbor communities in California. Those fires, it has now been revealed, were caused by PG&E power lines combined with quick acting, dry fuels.

The question we've wondered is "can this tragedy happen here?" Especially after last fire season, with a number of local fires being related in some way to NV Energy power lines.

A 22-year-old Carson City woman was arrested for violating her probation after being found drunk and lying in rock landscaping near a movie theater, a sheriff's deputy said.

A 36-year-old transient man was arrested at the Carson City Aquatic Center after throwing rocks through the windows. He was arrested for failing to register as an ex-felon, destruction of city property, and disorderly conduct.

Deputies responded to the Aquatic Center Thursday just after 5 pm for a report of a man throwing rocks through the windows of the center.

A 28-year-old Sun Valley man was arrested early Thursday morning for felony battery with a deadly weapon and mayhem after allegedly hitting a man in the face with a rock, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.

Editor’s note: The following was written by Yetti De Luca, Carson High School’s District Work-Based Learning Coordinator.

Sergio Trejo Jr., a Las Vegas native and first-generation college graduate, visited several Carson City schools recently to share his inspiring story about his admittance to medical school. Trejo presented to more than 150 students.

For Carson High School Senior Adelina Pacheco, studying the stars is a family tradition.

Her three older siblings completed senior projects on various interstellar subjects, and now it’s her turn.

Apparently, Tim McGraw loves the Sierra Nevada. Fresh off a Sunday night performance at the Reno Events Center, where he proclaimed “Reno rocks!,” McGraw is headed back to Lake Tahoe on Friday, June 14, Harveys announced this morning.

Future Farmers of America provided the venue, Carson High School students voted with their hard earned dollars, and AP Environment and Honors Biology teacher Cort Roseleip was chosen to kiss a goat. Readers must take a look at the photo above to fully comprehend the magnitude of this event.

Making an encore appearance in downtown San Francisco Saturday, the Carson High School Blue Thunder Marching Band rocked the crowd in the 2019 Year of the Pig Chinese New Year Parade.

On Fannette island in the middle of Emerald Bay, the only (official) island in Lake Tahoe, used to live a toeless hermit by the name of Captain Dick “Them’s My Toes” Barter, who some say still haunts Fannette Island to this day.

In Nevada, the most parched state in the nation, flowers grow under rocks. They bloom in ghost towns, wave atop mountains, and bud under neon lights. Explorer John Charles Frémont began cataloging the flora that flourish throughout the State in the 1840s.