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Law enforcement activity involved five immigration arrests on Friday morning as Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies assisted the Department of Homeland Security and the Drug Enforcement Agency.
More than a half-dozen vehicles were parked along the entrance road to the Dangberg Historic Home Ranch containing visitors watching a handful of bald eagles enjoy a meal out in the field.
Updated to reflect Tuesday night's Town Board approval to update the master plan for Mountain View Nature Park.
Douglas High School boys and girls basketball took care of business against Galena Tuesday.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
The fires in Los Angeles have everyone on high alert and wondering if this could happen here in Nevada.
A 39-year-old Gardnerville man is in custody in El Dorado County after he was arrested in Alpine County in what authorities are calling a “brutal physical assault.”
In a ruling issued on Monday, East Fork Justice of the Peace Laurie Trotter prohibited contact between the two people accused in the August 2023 murder of 43-year-old Carson City resident Paul Adam Mulkey.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Guest Opinion
Letter to the Editor
One good storm could still make a big difference in the Sierra Nevada snowpack for the water year.
License plate readers will be installed at the top of Johnson Lane to help monitor the number of trucks entering and leaving the Painted Rock Mine, residents were told in a letter sent out last week by the county.
It has been more than a decade since the Sports Aviation Foundation started a project to build a working aircraft with the help of area students.
Court Report
Ranchos Roundup
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Cody Highfill nearly quit wrestling after tearing his labrum as an underclassman. HIs perseverance has been a key component to his success on the mat this winter.
A Johnson Lane man accused of killing 63-year-old Kathy Jean Weiland before turning the gun on himself will remain in custody without bail
Public Hearing - February 11, 2025
Not long after an all points bulletin to be on the lookout for a suspect in a fatal stabbing on Saturday, Mono County deputies and the California Highway Patrol spotted the suspect and gave chase.
Douglas High School girls wrestling will have three representatives at the state tournament after the regional tournament this past weekend.
Douglas County School District IT Director Michael Roth is suing to keep his job.
Elizabeth Pitcairn makes her annual return to perform with the Tahoe Symphony to showcase her technical prowess on the Stradivarius “Red” Mendelssohn violin.
Walker General Store owner Deb Bush was presented with the 2024 Mono County Community Spirit Award by Mono County supervisors.
The Bureau of Land Management is hosting hiring events to quickly fill more than 100 vital wildland firefighter and various supporting positions throughout the state for the 2025 fire year.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
The 5.7-magnitude earthquake on Dec. 9 that shook Lyon County and beyond could create momentum on a letter of support for an early earthquake warning system.
A $346,108 a year contract with the first East Fork Fire chief hired by an independent district board was approved on Tuesday.
A quorum of the county commissioners who hired him in 2000 were among those who spoke as part of a tribute to East Fork Fire Chief Tod Carlini on Tuesday.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Chains or four-wheel drive with snow tires are being required on most roads at Lake Tahoe and on Highway 395 through Indian Hills.
Senior Law
Reflections on the Word
In what has become an annual tradition, the Nevada State Museum and the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada are teaming up again to bring Lunar New Year to downtown Carson City on Feb. 1.
A Space X launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California produced a noctilucent cloud visible in the eastern sky over Western Nevada.
Markleeville resident and one of the original members of the Friends of Hope Valley Dr. Rich Harvey received the 2025 Andy Aldax Carson River Watershed Award on Jan. 15.
During the last storm of 2024, a small but dedicated group of Tahoe surfers spent the day surfing frigid waves near Incline Village.
Douglas High School seniors Gwen Scossa and Jane Barnes won gold keys for their portfolios in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
Douglas Pop Warner’s Tiny Mite cheerleaders showed off their medals during the Jan. 14 board meeting for placing fifth at the National Cheerleading competition in Florida in December.
REMSA Health announced the arrival of a new helicopter aircraft, Care Flight 2 located at at Carson Valley Health in Gardnerville.
In recognition of the significant impact of the opioid crisis, $343,000 in settlement money will go to the Washoe Hung-A-Lel-Ti Community in Woodfords.
Since April of last year, the Douglas County Chess Club has met 3-5 p.m. Fridays at the Minden branch of the Douglas County Public Library, 1625 Library Lane.
Douglas High School wrestling celebrated its seniors Tuesday night against Carson and Bishop Manogue
The year after Scott Morgan became the first director of Douglas County’s Parks and Recreation Department, R-C Photographer Belinda Grant was able to convince him to lay down in the grass for a portrait. The photo of Morgan, whose 31 years were celebrated on Thursday with the creation of an award for Excellence in Public Service for county employees, appeared in the Carson Valley Almanac on April 23, 1995.
A retired Barton Memorial emergency room physician was found drowned in a bathtub Sunday at his Alpine County home.
The price of a steak and eggs breakfast is likely to continue to increase in 2025. While record prices for eggs are well-documented, it’s likely steak will also hit a record, Nevada cattlemen were told last week. “Markets have moved significantly higher over the last two years,” Oklahoma Cooperative Extension’s Darrell Peel said on Jan. 13. “We’re halfway up the mountain of higher prices and we’re not at the top yet.”
