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The Carson Tahoe Center for Wound Healing has been recognized as a Center of Distinction by Healogics, Inc., the world’s leading wound care management company, making it the only not-for-profit center in Nevada to have earned this national award. The Carson Tahoe Center for Wound Healing is one of only two facilities in the state with this distinction.

We have almost made it to the weekend. Let visions of the Downtown Wine Walk, CASI’s Woof, Wine, and Whiskers, and the kick-off of Carson Comedy at the Carson Nugget keep you buoyant until then. Just don’t be in such a hurry to enjoy the weekend that you miss out on what Thursday in Carson City can offer.

It’s not often high school band students have the opportunity to play with a professional orchestra the size and quality of the United States Air Force Concert Band of Washington, D.C.

Yet several CHS band and Chamber Choir students played and sang along with the USAF Concert Band and Singing Sergeants during a sold out show at the Bob Boldrick Theater inside the Carson City Community Center on Wednesday night.

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The Northern Nevada Center for Independent Living is partnering with various agencies to expand its services into the rural areas of Nevada.
Staff members be visiting a different rural Nevada area each week to share information about products and services available to rural residents who have disabilities. They’ll be at the Carson City Senior Center, Friday, March 6 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; the Dayton Senior Center the second Monday of each month, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; and the Dayton Library the third Thursday of each month, from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m.

March 13, in the Maizie Harris Jesse Black Box Theatre, the Brewery Arts Center presents the Men of Worth. The show starts at 7 p.m.

The Men of Worth's tunes and songs are so authentic, so closely connected to their heritage, that Scotsman Donnie Macdonald sings some in his native Gaelic; while Irishman James Keigher includes time-polished pieces saved from the oral traditions of his native County May.

The Carson City Open House and Fly-In is June, 20. Free Admission. Join us! An exciting day of aviation and aerospace adventure awaits young and old at the Carson City Airport. See historical military aircraft, flybys, and static displays.

Learn about the exciting world of aviation and the opportunities it offers.

National Grammar Day is celebrated across the United States each year on March 4, as established in 2008 by Martha Brockenbrough, founder of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar. I've attached a Weird Al Yankovic song that I believe best pokes fun at the sentiments of the day.

Carson High School senior, Cassidy Robinson, welcomes you to a free concert, ‘A Trumpet Celebration’ in which she will debut her original piece ‘Oliver’s Lullaby: A Journey of Dreams’ as her senior project. All Carson High School seniors are required to complete a project in order to graduate.

Music has always been an important part of Robinson’s life, so she composed a lullaby for her one year old nephew, Oliver.

Edward "Bubba" Moser, a 17-year-old Carson City teen, reported as a runaway Jan. 28 of this year, has been found safe and sound in Albany, Oregon, said Carson City Sheriff's Detective Steve Olson.

Carson City Ward 2 Supervisor Brad Bonkowski will hold his monthly “Breakfast with Brad” on Friday, March 6, at 7:00 am at the Cracker Box restaurant.
The coffee get together is open to all Carson City residents. Bonkowski hopes anyone with a question or an idea regarding a city issue will stop in, plus he buys the coffee.

Bonkowski says the year is already off to a busy start. Last week’s ground breaking on the Multi-Athletic Center is a testament to that “After 20 years of debating and planning, the MAC is finally becoming a reality.

A 20-year-old Carson City man was arrested 6:33 p.m. in the 1800 block of Russell Way on misdemeanor charges of petit larceny and obstructing.

According to the arrest report, deputies were dispatched to the Walmart store in the 3200 block of Market Street regarding a larceny that had occurred and the suspect running eastbound from the area.

The man allegedly walked out of the store with a shopping cart with $23.44 in merchandise, including body spray and shampoo, without paying.

UPDATE: Carson City School District’s Aberasturi Center, a support services, early childhood program adjacent to Bordewich Bray, has flooded and school is closed today.

School staff discovered the massive water leak at around 7 a.m. this morning, said Carson City School District Superintendent Richard Stokes. More than two inches of water flooded the entire building.

Yes. You are looking at a bunny with a pancake on its head, but I can explain. Today is National Pancake Day, so head over to the International House of Pancakes for your free short stack and donate to this year’s charity, the Children’s Miracle Network. It is also National ‘I Want You to Be Happy Day.’ Pancake Day and trying to share a smile, ergo silly picture of a bunny with a pancake on its head. Find your own way to share some happiness today.

Likely presidential candidate Jeb Bush is making the first of what could be many visits to Las Vegas with a stop today at a community center in Sun City Summerlin. Bush will stop by ......

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

It’s never too cold, too wet or too hot
To pick up a book, and share what you’ve got
You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild
To pick up a book, and read to a child...
― Anita Merina, 1997

We're seeing spots! Wild Horse Children's Theater presents Disney's 101 Dalmatians, Kids! Catch a performance March 13-15 or 20-22 at Carson City's Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall: shows are Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m.

