Traffic accident reported in Northbound lanes of I-580 near Highway 50 exit

Gov. Joe Lombardo announced Monday that he would lower the flags to half-staff and light the Nevada State Capitol Building blue in honor of the victims of the terror attacks in Israel.

The University Women’s Club will host guest speaker, Judy Schumer, on Saturday, Oct. 14, 1:30 p.m., at the Douglas County Community Senior Center, 1329 Waterloo Lane, Gardnerville.

Training sessions for volunteers will be held by Night Off the Streets, Inc., warming center on Oct. 17 and again on Oct. 21 at the First United Methodist Church in Carson City.

For the seventh year, NOTS will provide a place for those without homes to sleep during the winter nights from Nov. 1 through March 31. A different church in Carson City hosts the warming shelter each month. All community members are welcome to serve as volunteers.

With multiple state job openings and a need to fill those positions, the state is holding hiring fairs at the Nevada State Library & Archive building in Carson City. The next hiring fair is this Wednesday, Oct. 11.

A 42-year-old man was arrested Saturday for a felony warrant alleging burglary, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

The State Board of Education voted last week to move forward with a proposed regulation to address high school start times earlier than 8 a.m. but changed its target implementation date from next school year to the 2025-26 school year to gather more data and public input on the shift before the policy is finalized.

On the 30th of September, trembling like an Aspen in Autumn, I stepped onto the stage at Piper’s Opera House in front of a packed Virginia City house. What in tarnation was I about to say? I had two hours of information to cram into 90 minutes, some things had to go, but what? I can’t remember now what I decided, but our trusted friends at PBS Reno will air a portion of it on Oct. 15.

In late summer, rabbitbrush, a gorgeous plant despite its unflattering specific name which means “nauseating,” lines the highways and clusters in clumps between the sagebrush with a striking combination of golden flowers and silver-green foliage. — Elna Bakker, An Island Called California.

Last week, Carson High Schools Capitol FFA hosted its annual Cow Plop fundraiser. In this fundraising event, donors pay to buy a square inside of a cow’s pen.

If the cow poops on their respective square, the square’s sponsor will win $250.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Oct. 9-15, 2023. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road/utility work:

Nevada State Treasurer Zach Conine will be the featured speaker at the next Rotary Club of Carson City meeting. The public is invited to attend.

The meeting takes place Tuesday, October 10th, at noon, in the Brewery Arts Center’s Grand Ballroom.

Sierra Nevada Forums, in partnership with the American Association of University Women and the League of Women Voters of Northern Nevada, to host "Carson City School Curriculum: How is it decided and implemented?"

The next forums will take place October 17 with doors opening at 5:30 p.m., and the program starting at 6 p.m. in the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall located at 511 W King St in Carson City.

Carson High Debate kicked off the new season coming off their trip to nationals in June. The team would like to thank the following supporters for funding the team’s trip including: Carson City Host Lions, Sassafras, TSBP LLC, Carson City Toyota, Associated Risk Management, Hanifin's Arts, William Cutbert, Karen ALlen, and Stephanie Dutton.

Dozens of public commenters during Friday's special board meeting of the Douglas County School Board called for the resignation of four members following the release of information that Superintendent Keith Lewis would be terminated.

While several board members called Lewis's departure a "resignation," Lewis's attorney, who attended as Lewis's representative, said that Lewis had never resigned; rather, he agreed not to oppose the board's choice to exercise their right to terminate him.