From a ban on surprise hospital ER billing to 'red flag’ gun law, new bills...
Megan Messerly, Nevada Independent Today, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020 is the beginning of a new year, a new decade and also a new set of laws. More than 70 laws enacted by the Nevada Legislature last year...
View ArticleCarson City's Life Change Center has helped nearly 700 people fight opioid...
by Kelsey Penrose Life Change Center has helped nearly 700 Carson City and rural residents combat opioid drug addiction during its three years in the capital city, and they’ve been so successful...
View ArticleCarson Tahoe puts temporary processes in place during the Coronavirus outbreak
Carson Tahoe Health UPDATED: When there is heightened concern around an illness, Carson Tahoe closely monitors the situation and implements enhanced infection prevention strategies, working closely...
View ArticleCarson Tahoe updates screening processes, limits visitation during the...
Carson Tahoe Health When there is heightened concern around an illness, Carson Tahoe closely monitors the situation and implements enhanced infection prevention strategies, working closely with the...
View ArticleCarson City arrests: Pair jailed for occupying home of dead person
A man and woman were arrested Monday at a Castle Way residence for allegedly entering and occupying the home of a deceased person, a gross misdemeanor offense, according to a Carson City Sheriff's...
View ArticleCarson Tahoe further limits visitation during the Coronavirus outbreak
Carson Tahoe Health When there is heightened concern around an illness, Carson Tahoe closely monitors the situation and implements enhanced infection prevention strategies, working closely with the...
View ArticleCarson City sheriff's arrests: 3 jailed after baby ingests meth
Three were arrested Saturday for suspicion of child neglect and endangerment among other charges after a baby was brought into the hospital emergency room for ingesting methamphetamine, a Carson City...
View ArticleQ&A with the director of the State Public Health Lab on production of new...
Joey Lovato, The Nevada Independent Less than a month after the first instance of COVID-19 was announced, the state has surpassed 1,300 cases. Testing has ramped up including the addition of private...
View ArticleSenator Square: Carson City's superintendent gives teachers shout out for...
By Supt. Richard Stokes and Phil Brady Editor’s Note: Richard Stokes is the Carson City School District Superintendent. Dear Friends, I wanted to send my very best wishes to each of you for a peaceful...
View ArticleNevada governor promises details on state's reopening plan next week; more...
Michelle Rindels and Riley Snyder, The Nevada Independent Gov. Steve Sisolak says he expects to know much more next week about whether conditions are right to either end or extend directives that have...
View ArticleSenator Square: Carson High School student shares personal pandemic story
Anika Bryant and Phil Brady Editor’s Note: Bryant is a freshman Honors student at CHS, and the following is her response to the poem "A Builder or a Wrecker" by Charles Franklin Benvegar.During this...
View ArticleProgram at WNC enables students in Carson City region the training to become...
Western Nevada College Listening to a medical training need that a workforce sector was asking for prompted Western Nevada College to launch a Paramedicine program this year.Building on the Emergency...
View ArticleCarson City Sheriff's Office investigates shooting, victim shot in hand, 3...
UPDATE 5:11PM: The assailants are described as three males in their 20s. Two were wearing dark colored clothing and the other was in light colored clothing. All three suspects were described to be in...
View ArticleCarson City Sheriff's Office requests public's help in locating shooting...
Carson City Sheriff's Office Press Release The Carson City Sheriff’s Office Investigation Division is asking for assistance in identifying three suspects involved with a shooting that had occurred...
View ArticleCarson Tahoe Emergency Department earn prestigious Emergency Nurses...
Carson Tahoe Health CARSON CITY — Last week, the Emergency Nurses Association announced that Carson Tahoe Health Emergency Department received the esteemed Lantern Award for 2020, which will span...
View ArticleTrio arrested for organized retail theft after allegedly returning thousands...
by Kelsey Penrose A 53-year-old transient man, a 60-year-old Tenasca, Wash. man and a 34-year-old Fernley man were arrested in the 400 block of Fairview Drive Wednesday for possession of a stolen...
View ArticleCarson City emergency crews respond to vehicle crash involving cyclist near...
UPDATE 11:28AM: Both east and westbound traffic lanes on William Street are now open. *** UPDATE 11AM: The patient was flown by Care Flight to the trauma ward at Renown Medical Center. Their condition...
View ArticleObituary: Holly Marie Shrum
By Tiffany Kaiser Holly Marie Shrum died in Carson City, NV on Monday October 12, 2020 surrounded by her family. Holly was 44 years old.Born in West Palm Beach, FL to Diane and Frank Primka, she was...
View ArticleCarson Tahoe Hospital: 'We are no longer living in an abundance of caution;...
Carson Tahoe Hospital As COVID-19 cases soar in Northern Nevada and local and regional hospitals are reaching capacity, Carson Tahoe Hospital in Carson City is making changes to adapt to the surge of...
View ArticleCarson Tahoe opens drive-thru clinic for symptomatic COVID testing in Carson...
Carson Tahoe Health Press Release The Quad County area (specifically Carson City) is still seeing a significant rise in COVID-19 cases, and we are continuing to see a surge in hospitalizations as...
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