Jump start your Mother's Day celebration by bringing your family down to Bella Vista Bistro in Carson City this Friday, May 12 for an extraordinary great time. The atmosphere is top notch, just like the friendly service. Bill Wharton dazzles the patrons with his versatile selection of music.

The Carson City School District took time at the School Board meeting Tuesday night to recognize 22 individuals with the “Distinguished Student Award.” The student winners were selected by administrators and recognized from their respective schools as having specific qualities, skills and characteristics that distinguished them.

UPDATE 8:13AM: With the assistance of the California Highway Patrol, Richard Coen has been safely located in Redwood City, Calif. Richard was taken to an area hospital to be reunited with his family.
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Carson City Sheriff’s Office investigators are seeking assistance from the public in locating a missing and endangered adult. Richard Coen was reported missing on May 9, 2023 and was last seen leaving his home at around 5 a.m.

Join Suicide Prevention Network and Partnership Douglas County for a free awareness event to promote mental health wellness within our Douglas County community.

For the first time in Carson City, the nationally recognized nonprofit Green Our Planet will host a student-run farmers market from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Nevada Capitol Building on Tuesday, May 16. Featuring five schools from northern Nevada, this coincides with the 10-year anniversary of Green Our Planet and their efforts to make a difference in the lives of children and in the world.

Carson City local Mike Hartman has released his latest book "Sarah’s Mosaic." Hartman has has published two previous editions of the Tony Morrell Mystery Series, "Jaguarundi" (2015) and "Deadly Voyeur" (2018).

A suspect in an alleged felony lewdness incident that happened in April has been arrested, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office detective.

The Carson High School (CHS) Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) unit has received a perfect score of 5 during their recent inspection. Conducted by Captain Shane Tanner, commanding officer at Naval Air Station Fallon, the inspection evaluated the unit’s appearance and performance in several areas including Color Guard and Drill Demonstration.

9th Annual "Send a Scout to Camp Car Show" will be held at Lampe Park in Gardnerville on July 22, 2023.

Event starts at 10:00am with awards at 3:00pm. There will be vendors, a live auction, 50/50 raffle. Nevada Nosh Food truck and Kona Ice will be available for lunch. We are a Hot August Nights Event Series Promoter. Cost is $35.00/vehicle - participant gets a T-shirt and dash plaque. You can pre-register or sign up the day of the show.

People’s Choice Voting. Categories are:
Club Participation / Longest Distance Award

Carson City is seeking an artist or artist team to design, fabricate and install a free-standing, outdoor, original sculpture at the South Carson Street/South Stewart Street Roundabout.

Carson City recently completed the South Carson Complete Streets Project, the largest corridor revitalization project in the City’s history. One of the focal points of the corridor revitalization is the roundabout at South Carson Street and South Stewart Street.

Saturday, May 13th is the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive sponsored by The National Association of Letter Carriers and The United States Postal Service. Please leave donations of non-perishable food by your mailbox. They will be collected by your letter carrier and delivered to a food bank in your area.

Have you ever been to a FUN-raiser? The Friends In Service Helping (FISH), annual Celebrity Waiter Fun-raiser is on Saturday, May 20. This year’s event will take place directly on the site of FISH’s Student Housing project at 1455 N. Carson Street. Take part in helping FISH raise awareness and have fun connecting with community members in support of the cause.

Come support your local roller derby league and check out this double header on Saturday, May 13. We’ll be skating at the Carson Community Center at 2pm. Doors open at 1pm so you can grab your seat before they fill up.

The event will start with a junior mixer scrimmage and will be followed by your very own Carson Victory Rollers vs. Faultline Derby Devilz.

Girls on the Run Sierras is bringing their week-long, character- building summer camp to Carson City! At Camp GOTR, girls will learn about friendship building, confidence and creativity while playing fun, interactive games. This summer camp will be from August 7th-11th. More information can be found here.

A 28-year-old woman was arrested early Saturday in the area of northbound I-580 and Snyder for misdemeanor suspicion of DUI, reckless driving and other offenses, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

Join Muscle Powered and Western Nevada's Safe Routes to School in delivering 500 children's books to Fremont Elementary School.

This is an introductory class on how to build, light and maintain a coal forge fire with a hand cranked blower, proper hammering techniques, drawing, pointing, twisting, punching and how to work hot steel over a coal forge. Students will take home the basic knowledge of forging and their own handmade forged decorative article.

About the Classes
• Class size is limited to a maximum of 6 students
• Taught by an experienced local smith and knife maker
• Cost is $100 per person with materials and tools supplied
• Participants must be members of the California Blacksmith Association

People sometimes ask, “How have things changed for Mark Twain in the past 35 years?” (For the first-time reader I’m winding down a career of portraying Mark Twain for the past 35 years.) And I am happy to report, one thing has changed dramatically, and it is in fact, a pleasant thing.

Green Central is the place to be, Saturday, May 13, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., for the The Greenhouse Project's 14th annual Mother's Day Plant Sale. Plants are currently available on-line. These sales will be suspended Saturday through Wednesday, May 17 to allow staff to restock inventory.

Carson City Historical Society (CCHS) is proud to host a lecture/presentation by Jan Loverin, curator of the Marjorie Russell Textile Museum, on "Victorian Fashions and Dress Reform" on Friday, May 19, 2023, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public. It will be held in the Carriage House, 1207 North Carson Street, Carson City, Nevada. We will be offering light refreshments. No RSVP is necessary.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of May 8-14, 2023. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

Celebrate the splendor of the Victorian Era at the Fourth Ward School Museum in historic Virginia City, Nevada this Mother’s Day Weekend.

On Saturday, May 13, indulge in the resplendent ritual of afternoon tea in an authentic Victorian-Era environment.

Rock crawling enthusiasts gathered at Fuji Park Saturday despite the weather to celebrate off road activities.

Those gathered show cased off road gear, rock crawling displays, and even off road RC car tracks!

In response to changing community needs, later this month Carson Tahoe Health (CTH) will begin the process of merging services to maximize limited resources and maintain needed services for our community.