Genoa Town Board members will face three options on Wednesday regarding the ancient street lights that illuminate the town's back streets, none of which include leaving the lights in place.
The Good Neighbor program is hosting a volunteer training on June 18 at the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center in Minden.
The purpose of Memorial Day is for us to remember the fallen and the price they paid for the freedoms we enjoy today.
No one was reported injured in a small plane crash at Minden-Tahoe Airport.
If Douglas County had to rely on its natural birth and death rates, it would have lost 1,661 residents since July 1, 2011.
There are just two weeks until the Carson Valley Days Parade
Back in early March, I was trimming a juniper in my backyard and found a praying mantis egg sac attached to one of the shrub’s low-lying branches.
A warm Memorial Day weekend is the opening to what promises to be a long, hot summer
The second person involved in a series of trailhead vehicle burglaries that occurred during last year's lockdown was sentenced on Tuesday.
Douglas County’s K-9s scored another big methamphetamine seizure during a traffic stop last week.
For the Washoe, the Minden siren symbolizes oppression and loss of the lands they once freely traversed. For the older residents of Minden, it is a symbol of home — a tribute to the volunteer firefighters and ranchers coming home from the fields.
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For the Washoe, the Minden siren symbolizes oppression and loss of the lands they once freely traversed. For the older residents of Minden, it is a symbol of home — a tribute to the volunteer firefighters and ranchers coming home from the fields.
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One person was transported as a result of a two-vehicle collision south of Gardnerville.
Douglas High School football officially approved its next coach Friday afternoon.
A 9-year-old boy was one of the first victims this week of BB gun shooters.
People still rope and brand calves in Carson Valley.
An earthquake measuring at 4.1 hit in the middle of Lake Tahoe at 8:25 this morning. It was the second quake in the middle of Tahoe today.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley.
Memorial Day is Monday
Assembly Bill 88 has been delivered to Gov. Steve Sisolak for his signature.
Carson City Health and Human Services reported an additional death due to COVID-19 in the Quad-County Region on Thursday.
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The Support Our Seniors group donated paint to the Douglas High Block D Club to refresh the D on D Hill.
Back in early March, I was trimming a juniper in my backyard and found a praying mantis egg sac attached to one of the shrub’s low-lying branches.
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The Minden Soaring Club has called its annual general meeting for Sunday at the Minden-Tahoe Airport, and they’re calling everyone interested in gliders to come see what they’re up to.
Lyon County authorities are hoping someone can help them find the killer of Vincent Trapp, whose body was found in 1992 and not identified until last summer.
A homeless man accused of raping and murdering a woman he was sharing a tent with last fall was bound over to district court on Friday.
Most National Forest recreation sites around the Tahoe Basin are now open
One of the oldest buildings in Gardnerville will see new operation.
Douglas High track and field, as well as swimming and diving, both brought home individual regional titles for the Tigers last week.
Douglas High School had five players selected to the all-region team from the baseball and softball clubs in 2021.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Advisory Council is asking the public to join in a campaign they have named “Thumbs Up for Law Enforcement”
Anytime Fitness in Gardnerville is hosting a dodgeball fundraising tournament 5-9 p.m. June 11 during Carson Valley Days weekend.
The gondola in South Lake Tahoe will be active for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, officials announced Monday.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
A conservation easement will preserve a 1,424-acre working ranch and five miles of creeks and streams in Huntoon Valley owned by rancher George “Corky” Ullman, the Eastern Sierra Land Trust announced on Monday.
In 1981, Bill Driscoll became chief of the East Fork Fire Protection District within months of its creation.
One of three men arrested Friday in what authorities describe as a human trafficking investigation in Stateline was still in custody on Monday.
A 35-parcel industrial park at Airport and Heybourne roads took the long way to approval on Thursday.
Around 95 Douglas County students at Western Nevada College receive their degrees today and Tuesday.
Douglas High School graduate on her way to academy after graduating from Marine Basic Training
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
Douglas County Librarian Amy Dodson received the 2021 American Library Association Paul Howard Award for Courage for her effort to include #BlackLivesMatter in a diversity statement that prompted a demonstration and counter demonstration Aug. 8, 2020, in Minden.
Parents concerned over personnel changes at Douglas County’s Lake Tahoe schools asked school board trustees for help on Tuesday.
Settlement resolves a 2017 beating case that was scheduled for a month-long trial
A Carson City man who wandered around the Target for five hours after it closed was sentenced to 20-60 months in prison on Tuesday.
Welcome to Chapter 2 of Betty Downs life in Johnson Lane as one of the original homesteaders. In this series we are exploring what it was like to be one of the first to claim 160 acres for $16.
Ever ask How long, Oh Lord? How often? I do.
