Carson City School District to discuss $12 million in new bonds to improve school facilities

In what has become a revolving law enforcement positive "back the blue" message board for a couple of years has changed again, this time thanking Nevada's first responders and front line workers.

Weather and conditions permitting, the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team will continue prescribed fire operations this week at Lake Tahoe. Smoke may be visible.

I've gotten myself into some jams before, but nothing like this one. It all started when a temple screw fell out of my reading glasses, and being the son of an optometrist, I determined to fix those glasses myself. Bad judgement. I have never been handy in that way.

CARSON CITY — The COVID-19 pandemic truly shook up our worlds, especially that of the healthcare industry. As a result, and to fully embrace its mission of enhancing the health and well-being of those it serves, Carson Tahoe Health is creating a Patient/Caregiver Partnership Council to garner thoughtful and constructive input from its community.

Breezy conditions and a chance for showers will start off the work week Monday around the region, with a blowing dust advisory east of Carson City into Lyon and Mineral counties, according to the National Weather Service.

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) announced Monday that the state of Nevada will receive $6,754,852 in Housing Trust Fund grants, more than double what the state usually receives. These grants are a direct result of Cortez Masto’s advocacy during the previous administration, which tried to cut funding for this vital program.

VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System in Reno is now providing COVID-19 vaccines to all veterans, their spouses, eligible caregivers and Civilian Health and Medical Program beneficiaries.

Dirt is something that comes out of a vacuum. Can you imagine growing plants in that? In England, dirt refers to feces, as in dog poo. Soil, on the other hand is an accumulation of the decaying bodies of plants and animals — many of them microscopic; of salts, chemicals and minerals; of particles of sand, silt, and clay; of organic matter; and of an amazing number of living organisms such as fungi, worms, insects and more.

All Carson High School is a stage on Spring Break, and all the students, teachers, and administrators merely players until April 6; they have their exits and their entrances; and one person in time plays many parts, the acts being seven ages.

Western Nevada College’s Higher Education in Prison Program has scheduled its second event in a four-part series to be held over the next year: “A Community Conversation: The Challenges and Opportunities of Reentry” on Thursday, April 8.

Carson City-based In Plain Sight Marketing launched its first annual Small Business Marketing Survey April 1. The survey can be found here.

Nevada lawmakers hope this session will be the one where they resolve a “vexing” problem that has lingered since 2017 — it’s legal to consume marijuana recreationally, but not in a public place.

The Carson City Historical Society presents a free lecture on "The Donovan Mill and the Comstock Foundation" by Steven Saylor, Executive Director of the Comstock Foundation, on Thursday, April 15, 2021, at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Spring is here and the birds are chirping—some for the very first time. Among the fresh blanket of color that new blooms have given our desert, baby birds are finding their way in nature.

Some will even find their way to the ground, but people should not be alarmed if they find a baby bird hopping on the ground. Usually, it is just part of the natural learning process.