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Two Care Flight helicopters were summoned to the Carson City Airport this afternoon on two separate medical events including a car accident involving a child.

The car accident in the Northgate Lane area of Carson City was reported at 1:37 this afternoon. In a separate call, at 1:38, an air ambulance was needed for an overdose patient, Sheriff Ken Furlong said.

Reports are that a 10-year-old girl was injured in the car accident, Furlong said. The extent of the child's injuries are unknown, Furlong added.

Carson City authorities have arrested four people on multiple drug charges, including two arrests for alleged felony heroin possession.
Authorities assigned to the Carson City Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Team had gleaned information on Thursday that several alleged known heroin users were hiding at a home in the 2800 block of Airport Road in Carson City.

Here is the Carson City area road construction report for Monday, July 26 through Sunday, Aug. 1. Expect some minor delays along the way.

As a result of the next phase of the Nevada Department of Transportation freeway project, the following closures will be in place:
— Valley View Drive will be permanently closed between Edmonds Drive and Line Drive beginning Monday, July 26.
— Koontz Lane will be closed between Raglan Circle and Edmonds Drive until January 2011.

Here is the Carson City area road construction report for Monday, July 19, to Sunday, July 25.

 The Roop Street widening project will continue and is expected to be completed by the end of of the year. The following impacts are expected for the Carson City area in the coming week:

— Roop Street is closed to through traffic from William Street to Robinson Street.  This closure is expected to last through early September, but business access will be provided.

A Silver Springs man faces multiple charges, including felony assault with a deadly weapon, after he allegedly pointed a gun at his girlfriend and threatened to kill her.
Brian David Hannahs, 48, is being held on $28,132 bail. Charges include assault with a deadly weapon, domestic battery, DUI second offense, and carrying a concealed weapon.

You've heard about those mysterious black helicopters, but does anyone know why we have two white Chinook helicopters circling around south Carson City?

Here are the road construction projects in the Carson City area for Monday, July 12 through Sunday, July 18. Expect some delays and use caution in the construction zones.
The Roop Street widening project will continue this week with the following impacts expected:
— Effective Thursday, July 8, Roop Street will be closed to through traffic from William Street to Robinson Street.  This closure will last through Sept. 1.
—The intersection of Caroline Street and Roop Street will be closed to through traffic through Sept. 1. Traffic may cross Roop Street at Washington Street.

Here is the Carson City area road report for Monday, July 5, through Sunday, July 11:
The Roop Street widening project will continue this week with the following impacts expected:
— Effective Thursday, July 8, Roop Street will be closed to through traffic from William Street to Robinson Street. This closure will last until Sept. 1.
—The intersection of Caroline Street and Roop Street will be closed to through traffic from Thursday, July 8 through Sept. 1. Traffic may cross Roop Street at Washington Street.

A man with a stab wound to the back was taken to a Reno hospital via Careflight after being located by sheriff's deputies in Carson City.

According to initial reports from the scene, officers believe the stabbing took place in Gardnerville, and the victim was driven to Fuji Park where he was put into another vehicle, an older model red Mercury Mystique.

The crowds turned out for the Carson City Airport open house today. The event featured plenty of planes of all type on display, as well as some flyovers, a RC model plane demonstration and many other activities.

Flights of fancy and aviation demonstrations will be on tap Saturday at the Carson City Airport Open House from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event and parking is free and open to the public.
Festivities will include skydiving demonstrations, fly-bys, model aircraft demonstrations, static displays, hot-air balloon rides and lots of food and snack vendors.

A traffic stop near Airport Road in Carson City resulted in the arrest of two women, one of whom allegedly was in possession of a pharmaceutical drug without a prescription.
According to the arrest report, a vehicle was stopped on Sunday and an unidentified driver was arrested for DUI.
During the investigation, a deputy asked the arresting officer to have the vehicle towed. While conducting a vehicle inventory, a deputy found an orange pill bottle with the suspect's name on the top, according to the arrest report. The suspect was a passenger in the vehicle.

