CARSON CITY — As the state, and the nation, enters a new period of transition and with effective safety mitigation efforts in place, the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation announces a return to the pre-pandemic work search requirement, for all claimants receiving unemployment benefits in both the regular Unemployment Insurance (UI) and the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance programs.

University of Nevada, Reno Extension and local, state and federal firefighting agencies are embarking on a six-month-long “Nevada Wildfire Awareness Campaign,” kicking off in May and running through October. As part of the campaign, Extension's Living With Fire Program will be offering a series of webinars on wildfire-related topics.

A 43-year-old Carson Tahoe Hospital nurse died Wednesday at Renown Medical Center in Reno after the Carson City Sheriff's Office responded to a minor vehicle accident in the area of College Parkway and Retail Drive.

Valley Farms Minden, Carson Valley's newest family-owned farm, will be hosting a Farm Camp for children this summer, as well as Baby Goat Yoga classes.

The University of Nevada, Reno Extension Office is hosting a Grow Your Own, Nevada! workshop series covering the basics of gardening in the Silver State with a variety of topics.

The eight “Grow Your Own, Nevada!” classes being offered in spring statewide will help Nevadans who want to get on a path to more sustainable, local, healthy living by growing and preserving more of their own food.

AB227 is being considered in the Legislature that will create a loss of 4300 temporary and skilled workers jobs as stated by The American Staffing Association [ASA]. An unofficial poll among Private Employment Agencies (“PEAs”) that are Nevada businesses that are licensed and regulated by the Nevada Labor Commissioner, say it’s estimated that about 15% of them are Veterans.

The Nevada State Museum, Carson City, will activate historical Coin Press No. 1 from 1 to 7 p.m. May 18 to mint a special medallion commemorating the state Capitol building. Opened in 1871, the Nevada Capitol building celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. The special medallion is modeled after one of the earliest images of the Capitol, and features a banner with the state motto, “All for Our Country.”

It’s that time of the year again, the birds are out, the bees are buzzing, and all across Carson City and our surrounding regions, citizens are sneezing. With the arrival of spring, so too comes allergy season.

Country Financial representative Sean Marler recently presented Empire Elementary with a 2021 Operation Helping Heroes award. Marler presented a donation $1,500 to the school which will be used by teachers to purchase incentive supplies for students.

The Nevada Highway Patrol has identified a Beverly Hills, Calif., resident who died Saturday, April 17 in a pedestrian related vehicle crash in Washoe Valley.

If you're craving in-person events, and miss networking with Carson City's most dynamic women then you need to join Polka Dot Powerhouse as we relaunch our local chapter, with our new Managing Director Monica Marcinko.

On Monday, April 19, 2021 at approximately 9:13 p.m., Nevada Highway Patrol troopers responded to an injury crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian in Mound House on US-50 and Newman Lane in Lyon County.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is joining forces with other Nevada law enforcement agencies to increase enforcement on speeding violations from Friday, April 30 to May 10.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting Tuesday, April 27, 2021 that there are 19 new COVID-19 cases and 20 recoveries in the Quad County region. This brings the total number of cases to 12,430, with 11,785 recoveries and 226 deaths; 419 cases remain active.

Friends In Service Helping, also known as FISH, has long been a staple in the Carson City community after it opened its doors in 1979 with a mission to help those in need.

Carson City School District’s McKinney-Vento Students in Transition ‘Step Into Spring’ program provided 219 pairs of new shoes with pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade students in transition Tuesday morning. Students in Transition are those individuals who lack a fixed, regular or adequate nighttime residence.

The Carson City SDA Church Food Pantry is open tonight, Tuesday, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 405 College Parkway, just West of Roop Street. If you are need of food, come on by.

A 30-year-old man was arrested Monday for alleged multiple drug offenses and for being in possession of bank cards that were not his, according to a Carson City sheriff's booking report.

The Carson City Senior Citizen's Center has helped boost vaccination numbers by hosting a weekly vaccination clinic for 450 people throughout March and April. In partnership with Smith’s Food & Drug and Immunize Nevada, vaccinating just over 100 people each week.

The Capital City Arts Initiative announces its exhibition, "Spring Forward" at the Community Development Building (the Brick), 108 E Proctor Street, Carson City, through May 20, 2021. Students from Carson, Dayton, Douglas, and Pioneer high schools have work in the exhibit which is available online at ccainv.org.

To celebrate Earth Day, Carson City’s Empire Elementary School, a Governor’s Designated Science-Technology-Engineering-Math (STEM) School, hosted the “Campus and Community Cleanup” and information fair on April 21.

Even though it was a windy weekend down by the Carson River, many of our feathered friends, and a couple of our four-legged friends, were out and about taking advantage of the sunshine.

Carson City Kiwanis hosts a food drive for local non-profit Food for Thought, Inc. Food for Thought, Inc. provides food for chronically hungry children in our community. Each week, Food for Thought, Inc. discreetly provides a nutritious bag of food to children for the weekend in 16 local schools.