Pioneer Academy in Carson City recently inducted 25 students into the National Honor Society. “We have so many outstanding students here, they need to be acknowledged for their hard work,” advisor Steffany Walker replied when asked why she looked into starting a new chapter.

Many of us take for granted that we can turn on a faucet and clean water is immediately available for drinking, bathing and cleaning, but we often don’t think much about where it comes from and how it gets to us.

Thirty Pioneer Academy students had the opportunity to learn just that on a tour of the Truckee Meadows Water Authority Chalk Bluff water treatment facility last week.

March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas International Gaming Institute (IGI) has released a summary of new findings on gambling risks and behaviors among Nevadans. Summary findings from the study reveal that 19.7% of Nevadans who have gambled in the past year have high risk of developing problem gambling and gambling addiction.

Sunday, March 12 at 1pm, Wylder Resort Hope Valley will be continuing its history series if the weather allows. We’re going to try again with the program, “A Nice Place to Visit, Tourism Below Sea Level.”

Due to an extremely inclement weather forecast for Sunday, March 12, 2023, the Capitol City Gun Club Board of Directors has canceled the St. Patrick’s Corned Beef and Cabbage Fun Shoot. The Board will plan an alternate event, date to be determined. Please check our website https://www.capitolcitygunclub.org/, for a future announcement.

A 29-year-old woman was booked Wednesday for multiple alleged felony offenses after eluding officers in an early morning vehicle pursuit, according to a Carson City Sheriff's Office booking report.

Noted downtown Carson City personality and raconteur Thomas (Tomas) Atwood passed away suddenly on February 17, 2023. He was born in Nashville, TN, September 19, 1945, and spent his high school years in Alameda, California in what he described as an idyllic 1950’s novella in the Bay Area.

Snow removal in Carson City continues to be heightened as relentless storms pile up the berms and test the patience of people living in less-trafficked neighborhood streets.

Bill & Valerie Wharton of Minden, Nevada are proud to announce the unity of their daughter Hayley Wharton, to Christian Hazel, son of Joanne Burkart of Reno, Nevada.

The happy couple were united in marriage on Monday, March 6th, 2023, at a lovely outdoor ceremony hosted by the Tamarack Casino Ballroom Gazebo in Reno.

The Nevada State Museum’s Family Fun Saturday: Nevada Reptiles scheduled for this Saturday, March 11, has been canceled. The Museum will still be open to visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. However, forecasted inclement weather with potential localized and regional flood warnings for this weekend could affect these hours.

YERINGTON — Lyon County is encouraging residents to prepare for upcoming storm events expected to impact the region. The National Weather Service forecast is reporting an atmospheric river event beginning Thursday, March 9, 2023 through next week. The wet weather may bring strong winds and flooding to smaller streams, poor drainage areas and areas prone to flooding.

UPDATE: The Mother Hips show at Nashville Social Club scheduled for Friday has been canceled due to extreme winter weather and dangerous driving conditions. Nashville Social Club hopes to reschedule, staff wrote in a note to Facebook followers.
"Thank you for your patience and support. No one could have predicted this kind of winter! All tickets purchased have been refunded."
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The Nashville Social Club in Carson City has announced tickets are still available for The Mother Hips, performing live in “The Swan” Music Hall on Friday, March 10.

The Mother Hips have been praised by Rolling Stone as “divinely inspired“ and guests of the Nashville Social Club will get to experience why this Friday night.

As the COVID-19 pandemic hammered the Nevada economy and led to a record spike in unemployment, the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) paid out an estimated $1.4 billion in improper benefit payments, DETR Director Christopher Sewell told lawmakers Tuesday.

As their class project, the 2023 class of the Carson City Chamber Leadership Institute will be refurbishing the Veterans Resource Center at the Western Nevada College. Multiple events are planned to raise funds for the project starting with:

Happy Wednesday Carson City. Today’s Pet of the Week is none other than Jolene. What better way than to celebrate National Adopt a Guinea Pig month than with this sweet, 2-month-old critter.

Jolene is shy and nervous at first but is curious once she gets to know you. She enjoys pellets, timothy hay, carrots, celery and lettuce.

RENO — Northern Nevada Legal Aid, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving qualified residents across Northern Nevada, will host its 13th annual “Voices For Justice” luncheon on Friday, April 21, at The Renaissance Hotel at One Lake St. in Reno.The event typically draws some 300 attorneys, judges, community leaders and volunteers who gather in support of the legal aid organization.

The Carson City School District is pleased to honor 11 school social workers and three interns during National School Social Work Week, March 5-11, 2023. Sponsored by the School Social Work Association of America, the week will help highlight the tremendous impact school social workers have in addressing students’ social, emotional and mental health needs.

With winter 2023 being taken up a few notches by Mother Nature, what better way to prepare for the arrival of spring than to go all-out, balls-to-the-wall nuts Saturday in Virginia City.

The 32nd Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry aims to do just that, bringing chefs from all over the region on March 11 who will go head-to-head for bragging rights as the best land oyster cooker in the west.

The Nevada Division of Child and Family Services is partnering with Sierra Lutheran High School to host a Foster Care Information Session, March 11, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the school’s campus at 3601 Romans Road, Carson City.

The session is free and open to the public and will include a question-and-answer session featuring foster parents, social workers, and department officials.

Friends in Service Helping's Celebrity Waiters annual fundraiser is returning to the site of the Student Housing Revitalization Project in downtown Carson City.

Nevada Department of Transportation says snow showers tracking through the greater Reno and Carson City areas Tuesday morning are leading to light snow accumulations on roadways, especially through Washoe Valley on I-580 where NDOT warns of adverse driving conditions. Motorists are advised to go slow as the commute may be slick.

Carson City Supervisor Lisa Schuette will be hosting ‘Coffee with Lisa’ from 7-8 a.m. on Wednesday, March 8 at the Cracker Box.

As part of National Consumer Protection Week, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford encourages teens and their families to establish a healthy consumption level of screen media. The term “screen media” captures not just social media, but also online games, podcasts, online videos for entertainment and emerging virtual reality platforms.

The Mile High Jazz Band will be joined by singer Jakki Ford and seven award-winning poets and readers for "Pi(e) in the Sky,” an evening of big-band jazz and poetry, on Tuesday, March 14, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., at Gina's Good Life Music & Lounge, 507 N. Carson Street inside the Carson Nugget. The music is free, donations are welcome.