A free, three-part course will be offered online beginning March 24, 2021. The Home Grown, Market Fresh Course is designed to provide the enthusiastic home gardener with everything they need to know to scale up their production and sell at their local farmers market.

In partnership with Immunize Nevada and Smith's Pharmacy, the Carson City Senior Center is hosting weekly Thursday COVID-19 vaccination events for individuals 65 and older during the month of March. Appointments are required for the two-dose vaccination and appointments are limited.

Due to rapid growth, WebstaurantStore is currently seeking energetic and highly motivated warehouse associates. We will be hosting a hiring event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Casino Fandango in Carson City on March 13 to find new team members to join our team.

Carson City’s Tap Shack has been sold to new owners, long-time residents Todd and Dixie Thomsen, who are currently renovating both the inside and outside patio.

The sale comes with a name change as well, which is now The Tap @ Rice St.

As the challenges from COVID-19 and the government’s responses are always evolving, so too are the channels of vaccination for the Carson City, Quad-County area.

During the first roll out, there was a tiered system for groups of individuals who would have access to the vaccine. However, now the tiered system has been retired in favor of “Priority Lanes,” which separates the population into two groups, Workforce and General Population.

Mitsuye (Mitzi) Hoshino of Carson City is one of the most amazing people that I have met in my lifetime. On March 3, 2021 Mitsuye will officially be 100 years old. That alone is quite a feat however there is much more to her story.

A 27-year-old Carson City man was arrested early Tuesday for suspicion of misuse of calling 911 dispatch, a gross misdemeanor offense.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to identify a suspect who stole a vehicle from a casino parking lot in Stateline on the evening of Valentine's Day, Feb. 14.

Care and compassion: taught in the classroom, practiced inside and out. Students with Mark Twain Elementary School in Carson City answered the call to help Carson Tahoe Health raise money for its ‘Sponsor A Caregiver’ fundraiser, which is helping supply 1,000 staff members with N95 Envo masks.

Lawmakers kicked off the 2021 session in the shadow of a bruising election marked by the former president sowing doubt about the results and a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Zoom meetings are like Near Beer, you don't get a buzz, but you still get the weight gain. However, when Kevin Sung called from the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative at the Northern Nevada International Center, well, I jumped in with both virtual feet. We agreed to a Zoomed Cultural Session with young entrepreneurs from 10 countries who desired to meet our mutual friend, albeit really bad businessman, Mark Twain.

A 40-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Sunday for suspicion of gross misdemeanor child abuse and violation of Department of Alternative sentencing conditions, a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report states.

Adults ages 18 to 24 reported the highest median losses ($150) and the highest likelihood of loss (56.6 percent) to BBB Scam Tracker in 2020, according to the Better Business Bureau. Previously, older age groups consistently lost higher median dollar amounts to scammers year over year, even while young adults tended to lose money more often.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is addressing the threats of climate change by hosting a webinar on Friday, March 5 on the region’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Kaia FIT and Tumbleweeds Gymnastics is hosting a blood drive 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 7 in the yoga room at 3633 Research Way, Suite 104, in Carson City.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nevada's Second Congressional District Rep. Mark Amodei released the following statement Saturday on H.R. 1319, also known as the American Rescue Plan Act. It passed the U.S. House of Representatives, 219 to 212, with one not voting.

In honor of National Women in Construction Week, Nevada State Contractors Board will hold the second annual “Hammers & Hope” event, geared towards introducing/highlighting the many construction industry career opportunities for women in the community, with a particular focus on women in need and high school students considering future career paths.

February’s spectacular full moon setting over the mountains in Carson City.

Battle Born PTA is accepting applications until March 31, 2021 for up to $25,000 in scholarships including two new education scholarships. In addition to general scholarships, Battle Born PTA, the statewide unit of the Nevada PTA, is offering a new scholarship opportunity for current non-licensed school employees who wish to become a licensed educator.

In honor of Read Across America, the Carson City Library will be releasing literacy and activity videos every Saturday in March and first week of April for our virtual Family Reading Program series. Go here to register for the first video.

The Lyon County Board of Commissioners will be asked Thursday, March 4 to prioritize a number of Public Works jobs to be pre-engineered, engineered. The goal of the agenda item is develop a list of projects and prioritize them for pre-engineering, engineering for future federal and state grant funding opportunities. Many granting agencies require projects to be near shovel ready to be considered.

Lyon County Libraries Director Amy Geddes reports that beginning March 2, 2021 the Silver Springs and Fernley Library branches will have new extended open hours to the public.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the cancellation or postponement of Spring and Summer activities in 2020, which Carson City locals and beyond have marked on their social calendars as ‘until further notice’.

With restrictions loosened on Feb. 15 in a “safe reopening” effort through May 1, regional event coordinators have begun to plan 2021 entertainment in anticipation of lifted regulations.

Carson City deputies arrested Timothy George Heney Jr. on a warrant issued out of Carson City for multiple felony counts involving grand theft, identity theft, and more.