special events

Let’s get ducky! Nevada Humane Society’s Duck Race & Festival is swimming back for a 7th year with a goal to adopt 30,000 rubber ducks to benefit homeless pets! Adopt a duck now then spend an exciting day in the park to cheer on their duck as they race down the Truckee River.

With road construction to enhance driver safety on Highway 50 at Lake Tahoe’s Cave Rock area, the Nevada Department of Transportation is reminding motorists to anticipate minor travel delays during holidays and special events.

While the inaugural Epic Rides Carson City Off-Road mountain bike race series may have been a boon to the local economy, some downtown businesses struggled to stay out of the red last weekend because of what they felt were excessive road closures for the first-time event.

The Dayton Valley Days Committee invites crafters, vendors and anyone who wants to reach thousands of people to reserve a booth for the 28th annual street festival held in the heart of historic Old Town Dayton.

Each year, Carson Tahoe Health director of resource management, Kayleen Fogleman, along with the CTH holiday and special events committee, invites area children to the CTH Kids Christmas Party. This year, Fogleman is bringing Christmas in the form of summer fun toys and sunblock to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada in June.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of June 6-12, 2016. Work will continue on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street. The following streets will be impacted:

The Brewery Arts Center, in partnership with the Municipality of Carson City and the Levitt Amp Foundation, is introducing a brand-new live music concert series to the Nevada state capital starting Saturday, June 4 and running ten consecutive weeks through August 6.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of May 30 through June 5, 2016. Work will continue on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street. The following areas will be impacted:

Get ready for two swinging nights this summer as the 17-piece Reno Jazz Orchestra presents “Such Sweet Thunder” - an evening that features the music of Duke Ellington on July 30 at Wingfield Park in Reno, NV, and at Sand Harbor State Park on the edge of Lake Tahoe’s north shore on Monday, August 1.

The Foundation for Carson City Parks and Recreation is holding the first of several open houses for the Wungnema House in Mills Park on Sunday, May 29, from 2 to 5 p.m. The building is accessible by the Park entrance on Saliman Road, opposite the high school. Admission to the open house is free. This will be an opportunity to learn about this historic building and about the Foundation.

With road construction underway to enhance driver safety on U.S. 50 in Lake Tahoe’s Cave Rock area, the Nevada Department of Transportation reminds motorists to anticipate minor travel delays during holidays such as Memorial Day weekend and special events.

The Foundation for Carson City Parks & Recreation will have its first annual meeting on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the offices of the Parks and Recreation Department, 3303 Butti Way, Bldg. 9, Carson City. The election of board members for vacant positions will be among topics on the agenda. A meeting of the Board will immediately follow the annual meeting.

A “Salute to Spring” will be the theme of the 31st annual RSVP Spring Celebration and Carnival at Mills Park in Carson City.

It all begins on Thursday, May 5, with Dollar Night, where every ride is just $1. The fun continues at the carnival on Friday and throughout the weekend, when Wold Amusements Carnival has special all-day ride passes for $30.

RSVP organizers for July 4 activities in Carson City would like to continue the tradition and host a fireworks display for the 24th year but it needs the help of the community and donations in order to do so.

It’s Christmas in March for Tyler Smith, the winner of The Polar Express Ticket Giveaway for tickets to the opening weekend of The Polar Express Train Ride on the historic Virginia & Truckee Railroad this 2016 season.

For the past month V&T conducted surveys for customer feedback about their experience with the railroad. Each survey participant was entered in a giveaway to win four coach tickets to the highly anticipated opening weekend of holiday train, Nov. 17-20.

Statewide gaming win dipped 2.9 percent in January because of fewer special events.But the two Lake Tahoe markets saw a significant increase, according to Gaming Control Board analyst Mike Lawton.Tota ...

Known for its Wild West traditions and old miner Comstock legends, Virginia City has its authentic Nevada history and quirky, outlandish special events that keep people from around the world coming back for more.

This year is no different as the town’s 2016 special events calendar includes fan favorites such as the International Camel and Ostrich Races, the Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry and several parades as well as a brand new event, a western rodeo in September.

As a child Gina Hill, then Gina Lopez, danced her way through Carson City. “it was all I ever knew, really,” she said. She was a regular in a floor show in a Mexican restaurant in the former Silver City Mall — where Lowe’s now stands. Earning her Screen Actors Guild card, she also starred in a McDonald’s commercial that ran annually.

Carson City Children's Museum held is Wintercraft Fest today to the delight of children and parents alike. Craft tables and interactive museum exhibits kept everyone entertained during the 2-hour event that ends at 1pm.

In addition to daily admissions and special events, the museum also hosts children's birthday parties. For more information about the Carson City Children's Museum or to reserve your party space, call 775-884-2226, or visit their website at www.cmnn.org

The four children of Jack and Margie Gibson have honored their parents’ decades-long service to the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, with a $40,000 donation that enabled the museum’s latest exhibition.

What better way to spend winter break then at the Arlington Square Ice Skating Rink at the corner of W. Robinson and N. Carson streets. Take advantage of extended hours Dec. 21 through Jan. 4.

The Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America celebrated six individuals, four Silver Spike awards and a number of other awards during its 2015 Silver Spikes banquet, held Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino.

The 29th Annual Silver Spike Awards ceremony celebrated the PR and communications profession and professionals with the theme ‘Reimagine, Reinvent, Repurpose.’

With ideal cold weather conditions and the holiday season now underway, children, teens and their families laced up their skates Friday and put the blades in motion for the opening of the Arlington Square Ice Skating Rink in downtown Carson City.

The snow has begun to fall in the Sierra and Carson City anxiously awaits the return of the Arlington Square Ice Skating Rink at the corner of W. Robinson and N. Carson Streets. The day after Thanksgiving, Friday, Nov. 27, kicks off the season with three skate sessions to choose from: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 2 p.m. - 5 p.m., and 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

This week marks the 30th year that Nevada Rural Counties Retired Senior Volunteer Program, also known as RSVP, hosts a Nevada Day Carnival at Mills Park in Carson City.

Festivities begin Thursday with “Family Night” from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. where all rides are $1 each courtesy of Carson-City Toyota Scion.

Visitors to Carson City’s downtown will be greeted by faces of the people who live, play and work in Nevada’s capital city.

Joel Dunn, executive director of the Carson City Visitors Bureau, coordinated the campaign to create 177 two-by-three-foot banners that were hung up Tuesday night along Carson and Curry streets and Fairview Drive.

This year, 2015 marks the 30th year that Nevada Rural Counties Retired Senior Volunteer Program, also known as RSVP, hosts a Nevada Day Carnival at Mills Park in Carson City.

Kicking off the festivities will be “Family Night” on Thursday, Oct. 29 from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. where all rides are $1 each courtesy of Carson-City Toyota Scion.

Calling all little ghouls and goblins! Come join us for our Halloween Boo Bash event on Saturday, October 24thth starting at 11am in Center Court. Enjoy games and activities along with a castle bounce house.

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The Nevada Division of State Lands acquired nearly 3,000 acres of federal land in eastern Nevada, formerly administered by the U.S. Forest Service, that will be added to Cave Lake State Park, officials announced Friday.

Hello fellow anglers, fall is officially here. Renee and I just returned from fishing the delta for a week,
When we went over Carson Pass on Highway 88 at 3 p.m., the temperature was only 42 degrees. That is a definite change of seasons and also the time of year when some lakes open and others close for the year.