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Events are subject to change; please verify details with event hosts. Send your community events to advertising@thecomstockchronicle.com for posting. DAYTON Aug 22: Green Waste Collection Day (71 Enterprise Way), 10am - 3pm Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Dayton Valley Days (Sept. 19-20) registration for Sponsors, Vendors, Food Trucks,
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Some stories arrive upon a newspaper columnist's desk looking as though they have already written themselves. A sensible writer knows to leave them alone, for they are liable to bite. Yet every so often one appears that hangs so low upon the branch that even a fellow of
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As Hot August Nights opened its 40th Anniversary celebration in Virginia City, nearly 400 classic cars transformed historic C Street into something more than a car show—it became an open-air art gallery where every vehicle told a story. The July 31-Aug. 1, event marked the official kickoff
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Light filtered through the window well before the 5:09 sunrise, announcing another long summer day. Even after supper, the sun would still be hanging above the western horizon. It was Christmas Day. For someone raised in the northern United States, almost everything about that sentence feels wrong. Christmas belongs
Storey County
Virginia City residents and visitors now have a new place to safely park their bikes and scooters while exploring Virginia City and Gold Hill, thanks to an FY25–26 Storey County Community Project Grant. The project, proposed by Virginia City resident and Storey County employee Lisa Maciel, funded the installation
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via Nevada Division of State Parks CARSON CITY, Nev. – After receiving nearly 2,500 name suggestions from the public, the Nevada Division of State Parks is inviting Nevadans to help choose the official name of the state's newest state park by voting for their favorite. Announced earlier this
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When most people think of Virginia City, they picture the boom years of the Comstock Lode, the silver kings, and the legendary mining fortunes that put Nevada on the map. But what happened after the mines went quiet is a story just as fascinating, and one that took center stage
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War was the problem solver of choice back when we settled our differences with battle axes, whereupon, with each and every advancement in weaponry, we got more wars. Even when disagreements between countries appeared to be solvable at the bargaining table, well, those disagreements oftentimes slipped off the bargaining table
Tuesday, Aug 4 @10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug 18 @ 10 a.m. Storey County Courthouse 26 S. B. St, Virginia City This meeting will be held in person and the public is welcome to attend. Members of the public who wish to watch the meeting remotely may do so by
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So few institutions in government are more devoted to efficiency than two counties sharing one inmate. It is a fine arrangement, rather like neighbors borrowing each other's lawn mower, except this particular piece of borrowed property possessed the inconvenient habit of walking away. Storey County had been entrusted
Monday, Aug 3, 2026 @ 9 a.m. (Data Center Ordinance Workshop) Thursday, Aug 6, 2026 @ 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug 20, 2026 @ 9 a.m. Lyon County Administrative Complex 27 S. Main St. Yerington, NV 89447 Agendas: lyon-county.org/Agendacenter Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83368686463.
via Comstock Foundation for History and Culture The Comstock Foundation for History & Culture is excited to announce the recent acquisition of two 1929 Ford Model AA trucks from the Pierce Powell Estate. Based on their serial numbers, both trucks date back to 1929 and represent another important piece of
Read the entire 2026 Night in the Country After Action Report at the Pizen Switch Times. 2026 Night In The Country After Action Report (summary below) Date: July 22 – July 26, 2026 Author: Cdr. Ryan Powell Location: 115 US 95A E, Yerington, NV 89447 Calls for service: 92 Arrests: 8
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2026 Fernley, NV – The Lyon County Sheriff's Office Sex Offender Task Force recently arrested two registered sex offenders for violating Nevada's sex offender registration requirements during separate investigations in Fernley. On July 28, 2026, members of the Sex Offender Task Force
There are few institutions in America more dependable than a Nevada highway, where the desert stretches to eternity, the sagebrush minds its own affairs, and people periodically interrupt the peace by discovering fresh and inventive methods of rolling an automobile onto its roof. Such was the thing provided on Friday,
July 28, 2026 The Washoe County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) has successfully located and taken 23-year-old Chase Orput back into custody following a coordinated search after he walked away from a Washoe County Sheriff's Office inmate work crew on Monday, July 27, at approximately 1:
Scheduled for the Third Week in August. Aug. 13-16, 2026
Events are subject to change; please verify details with event hosts. Send your community events to advertising@thecomstockchronicle.com for posting. DAYTON Aug 1: Nevada Jeep Club Summer BBQ with Como Tower Trail Run, 4:30pm Aug 22: Green Waste Collection Day (71 Enterprise Way), 10am - 3pm Dayton Area Chamber