A debate that started over trash collection could end up in court after Douglas County commissioners approved an ordinance to annex Stoneridge Villas.
Douglas County received 129 applications for larger vacation home rentals during July, exceeding the cap included in the new ordinance by 56.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
There’s a possibility for a break in the smoke coming late Monday and into Tuesday as a cold front shifts the winds to the southwest.
Last weekend, air quality in Gardnerville dropped to hazardous levels as a result of the Tamarack Fire burning in Alpine County, hitting nearly 500 on the air quality index.
A 17-year veteran Douglas school teacher and two relative newcomers from Jacks Valley Elementary School won Dr. F. Gregory Betts Education Foundation awards.
Washoe living in Dresslerville say a compromise made by Chairman Serrell Smokey on the Minden siren doesn’t reflect their position.
Temperatures are expected to hit the century mark on Sunday for the sixth time this summer in Minden.
Outflow winds hit 52 mph in Minden after a thunderstorm left two small fires near Jobs Peak
Douglas County merchants posed a 16.3 percent increase in taxable sales during May, according to figures released by the Nevada Department of Taxation.
Happy Friday the 13th
A former youth volleyball coach was sentenced to the maximum of 16-40 years in prison on Thursday before a packed courtroom.
Today, the U.S. Census is scheduled to release population numbers that drill down to the county and city level, including Douglas, that will finally settle how fast the county’s population has grown, at least as of 16 months ago.
A California man with a warrant was arrested Saturday afternoon after he attempted to elude a deputy on Highway 395 in the North Valley.
A wrap-up of cases in Douglas County District Court
A wrap-up of news in and around Carson Valley
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
Just the part of the Tamarack Fire that burned in Douglas County made it the second largest fire in the county’s history.
A lack of inventory, low interest rates and eager buyers have sent Douglas County home prices into the stratosphere.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley.
A South Lake Tahoe man admitted Monday to two felony counts in connection to a minor prostitution sting held at Stateline in May.
A 59-year-old Minden man was ordered Friday to stay away from a 16-year-old Lake Tahoe girl he met on a bondage web site.
Murky conditions are expected to continue in Carson Valley through Saturday as smoke from wildfires west of the Sierra pours into Western Nevada.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
St. Gall Catholic Church is hosting its annual rummage sale
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
A new directive released by the governor’s office on Wednesday afternoon gave school districts outside of Clark and Washoe counties the ability to determine whether face coverings will be required for students while in school buildings or on campuses.
One of the people who lost their home of the Tamarack Fire in Holbrook was fine artist Joyce Pike.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley.
A revised plan to reopen Douglas County schools was submitted to the Nevada Department of Education after being approved by Douglas County School Board trustees on Monday.
August puts the cars in Carson Valley, kicking off with the return of the Hot August Nights Poker Run lunch stop in Minden on Thursday.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
A Gardnerville Ranchos man shot when he ran into a neighbor’s home in May was bound over on Thursday on a burglary charge. Christian Hennessy Gorham, 23, appeared in East Fork Justice Court on Thursday.
Douglas County Public Library Minden Branch Supervisor Julia Brown was named the interim library director.
A flood advisory has been issued for Douglas County through 9:30 p.m. Friday for the Pine Nut Mountains.
Masks will be required in all county buildings due to the new mandate issued this week.
Recovery from the Tamarack Fire is continuing as firefighters have built a line around nearly two-thirds of the 68,696-acre fire that claimed 25 structures including several homes in Douglas and Alpine counties since July 16.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
A Sunridge couple is facing multiple burglary and fraudulent credit card charges after they allegedly ran up more than $10,000 on a card belonging to a former roommate.
A California man who altered checks he stole from a Gardnerville cluster box faces up to 12 years in prison after he admitted to three counts of uttering a forged instrument.
An April 2022 trial date was set for a man who is denying charges he transported more than 6 ounces of methamphetamine allegedly found inside the door of his pickup truck on May 20.
Douglas County school officials are scrambling to revise their plan to open schools on Aug. 9 after Tuesday’s directive by the governor requiring masks for anyone in a public building.
Price tag for fighting the Tamarack Fire has risen to $21.6 million
The Tamarack Fire, after claiming a family’s camper trailer and vehicle in Woodfords, burned another five days and 15 miles to destroy what the Addeo-Johansen clan hoped would be their new home north of Holbrook Junction.
Thursday marked the anniversary of the controversial Acorn Fire that claimed two-dozen homes
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
A thunderstorm bringing wind gusts of 40 mph, moderate to heavy rain and possible small hail is headed across Western Nevada and Lake Tahoe, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.
The governors of Nevada and California gathered in Holbrook Junction to survey the damage done by the 106-square-mile Tamarack Fire.
