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Carson City restaurant and food inspection report
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 9:23am

Restaurant inspections are made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division. This week's inspections restaurants, fast food restaurants, the kitchen at the Carson City Community Center, a retail food producer, a convenience store and a bar and lounge.

See the full report below.

It's Your City with Nevada Grants Office and Battle Born Venture
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 8:22am

This week's It's Your City program on Access Carson City Television is with Karsten Heise and Nicola Kerslake of Battle Born Venture, Nevada's state venture capital program. The program host is Kimberly Elliott with the Nevada Grants Office.

The Battle Born Venture Program is a state venture capital program overseen by the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development under the auspices of the US Treasury’s State Small Business Credit Initiative.

Blinky Man Halloween
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 6:09pm

Continuing the energy of the Summer Solstice event, Carson City’s costumed night time bike ride with lights will be at it again this Halloween.  This event is FREE to ride, and participants are encouraged to dress up their bodies and their bikes to celebrate the holiday with a blinkin’ and bikin’ tour of some of the best places to be in Carson City on Thursday, October 31st.

Prepare for smoke as Forest Service plans controlled burns in Carson Ranger District
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 5:04pm

Logs, stumps and limbs piled across 565 acres of public land in eight Carson Ranger District project areas of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest will be burned in the coming weeks, the U.S. Forest Service announced Monday.

Residents to the north, south, east and west of Carson City can expect heavy, dense smoke in the pile burn areas that will cause impacts, albeit short term, on air quality levels. Prescribed burn notices have been posted near homes and subdivisions, alerting occupants about the planned prescribed fire operations.

Wood stove rebate program offered to Carson City, Douglas County residents
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 3:57pm

A voluntary wood stove change-out program available in Carson City and Douglas County has been launched by two state environmental agencies.

The program, operated through the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection and the Bureau of Air Quality Planning, provides rebates ranging between $600 and $1,000 to homeowners who remove their pre-1992 wood stoves and replace them with new, clean-burning EPA-certified wood, pellet or gas stoves installed by a licensed contractor.

Carson City Sheriff's Office: Safety should be priority when celebrating Halloween
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 11:23am

Very soon Carson City streets will be filled with ghouls, goblins, and creatures of all kinds. As Halloween approaches, children, teenagers and yes, adults also, will take to the streets in search of treats.

Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong would like to remind everyone to “Please watch for children. The streets will be dark and can be slick. Children may dart out unexpectedly, drive carefully.”

So what can you as a driver do to make sure that all return home safely? Here are some tips that you many find useful:

Carson City woman jailed on felony child abuse charge; 2-year-old son suffers fractured skull
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 9:27am

A 30-year-old Carson City woman faces a felony child abuse charge after her two-year-old son was treated for a fractured skull at Carson Tahoe Hospital.

Ivette Olmos-Campos, was arrested Oct. 21, the hospital. She admitted to Carson City Sheriff's Office investigators that she had been abusing her son for the past four months, hitting him with a wood stick and knocking him unconscious.

According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched to Carson Tahoe Hospital in reference to a report that the 2-year-old suffered from a fractured skull.

Carson City wakes to snow; showers to last through Tuesday
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 8:02am

Carson City residents were greeted to about an inch of snow that fell overnight. A Winter Weather Advisory issued through the National Weather Service in Reno lasts until noon Monday.

In this storm, up to 3 inches of snow was expected above 5,000 feet with 1 to 2 inches on the valley floor, especially in Carson City, Dayton and Gardnerville.

The Lodge to Host Halloween Party for Local Seniors

Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 9:56pm

The Lodge Assisted Living Community invites all area seniors to celebrate Halloween at its monthly Senior Mingle. Party goers will enjoy devilish delights and spirits, ghoulishly good giveaways and eerie entertainment.

The frightening fun takes place October 31, from 2 – 4 pm in the Lodge’s dining hall.

Everyone is encouraged to dress up for the event, as there will also be a costume contest with prizes.
The Lodge hosts monthly Senior Mingles as a way to help local seniors stay active and make new friends. Reservations are appreciated and can be made by calling 775-583-8192.

Carson Chamber Singers featured in Nov. 1 Reno concert, Nov. 2 in Carson City
Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 9:34pm

The Carson Chamber Singers, a choral group of the Carson City Symphony Association, begins its 29th season with a pair of a cappella concerts directed by Michael Langham in Reno and Carson City.

The first concert, Friday, Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m., will be at Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., Reno. The program will be repeated on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m., at the Brewery Arts Center Grand Ballroom, 449 W. King Street, Carson City.

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