The community theatre companies in Carson City and Douglas County, along with our local performance venues, have created a coalition with the goal of navigating the challenges specific to our local theatre community brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In April, Carson City lost 3,800 jobs at a rate of 12.4 percent, giving the capital city an unemployment rate of 21.4 percent for the month compared to March’s rate of 7.1 percent and 4 percent in April 2019, according to figures released Wednesday by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Happy Thursday Carson City! Are you ready to meet your newest Pet of the Week? Well, wait no longer because here’s Ruby!

Late Spring is in full swing in the Tahoe Basin and Tahoe black bears are searching for food. Intentional or unintentional feeding of bears results in unwanted bear behaviors, increased human-bear conflicts, and public safety issues as well as fines and possible jail time for violators.

Carson City Health and Human Services is reporting Tuesday, May 26 2020 that there are 2 new positive cases and 3 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 176, with 128 recoveries and four deaths, 44 cases remain active.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division is asking for assistance in identifying an unknown suspect who is alleged to have broken into a home and assaulted the resident.

In addition to the many adaptations local 4-H programs have made in Nevada communities the last couple of months amid COVID-19 to keep 4-H youth engaged, the Nevada 4-H Youth Development Program has developed a variety of activities to engage 4-H youth throughout the state during the summer months.

UPDATE: Late Tuesday afternoon it was announced that Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak canceled a planned press conference. He will instead address Nevadans in a videotaped message. In a news release from the Governor's Office it noted that late last week Gov. Sisolak had visited a work place where an employee — who was not in the building at the time — has since reported testing positive for COVID-19. The Governor’s Office learned of the positive test result on Tuesday.

Farming and ranching is all around in Northern Nevada, and some of those who are doing it may even be your neighbors.

Donna and Bill Murphy-Sharp have been “micro-farming” on their one acre property in Eastlake, Washoe Valley for many years, and became certified producers of produce in the area in 2011.

The high school track season may have ended early this year, but that won’t stop Carson High School’s top senior long distance runner from continuing his running career. On Monday, Zach Sever signed a letter of intent to run cross country and track for Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn.

Carson City Health and Human Services reports Monday, May 25, 2020 that there are 5 new positive cases and 3 additional recoveries of COVID-19 in the Quad-County region. This brings the total number of cases to 174, with 125 recoveries and four deaths, 45 cases remain active.

Besides needing funds available for small businesses during the COVID-19 crisis, small-business owners need additional support and guidance, as well as opportunities to talk with other small-business owners.

The first time I had ever heard "Taps" played in person, I was visiting Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, just outside of Washington, D.C. A Navy funeral was concluding and bugler "Taps" signaled the sailor's final farewell.

My friend Millie is a plant explorer. She experiments getting groceries to grow. When she told me she was growing celery from the butt-end of what you buy from the grocery store, I was fascinated. How? In water? In soil? She went on to say she also grows sweet potatoes. I had tried that in high school, so that didn’t surprise me. But when she showed me a picture of her sweet potato plant I was impressed.

Farmers have always been the world's busiest, hardest-working people. Farmers are perhaps the only people whose profession commands universal respect. Between milking the cows in the morning and getting that milk to market, and collecting the eggs at day's end and getting those eggs to market, who has time to date?

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of May 25-31, 2020. For information on lane restrictions and street closures related to the South Carson Street Project, see CarsonProud.com.

Each decade, Nevada grows by about two basketball courts. It’s hard to quantify, state geologist Jim Faulds says, but the comparison is about right.

Patt Quinn-Davis, Carson High School Language Arts teacher and adviser of the school newspaper and Carneta yearbook, is retiring. For Quinn-Davis, the publications staff became a part of her family every year and even more so when students stayed with the program throughout their high school careers.

CARSON CITY — Independent contractors and gig workers eligible for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program can now begin filing weekly claims online, the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation announced Saturday.

Carson City Firefighters and Truckee Meadows Firefighters were called to a reported brush fire in the area or Franktown Road and Old 395.

Both agencies are en route as of 7.26 p.m.

Motorists should avoid the area if possible.

At 3:42 p.m. Saturday a traffic accident was reported with possible injuries at College Parkway at Northbound I-580.

Nevada Highway Patrol reported the accident to Carson City dispatch.

First responders are en route.

Motorists should avoid the area if possible.

Nevada’s casinos could welcome back customers as soon as June 4, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Friday afternoon.

Nevada Day announced that 2020’s Nevada Day is scheduled to go on as planned, something all Nevadans can cheer for.

The 2020 Summer Concert Series at the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys has been canceled in response to the public health emergency involving Covid-19, Another Planet Entertainment announced on May 22.