Evacuation shelters fill in Carson City, evacuees told to go to Reno-Sparks Convention Center

The popular, perennial 4-H Fabric and Rummage sale returns to Carson City’s Fuji Park Exhibit Hall this Saturday, Feb. 2 and Sunday, Feb. 3. Visit the sale days for great bargains; with most fabric starting at a dollar per yard.

District attorneys for Douglas and Washoe counties partnered and released a formal complaint and affidavit Monday against Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman, charging him with murder and burglary.

A collaboration between Carson Tahoe Health and The Greenhouse Project, The Foothill Garden in Carson City is home to sustainable growing classes year round. Classes provide a variety of local experts who specialize in teaching people how to grow their own food.

Good morning Carson City and welcome to Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. We hope your work week started off on the right foot even though the weather outside has been unpredictable, with sunshine one day and clouds the next. Today we're looking at a slight chance of rain showers, around 20 percent after 11 a.m., and otherwise mostly cloudy skies and a high of 54.

A man arrested Jan. 19 in Carson City has now been formally charged with murder in four slayings that happened earlier this month in Gardnerville and South Reno, according to district attorneys in Douglas and Washoe counties.

Singer and guitarist Whitey Morgan has an unusual business plan that has proven to be extraordinarily successful: Be real.

CARSON CITY — Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed Executive Order 2019-03 on Jan. 25, establishing an advisory panel tasked with defining the scope of a future Cannabis Compliance Board.

The Carson City School District is pleased to announce three more teachers earned certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. The NBPTS is widely considered to be the highest professional recognition for educators and includes a 5 percent pay increase in acknowledgement of accomplished teaching.

Weather permitting, California State Parks and Tahoe Douglas fire protection district may continue prescribed fire operations over the next several weeks in multiple locations around Lake Tahoe.

Bethlehem Lutheran School welcomes the public to attend its annual Open House this Thursday, Jan. 31, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., located at 1837 Mountain Street in Carson City.

Barbecues at Northern Nevada Correctional Center are doing much more than feeding inmates in Carson City.
Piggy-backing off a successful Veterans Integration Program at Warm Springs Correctional Center, Western Nevada College’s Veterans Resource Center is now helping NNCC educate its prisoners through the college.

No high school on the planet has as many events regularly happening as that of Carson High School, and one of the biggest of the year, Winterfest, begins Feb. 1. This year, Leadership class has determined the theme will be Winterflix, a play on the popular Netflix streaming service that allows customers to watch a wide variety of award-winning TV shows, movies, documentaries, and more on thousands of internet-connected devices.

Anyone who lives near wilderness ought to know that wildlife comes with the territory.

Wild critters are no strangers to the front and back yards of Carson City residents. They also know their way around the streetscape pretty well, too.

Recently a reader asked me about growing hemp. According to Penn State Extension, hemp was often found in early settlements and used as a fiber source. It was widely grown in Pennsylvania and other states in the 1700s and 1800s. Not only grown for fiber, its oil was used “in paints, ink, varnishes, and lamp oil.” Conestoga wagon covers and clothing were made from hemp.