The average carrot travels over 1,800 miles to get to our dinner plate. Processing and shipment of food accounts for 93 percent of our food cost.

The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension will offer eight new “Grow Your Own!” classes in Carson City and 11 other Nevada cities to help residents who want to get on a path to more sustainable, local, healthy living by growing more of their own food.

When D.J. Whittemore was an assistant baseball coach at Wooster High School in 2002, he almost overstepped his boundaries.

A Wooster hitter was one strike from striking out during the state tournament, and head coach Ron Malcolm was ready to put in a pinch-hitter because he didn’t like what he saw.

Gov. Brian Sandoval has said his administration has two top priorities: education and economic development.

When it comes to education, Sandoval has used both the bully pulpit of his office and his budget to call for school choice, ending social promotion, expanding full-day kindergarten and improving funding for programs targeting English-language learners.

Youth Theatre Carson City is excited to announce our upcoming production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, America’s favorite adaptation of the classic tale, to be held April 5-7 in the Bob Boldrick Theatre at the Carson City Community Center.

The cast is comprised of over 75 local youth ages five to eighteen, who play all the classic characters including Cinderella, her Prince Charming, The Wicked Stepmother and Stepsisters, the magical Fairy Godmother, and a host of other colorful characters who bring Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s masterwork to life!