The admitted spree killer who murdered Gardnerville Ranchos residents Connie Koontz and Sophia Renken in their homes in January 2019 is scheduled to be sentenced in Washoe, Douglas and Carson City district courts next week.
The boys Class 5A all-league team for Northern Nevada were released Sunday. Douglas High boys had four players awarded with postseason honors.
The Frances C. and William P. Smallwood Foundation has awarded Me for Incredible Youth a grant for its Reward Club Program. Reward Club provides students and athletes, 12-18, with resources and information to succeed in high school and prepare for college and vocational opportunities.
Neither of the top projects on the Douglas County Five-Year Transportation Plan have funding attached.
The deadline is March 4 to purchase tickets to the Sierra Nevada Republican Women's 25th St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner and Fundraiser on March 13 at the Carson Valley Inn in Minden.
Douglas County Republicans will be conducting precinct meetings and their county convention on March 12 at Valley Christian Fellowship, 1681 Lucerne St., Minden.
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Court report
California wildlife officials reveal Hank's not the only bear in the Keys
Reflections on the Word
A job fair for 75 Western Nevada College nursing students was conducted for the first time in five years on Feb. 15.
Notice to Creditors
Name Change
Augment Budgets Resolution Discussion
The Douglas High girls basketball team played its final game of the season at Lawlor Events Center Friday night in the Class 5A state basketball semifinals.
No camping signs have sprouted along the edge of the Johnson Lane neighborhood in northeastern Carson Valley.
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
The Douglas High boys basketball team couldn't quite hang with Liberty in the Class 5A state semifinals at Lawlor Events Center Friday evening.
A 360-foot-long breakwater designed to protect the Topaz Lake Boat Ramp is anchored by 19 six-ton concrete anchors and moored by high-strength cable and chains
Foresters will now be able to use machines to help clear hazardous brush on slopes of 30-50 percent after policy changes approved by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board on Wednesday.
Ranchos Roundup
In the Garden
Club news
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley
Ultimately, 12 Douglas High wrestlers saw their seasons reach the final weekend of possible competition down at Cimarron-Memorial High School this past weekend.
Douglas Tiger basketball fans will escort the team buses to Reno on Friday in celebration of both teams reaching the state tournament.
For more information, visit www.thefoodcloset.org
To learn more about preparing for wildfires, visit the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s site www.livingwithfire.com
A round-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Delivery of today's Nevada Appeal, The Record-Courier delayed
Slow and easy wins the race on snowy highways
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Diego Elizondo, a professional boxer from Carson City, is in a coma following a rollover accident in Minden Feb. 8.
Douglas High School graduate Ingrid Carlson was among a dozen performers who helped her mom, Sonia, greet the Year of the Tiger in Carson City on Feb. 5.
Winter weather advisory takes effect 7 p.m.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
Douglas High girls basketball came up just short in its regional title push Saturday evening at Carson High School
Holocaust survivor Leon Malmed paid a visit to the fourth- and fifth-graders at Meneley Elementary School on Wednesday.
The Douglas High boys basketball team defeated Spanish Springs, 54-43, Saturday evening at Carson High to win the Class 5A boys Northern Region Championship
Club News
Reflections on the Word
Senior Scene
In the Garden
First official 10 a.m. meeting wraps up before lunch
On Valentine's Day, Douglas County announced that Lisa Malof and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Advisory Council donated $10,000 each to purchase new radar trailers for the Sheriff’s Office.
One trial was canceled and another completed this week in Douglas County District Court
Sheriff's Report
Ordinance 2022-1596 Introduced
Notice to Taxpayers
Notice to Creditors
Advertisement for Bids
A new cold front could bring a little snow and icy temperatures overnight with lows dropping to 11 by Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
The Stateline Events Center is anticipated to open January 2023
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley
Douglas High girls basketball was able to hold off a late Damonte Ranch push to punch its ticket to the Class 5A
Douglas High wrestling is down in Las Vegas where it will compete at Cimarron-Memorial High School Friday and Saturday with a chance to bring home some hardware.
Applications for parade vendors and sponsorships are available online at carsonvalley2030.com
Ranchos Roundup
Douglas County is well on its way to $4 billion assessed valuation, after hitting $3.8 billion in 2021.
