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For Immediate Release October 27, 2026 FERNLEY, NEVADA – On Oct. 26, 2026, deputies with the Lyon County Sheriff's Office arrested 44-year-old Fernley resident Mario James Ibarra, a Tier III registered sex offender, for failing to comply with Nevada's sex offender registration requirements. Ibarra failed
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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 Boys & Girls Club Dayton Clubhouse Oct 29: Halloween Party, 4pm Cavalry Chapel of Dayton Valley Oct 31: Trunk or Treat, 3pm Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Nov
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It's a riddle that has puzzled the republic longer than most politicians hold office. And it goes something like this: How is it that the same sturdy citizen who will leap from his chair at the first rumor of federal mischief, lace up his boots, and trudge across
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Looking for a fun way to explore our Northern Nevada landscape? Might I suggest ditching traditional transport and opting for al fresco seats on the rails with a RailZephyr adventure! Departing from Eastgate Depot in Carson City (just over the hill from Mound House), RailZephyr offers a fresh perspective on
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Before Nevada could become a state, its people had to agree upon a constitution. This required two conventions, two elections, and a considerable discussion about whose property ought to support the government. Patriotism was plentiful. Agreement about taxes was harder to locate. On the Comstock, the difficulty was understandable. A
Wow, it is hard to believe but on Oct. 17, the Historical Society of Dayton Valley (HSDV) welcomed 165 visitors from across the country to celebrate Blackburn family history in Old Town Dayton. It was exciting to watch three huge green buses parked in front of the Dayton Community Center
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On Aug. 22, 1939, the day after his 13th birthday, my father, Robert Mark King, sat in a movie theater in Fargo, North Dakota, watching something extraordinary. On the screen, a stagecoach raced across the desert, pursued by Apache warriors on horseback. One rider leaped from his horse onto the
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via Virginia City Tourism Commission The spirits have spoken, and they had opinions. The Spirits Made Me Do It Saloon Crawl brought another spirited afternoon to Virginia City with creative drinks, sweet treats, haunted stops, and plenty of Hauntober fun along the way. Congratulations to this year’s standouts: Best
Think estate planning is only for the wealthy or elderly? Think again. If you own anything — a home, a car, a savings account, even a pet — you already have an estate plan. The only question is: Did you create it, or will your state do it for you? When someone
Starting Oct. 26, 2026, Construction Materials Engineer, Inc. will conduct geotechnical work on Cartwright Road between State Route 341 and Fire Station 72 in the Virginia City Highlands. The work will help inform design recommendations for the Cartwright Road project. Traffic will be reduced to one lane in the work
Anyone who knows me knows I’m devoted to Bacchus, and to my pet jay, Huckleberry, who comes to Twain Haven every afternoon at Happy Hour for a Beer Nut. Yes, Huck has been my daily Happy Hour pal for nine years now, and I’ve made arrangements for him
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2026 Fernley, Nevada – On Oct. 21, 2026, members of the Lyon County Sheriff's Office Sex Offender Task Force (SOTF) arrested 49-year-old Fernley resident Sean Patrick Ringer for failing to comply with Nevada's sex offender registration requirements. Ringer, a convicted
In Virginia City, ghosts are just people who died trying to fold a fitted sheet. That is the sober, scientific fact of the matter, and anyone who claims otherwise has either never wrestled one of those diabolical cotton traps or has lost the match so thoroughly that his soul still
The Dust & Wonder Trail — a regional cultural corridor connecting historic and cultural sites across the Comstock, Carson City, and Carson Valley — drove another spike into the ground Tuesday, Oct. 20. Lucky for us, this four-foot steel railroad spike sculpture found its home at Donovan Mill in Silver City!
On Monday, Oct. 19, the Friends of Sutro Tunnel Charity (FoSTC) celebrated a significant milestone in Nevada mining history with the unveiling of a nine-foot-tall bronze statue of Adolph Sutro at the Sutro Tunnel historic site in Dayton. Sutro was the ambitious German-American engineer who designed and
By Lauren Jaslow The Mark Twain Museum at The Territorial Enterprise building in Virginia City opened for tours on Saturday, Oct. 17 during the 4th Annual Mark Twain Days Literary Festival presented by the Brewery Arts Center of Carson City to celebrate the local legend Mark Twain, one of America&
Comstock Metals and the Silver Springs Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed community partners and county officials to the Comstock Metals facility on Friday, Oct. 16, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the company’s solar panel recycling operations in Silver Springs. The facility represents a significant step forward in
By Jessica Garcia, Nevada Appeal The Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties (HCC) on Friday held a grand opening for its expanded Dayton pantry during a “Pantry Palooza and Fill the Pantry” event with about 150 in attendance. The campus has grown from 400 square feet to 4,
For Immediate Release October 20, 2026 FERNLEY, NEVADA – On Oct. 19, 2026, members of the Lyon County Sheriff's Office Sex Offender Task Force (SOTF) arrested 39-year-old Fernley resident and registered sex offender Joel Sanchez on an outstanding felony warrant for Failure to Appear. Sanchez was previously