A lone 2.34 magnitude earthquake struck just south of Two Bell Lane in the East Valley, according to the Nevada Seismological Laboratory.
Last year’s District 1 commission candidates James McKalip and Brian Dempsey were the top candidates for a second seat on the Douglas County Planning Commission.
A two-year contract between Douglas County and the association that represents its sheriff’s deputies and sergeants expires June 30, 2025.
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The Rebels surprised the MW with wins over Utah State and San Diego State — two teams coming up on Nevada's schedule.
Results from Douglas athletics between boys basketball, girls basketball and wrestling.
Water quality, wildlife, helipad noise, and scenic quality were among some of the many concerns of those attending last week’s scoping meeting for the new Barton Hospital location.
First-time author speaker at annual Friends of Library meeting
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Board members voted to return public comment to the three-minute time limit during Tuesday’s Douglas County School Board meeting.
One month after Joey Gilbert Law Firm announced their resignation as legal counsel for the Douglas County School District, the school board approved a contract to obtain Ryan Russell of Allison MacKenzie Law Firm during Tuesday’s meeting.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Carson Valley Middle School eighth-grader Paxton Rasmussen was helping with connecting as part of the Douglas County School District’s EPIC program.
On Thursday, an ordinance eliminating the public administrator as an elected position was introduced by county commissioners.
The newspaper is seeking nominations today through Feb. 12 in seven categories.
“This is an opportunity to preserve the local theater even with our No. 1 goal to make this the Lampe Park of performing arts.”
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Mac the Naw
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Results from Carson-Douglas basketball, Douglas wrestling along with Dayton and Sierra Lutheran hoops.
A rare flower that grows only in a few spots in Carson and Eagle valleys may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
On Jan 12, a thief took a 2005 Chrysler 300 from Harrah’s Lake Tahoe in Stateline after a struggle with the owner.
Deferral agreements were recommended in ethics complaints against Douglas County School Board trustees David Burns, Susan Jansen, Katherine Dickerson and former trustee Doug Englekirk, the Nevada Commission on Ethics said on Thursday.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
A Gardnerville woman serving time in Nevada prison was the subject of a 17-count federal indictment charging her with stealing more than $1.4 million by wire fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
Were the latest changes to the football alignment in the state of Nevada worth all the fuss?
There's still much to like about the Nevada basketball team, but sleepwalking against Fresno State and Air Force is concerning.
The numbers of both the birds and birders were a little lighter at this year’s Minden Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 29.
The Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada announced the grand opening for the Smart Start program located inside the Wray Family Clubhouse at 990 Ironwood Drive in Minden.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
The NIAA Board of Control approved a different postseason proposal Wednesday in a reversal of course from Tuesday's meeting.
Marked by a 65-foot Christmas tree and fireworks, the Heavenly Village overtook Stateline as the New Year’s Eve destination in the Lake Tahoe Basin this year, organizers said.
Ranchos Roundup
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A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Five people have applied for the two vacant spots on the Douglas County Planning Commission.
It was standing room only in District Judge Tom Gregory’s courtroom on Friday for an investiture for newly elected justices of the peace Mike Johnson and Laurie Trotter.
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The NIAA's Winter Board of Control meeting this week shook up the football landscape for the next three years.
Results from Douglas High School basketball against Damonte Ranch this past Friday night.
Douglas High School wrestling took third on both the boys and girls side of their home tournament this past weekend.
A gathering is noon to 2 p.m. Thursday at the CVIC Hall to honor longtime Douglas County leader Scott Morgan.
After arriving first to the scene of a reported mock homicide on Wednesday morning at the Douglas High School apartments, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Mike Goldwater secured the area and called upon Kimberly Tretton’s Forensics class to investigate the crime.
Longtime Alpine County employee and lifelong resident Nani Ellis was recognized by supervisors with a resolution.
A wrap up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Two California women, who thought they were picking up $18,000 from a 79-year-old Gardnerville Ranchos woman on Friday, ended up picking up felonies accusing them of exploitation of the elderly.
With newly elected trustees Erinn Miller, Melinda Gneiting and Markus Zinke, a majority of the Douglas County School Board are parents with children in the district.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
This story has been corrected to indicate that David Park filed his complaint with FEMA the day before the ruling on an injunction was released.
The first third of January hasn’t contributed much to the Sierra snowpack, with each passing dry day seeing a decrease in snow-water equivalent compared to median.
Douglas County School District could have new legal counsel by the end of Tuesday’s school board meeting.
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More than 200 tons of hay was lost along with the barn and a hay squeeze as a result of a fire just after midnight Monday.
A report of a man driving a white motorhome recklessly on Highway 395 through the Pine Nuts on Thursday resulted in an arrest, Douglas County Sheriff Dan Coverley said.
The L.A. County Medical Examiner reported on Thursday night it received notification of 10 fire-related deaths from the Southern California wildfires.
A proposal to purchase Carson Valley Cinemas for a cultural and performing arts community center is still at the pitch stage, according to Carson Valley Arts Council President Brian Fitzgerald.
