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April 2021

Changing your address? Better Business Bureau warns consumers to read the fine print

With the weather getting warmer, moving season is beginning to pick up steam. Many are already taking advantage of the sellers market by listing their current homes and looking for fresh starts in new places. With moving comes some necessary tasks and to-dos that leave you open to missing important details that could save you a lot of money.

Carson City area road report for week of April 5-11

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of April 5-11, 2021. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

Carson City Health and Human Services adapts as more COVID vaccines become available Monday

After Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak announced that on April 5 any Nevadan aged 16 and older would be allowed to get the vaccine, Carson City Health and Human Services began preparing for the new changes so that anyone within the Quad-County region who wanted their COVID-19 vaccines could receive it.

Senator Square: Carson High School students back on stage April 6

All Carson High School is a stage on Spring Break, and all the students, teachers, and administrators merely players until April 6; they have their exits and their entrances; and one person in time plays many parts, the acts being seven ages.

Western Nevada College's HEPP presents ‘Community Conversation: The Challenges and Opportunities of Reentry’

Event Date: 
April 8, 2021 - 5:00pm

Western Nevada College’s Higher Education in Prison Program has scheduled its second event in a four-part series to be held over the next year: “A Community Conversation: The Challenges and Opportunities of Reentry” on Thursday, April 8.

Carson City marketing, PR agency launches small business survey aimed at post pandemic planning

Carson City-based In Plain Sight Marketing launched its first annual Small Business Marketing Survey April 1. The survey can be found here.

Carson City's Chief Juvenile Probation Officer featured at Democratic tele-luncheon

Event Date: 
April 5, 2021 - 12:00pm

Featured speaker at Monday's Democratic tele-luncheon will be Ali Banister, Chief Juvenile Probation Officer for Carson City Juvenile Services. In addition to those duties, she also serves as an adjunct professor at Western Nevada College teaching juvenile law. At the tele-luncheon she will detail the range of juvenile services currently available in Carson City, with special emphasis on the psychological toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on the community's young people and their educational experience.

Nevada lawmakers look to allow cannabis consumption lounges for economic growth, diversifying marijuana industry

Nevada lawmakers hope this session will be the one where they resolve a “vexing” problem that has lingered since 2017 — it’s legal to consume marijuana recreationally, but not in a public place.

Carson City Library hosts Family Storytime

Green leaves in the background with blue text reading family story time
Event Date: 
April 8, 2021 - 11:30am

Join us for weekly themed stories and crafts. In honor of Arbor Day, we’ll be reading about the importance of trees, making our own trees, and getting familiar with GLOBE Observer’s Tree Observer community science project.

If you'd like to follow along with the craft at home, you'll just need a clothespin or craft roll, paper and scissors.

Obituary: Todd Bishop

Todd Bishop passed peacefully on March 28th from Cancer. He was a friend to all he came in contact with.

With his love for golf he was Superintendent at Empire Ranch Golf course and Glenbrook Golf Club.

He is preceded in death by his Mother Patricia and daughter Alexia.

No services made as of now.