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Join Carson City Sheriff’s Search and Rescue at Firehouse Subs on Wednesday night, Oct. 23 from 5 to 9 p.m. A portion of the proceeds from the meal sales will go to benefit CCSSAR, helping to fund ongoing training and equipment costs. Enjoy some great food and talk with the SAR team. Carson City SAR willl also have a few of its vehicles on display for those wishing to learn more about what they do.

Happy Wednesday Carson City, and say hello to Maisy, our Pet of the Week. Maisy is a two-year-old lab mix and possibly, the sweetest thing since apple pie. Maisy is a girl who loves to play and love on her people, and she's ready to find her people today!

A 27-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday in the 900 block of North Carson Street for misdemeanor suspicion of disorderly conduct and resisting a public officer, a Carson City sheriff's deputy report states.

Good morning seekers! Are you hard at work hunting for the medallion? Let's get straight to it then with Clue Seven!

Joyce Pike

Visit with Joyce Pike at a reception showing her work in oils on canvas, porcelain and tiles. At 90 years, Joyce is still going strong with her art and paints daily in her studio

Joyce Pike has studied under artists Sergei Bongart, Viona Anne Kendell and Hal Reed and has taught at Valley College in Los Angeles, the Art League of Los Angeles, the Scottsdale School of Art in Arizona, and has taught workshops throughout the world.

Featured speaker at Monday's Democratic luncheon will be Mike Hix, board member of Secret Witness, an organization founded in 1979 to afford Northern Nevada community members an opportunity to share information on unsolved crimes while remaining anonymous.

While haze from nearby Sierra fires may linger some, we're looking at another pleasant fall day around the capital city heading into Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Events locally include a ribbon cutting and outdoor moving showing at the new Schulz Ranch Park, workshops, a women's safety meeting, a pumpkin patch for kids at Carson Mall, plus art showings and public talks. After hours it will be toasts, cheers and business networking all around at the Dayton Taphouse. Enjoy the day.

Residents of Nevada’s smaller cities and towns are encouraged to provide their input as the state of Nevada is developing its priorities for federal grant money for housing, community development and economic development activities. Residents can also anonymously provide feedback on housing discrimination issues.

All aboard for a childhood train experience like no other. Thomas the Tank Engine invites little engineers to go full steam ahead for activities and fun adventures as Day Out with Thomas: The Steam Team Tour 2019 makes a two-weekend stop in Virginia City beginning this Saturday.

Don't forget to come check out standup comedian Rex Meredith this weekend at The Carson Comedy Club in Carson City.

The statistics are staggering. Thirty percent of the people diagnosed with breast cancer go on to get metastatic breast cancer.

Metastatic beast cancer is an incurable disease. It is when breast cancer has spread beyond the breast, possibly to the lymph nodes or other organs in the body. Around 40,000 people a year in the US die from it. It is the advanced part of breast cancer and it is rarely discussed.

The Carson Mall is inviting all children to come and decorate pumpkins in time for Halloween. Children are invited to get creative with pumpkin decorating, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Tuesday through Saturday, Oct. 19.

Carson City and Lennar Homes will host the grand opening of Schulz Ranch Park this Wednesday, Oct. 16. Schulz Ranch Park is the first new park in Carson City in 12 years.

Built by Lennar Homes, the park is owned by Carson City, with maintenance funded through the City’s first Landscape Maintenance District. The 3.5-acre park, located in the Schulz Ranch subdivision, is at the corner of Race Track Road and Wheeler Peak Drive, is home to the second universally accessible playground in Carson City.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Transportation has begun installation of new “Welcome to Nevada” monuments on U.S. 395 at two entrances into the state.

As Carson City’s disc golf complex nears completion, the Foundation for Carson City Parks and Recreation’s president, David Johnson, announced that the Foundation recently received a generous donation from the Nevada Division of the National Pony Express Association, for the sponsorship of a hole at the Carson Ridge Disc Golf Park.

On Saturday, Oct. 19, The Carson Mall in Carson City will be hosting a Family Night Bingo to benefit a local family in their time of need.

