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According to local television reports, locals around this end of Nevada used St. Patrick’s Day to break loose from the Covid quarantine, and with Governor Sisolak relaxing the regulations, people celebrated, indicating they were ready to get on with their lives. Restaurants and bars around Old Town Dayton were
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There was a time when you could keep a family secret. Not anymore. But the real surprise isn’t that we can now discover things. It’s that the truth seems to have been waiting for us all along. I saw that the day my dad, Mark King, looked at
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STOREY COUNTY, NV – On March 16, 2026, at approximately 6:35 p.m., a Storey County Sheriff’s Office Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle with no license plates on State Route 341. Unfortunately (for him) the driver, identified as Ryan Rogers (age 39 of Reno, NV), had
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Part 5 of the Comstock Chronicle Series: “From Gold to Green—The Evolution of the Comstock”
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via Evangeline Presents Please join the Silver City Preservation Society in welcoming Canadian singer-songwriter Seth Anderson to the Silver City Schoolhouse for a last-minute show! Seth had a show cancel on his tour and so we are trying to get at least 25 people to come support and make up
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If a man wishes to learn the true character of Virginia City, he should attend its festivals. Parades will show you its pride, saloons will show you its honesty, and its cooking competitions will show you what it’s willing to eat when nobody is watching. Virginia City proved this
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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 Dayton High School Mar 20: DHS Boosters present Safe & Sober Grad Bingo Night, 5:30pm - 9pm Every Thursday: Silver Squares family-friendly square dancing, 6:30pm -
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The Delta Saloon restaurant space in Virginia City is officially open once again! Bonanza Cantina Mexican Food and Saloon owner Arturo Valadez is now the proprietor of The Miner's Table – American-style breakfast, lunch, and dinner open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days per week.
Update from Boys & Girls Clubs of Mason Valley We’re seeing outstanding progress on our Dayton Early Learning Center (ELC), which is set to open this fall! Big news for parents: the interest form for our Dayton ELC is now open! As we prepare for the facility to open,
Virginia City, Nev. – Virginia City has once again been nominated for Best Main Street in the USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards. Chosen by editors and a panel of subject matter experts, the nomination places the town’s historic C Street among notable Main Streets across the country. The community
Isn’t it too bad that we are clever enough to create a weapon so powerful as to deter our enemies, then we have to start knocking off our enemies before they replicate that same weapon, and knock us off… Where does it all end? May I humbly suggest Drawing
Yerington, Nevada – The Lyon County Board of County Commissioners met on Thursday, March 5, 2026, in Yerington to hear presentations, conduct public hearings, and take action on several significant development and policy items. Highlights from the meeting include: Presentations The meeting began with several informational presentations to the Board, including
Storey County Emergency Management hosted an informational Town Hall for Mark Twain residents to walk through details of the upcoming fire evacuation drill scheduled for March 28, 2026 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM. The drill is designed to help residents practice safely evacuating in the event of
USA Parkway at Innovation Way has reopened to limited traffic following the earlier closure caused by a water main break. Traffic is currently flowing in both directions using the southbound lanes, with one lane of travel in each direction. Motorists should be aware of the following traffic conditions: * Traffic is
Events are subject to change; please verify details with event hosts. Send your community events to advertising@thecomstockchronicle.com for posting. DAYTON Dayton High School Mar 20: DHS Boosters present Safe & Sober Grad Bingo Night, 5:30pm - 9pm Every Thursday: Silver Squares family-friendly square dancing, 6:30pm -
Thanks to docents Vicki Kinney, Larry Tuttle and Julie Workman, the Dayton Museum on Shady Lane in Old Town Dayton is honoring “Dayton Women in History,” this Women’s History Month. Throughout March, photographs and names of local women dating back to the early 1850s and into the 21st Century
I escaped a head-on collision by the narrowest of margins four years ago. Back then, Hwy 50 past Silver Springs toward Fallon was a worn strip of asphalt—one lane each direction, no margin for error. Near misses were common. Accidents were no surprise. It is much improved now. But
The Early Childhood Education Center teaches little ones through play-based learning that helps children get ready for school.
It was late Monday morning on USA Parkway when three Stockton citizens set out in search of scenery and found the law instead. The sun was up, and the road was open, but the car, it turns out, was not theirs. Storey County deputies, who have developed a suspicious nature