I recently had occasion to spend a great amount of time in San Francisco. Of course, we went to as many Chinese restaurants as we could. Part of the fun of going Asian are the fortune cookies they give you at the end of each meal. I collected so many that I mounted them in a picture frame.
Warmer temperatures are forecast as a spring storm moves out of Western Nevada
A recent survey finds only 9 percent of respondents could name the Carson River.
A Carson Valley man is raising money and racing a deadline in a last ditch effort to bring fireworks to Stateline for the Fourth of July
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Holly Waszkiewicz, owner of Candles With a Cause, is organizing an event to support the Northern Nevada Peer Support Network
Tonight's concert in Minden Park will occur rain, snow or shine
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The Douglas High softball team took care of business Thursday at home in a 2021 Class 5A regional elimination game.
An incident at Elks Point Road and Highway 50 saw a significant police and fire presence
Douglas authorities would like to find out who allegedly stole from the Best Buy in Carson Valley Plaza
Douglas High baseball is sending five seniors from its class of 2021 to play ball at the next level.
Carson Valley Community Food Closet offers Douglas County residents a free food distribution day on 8-10 a.m. Saturday.
The annual Plant Faire is 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Heritage Park Gardens in Gardnerville.
The Sierra Nevada Republican Women’s club is participating in Saratoga Springs Estates’ giant community yard sale 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The mask sign was gone from the door of the Judicial & Law Enforcement Building on Monday for the first time in more than a year.
East Fork Fire Protection District has been serving most of Douglas County for 40 years
A man with a history of domestic battery convictions was sentenced to 2-5 years in prison on Monday.
A man sporting a sidearm when he allegedly harassed a deputy and his wife at a Gardnerville grocery store, wasn’t supposed to have firearms.
Kurt Hildebrand writes a monthly column about people and things in Carson Valley. The opinions expressed here are his own.
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Douglas High softball and baseball each played a Class 5A regional game Wednesday.
One of the major Fourth of July fireworks shows in the Western United States has been cancelled for the second year in a row.
Members of the Mono County Search and Rescue Team conducted their annual awards presentation May 1 at an outdoor picnic at Mono County Park.
Carson Valley's farmers market kicked off a week of events.
National Weather Service forecasters have issued a freeze watch for Carson Valley and most of Western Nevada.
A wrap-up of news in and around Carson Valley
Douglas High softball opened up 2021 Class 5A Northern Nevada regional play with a home game against No. 6 Reno
A new fuels and fire crew is working to clear brush from around power poles in Douglas County, according to the East Fork Fire Protection District.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
Douglas High School opened up 2021 Northern Nevada Class 5A regional play with a home playoff wins for the first time in nearly a decade.
Three tires and a cinderblock part of the haul from Friday's underwater Tahoe clean-up
Fire agencies are preparing for a long dry summer
The arrival of around 100 motorcyclists in Carson Valley on Friday as they made their way north on Highway 395 resulted in a handful of arrests.
Douglas High baseball will get a home game in the regional tournament Monday afternoon. Find out who the Tigers will welcome to Minden.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
Carson City's newest UPSL team, Battle Born FC, is giving players potentially without an opportunity, a chance to get noticed by the next level.
A thunderstorm moving southwest into Carson Valley saw three lightning strikes within seconds of one another at about 2:38 p.m. Sunday.
Federal public defenders have received authorization to conduct new DNA tests on hair samples in a 15-year-old murder case.
Carson Valley Sertoma donated three Portable InfoLoops to the Washoe Tribal Health Center and Carson Tahoe Health on May 11 and 12.
The Mahogany Drive congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Minden co-hosted a community blood drive with Vitalant Blood Services on May 8.
The construction of the new visitor center and amphitheater at Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park, Spooner Lake, is set to begin on Monday.
Natalia Vander Laan is the owner of Vander Laan Law Firm in Minden.
Mary Weyland and Joseph Jacobsen graduate from university
End of the year scholarships and awards announced
Local organization Reach for Joy is hosting a Veterans Appreciation BBQ lunch from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. May 31 on Memorial Day.
Carson High's Caydee Farnworth hit a walk-off double to best Douglas, 5-4, Saturday afternoon in nine innings.
Douglas County Sheriff’s K-9s will have their day in Gardnerville today at a Cowboys for Cops and EMS event at Circle S Western Market at high noon.
Forecasters say there's a good chance of rain and even thunderstorms this evening.
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A credible threat against Douglas County School District officials has prompted the cancellation of Tuesday’s regular board meeting.
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The Centers for Disease Control issued new mask guidelines saying fully vaccinated people are no longer required to wear a mask indoors or outdoors in most circumstances.
Two bills passed by the 2019 Legislature, challenged by Douglas County Sen. James Settelmeyer and other Republicans senators, were overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday.
Barton Healthcare System purchased the Lakeside Inn for $13.3 million according to the Douglas County Recorder’s Office.
