Shooting

Every Tuesday evening, 5:30 to dusk, the Clear Creek Bowmen host their Tuesday Night Archery Shoots at the Centennial Park Archery Range.
Both traditional and 3D targets are available.
The target range is open shooting for use at no cost. There is a $5.00 fee (kids 17 and under are free) to shoot the 3D animal targets.
We have archery equipment, volunteers and instructors to get you started. Come on out and join us.
It’s a great way to experience the world of archery. Open to all ages.
For more information visit our website: http://clearcreekbowmen.com/

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the community for its assistance in this case as one of the vehicles was discovered at a residence in Sun Valley.

MGM Resorts released surveillance footage on Thursday of the man behind the Oct. 1 shooting in the days and hours before he fired upon a concert crowd from his room inside Mandalay Bay.

Students across the country, including those in Carson City, walked out of class Wednesday, marking one month since a mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., left 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

How often do you allow yourself to play? If you just rolled your eyes, I’m definitely talking to you. At some point, you had joy in what you were doing. Maybe it wasn’t work. Maybe you were at the hot springs with a pool noodle shooting water at your friends. Whatever you were doing, you were in a place of joy.

CARSON CITY — Showing solidarity with schools nationwide, some students at Carson High School will voluntarily join together for “School Safety,” commemorating the one-month anniversary of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., which claimed the lives of 17 people.

When someone is in crisis, it’s scary and overwhelming for those suffering immediate anguish. For family members and others around them, it can be terrifying.

"For society to attempt to solve its desperate problems (for example, gun violence) without the full participation of even very young people is imbecile." This is a formal social observation by Alvin Toffler is personalized in lay terms by John Wayne as, "You're short on ears and long on mouth."

With the recent school shooting in Florida, the timing of the next Carson City Chamber Soup’s On! luncheon scheduled at the Gold Dust West on Feb. 27 at 11:30 a.m. couldn’t be timelier.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval issued the following statement Tuesday night after President Trump issued a memorandum to United States Attorney General Sessions instructing him to “propose for notice and comment a rule banning all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns.”

Over his more than 60-year career as a custom bow maker, or bowyer, Tim Meigs, 89, made more than 9,000 custom bows for archers around the world.

He ended his career at the top of his field, but he got off to an inauspicious start.

CARSON CITY — Nevada Department of Business and Industry Director C.J. Manthe announced that the Nevada Division of Insurance has been named the Department’s 2017 Agency of the Year.

A 13-year-old juvenile was arrested Monday and faces a charge of battery with a deadly weapon causing substantial bodily harm after allegedly shooting his 4-year-old brother in the head with a bb gun, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is investigating a drive by shooting incident that occurred early Saturday night, Jan. 20.

An 81-page report released Friday by Metro Police paints a clearer portrait of the man who sprayed bullets on Las Vegas concertgoers, killing 58 and wounding hundreds more in October, but it still doesn’t answer the most haunting question: Why?

Carson City Library staff members are busy moving more than 80,000 items back into the building and installing 6,000 feet of shelving. There will be no pop-up services or other activities this week.

Carson City area boys and girls looking to improve their basketball skills this winter now have an option with three camps designed around developing and building abilities they can take onto the high school court and maybe even beyond.

Dozens of kids gathered at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) Saturday to participate in the 58th annual Elks Hoop Shoot Contest in Carson City.

Carson City area boys and girls looking to improve their basketball skills this winter now have an option with a four-day camp designed around developing and building abilities they can take onto the high school court and maybe even beyond.

After 38-30 victory over Hug, the Carson Senators returned to Tom Andreasen court Tuesday night ending in a tough 54-52 loss to Reed, putting them at 1-1 in conference play.

Basketball season is in full swing, and the Carson Senators look to make an early impact with a 38-30 victory over the Hug Hawks Friday night, marking their first home win in conference play.

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension 4-H Clubs held their 2016-2017 Awards Night at the Governor’s Mansion Nevada Room on Nov. 15. At least 100 4-H youth from Carson City and Storey County received recognition for their accomplishments during the year.

UPDATE 9:16PM: The suspect in an active shooter situation was shot and killed by law enforcement following gunfire from the Montage apartments in downtown Reno Tuesday night, a spokesman for the Reno Police Department said. See the story here.
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UPDATE 8:27PM: The shooting suspect has been detained, according to Reno Police Department via Twitter, there have been no reports of injuries to officers, deputies or civilians.
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Reno Police Department and area agencies responded Tuesday night to an active shooter situation at the Montage apartments located 255 N Sierra Street in downtown Reno.

CARSON CITY — As the Nevada National Guard prepares to enter 2018, a look back on the Silver State’s past year reveals an unprecedented request for domestic response activations, not just in Nevada and northern California, but also places around the nation, ranging from Oregon to Puerto Rico.

Carson City Undersheriff Steve Albertsen has announced his intention to retire at the end of this year. His appointed in January 2003 peaked a law enforcement career in Carson City and with the Nevada Department of Public Safety, culminating in 36 years of enforcement experience.

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My sister lives in Sutherland Springs. I go there to see her every Thanksgiving. So, when she marked herself safe on Facebook from the mass shooting at the First Baptist Church, my heart dropped into my stomach. I called her and she relayed who she knew who had been shot. Eight people she knew died, five of them from the same family. Five more were injured. My heart rose to my throat.

Families check out an ofrenda or altar created to honor the victims of the recent Las Vegas shooting during the Dia de los Muertos reception at the Nevada State Museum on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. The free celebration at the museum continues with “Family Fun Saturday,” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., including crafts, traditional Mexican dancing, bilingual storytime and other activities. For more information, call (775) 687-4810.

UPDATE: A Carson City man involved in a road rage incident in October was granted a suspended sentence after he admitted to carrying a concealed weapon.

Carson City's hometown roller derby team, the Carson Victory Rollers, went toe-stop to toe-stop with Nevada East in a Nevada Day bout organized to raise money for the victims and families of the Oct. 1 Las Vegas mass shooting.