Six people were injured in a weather related head-on crash Saturday morning on Highway 50 near Zephyr Cove, a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper said. One woman remains in serious condition.

The accident was reported at 8:48 a.m. and involved a Toyota Camry, occupied by five people, three males and two females, and a Volvo, driven by a Carson City resident.

Just a reminder that proficiency testing is this week at CHS. Students taking the proficiency tests will begin their school day at the regular time of 7:45 a.m., while those not taking the proficiencies will start their school day at 10:30 a.m. The following tests will be given on the assigned days — March 2: Math; March 3: Reading; March 4: Writing; and March 5: Science. For more information about these testing times and days, please contact the office at 283-1910.

Mr. Carson High

CARSON CITY — An inmate serving time for possession of a stolen vehicle in Clark County has died at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City. Nevada Department of Corrections officials say 52-year-old Ja...

Final-inning comebacks don't ever get old, even for 10th-year Western Nevada College coach D.J. Whittemore.
Even after College of Southern Idaho decisively swung the momentum to its side by scoring the tying run in its last at-bat and forged in front on Mikey Ortega's home run an inning later, the Wildcats didn't flinch Friday in the first game of a Scenic West Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader.

Carson Comedy is expanding into Carson City and is partnering with the Carson Nugget to further its mission to spread laughter in Northern Nevada. The venue will officially open on Friday, March 6 with fan favorite Sean Peabody at 7:30pm.

Producer Wayne Wright expressed enthusiasm about the new launch on March 6th, stating, “Good comedy is hard to find in Northern Nevada. As long as there is a need for laughter, I will keep bringing in comedians to entertain.”

Two people were flown by Care Flight to Renown Medical Center in Reno following an accident tonight on Highway 50 near Second Avenue in Dayton, according to Nevada Highway Patrol dispatch.

The accident was reported at 5:34 p.m. The two flown by Care Flight have non-life threatening injuries, according to NHP dispatch.

Traffic delays were experienced around the accident scene. NHP and Lyon County re-directed traffic. Officers have cleared the scene as of 7:40 p.m., according to dispatch.

Keep up the snowy thoughts, Carson City. We desperately need the water, the ski resorts need visitors, and those mountains are so much prettier with a blanket of white. Wildcat Softball on Saturday is weather pending, so it’s too early for me to call it canceled.

Having sold out for a March 4 show in Carson City, fans of the USAF Concert Band of Washington, D.C. are in luck. The renowned instrumental musician group will perform Friday, March 6 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno beginning at 7:30 p.m. No tickets are needed for this event and the public is invited to just show up.

“Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

Birthday boy Steinbeck has it right. Carson City is what you make of it; plenty going on, but it won’t come to your home and ask you to get involved. Music, art, theater, dance, hiking, biking, wining, dining, volunteering, sports, and more are available in our area.

Corey Pool homered as Western Nevada College slammed five extra-base hits in defeating College of Southern Idaho, 7-4, in its Scenic West Athletic Conference baseball opener Thursday at John L. Harvey Field in Carson City.
CSI, however, bounced back to take game two, using a small-ball approach that its counterparts have succeeded with in the past. The Golden Eagles beat out three bunt singles and executed two sacrifice bunts to overcome home runs by Pool and Kody Reynolds in an 8-4 victory.

The Carson Shade Tree Council meets tonight beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center, 851 East William Street. Go here for the agenda and here to watch it live.

The Dayton Township Kiwanis (DTK) will be holding their annual Casino Night on March 7 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Dayton Community Center on Pike Street in Old Town Dayton.

This year, the event will feature Craps, 21, Bingo and Roulette. Tickets are $10 per person (pre-purchased tickets buys 100 tokens; at-the-door purchase, 50 tokens). To reserve advance tickets, call Theresa Kenneston at 443-5245 or April Romo at 220-4520.

Carson City community leaders broke ground Thursday at the Russell Way site of the new Multi-Use Athletic Center, also known as the MAC.

"It's a great day for our community" said Mayor Bob Crowell before ceremonial shovels were used to turn the dirt and usher in a new era of community athletic opportunities and sports tourism in Carson City.

Once upon a time in Nevada, a Reno tailor named Jacob Davis wrote a letter to Levi Strauss about his pocket rivets, and thus the blue jean was born. Coincidentally, today is Strauss’ birthday. Once upon a time in Nevada, Buffalo Bill Cody was just a kid riding for the Pony Express. It’s his birthday, too. Fun fact: Cuba Crutchfield, a trick-rope cowboy with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, is buried in Carson City’s Lone Mountain Cemetery. Once upon a time in Nevada, a man was shot in Reno.