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The "Through the Lens" exhibition presents large color photographs gathered by Paul Mudgett during his travels around the West. The Capital City Arts Initiative will host an artist’s reception, Tuesday, October 19, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.; the artist’s introduction is at 5:30 p.m. The exhibition is in the Community Center’s Crowell Board Room, 851 E William Street, October 19, 2021 to February 2, 2022.

With recent earthquakes at Lake Tahoe and in Antelope Valley south of Lake Tahoe, and the magnitude 6.5 Monte Cristo earthquake in 2020, it should be no surprise that Nevada is earthquake country. And being prepared for earthquakes in the goal of the Great Nevada ShakeOut public earthquake drill.

Carson High School NJROTC cadets wanted to do something for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Battalion Commander, Diana Pierrott, and her Executive Officer met with other senior members and came up with a great idea.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Oct. 18-24, 2021. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road/utility work:

Barrio Manouche takes an audience on a journey with a fusion of cultures and musical backgrounds. The San Francisco-based acoustic ensemble performs a repertoire of original compositions with a sound that is difficult to classify.

Barrio Manouche will perform at the CVIC Hall, 1602 Esmeralda in Minden, at 7 p.m. Friday, November 12, 2021. Tickets are $20 members, $22 general audience, and kids under 18 are free with a paid adult ticket.

Live music, vendors, drinks and fun are happening now at Shoe Tree Brewing Co. and will continue through the early evening.

The Lyon County Library Foundation presents the third annual Masquerade Ball on Saturday, Oct. 23 beginning at 6 p.m.

The event will take place at the Dayton Valley Golf Course, located at 101 Palmer Drive in Dayton, and will include live music, dinner and dancing.

Shoe Tree Brewing Co., located at 1496 Old Hot Springs Road, will once again be hosting Punk Rocktober Fest, bringing live bands, craft beer, local vendors, and more to the Carson City community.

Doors open at 12 p.m. and bands begin at 1 p.m.

Good morning seekers! Have you guessed it yet? We've reached the end of the second week of clues, do you have any ideas where the medallion might be hidden?

Here are the clues we have received so far:

Saturday, October 16 and Sunday, October 17 have been designated “White Cane Days” by the Carson City Host Lions Club.

Lions will be available at the North Carson Street Save Mart from 10 to 4 each day to bring awareness to the public of the sight preservation programs the Lions support, and to raise funds as part of the annual White Cane Days.

Two classrooms within the Western Nevada College's childcare facility at their Carson City location are closed for an undisclosed amount of time due to an outbreak of COVID-19.

At 9 AM, October 16, Saturday, cars and motorcycles will assemble at the Fleischman Planetarium in Reno, where they will be decorated with posters, festooned with flags and surrounded by banners.

At 9:30 AM, a news conference will be held by MARR PLAN Campaign's Jackie Oliveri and MARR PLAN originator Anthony Marr, followed by brief media interviews for participants. At 10 AM, the motorcade will depart from Reno and drive the 31 miles to Carson City.

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The Tahoe Mountain Milers Running Club will be hosting the 32nd running of Nevada Day Classic 2M/8K, on October 30 at 8 AM, at the Carson City Nugget.
This is a classic road course through the beautiful streets of the historic West Side of Carson City. The races precede the Nevada Day Parade celebrating Nevada's entry into the Union with a course finish down the main drag of Carson City with spectators lining the way.

All runners of all distances will receive a custom wooden medal! The first 200 runners that register are guaranteed a t-shirt!

Carson City local, Shane Trotter, has done it again: Trotter won the 24 Hour World Time Trial Championships for his age group in 2019, and he wanted to go back in 2020, but the event was cancelled due to Covid.

Trotter has been heavily training for these and other Ultra Cycling events for the past 4 years. He and his wife Nikki Trotter own a local Spin Studio, Life Cycle Spin and Yoga. Trotter does a lot of his training while teaching classes at the spin studio.

Carson Valley Medical Center executives, board members and community leaders were on hand Friday, Oct. 15, to break ground on the medical center’s expansion project.