On Sept. 26, 2019, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved $35 million for a massive reduction of America’s relatively minor wild horse and burro herds scattered throughout the West.
Letters published in the May 13, 2021, edition of The Record-Courier
At least 33 Minden and Gardnerville residents are graduating today from the University of Nevada, Reno.
A former Carson Valley man is facing up to 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty on Tuesday to blackmailing a 15-year-old girl into sex.
Fred Simon, owner of Kristopher’s Ristorante in Minden and a trauma surgeon will announce his candidacy at the Republic Central Committee meeting Thursday.
76th Carson Valley Days Parade a month away
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The pitcher-catcher combo for Douglas High softball is a major reason why the Tigers are one of the top teams in the North this season.
A look back at the last few days of athletic events and results for Douglas High School.
Something in the Wind, a free kite flying event, will take place at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Saturday and Sunday.
A Wellington man appears to have run out of gasoline near where he was shot and killed early May 4.
University of Nevada commencement ceremonies begin today and will continue through Saturday
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Applications open for Vacation Home Rentals Advisory Board
The annual Spring Art Show will be held 6-8 p.m. May 19 in the Douglas High School library.
The Downing Clinic at the University of Nevada, Reno is making mental health services more accessible to rural Nevada through telehealth counseling appointments.
The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin issuing personal use fuelwood permits on May 18.
A wrap-up of news in and around Carson Valley, Nevada.
Man convicted for driving pickup through crowd of protesters
Genoans top pick to be their next town manager was Gardnerville Main Street Executive Director Matt Bruback.
The Douglas County Senior Center is opening for lunch today.
Home prices, which usually drop during an economic slowdown, have skyrocketed during the pandemic, propelled by record-low supply of homes for sale and a rush of well-off workers looking for second homes or space for home offices.
The Class 5A boys and girls soccer all-region teams.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
Snow plows have reached either side of the eastern gate of Yosemite National Park, but there's still work to do before the park reopens
Fish Springs famous for wild horse herd
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Sentencing was delayed for two people who admitted burglarizing a half-dozen vehicles last May at trailheads in Lake Tahoe and Jacks Valley.
Former Carson Valley resident Kristen Janet Lewandowski was married in Arizona
Betty Downs describes homesteading in Johnson Lane in the 1950s
“But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.” — Ephesians 4:7
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The Douglas County Senior Center held a drive-through luncheon on Friday with the traditional rose for mothers
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Three people were arrested with more than 300 grams of methamphetamine in two separate arrests on Thursday
Local all-region teams for tennis and cross country
Compromise to fund China Spring accepted by lawmakers
David Francis was identified Friday as the man killed on May 4 in Topaz Ranch Estates
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley
An earthquake near Independence Lake near Truckee rattled Carson Valley.
Introduction of an ordinance to regulate vacation home rentals in Tahoe Township is scheduled to occur on May 20.
Man shot in home invasion due in court on Friday
A roundup of the last few days of Douglas High athletics action from the 2021 spring sports season.
Douglas County issued a statement that Internet issues might affect streaming of today's meeting.
Incident above Genoa an example of how not to behave in the forest.
Suicide Prevention Network presents Summer Sounds at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on June 19.
Members of the Douglas High School Class of 2021 will forego the vehicle parade through town and participate in a more formal graduation ceremony.
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A Reno man could face up to 15 years in prison after he was arrested Saturday for a second felony instance of driving under the influence.
A wrap-up of District Court action from May 3-4
A brief wrap-up of news in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
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Community coronavirus testing returned to the Douglas County Community & Senior Center Wednesday as the county spent the first week under its new reopening and recovery plan.
A $29.3 million expansion of Carson Valley Medical Center has been approved by the state.
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Of all the obnoxious scams perpetrated over the phone, the fake kidnapped child is one of the worst.
A wrap-up of news from in and around Carson Valley, Nev.
Douglas County deputies and East Fork medics are on scene of a shooting on Topaz Ranch Drive this morning.
A bill before the Nevada Legislature would require the county to silence the Minden siren.
Douglas County’s customers gave its merchants a 7.2 percent Valentine during February, according to the Nevada Department of Taxation.
A memorial mural that stood in front of the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center will find a new home at Carson Valley Middle School.
The Wells Fargo Advisors office in Minden is closing with a bang, or more accurately without bangs, according to Senior Vice President Investments Thor Teigen.
Douglas County’s Good Neighbor Program could become a model for ways communities reach out to their most vulnerable residents.
A wrap-up of news in and around Carson Valley
Cooperative Extension conducts virtual Living with Fire sessions through October
Carson Valley looks like it will have a relatively light road work season this year.
Opening Day adventures
Natalia Vander Laan is a Minden attorney
Hebrews chapter 11 has been called the “Hall of Faith