The standardized method and tool used around the world to measure the water content in snow was invented on Mt. Rose more than 100 years ago and the inventions came from an unconventionally qualified person.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Results from Douglas High School basketball and wrestling from this week.
Court Report
Letters to the Editor
The elected office of Douglas County public administrator lay fallow for 60 years from 1914 to 1974.
Members of the Sierra Intermountain Emergency Radio Association elected club officers and the board of directors at their December 2024 Meeting.
Ranchos Roundup
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Notice of Sale of Real Property
Firefighters from the Sierra Front are mustering to head south to aid Southern Californians battling four wildfires driven by Santa Ana winds.
A public scoping meeting for Barton Memorial Hospital’s proposed move to Stateline is 5-7 p.m. Jan. 16.
Good Governance Group speakers will be talking taxes during January.
Shortly after opening the Genoa Wellness Spa in 2022, Brandy Thomson saw a need for a local café in Nevada’s oldest settlement.
It’s going to be a busy 2025 for Douglas County planning commissioners.
Editor's Notepad
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Carson Valley Women's Golf Club is preparing for the spring season with signups underway.
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With four straight close losses, Nevada must search its roster for a player willing to take over a game.
Results from Douglas High School wrestling this past weekend and the upcoming slate of Tiger athletic events in both basketball and wrestling through the rest of this week.
An ordinance to abolish the elected position of public administrator will be forthcoming after Douglas County commissioners voted 5-0 on Monday.
A barn fire on the Settelmeyer ranch south of Gardnerville was still smoking as the sun rose Monday, more than five hours after it was first reported.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Douglas County’s Comprehensive Trails Plan was named outstanding rural plan or project at the 2024 DeBoer Excellence in Planning Awards.
The Carson Valley Arts Council presents an evening with Red Dirt Ruckus at 7 p.m. Jan. 31 at the CVIC Hall, 1602 Esmeralda in Minden
Members of the Douglas County Parks & Recreation Advisory Board are scheduled to make a Jan. 14 visit to Carson Valley Cinemas, which is on the market, as a potential events venue.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Genoa Western Heritage Days rides into town May 2-4 with a line-up of Western music stars for the Town Hall Concert series.
Ensign Alexander Villasenor will serve as a nuclear submarine officer.
Reflections on the Word
Mac the Naw
The only traffic fatality to occur in Douglas County in 2024 was also the top local story of the year on The Record-Courier’s web site.
A lack of enthusiasm on the part of previous storms may have lulled Sierra commuters into a sense of complacency on Friday when nearly 7 inches of snow fell at Daggett Summit at the top of Kingsbury Grade.
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office has identified Michael Bright, 64, of Carson City as the man who was killed in an officer involved shooting on New Year’s Eve.
This story has been corrected to indicate that David Park filed a complaint with FEMA the day before a ruling denying his injunction to stop construction of Muller Lane Parkway.
A sawmill operating behind Carson Valley Plaza will be served by the North County Water Service Area.
Figuring out what to do next after the sudden resignation of Public Administrator Steve Walsh will be Douglas County commissioners biggest task when they meet on Monday.
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Public Hearing - January 16, 2025
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On Wednesday, Eagle Valley Publishing acquired from Pacific Publishing Company the assets of The Record-Courier, the Nevada Appeal, and the Lahontan Valley News and Northern Nevada Business Weekly. Nevada News Group, a division of Eagle Valley Publishing, will operate the publications and its entities. Eagle Valley Publishing was founded in Carson City by Adam Trumble in 2023. Trumble, the editor of the Appeal and current operations director for the publications, is a Carson City resident.
Chain controls are in effect at Lake Tahoe as law enforcement aids people caught off guard by the sudden snow.
It was blackjack for Douglas County’s swearing-in ceremony on Thursday afternoon with 21 newly elected officials raising their right hands.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Chief Financial Officer Kathy Lewis has been selected as Douglas County’s first chief operating officer.
January is National Radon Action Month, and University of Nevada, Reno Extension’s Nevada Radon Education Program is once again offering free short-term radon test kits to Nevadans, Jan. 1 through Feb. 28, while supplies last.
Sixteen people were arrested over the two days of the New Year’s holiday, with 10 in Tahoe Township and a half-dozen in East Fork, according to Douglas County Sheriff Dan Coverley.
The 2,400 people, who attended a show by Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Host Colin Jost on July 13, 2024, might well have tipped the Tahoe Blue Events Center over its permitted maximum vehicle miles traveled, according to a report to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s legal committee.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Alpine County
It has been 13 years since the last time Minden had a December without measurable snowfall.
A domestic dispute just north of the Douglas-Carson line on New Year’s Eve eventually led to the death of a man who texted he would ““shoot it out” with deputies if they responded.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Members of the the Leadership Douglas County Class of 2024 raised $5,852.06 for the Douglas County Animal Shelter through Bingo for Buddies held Aug. 25, 2024.
Ranchos Roundup
Not quite a score of birdwatchers braved the wind and rain to participate in the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count around dawn on Sunday at the River Fork Ranch Preserve.
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