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Locke and Betty Ray Lesch are longtime, generous supporters of their community and Carson Tahoe Health. Upon learning that the front entrance of the Carson City hospital was in critical need of renovation including a costly new door system to improve patient access and resist harsh weather elements, they donated $100,000 toward the project.

Austin’s House in Carson Valley is celebrating eight years of providing compassionate care in Douglas County and nearby rural counties for children in crisis with the annual giving campaign, the 2015 Appeal For Kids. The 10-bedroom facility opened in September 2007 and was built entirely with donations from the community.

First-time author Jake Willers was inspired to write this children’s picture book after spending the past seven years filming urban bears. He recently produced a film entitled Urban Bears: Keeping Nevada’s Bears Wild! for Washoe County Health District and has presented wildlife programs as a wildlife expert filming around the globe for the National Geographic Channel International and for UK’s Channel 5. Jake currently resides in Reno.

Carson City attorney Kevin Benson is using his experience in litigation, appeals, and election law to open his new law office, White Hart Law.

White Hart Law will focus on assisting individual and business clients in civil litigation, appeals, and dealing with government and administrative agencies. White Hart Law will also assist candidates and campaigns with election law and campaign finance matters.

The Nevada Division of Insurance is excited to announce the launch of its Fall Health Insurance Awareness campaign. The month of October is a good time to begin thinking about a 2016 health insurance policy.

Open Enrollment is just around the corner starting Nov. 1 and running through Jan. 31, 2016. That is why the Division of Insurance is officially kicking off a pre-enrollment campaign to turn consumers into insurance experts before Open Enrollment begins.

With 10 weeks before Christmas, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office this week officially launched its 11th annual Holiday with a Hero campaign. This community wide program is designed to give homeless Carson City area children a Christmas experience by providing them gift cards to spend on themselves prior to the holiday.

The power of incumbency for appointed Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick. The fundraiser below should take care of the message-sending and cash-building, assuming Steve Sisolak doesn't take all the money for his gubernatorial campaign.
I'm sure would-be Commissioner Steve Ross can find something else ...

Now celebrating nearly 30 years, one of the most successful and enduring campaigns ever to come out of the Nevada Commission on Tourism is the “Loneliest Road in America” promotion designed to attract visitors to the very interesting rural cities found along Nevada’s Highway 50 corridor between Carson City and Baker. Or does it run between Baker and Carson City? Depends on where you begin, I suppose.

What can you do to help?
• Come help us plan our recruitment campaigns for more foster homes in Carson City.
• Help us support existing foster parents & their foster kids.   
• Mark your calendar - meet with us every third Wednesday.    
The next Coalition meeting is... 
Wednesday, December 16th. 
3:30pm  
at the CASA office 
1539 E. 5th Street, Carson City. 
 
Call 882-6776 for more information about the Foster Coalition.  
 

What can you do to help?
• Come help us plan our recruitment campaigns for more foster homes in Carson City.
• Help us support existing foster parents & their foster kids.   
• Mark your calendar - meet with us every third Wednesday.    
The next Coalition meeting is... 
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015 
3:30pm  
at the CASA office 
1539 E. 5th Street, Carson City. 
 
Call 882-6776 for more information about the Foster Coalition.  
 

What can you do to help?
• Come help us plan our recruitment campaigns for more foster homes in Carson City.
• Help us support existing foster parents & their foster kids.   
• Mark your calendar - meet with us every third Wednesday.    
The next Coalition meeting is... 
Wednesday, October 21st   
3:30pm  
at the CASA office 
1539 E. 5th Street, Carson City. 
 
Call 882-6776 for more information about the Foster Coalition.  
 

Following approval by the Nevada Commission on Tourism and TravelNevada, officials Wednesday released plans for the Silver State's fall and winter integrated marketing campaign.

Through a variety of enhanced public relations, social and paid media channels, Nevada is again focusing the campaign to Millennials and Young Gen X travelers who have an adventure mindset.

Since 2013, TravelNevada has been using a “Don’t Fence Me In” campaign, featuring a custom rendition of the famous cowboy song recorded by The Killers, to market tourism — Nevada’s No. 1 industry.