Carson Valley Community Theatre presents, the southern-fried mid-life crisis comedy "Rex's Exes" coming this October at the CVIC Hall in Minden.

The fourth annual Burgers for Badges fundraiser to support the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office raised $15,000. The money was presented to Sheriff Coverley and will go toward the department’s operations and specialty programs.

Good morning seekers! Have you guessed it yet? We’re almost finished with the second week of searching, and I’ve gotta say, this may be a tough one this year!

Here are the clues we have received so far:

Monday's Democratic luncheon will feature a presentation by David Bugli, conductor of the Carson City Symphony and leader of the Mile High Jazz Band, which he founded in 1998. He is also Secretary and past President of the Foundation for Carson City Parks and Recreation and Secretary of the Carson City Historical Society.

The Carson Senator Freshman Football Team closed out a great season on a beautiful fall day in Minden, Nevada with 28 to 7 victory over their arch rival Douglas Tigers.

Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is providing the Quad-County community with a weekly update for the week starting October 7 and ending October 13, 2021.

The weekend is shaping up to be seasonably warm and sunny around Carson City, western Nevada and in the Sierra, with the possibility of gusty winds, rain and snow showers returning late Sunday into early Monday, according to the National Weather Service.

Registration is now open for the fourth annual Haunted Cemetery Tour at Lone Mountain Cemetery on October 23! Join the Carson City Park Rangers and students from the Carson High School drama class for a night of historical fun at Lone Mountain Cemetery. Come learn about famous historical figures at their burial sites and expect visits from Henry Marvin Yerington, P.H. Clayton, Hank Monk, and more!

Earlier this month, the Carson City Planning Commission voted 4-1 to approve an application by Carson Valley Meats for a meat processing and packaging facility off of Highway 50 E. in an industrial zone.

Slaughterhouses are approved uses for the general industrial zoning area, as laid out in the Carson City Municipal Code, but an appeal has been filed against the decision.

During yoga nidra, "energy replenishes and exhaustion is eliminated. Identification with the impermanent and temporary nature of living is replaced with identifying with the golden aspect of oneself that endures — one's true Self." — Julie Lusk

Yoga Nidra offers the equivalent of 3-5 hours of REM sleep. You will leave rejuvenated and with a sense of calmness and tranquility.

Class will be at Ascent Physical Therapy, their NEW location, 4560 S. Carson St, STE 2, near the Chevron at the junction of Carson Street and Spooner Summit.

Nevada Raider Nation, Carson City Chapter will host a game watch at 1:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, as the Las Vegas Raiders take on the Denver Broncos in Denver.

Two vacant restaurant spaces could be seeing a revamp and new life, according to Carson City’s NAI Alliance.

The first of the two is the vacant Flavors of India building, which closed down during the pandemic.

On Wednesday Oct. 13, Carson High School’s Theater and Choir departments performed their fall recital in the Bob Boldrick Community Theater in the Carson City Community Center. Choir teacher Andrew Sonnermaker and Theater Teacher Andi Wilkerson lead ensemble groups such as Musical Theater, Choir l/ll, Concert and Chamber Choir.

The Nevada Highway Patrol has received a grant in the amount of $100,000 from the Nevada Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety, to support law enforcement’s participation in the Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Saturation Traffic Safety Program during the coming year.

The Lyon County Manager's Office advises Dayton area residents to expect road closures from Oct. 18-22 on Sheep Camp Road between South End Drive and Jasper Lane. The road will be closed to all throughway traffic from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. due to subdivision development construction.

The first organized baseball games in Nevada dates back to 1869 when Carson City bested Virginia City 81-31.

By the early 20th century, many Nevada towns and fraternities had organized teams. Minor league baseball did not arrive until 1947, when the Las Vegas Wranglers and the Reno Silver Sox played in the sprawling Sunset League.

A 24-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday for a warrant alleging sexual assault against a child under 14 years of age, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

Good morning Nevada Day Treasure Hunt 2021 seekers! Have you guessed it yet? Let’s get right into Clue 8!

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What an informative weekend Mike Thomas has planned for attendees on Friday, Oct. 15 and Saturday, Oct. 16 at Western Nevada College’s Jack C. Davis Observatory in Carson City.

