Tours/Events
The V&T Railroad Brings Pumpkin-Picking and Haunted Rides to Virginia City
Family-friendly Pumpkin Patch excursions and spine-tingling Graveyard Train rides return this October with costumes, pumpkins and thrills for all ages.
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VC Merchant Mix & Mingle Oct. 13
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
Nonprofit
Healthy Communities Coalition meets Thursday, Oct. 8
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
Government
Lyon County Board of County Commissioners Meeting Summary ― Oct. 1, 2026
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
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PINE NUTS: The Diaries of Adam and Eve
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,
Tours/Events
St. Mary's Art Center Opens Its Historic Doors for a Halloween Sleepover and Paranormal Investigation
Guests are invited Halloween weekend to explore inside the 1876 Comstock landmark alongside Women Investigating Ghost Sightings, limited guest rooms available
Tours/Events
Have a Hauntingly Great Evening at the Fourth Ward School
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
News
Thirty One Local Projects Awarded Funding Through the Microsoft Northern Nevada Community Fund
The Microsoft Northern Nevada Community Fund, managed by non-profit ChangeX, supports local communities to start or expand projects that create lasting impact.
Senior Services
October 2026 Storey County Senior Center Menus
VC and Lockwood Menus found HERE
Columnists
The Four Car Gambit
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.
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Wilderness Takes to the Highway
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
LCSO Continues Zero-Tolerance Enforcement of Sex Offender Registrations Requirements
Lyon County, Nevada – The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office continues zero-tolerance enforcement policy regarding violations of Nevada’s sex offender registration requirements. On Sept. 29, 2026, three additional registered sex offenders were arrested in separate incidents across Lyon County after deputies determined they were not in compliance with their