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By Becca Krach, HSDV secretary BEWARE! Cracks have begun appearing on some of the graves in the Dayton cemetery. There is concern among local residents that spirits might be trying to return to the world of the living. At the present rate, it is estimated they will emerge on the
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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 Community Roots/HCC Oct 16: Grand
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In Nevada, there's nothing more certain than the arrival of another traffic study. Give a committee a highway, a growing industrial park, and sufficient automobiles. And before long there will be maps on tables, arrows pointing in several directions, and men and women explaining that the solution is
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Virginia City’s 37th Annual World Championship Outhouse Races once again proved that small-town traditions can be anything but ordinary. On Oct. 3-4, costumed crews barreled their creative contraptions at top speed down C Street, drawing cheers, laughter, and plenty of double takes from spectators packed along the
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via Hunter Hampton, 601 VC Trail Boss Virginia City, Nev. — The 601 Vigilance Committee made a memorable debut at the world-famous Virginia City World Championship Outhouse Races, entering the competition with its appropriately named outhouse, “601 Gunslingers Last Dump.” The annual event drew thousands of spectators to historic C
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When Mark was a little boy, one of his favorite possessions was a record player. Some records told stories about cowboys, and somewhere in those stories a dream began. Mark wanted to go West. He wanted horses, open country and whatever mysterious quality made a cowboy a cowboy. By 13,
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Your financial security is only as strong as your digital security. A single stolen password, convincing scam or fraudulent investment offer can lead to lost savings, damaged credit or hours spent recovering compromised accounts. As our financial lives move increasingly online, protecting your personal information is part of protecting your
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Nearly 150 Years Later, Adolph Sutro Returns to the Place Where He Changed History.
Family-friendly Pumpkin Patch excursions and spine-tingling Graveyard Train rides return this October with costumes, pumpkins and thrills for all ages.
For business owners, having a local financial partner to help guide you through decisions and make a plan to reach your financial goals can feel like a weight off your shoulders. Meet the experts at our next Virginia City Merchant Mix & Mingle: Brook Sweeting and Stefan Dammen from United
Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties next public meeting is Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026 at the Silver Springs Community Center (2945 Fort Churchill St., Silver Springs) from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The nonprofit’s October meeting includes presentations by guest speakers. Guest speakers will address
Yerington, Nevada – The Lyon County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) met on Thursday, Oct. 1, to hear presentations, conduct public hearings, and take action on several significant action items. Highlights from the meeting include: Awards and Recognition Lyon County Sheriff Brad Pope presented Deputy Wheeler with the Life Saving Award
It becomes my good fortune to team up with the inimitable Tina Cole in presenting Mark Twain’s Extracts from the Diaries of Adam and Eve. The performance is scheduled for April in Lincoln, California, so we might be calling upon you, our gentle reader, to help move Adam along,
Guests are invited Halloween weekend to explore inside the 1876 Comstock landmark alongside Women Investigating Ghost Sightings, limited guest rooms available
via Fourth Ward School Museum Step Into the Shadows at the Fourth Ward School! Join us on Saturday, October 24, from 7–10 p.m. for the Fourth Annual All Hallows' Eve Victorian Ball Fundraiserat the Historic Fourth Ward School Museum in Virginia City! Step back into the Victorian
The Microsoft Northern Nevada Community Fund, managed by non-profit ChangeX, supports local communities to start or expand projects that create lasting impact.
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There are many ways to improve a neighborhood, but hiding four stolen automobiles on your property is not among them. This useful principle was apparently overlooked in Silver Springs last week, when detectives with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigation Unit served a search warrant on Badger Street.
You can travel across Nevada without encountering another human, yet may come across a free-range horse at any time. It is one of the state’s peculiar arrangements with nature: civilization builds a highway, nature supplies the horses, and everybody trusts everybody else to observe the rules. However, a