First, on Friday night, the Northern Nevada lecturer will talk about “The Titanic.” You know, that unsinkable ship that somehow sunk five days after making its maiden voyage from Southampton, England in 1912, in the Atlantic Ocean after sideswiping an iceberg.

Job seekers looking for career stability and advancement are in luck. Mark your calendar for Oct. 20, 2021 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. when more than 30 public sector employers will be hiring for hundreds of open positions.

UPDATE: The Nevada Highway Patrol is reporting a fatality in a crash involving a pedestrian Wednesday night on Highway 50 East near Deer Run Road. NHP is handling the investigation. The westbound lane was closed and re-opened at 9:22 p.m.
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Carson City Fire Department, sheriff's deputies and the Nevada Highway Patrol were called to a vehicle crash Wednesday night involving a pedestrian in the area of Highway 50 East and Deer Run Road.

As the number of bears looking for food before winter has increased around the Carson City area this season, a presentation on black bear management on Thursday, Oct. 14 is especially timely.

Carson City School District celebrated a pinnacle moment in the construction of a 23,000 square-foot classroom expansion at Eagle Valley Middle School on Wednesday afternoon.

The following have Appealed the Slaughterhouse. The “Downtown 2020 Group”, “Coalition of Citizens for Peaceful Enjoyment” and Maxine Nietz of Capital City Computing and former Planning Commissioner.

Not only is this a threat to Carson City’s environment, it is a Moral issue.

In the last 5 years the Nevada Humane Society Carson City Animal Shelter has helped find loving homes for more than 6,000 pets in need, and we are excited to celebrate with you.

Beginning Thursday, October 7, 2021, Partnership Douglas County and Tamarack Turnaround, a philanthropic group of community volunteers, are disbursing over $80,000 raised to individuals and families whose homes were destroyed and were displaced as a result of the Tamarack Fire.

The Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation announced Wednesday they have awarded $3 million to 19 organizations assisting with the aftermath of the recent wildfires in the Lake Tahoe Basin area.

This is in addition to the $1 million that was awarded to 29 organizations in the early part of September bringing the total donation from the Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation to $4 million to support the wildfire efforts.

Virginia City’s “Hauntober” is a month-long celebration of all things spooky in the haunted town, chock full of events for all ages. Returning for its second year, Cemetery Gin’s Hunt for Spirits, happening Saturday, Oct. 30 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., is the ultimate outdoor escape room, taking participants on a tasty scavenger hunt through the town’s saloons, shops and restaurants, searching for clues to the riddle and sampling drinks along the way.

The Carson City Host Lions Club is sponsoring a fun Chalk Art Contest as part of the Nevada Day festivities on Oct. 30. The contest is open to individuals, families, and businesses. Contestants will create chalk art masterpieces on sidewalk at a central location on East Washington Street based on the theme of “My Favorite Moment in Nevada.”

It is with great pride and pleasure that the Eagle Valley Women's Golf Club has been able to support the Carson High School girls golf team. This years check is $500. Thanks to Wade Greenlee and Keith Squires for their coaching! What a great team!

Curry Street is open to one-way northbound traffic between 5th and Musser. Pedestrian detours will also be in place. Please plan accordingly.

Good morning Nevada Day Treasure Hunt seekers! Have you guessed it yet? Let’s get right into Clue 7!

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CARSON CITY — On Oct. 4, 2021 Xquisite, a local nonprofit located in Carson City, held its first golf tournament at Toiyabe Golf Club in Washoe Valley. We are a nonprofit that actively responds positively to eminent dangers on behalf of the victims of human trafficking, sexual assault and domestic violence.

Carson City Elks Lodge No. 2177 is hosting a fundraiser tea to benefit the Holiday with a Hero organization this Saturday Oct. 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Nevada Room at the Governor's Mansion.

General Manager of Carson City Toyota, Jeff Campagni, presents a check to For Ki

Earlier this month, another great Campagni Cares recipient was selected: the For Kids Foundation, assisting children from birth through age 20, in Northern Nevada.

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