Carson City Library hosts Virtual Program: Hour Of Code

The Carson City Parks and Recreation Department announced it is planning on reopening certain recreational facilities under Phase 2, with tentative dates announced for the beginning of June. These dates are all tentative, and may change as additional information becomes available.

Carson High School is pleased to announce underclassmen (grades 9, 10 and 11) may come to the school and return educational materials (belonging to the school) and retrieve personal items Thursday, June 4.

CARSON CITY, NV – Finalized data from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) show initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 15,607 for the week ending May 23, down 2,230 claims, or 12.5 percent compared to last week’s total of 17,837.

UPDATE: Nevada Department of Corrections Public Information Officer Scott Kelley shared these additional details regarding then incident:

There was a stabbing of a male offender this morning at Warm Springs Correctional Center. Carson City emergency services was contacted via 911 and responded to WSCC at 9:40 am. A medical helicopter arrived, and left at 10:10 a.m. to transport the offender to a local hospital to receive medical care. WSCC's warden was notified by telephone. The incident is under investigation.

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Lyon County is working to reopen County Offices, except courts, by June 8, 2020. Lyon County Facilities staff and contractors are installing personal protective equipment and barriers throughout County offices to meet this goal.

Near record high temperatures will continue through Friday with afternoon thunderstorms possible, especially around the Reno and Lake Tahoe areas, according to the National Weather Service.

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Florence Phillips has taken her all-volunteer tutoring program for immigrants and refugees — English Language Learners In-Home Program — completely online over the last couple of months.

Capital Ford is reminding locals that tomorrow, Friday, May 29, residents can drive-thru their lot from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to drop off food donations to benefit the Northern Nevada Dream Center!

This Friday, May 29, local company Nevada Labs will be giving away 100, 1-gallon jugs of hand sanitizer to local business owners as a way to help the reopening of Carson City under Phase 2.

Following a successful three-day operation in October, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week released more than 4,600 Lahontan cutthroat trout into Lake Tahoe, helping to restore the iconic species to its native waters.

Lahontan cutthroat trout are the largest inland cutthroat trout in the world and the only trout native to Lake Tahoe.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Education is pleased to announce a READ Nevada summer reading partnership with Renaissance, the Nevada State Library, and local public libraries.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 an additional death due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County region, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths to five. The individual was a female Lyon County resident in her 70’s with underlying health conditions.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called early Wednesday evening to a fire at the landfill in the 3600 block of Flint Road off of Highway 50 East.

The community theatre companies in Carson City and Douglas County, along with our local performance venues, have created a coalition with the goal of navigating the challenges specific to our local theatre community brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.