Nevada is launching a fresh tourism campaign focused on attracting adventure-loving millennials to the state — especially to the rural areas less trafficked than Las Vegas. The Nevada Commission on Tourism voted Wedne...

Carson Tahoe Health’s 14th annual Think Pink breast cancer awareness campaign kicks off this Thursday at Red’s Old 395 Grill from 5 to 7 p.m. in Carson City.

The event is free to attend and individuals wearing a Carson Tahoe Think Pink T-shirt (any year) will receive free appetizers courtesy of Red’s, which is hosting the event.

The National Association of Manufacturers is running a major television ad campaign that charges proposed EPA rules reducing allowable ozone in the air are punishing businesses including those in Nevada for pollution ...

Dr. Rand Paul, Senator (R-KY) and candidate for President, will be coming to Carson City, the day after the second debate of GOP candidates on CNN.

With the Butte Fire growing to more than 64,000 acres Friday in nearby California foothill counties of Amador and Calaveras counties, fire danger throughout the entire region persists. And with near record high heat stretching into western Nevada through Saturday, the fire danger becomes dire.

A campaign that's been getting national attention on Facebook has made its way to northern Nevada. Sea of Blue urges people do things like hang blue ribbons and put blue lines of tape in their back windshields to show support for law enforcement agencies nationwide.
"Support our officers. They deserve our support," said Donna O'Brien of Dayton.

Whether you pedal, paddle or hike, the watering hole at the end of a long day exploring North Tahoe is the incentive that pushes many recreationists through that last mile.

North Tahoe has stepped up to help those adventure-seekers searching for the perfect pairing of singletrack and suds or paddling and pints with the unique North Lake Tahoe Ale Trail Campaign.

CARSON CITY — Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio brought his Republican presidential campaign to rural Nevada on Tuesday, calling for a stronger military, more vocational training in the education system and reforms to Social Security and Medicare.

The Coalition for Nevada's Future, the group expected to be funded by gaming and other interests to fight the effort to repeal the tax increase passed this year, filed suit today seeking to short-circuit the would-be repeal campaign....

The Carson Tahoe Health Foundation held its 5th annual HopeFest on Friday, August 21 at the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center. More than $120,000 was raised through sponsorships, and sale of raffle tickets, food and beverage with 100 percent of the proceeds benefit cancer patient support and no-cost lodging at Carson Tahoe’s Merriner Cottages.

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio, the junior U.S. Senator from Florida, will be in Fallon on Tuesday to speak first with community leaders earlier in the afternoon and then with the general pub...

Many have tried to find out where U.S. Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto stands on the Iran deal, which her opponent, Rep. Joe Heck, opposes.
I have tried, most recently as a week ago and got this from her campaign: "Still reviewing the agreement."...

Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio will visit Fallon on Tuesday at the convention center.Rubio has a rally at the Peppermill casino in Reno on Monday evening. The next day, he’ll visit the Carson C...

A Go Fund Me page established by a Lyon County Sheriff’s Office deputy raised $11,250 for the family of Carson City deputy Carl Howell who died in the line of duty Aug. 15, 2015 responding to a domestic violence call at an east Carson City home.

The Young Dubliners rocked HopeFest last night at the Carson-Tahoe Cancer Resource Center. The event wrapped up the center's 21 Days of Hope campaign to promote cancer awareness.

Eleven different opponents and a series of intrasquad games highlight Western Nevada College's upcoming fall baseball season. The Wildcats begin their two-month fall scrimmage campaign with intrasquad games on Friday and Saturday at John L. Harvey Field in Carson City.

The Salvation Army is collecting backpacks and school supplies for disadvantaged children in the Carson City region. As this back to school campaign finishes up, the need has increased with more donations now being sought.

Grocery Outlet in Carson City held its 5th Annual Independence From Hunger Food Drive through July with customers donating 160 bags of groceries and giving $1,387 in cash to a local food bank.

This year's recipient of the donations was the Dayton Food Pantry. Freida Carbery, volunteer coordinator for Healthy Communities Coalition, which operates the Dayton Food Pantry, was at the Carson City Grocery Outlet Store this week and extended her thanks to store owners David and Lynne Cox, employees and the Carson City community.