The developer chosen for the Carson Nugget Redevelopment Project will be on hand tonight to answer questions about the project.

Rick Oshinski, CEO of Sacramento-based P3 Development, will appear before the Carson Nugget Development Advisory Committee tonight in the Community Center's Sierra Room.

Carson Now plans to show live video of the meeting, as well as hosting a discussion forum.

Many questions are sure to arise, concerning the details on the project and its scope, as well as the developer and how the company was chosen.

As I've been talking to people about this project, I've collected a number of questions, that I put together below.

Various road construction projects will be causing delays and closures next week, with some working continuing even longer.

Here is the list of projects for next week, via Carson City Public Works Department:

Road Report as of May 7, 2010. The following information applies to the period of May 10 - 16, 2010:

The Nevada Department of Transportation will begin work to add a third northbound lane on US 395 between Jacks Valley Road and Lupin Drive. The following activity is expected for this project.

Former U.S. senator, Vietnam war hero, advocate for disabled veterans and author Max Cleland will speak to Democrats in Carson City on Wednesday, officials announced Sunday.

The Carson City Democratic Central Committee invited the former Georgia senator to speak about ongoing policy issues for the November midterm election. He will address the public at 7 p.m. in the AFSCME building at the southwest corner of Robinson and Roop streets in Carson City.

Western Nevada Musical Theater Company last weekend staged a "flash mob" publicity stunt at Reno-Tahoe Airport to promote their production of "The Sound of Music." Have a look, it's great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr-qAnB4IE0

You can watch producer-director Stephanie Arrigotti talking about the show here.

And here is the YouTube video that inspired this stunt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkBepgH00GM

The Nevada Commission on Tourism has updated its strategic plan for attracting visitors, combining cost-effective new initiatives and time-tested programs with proven track records, Lt. Gov. Brian K. Krolicki said Tuesday.

The agency (http://travelnevada.com) will target U.S. consumer markets that have large populations with convenient driving distance or easy air access to Nevada and international markets whose travelers have a strong likelihood of visiting Nevada, such as Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Germany, said Krolicki, Nevada's tourism commission chair.

Tracking Sunday's congressional health care vote, Carson Now quoted Congressman Dean Heller with a statement from his Web site.

CARSON CITY – Republican presidential adviser Sig Rogich said in an interview televised today that he is supporting the re-election of U.S. Sen. Harry Reid because replacing the most powerful member of Congress while the state is in the worst recession in memory is a bad idea.

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Saying that a new high school full of kids should not be built so close to an airport runway, Supervisors said no to Silver State’s plans to build a new high school at Old

Just to correct some points in the article: Steve Knight is not the owner but is the Executive DIrector/Superintendent/Principal of Silver State Schools, a 7-12 grade FREE PUBLIC Charter school.

Saying that locating a public school so close to the Carson City Airport is a safety and noise concern for potential students, the Supervisors turned down Silver State High School’s plans for their ne

Carson City Sheriff’s investigators say that a resident at the Bella Lago Apartments, 1600 Airport, answered a knock on the door minutes after 5pm.

Sheriff’s deputies are trying to track down two hispanic men who robbed three people at an apartment at 1600 Airport #150, the Bella Lago apartments.

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The nearly ten million dollar revamp of the Carson City Airport is now officially complete.

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A fire deliberately set on the front porch of a home for sale at 2820 Airport came within a few minutes of badly damaging the whole residence this week.

Carson City firefighters raced to a mobile home aat 2820 Airport #1 on a report that the porch was on fire.

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They’re about half done refurbishing the Carson City Airport’s main runway. The other half will be done early next year.

Contractor wraps up Jet Ranch project at Carson airportNorthern Nevada Business W

Airports receive stimulus fundsCarson City Airport and Reno-Tahoe Airport will receive $1.2 million from the economic recovery package for airport rehabilitation, according to Sen. Harry Reid's office.