A fire burning near Bishop forced evacuations has nearly tripled in size on as it exploded to 2,800 acres.
Holocaust survivor Leon Malmed paid a visit to the fourth- and fifth-graders at Meneley Elementary School on Wednesday.
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley
Douglas High boys basketball accomplished a feat no Tiger team has done in the last decade Wednesday night.
One week before its opening night in 2020 “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” musical was canceled due to the Coronavirus. Two years later the Carson Valley Community Theatre presents the return of the musical in March.
New owners take over Johnson Lane General Store
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley
Editor's Notepad
Letters to the Editor
Our Opinion
Demonstrating that it is never too late to learn, East Fork Fire Protection District captains and battalion chiefs recently attended a two-day, in-house training program focused on developing their knowledge, skills and abilities as fire officers.
Bus service between Lake Tahoe and Carson Valley will be restored today after an engineer found the Tahoe Douglas Transportation District’s dispatch and maintenance building was structurally fine on Monday.
The Forest Service’s Winter Trek Conservation Education Program returns to Heavenly Mountain Resort for the month of March.
Corrected Notice of Application for Approval of Margin Rates
Genoa Country Store
Total Revenues and Expenditures Report
Adopted Ordinances 2022-1595
Notice of Joint Application
Notice of Trustee's Sale
Notice of Hearing
Notice of Hearing
Notice of Hearing
Notice to Creditors
Notice of Hearing
Douglas High girls basketball jumped out in front of Galena Tuesday night in the Class 5A regional quarterfinal and advanced to the semifinal with a convincing win.
Nevada State Bank, a division of Zions Bancorporation, N.A., announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with City National Bank to purchase three Northern Nevada branches and their associated deposit, credit card, and loan accounts. The three City National branches are located at: • Reno: 5470 Kietzke Lane, Building #3 • Carson City: 1811 East College Parkway • Minden: 1647 Highway 395
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley
Chain controls are in effect over Kingsbury Grade.
It wasn't the prettiest of games at times, but Douglas High boys basketball got the result it was looking for Monday night in the Class 5A regional quarterfinals against McQueen.
Rams win big for Nevada sports books
A 12-hour wind advisory is in effect starting 1 p.m. today
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley
Alpine, Amador, Calavera, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties have invested in creating a broadband roadmap for the Central Sierra region.
With the long President’s Day weekend looming, Mono County is touting its lodging options.
Tahoe Youth & Family Services introduced its new clinical director on Tuesday.
Reflections on the Word
A California man admitted he held a woman down while he punched and strangled her nearly four years to the day after his original arrest.
What may be the first synagogue in Douglas County was approved by planning commissioners 6-0 on Tuesday.
Douglas High wrestling will be sending a good portion of its team to the state tournament after Saturday's Class 5A regional meet at Spanish Springs
Red-tagging of Tahoe Transportation District's dispatch and maintenance hub cuts bus service to Gardnerville
Douglas High boys basketball knocked down 20 3-pointers Tuesday night against Carson High, tying a Nevada High School state record set in 1994.
Douglas High girls basketball didn't mess around against Carson High and was rewarded for their effort with the No. 3 seed in the upcoming regional tournament.
Fifth collision in five days snarls traffic
Nearly 36 tons of seeds for fire and drought resilient grasses, flowers and shrubs were applied across more than 8,000 acres within the Tamarack Fire burn to help restore the blackened hillside left when the fire crossed into Nevada from Alpine County in July.
With Paul Gilbert's retirement, the county plans to fold the East Fork Constable's Office in with the Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's Report
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley
Husband-and-wife team Jerry and Janine Sprout own the Diamond Valley Company, and are the publishers of the “Trailblazer Travel Book Series”.
Governor rescinds mask mandate
The 2022 campaign season is heating up in Carson Valley with a town hall on Thursday that featured Dr. Fred Simon for governor, along with U.S. Senate candidate Sharelle Mendenhall and Lt. Gov. candidate Stavros Anthony.
As more people live and recreate in the area, wildlife encounters are likely to occur and as tempting as it might be to touch, take pictures or feed the animals, such encounters should be avoided.
