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March 2012

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this weekend Carson City style

The luck of the Irish will be celebrated in Carson City this weekend with plenty of music, traditional fare and beverages to go around.

Carson City restaurant inspections for March 16

Carson City Health and Human Services inspection reports of local restaurants:

Food for Thought Ladies Night Out Fundraiser

Event Date: 
March 27, 2012 - 4:00pm

March 27th is Ladies Night Out at the Carson Mall! Grab your girlfriends and enjoy delicious food and wine while shopping. We will also have great raffle prizes as you browse through crafts and unique products from talented people in our community.

Proceeds from this evening will benefit the hungry children in our community.

Elderly drive dies in crash on U.S. 95

Last evening at approximately 11:05 pm troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol were dispatched to a head-on collision on US 95 in Mineral County, approximately 1 mile north of the community of Luning.

Open house for remodeled Richardson Building

Event Date: 
March 30, 2012 - 4:00pm

One block from the State Library and Archives in the heart of Carson City’s downtown government sector, the landmark building at 504 E. Musser Street has been renovated and beautifully transformed as the Richardson Building.

An open house is scheduled Friday, March 30 from 4pm to 8pm to celebrate the unveiling of this 15,120 square foot, 3-story building.

Owner Mike Richardson stated “This very attractive building has great access to downtown and we’re very excited to show it off to the public.”

Carson City shifts open space program focus from buying to managing lands

Yesterday the Carson City Board of Supervisors heard the person in charge of the city's open space program outline new goals for the future.

After the city's buying spree of hundreds of acres of open space lands in recent years, Open Space Manager Juan Guzman said they are now shifting to better managing those lands.

Obituary: Elfrieda Martha Greene

Elfrieda Martha Greene, 93, of Carson City, NV was called home on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 with her beloved granddaughter Justine Talbott by her side. Elfrieda was born July 15, 1918 in Shawano,...

Himalayan-trek slide lecture

Event Date: 
Repeats every 2 days until Fri Apr 27 2012 .
April 26, 2012 - 7:00pm

World travelers Dr. Chip Carroon and Pat Devereux present their “Nevada Trekkers on the Annapurna Circuit” PowerPoint show at the Nevada State Museum at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 26. The Dayton-area couple will discuss images they shot while trekking 150 miles on Nepal’s most famous hiking route, in the central Himalayan Range. Admission to the event is $8 adults; free for museum members and children 17 and under. The museum is at 600 N. Carson St., Carson City. For more information, call 775-687-4810.

New Report Says Nevada Remains Average In Providing Public Access To Government Spending

CARSON CITY – Nevada barely earned a C grade for its efforts in providing online access to government spending data with a score of 70, according to the latest report: “Following the Money 2012”, released this week by a national group.

Nevada State Administrators Get Budget Details In All-Day Planning Session

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s top state administrators gathered together in meeting rooms and via the internet today to hear first-hand about Gov. Brian Sandoval’s initial plans for his 2013-15 budget.

The all-day meeting called “Budget Kickoff” was intended to provide instructions to state administrators on how to begin preparing their spending plans for the new two-year budget that will take effect on July 1, 2013.