With the winter break and more than 2 weeks away from school, friends, supports, social workers and counselors, the Carson City School District is reminding students and families that there is help at the touch of their fingertips.

This public comment notice is hereby given that Carson City conducted a public discussion on December 21, 2022, at 1:30 p.m., to discuss additional funding for the Ron Wood Family Support for COVID-19 Rental Assistance Program for grant period (February 1, 2023, to January 30, 2024), for the State Community Development COVID-19 Block Grant (CDBG-CV) Program.

On one of the coldest days of the year, hundreds of people gathered at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley to place thousands of wreaths in honor of Nevada’s fallen veterans.

The Carson City Treasurer’s Office is reminding real property owners that the third installment for the payment of real property taxes in Nevada is due on or before Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.

The Carson City Library held its Gingerbread House Building Competition on Tuesday. Library staff will post photos of all the entries in the display cases at the library entrance and patrons are invited to vote for their favorites before Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 3 p.m. Scroll and click on photos to enlarge.

Travel Nevada has selected six proposed projects to develop new experiences for visitors across the state through its new Destination Development Demonstration (3D) Program. Starting in January, the chosen projects will begin receiving expert consulting services to help them create 10-year plans to develop their appeal to visitors and expand their economies through tourism.

Nevada's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in November, an increase of 0.3 percent from October, according to figures released Tuesday from the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

RENO, Nev. — As many as 37 fossilized, school bus-sized marine reptiles from 225 million years ago are clustered in a remote, mountainous desert region of central Nevada in the Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park. A team of scientists have offered new evidence for solving the decades-old puzzle of why the extinct ichthyosaurs are there.

Santa Claus (or should we say Santa Claws?) will be out and about on Christmas Eve delivering adopted pets to their new homes in Carson City for a special Christmas surprise.

For those who are considering bringing home a new family member this season, Santa deliveries are the best way to make the moment memorable.

Eagle Valley Middle School students are on the leading edge of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The after-school robotics program was recently recognized for earning the Robot Performance Award and the Breakthrough Award at the FIRST LEGO League Qualifier at Trainer Middle School in Reno earlier this month.

On Dec. 14, 2022, the League of American Bicyclists honored the efforts of Carson City to build better places for people to bike with a Bronze-level Bicycle Friendly Community award. Carson City joins 501 communities across the country in the movement for safer streets and better bicycling for everyone.

The inversion that has settled over the Carson City area for several days is expected to lift, bringing warming to above-average temperatures for the holiday weekend, according to the National Weather Service. A more active pattern, however, may return the week between Christmas and the New Year.

CARSON CITY — As winter officially gets underway, the Nevada Department of Transportation is inviting the public to submit creative and fun names as part of its first ever Name-A-Snowplow Contest.

Shop the Carson City Downtown Business Association's "Fa La La Friday" at the Nevada Artists Association on December 23. Spend $20 or more on merchandise and receive a free Lady Jill Mueller watercolor print. Over a dozen beautiful prints to choose from.

Nevada State Police, Highway Patrol Division has released the name of the victim who died in a vehicle crash that happened Saturday morning on Highway 395 in Douglas County.

Anatomy and Physiology students from Pioneer Academy in Carson City were introduced to an assortment of career options with a hands-on job shadowing opportunity at the Reno Orthopedic Clinic (ROC) in Reno last month.

Photos taken Sunday of pine and aspen covered in pogonip fog.

An interim panel of state legislators unanimously approved nearly $36 million in back pay for more than 14,800 state workers Thursday, restoring income for employees who were mandated to take 48 hours of furloughs during the earliest months of the pandemic.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies responded early Sunday afternoon to a vehicle crash near the intersection of North Carson and College Parkway.

Tonight, Sunday, Dec. 18 at 5:30 p.m., the Brewery Arts Center and Michael Tedesco will be hosting a city wide unique take on the classical caroling holiday tradition called Unsilent Night, an international event created by Phil Kline.

Please join us in Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night! It’s been described as “A luminous soundscape played by the audience on boomboxes carried through city streets.”

CARSON CITY — Lawmakers at the Interim Finance Committee on Thursday approved a number of programs put forward by Governor Steve Sisolak and the Executive Branch to provide free meals to Nevada school children, support the development of the College of Medicine at Roseman University, and create more affordable housing in historic Westside Las Vegas, among other items.

Happy Saturday Carson City! Are you feeling a little lonesome this holiday season? Well have I got a solution for you! Say hello to Loki, Carson City Humane Society’s newest Pet of the Week.

Carson City is reminding all residents and businesses to remove ice and snow from the sidewalk next to your property.

In Carson City, the property owner is responsible for snow removal on the sidewalk adjacent to their property.

Happy Saturday, Carson Now readers! Let's see what events await us throughout the Carson City region and beyond this weekend.