With only 49 available homes in East Fork Township’s inventory on Tuesday, home prices aren’t likely to go anywhere but up for the foreseeable future.
Ranchos Roundup
Renowned guitarist Dennis Agajanian will play a free concert 6 p.m. Sunday at Calvary Chapel Carson Valley.
Editor's Notepad
Letters to the Editor
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A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley
Nearly 3,000 Carson River watershed residents surveyed said they dumped motor oil down the drain, which could contaminate up to 3 billion gallons of water.
Extensive training to provide life support services in pre-hospital situations has meant many sacrifices for Western Nevada College’ second graduation class.
Genoa Town Manager Matt Bruback has been charged with interfering with a firefighter during an Oct. 22, 2021, power pole fire
List of locations for free coronavirus tests in Douglas County
A lot of lawyers were approved for hire by Douglas County commissioners last week.
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley
For the fourth year in a row, the Carson Valley Arts Council has supported arts and music programs in the Douglas County School District.
Douglas High girls basketball is taking care of business after putting together a solid second half against McQueen Monday night.
An Oregon parolee whose passenger was killed in a pursuit through the Gardnerville Ranchos faces up to 20 years in prison after he admitted Monday to one count of attempting to elude causing death.
A wrap-up of goings-on in and around Carson Valley
Kingsbury Grade reopened at around 3:30 p.m.
In January, 81-year-old Hans Boeving gave up the commercial license that he has had since he received it to drive school buses as a high school student in 1956
One person drowned after a half-dozen ice skaters went through the ice at Stampede Meadows Reservoir near Truckee on Saturday.
In an era of difficult times, I write to you today about another challenge put in front of us at the Nevada News Group.
In 114 years of record keeping there has never been both a January and February in Carson Valley that has gone without precipitation.
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Seven of the 30 certified businesses in Nevada are in Carson Valley.
Reflections on the Word
Court Report
The buildings that once housed Magoo’s and the former Eddy Street bookstore were described as derelict by the county in a Jan. 12 letter to owner Francis Burga of Peripheral Storage.
A 94-unit multifamily complex proposed for Minden off Ironwood Drive received conditional approval from town board members on Wednesday.
The spring 2022 seasonal open burning period for the East Fork Fire Protection District began about three weeks earlier than last year.
Nevada Emergency Manager and former East Fork Deputy Chief Dave Fogerson completed the Executive Leaders Program at the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security on Feb. 3.
The standard $10 million deduction for lost revenue in Douglas County’s case covers the entire $9.5 million the county expects to receive from the American Rescue Plan Act.
With Nevada in the home stretch before election filing begins, candidate for governor, Michele Fiore will be in Gardnerville today.
son Valley Photo Club members conducted their first meeting of the year on Jan. 11 via Zoom with 22 in attendance.
Ranchos Roundup
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley
The Carson City Board of Supervisors met Thursday evening to hear appeals of the Planning Commission’s December decision to approve an application for a slaughterhouse on Highway 50. In a close 3-2 vote after hours of discussion, the board upheld the appeals and overturned the commission’s approval of the slaughterhouse.
Two runs were the difference between Douglas and Bishop Manogue girls' basketball Tuesday night.
Douglas High boys basketball jumped out to an early lead against Bishop Manogue Tuesday evening and never looked back.
Tahoe Youth & Family Services announced that Brian Conway has been appointed its new executive director.
A strong month in November opened the Christmas shopping season with online retailers posting the second highest sales in Douglas County.
Court Report
Our Opinion
Letters to the Editor
The best gardening activities right now are yard or garden clean up and tool maintenance.
Keeping modern data in the basement of a building constructed in 1916 has raised eyebrows from auditors in recent years.
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Three members of the Citizens Emergency Response Team asked county commissioners' help last week
Photographer JT Humphrey was named Eagles & Ag person of the year on Friday
Michael Jacobsen arrested in connection with a domestic battery
The Nevada Centennial Awards program is searching for ranches or farms that have been in operation by the same family for at least 100 years.
A wrap-up of goings on in and around Carson Valley
Founder Nate Gross wasn’t necessarily looking to create a new sport when he designed SpecTennis.
A wrap-up of goings-on in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
