I have a longtime friend, Michael Janik, who is a fruit tree expert for our area. He has a collection orchard in northern Nevada containing 100 varieties of apples, a dozen stone fruits, currants, raspberries and grapes.

I have a good friend whose wife puts a jar out whenever I visit, and makes us deposit a dollar into that jar every time we use a profane word to color our conversation. So I always stock up on dollar bills before visiting.

Lilac Solutions, a lithium extraction technology company in Fernley, announced on October 19, 2022, that they were selected to negotiate a $50 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to advance domestic lithium production.

This week Carson High School is pleased to present Ash Fajayan as its Senior in the Spotlight! Ash Fajayan has excelled throughout all 4 years at Carson High School and is an amazing representation of what it means to be a Senator.

The American Association of University Women will hold its November General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at the Western Nevada College Library at 5 p.m.

UPDATE 7:30 p.m.: According to Public Works Director Dan Stucky, the leak was due to a circumferential crack next to a service saddle on a 6 inch water main. Crews were able to fix with a repair clamp. The repair lasted about 5 hours. All is fixed and system should now be operating as normal.

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Residences in the area of Northgate and E. Nye are without water Saturday afternoon after a water main issue that has kept Public Works occupied for much of the afternoon.

The Carson City Symphony Association announces the seventh annual instrumental music scholarship for Carson City students age 5 to 17. The scholarship was established by a generous gift from Jennifer and John Webley in memory of Rosemary Nebesky, former board member and friend of the Carson City Symphony Association.

Congrats to the Carson High School Girls Varsity Cross Country team! They won the Northern Nevada 5A Regional Championship this afternoon at Reed High School.

The girls team includes Vea Miner, Hannah Budd, Jinnie Ponczoch, Brianna Rodriguez-Nunez, Madison Hagar, Eleanor Romeo and Ella Dooley.

League of Women Voters of Northern Nevada, AAUW Capital (NV) Branch and Sierra Nevada Forums presented the last of four election forums of 2022 on Friday, Oct. 17 located at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City.

Do you love meeting new people? AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Volunteers will be providing free tax preparation services at the Carson City Senior Center on Mondays and Wednesdays from February 1st through April 12th in 2023.

We need a Receptionist and two Screeners (“Client Facilitators”). The Receptionist checks people in with tax appointments.

Happy Nevada Day readers! Or is it?

Well, not technically. And neither is tomorrow! Nevada Day is actually on Oct. 31, the official day that Nevada became a state all the way back in 1864.

Happy Nevada Day! Do not let the weekend pass by without visiting Catmandu to meet a sweetheart kitty named Snowflake. While you would expect a cat named Snowflake to be white, she is black. She does, however, have two snowflake shaped white stars on her chest and belly, hence the name.

The Nevada Humane Society rescue pets, staff and volunteers can’t wait to see you at the Nevada Day Parade.

The Nevada Humane Society team will be in the parade with adoptable shelter puppies and dogs — all of whom will be available for adoption after the parade at their exhibitor table in the Carson Mall parking lot.

A 21-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for suspicion of possessing pornographic images of a child, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office report.

The Northern Zone Nevada Music Educators Association held its annual Honor Choir and Honor Band auditions last month. More than 300 music students auditioned for the 4 groups made up of students from neighboring regions and school districts including Douglas, Dayton, Churchill and Yerington.

Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space is working on updating the master plan for Mills Park and is seeking community feedback.

League of Women Voters of Northern Nevada, AAUW Capital (NV) Branch and Sierra Nevada Forums presented the third of four election forums of 2022 on Friday, Oct. 11 located at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City.

There are a lot of Nevada Day activities at the Carson Mall this year and so Carson Mall management is asking the public be respectful and safe when driving through the Carson Mall parking lot and parking area.

Monday, October 31, Brother Dan will feature keyboardist/songwriter Eric Henry Andersen. A founding member of Reno band The Novelists, the casual chat and jam format will give audiences a close-up view into his life and career.

CARSON CITY — In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Carson High School NJROTC cadets sold pink aiguillettes to wear on their uniforms with all proceeds donated to the Carson Tahoe Health Cancer Center. The battalion provided an oversized check in the amount of $1,000 to Carson Tahoe Health representatives Angelina Craig, director of philanthropy, and Brittany Munns, philanthropy coordinator, yesterday on the football field.

You can download an electronic version of the the 2022 Nevada Day Parade Program below:

When people think of the Catholic holiday celebration of "Carnivál", the first thing that comes to mind usually isn’t the state of Nevada or the tiny mining town of Virginia City. However, Carnivál celebrations can be traced back over a hundred years in the Silver State!