The Billow family have been part of our community for 17 years and has been an influence in the community from Dennis Billow playing Santa and his family serving as helpers for community events and also volunteering with various local organizations.

The Carson City Fair has been steadily growing and coming into its own the last few years, and has now decided to form an independent non-profit organization dedicated to continuing their work.

Alright seekers, I hope you paid attention during Week One, because we're starting in for Week Two and getting ever closer to that medallion and cash prize. Have you figured it out yet?

A 27-year-old man was arrested Monday for suspicion of multiple misdemeanor offenses including a second DUI and hit and run, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.

The 11th annual Celebrity Chef & Harvest Dinner, to benefit The Greenhouse Project takes place Monday, Nov. 11 at the Governor’s Mansion, Nevada Room in Carson City.

“I am thrilled this year to be working with chefs and sponsors Collin Smith and Chris Nealon of Roundabout Catering,” said Chef Charlie Abowd, who first started the dinner 12 years ago as a tribute to his father, restaurateur Paul Abowd, and 11 years ago, decided to turn the event into an event that provides a large part of TGP’s annual operating budget.

CARSON CITY — Wetlands are the link between land and water, where the flow of water, the cycling of nutrients, and the energy of the sun meet to create highly productive ecosystems with unique plant and animal life.

In broad terms, wetlands refer to all wet areas that provide ecosystem services and habitat for plants, wildlife, and aquatic species, including wet meadows, seeps and springs, playas, and riparian areas.

Perusing through websites filled with threads espousing hatred toward Jews and other minorities isn’t exactly the sort of reading UNLV sociologist Simon Gottschalk enjoys ...

Perusing through websites filled with threads espousing hatred toward Jews and other minorities isn’t exactly the sort of reading UNLV sociologist Simon Gottschalk enjoys ...

We are grateful for our community, and the wonderful response we had for our Oct. 5, 2019 Grand Opening. From all of us at La Nova Beauty we share a special thank you for everyone who came to celebrate.

La Nova Beauty is located at 101 Hot Springs Road in Carson City. Follow on Facebook here.

Heading into Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, it will be a busy day ahead around the capital city including a Carson City Chamber of Commerce luncheon with Nevada's chief economist, a GOP Women's Club luncheon with Nevada State Senator James Settelmeyer, Sierra Lutheran will host its 7th and 8th Grade Visitation Day, plus a morning walk, evening hike with Muscle Powered, archery at Centennial Park, art night at the library and more. Enjoy the day.

As we continue to follow the rising rent prices in Northern Nevada, the U.S. Census Bureau shows that rent has risen by 19 percent within the last five years. According to this report, rent prices are passing the current inflation rate, which was 8.37 percent over the same period since 2014.

Come join Muscle Powered for a free, guided group walk, hike, or ride around Carson City! Muscle Powered is a local non-profit organization that promotes walking, hiking, biking and trail building. A schedule of all upcoming activities and events can be found at www.musclepowered.org/calendar.

Come join Muscle Powered for a free, guided group walk, hike, or ride around Carson City! Muscle Powered is a local non-profit organization that promotes walking, hiking, biking and trail building. A schedule of all upcoming activities and events can be found at www.musclepowered.org/calendar.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office Investigation Division is asking for information in several vehicle burglaries in Carson City that have happened in the first weeks of October.

Come join Muscle Powered for a free, guided group walk, hike, or ride around Carson City!

Muscle Powered is a local non-profit organization that promotes walking, hiking, biking and trail building. A schedule of all upcoming activities and events can be found at www.musclepowered.org/calendar.

Oct 25 – Fuji Park. Meet in the parking lot on the westside of the exhibit building at 601 Old Clear Creek Road. Dirt trail and some pavement.

Come join Muscle Powered for a free, guided group walk, hike, or ride around Carson City!

Muscle Powered is a local non-profit organization that promotes walking, hiking, biking and trail building. A schedule of all upcoming activities and events can be found at www.musclepowered.org/calendar.

Oct 22 – Fuji Park. Meet in the parking lot on the westside of the exhibit building at 601 Old Clear Creek Road. Dirt trail and some pavement.

VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. — The Comstock History Center Museum presents “Honest Horses: A Portrait of the Mustang in the Great Basin” featuring photographs by Paula Morin depicting an uncommon view of the significance of the wild horse to the Great Basin.

The BAC is hosting the 2019-2020 Celtic Music Series for its sixth season. Shows will begin October 19, 2019 and will continue until May 16, 2020.

Earlier this month, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak made three appointments — Robert Felder, Randy Griffin and Josh Nordquist — to the Commission on Mineral Resources.

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Paradise Salon Spa and Wellness in Carson City is excited to announce new aquatic circuit classes using an array of underwater equipment including treadmills, bikes, trampolines, arm bikes, and shoulder machines. Take one of these classes Thursday through Saturday and discover how wonderful it is to get a full-body workout in the water today.

Carson High School cross country runners logged 18 personal record times on Saturday at the 41st annual Asics Clovis Invitational on Oct. 4 in Fresno, Calif. This meet featured Great Oak, the top boy's team in the country, and Nico Young of Newberry Park, top boy runner in the country

Carson City Library’s new director Tod Colegrove visits with residents and local officials during a meet and greet event at the library, on Friday, Oct. 11. Colegrove, who started Oct. 2, said Carson City is leading the way as libraries across the country are “figuring out what it means to be a library in the 21st century. They’re having a real impact on learning and discovery. I want to learn what Carson City wants done. The direction of the library needs to be a conversation.”

With November approaching and Thanksgiving around the corner, Dayton Urgent Care will be collecting non-perishable items for local families now until Nov 15. Item such as boxed stuffing, gravy, canned veggies, boxed desserts, boxed potatoes, canned yams, canned soups and soup mix. In the past years we have had such a great turn out with our other drives.

The Carson City Sheriff's Office investigation division is asking for the public's assistance in identifying the suspect in a robbery that happened Sunday night at a south Carson Street fast food restaurant.

The Brewery Arts Center in Carson City is hosting the Celtic Music Series for the 2019-2020 season. The series hosts seven performances by regional, national, and international Celtic musicians from October through May.

Took a tour of Churchill Downs in Kentucky yesterday and got to see everything but the race. One nice thing about being a Mark Twain impressionist in the 21st century is the possibility that strangers will walk up to you and start talking to you as though they've known you all their lives.

Three were arrested early Sunday in the area of North Carson and Fleischmann Way following a traffic stop, which led to an investigation and the recovery of drugs and paraphernalia, a Carson City sheriff's deputy report said.

The Carson City School District is seeking four applications from parents to serve as board members on the district’s Family Life Committee. Appointment as a member of the committee shall be for an initial term of three years.

Going into Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, we're looking at continued sunny skies and a high near 70. The first day of the work week is deadline day to get nominations in for the Carson City Carson City 2019 Mayor's Arts Awards. Events around the capital city include a luncheon with Lt. Governor Kate Marshall, the second of a six-week standup comedy class, art showings, West Coast swing dancing and more.

The smoke and haze building around the Carson City region is due to the Caples Fire burning in the Eldorado National Forest. As of Sunday the fire had burned more than 2800 acres and was 35 percent contained.

The nights are freezing, but the daytime temperature should reach 66 degrees today and the mid to upper 70s later this week. When the temperatures vary from freezing at night to warm days, it’s hard to know how much to water.

What better way to celebrate the holidays, and get into the Christmas spirit than to sing Christmas songs with your local community. If you've ever wanted to share your talent with others, come on down to the auditions and
be prepared to sing a song with accompaniment. Piano sheet music, CD or a tape, and a cappella can be accommodated.

College and university advisers and representatives from around Nevada met with students Thursday as part of Transfer Day at Western Nevada College in Carson City. The advisors and reps met with students who are planning to transfer to a four-year college or university as they continue to build on their WNC associate degree.

DAYTON, Nev. — Central Lyon Fire Protection District took possession of two new fire engines last week, ending almost a decade without an infusion of new Fire Suppression Apparatus in the District.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Oct. 14-20, 2019. Closures or delays are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

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