Mark your calendar! The 158th Nevada Day celebration takes place Oct. 28 through Oct. 30, with the Nevada Day parade festivities on Saturday, Oct. 29. The 2022 theme is “Carnivál on the Comstock.”

We hope that you will participate in this one-of-a-kind, award winning celebration! Put your brand in front of over 30,000 people to build brand recognition and have fun connecting with the community.

Crew members of a Nevada Bureau of Land Management fire team were gracious to provided demonstrations and fire safety tips to grade schoolers at Seeliger Elementary School in Carson City last week. The subject was top-of-mind for all the students, given the air quality we have experienced the past week.

The Carson City School District is asking local community members to attend the quarterly Community PLC (Professional Learning Community) meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 21, 6 p.m. The meeting, held inside the Carson High School Library, will be the first meeting of the 2022-2023 school year.

As skies in northern Nevada took a turn for the worse Tuesday night, University of Nevada, Reno Extension wants to remind residents of their research-based, online resources from the Living With Fire Program that provide recommendations to protect their health and that of their outdoor animals when wildfires cause unhealthy air.

Carson City Fire Department, Nevada Highway Patrol and Douglas County emergency crews were called to a crash involving four vehicles Wednesday afternoon in the area of Highway 395 and Topsy Lane in Douglas County.

In her 30s, Xochie Aranda was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease, a leading cause of kidney failure. She was placed on the national transplant waiting list and within three years received a transplant. However, Aranda was placed on the national transplant waiting list again after experiencing transplant failure nearly 10 years ago.

Come one, come all to Dayton Valley Days, a two-day outdoor street festival where people from Dayton Valley and the surrounding areas can come together to enjoy the historic downtown area.

In its 33rd year, the festival will be held in Old Town Dayton on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17 and 18 beginning at 8:30 am.

The second annual Chowder for Charity fundraiser for Carson City's FISH is returning Friday, Oct. 7 to Tee Jay's Corner inside Cactus Jack's.

Owner Chuck McCray is a chowder fanatic — so much so that in his chowder research, he has created a New England Clam Chowder based on the recipe offered in Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick.

Smoke from the Mosquito wildfire continues to produce unhealthy to hazardous air quality around the Reno, Sparks and Carson City region Wednesday morning.

The wait is over! The 33rd Annual Dayton Valley Days is September 17-18, 2022 in Oldtown Dayton. Show 'n' Shine, Cornhole, Vendors, Kids Zone, Live Music and More!

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies responded early Tuesday evening to a vehicle rollover crash in the area of South Carson and Overland Street.

The class will include observation of nature utilizing skills to provide shapes, shading, and color to create a landscape painting. Students will learn the behavior of watercolor in order to have the best outcome for their work. Supplies are included and participants are encouraged to bring a chair and their curiosity.

The workshop is $35 and 50% of all proceeds will to to The Nature Conservancy. Space is limited to 10! To RSVP, please contact Lori Leonard at lori.leonard@tnc.org. https://fb.me/e/3DgnooxVu

Join Sierra Nevada Journeys, The Nature Conservancy in Nevada and River Wranglers for a fun and interactive experience for all ages at Family STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Night!

This is an installment in a series of "On the Record" pieces highlighting the policy stances of candidates running for major offices in the 2022 Nevada election. Check back in the coming days and weeks for additional coverage. You can find our coverage of Marchant’s opponent, Cisco Aguilar, here.

In the race for Nevada secretary of state, former Republican assemblyman and one-time congressional candidate Jim Marchant has cut a national profile as a prominent denier of the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election and vocal critic of the state’s election administration.

According to a new study provided by WalletHub, Nevada falls last in children and teens receiving the flu vaccine.

With mountain lion sightings last week in northwest Carson City, Nevada Department of Wildlife biologists are looking to determine whether the sightings involve more than one adult lion.

CARSON CITY — State transportation contracts announced during Monday's Nevada Transportation Board of Directors meeting are projected to support 483 jobs while helping provide a transportation system to keep Nevada safe and connected.

If the smoke wasn't enough, National Weather Service forecasters say scattered showers and thunderstorms have developed Monday afternoon across the eastern Sierra and western Nevada, some that could lead to potential flash flooding in burn scar areas.

Nevada Day, Inc., in partnership with greenUP!, announces the reusable, stainless steel cups are available for purchase prior to The Nevada Day celebration.

Most individuals who experience memory loss begin their journey with very mild symptoms that still require care and can cause stress for primary caregivers. Join Prestige Senior Living for a free webinar on caring for a loved one facing mild dementia on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 3 p.m.

CARSON CITY — At the Monday morning Transportation Board of Directors meeting, Nevada Department of Transportation Director Kristina Swallow announced that $101 million in additional federal highway spending authority — the most Nevada has ever received — has been made available for state road and bridge projects in Nevada as part of the August Redistribution from the Federal Highway Administration.

Smoke from the Mosquito wildfire continues to produce unhealthy to hazardous air quality to many areas throughout the Carson City region on Monday morning.

Terek Been attended Carson High School 2012-2016. He was a member of the CHS Baseball program. After graduating high school in 2016, Terek has climbed the Canadian ranks in rowing.

There have been many requests for a night-time experience at the Nevada State Prison Historic Site. So on selected Tuesday nights, the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society is offering guided, two-hour "Ghost Walks."