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CARSON CITY — The Desert Gardeners announced the winner of a beautiful garden-themed quilt raffled during a fundraiser to benefit The Greenhouse Project during its May meeting on Thursday, May 16.

Western Nevada College honored its graduation class on Monday with a record 617 students graduating with 651 degrees and certificates during a commencement ceremony at the Marv Teixeira Pavilion in Carson City.

Western Nevada College honors its graduation class Monday with a record 617 students graduating with 651 degrees and certificates during a commencement ceremony at the Marv Teixeira Pavilion in Carson City.

The weekend came and went fast. But don't fret. There's a choice. Are the days ahead half full or half empty? You know the drill. As we prepare for Monday, May 20, 2019, we congratulate the 2019 graduates of Western Nevada College who sweated through the books and assignments to earn their well-deserved diplomas. Our warmest best wishes to them as they gather in Carson City for commencement at Marv Teixeira Pavilion in Mills Park. Read on for what's happening Monday.

It was a celebration unlike any other for family and friends of Western Nevada College’s Adult Literacy and Language program honorees on Thursday night at the Carson Nugget Hall on the Carson City campus.

The AL&L program honored an outstanding group of High School Equivalency recipients, National Adult Education Honor Society inductees and College and Career Transition students to salute the transformation in their lives through a return and embracing of education.

The University of Nevada, Reno through the weekend will be conferring 3,201 degrees, the most degrees ever distributed in one semester.

Due to inclement weather, all ceremonies were moved to the Lawlor Events Center instead of the University’s quad.

The University released the following information:

Good day Carson City and welcome to Thursday, May 16, 2019. We're looking at showers to continue through the day, which will be a nice change from all that spring pollen flying around. Today we've got the Senior Celebration at Casino Fandango, an afternoon hike, a Carson City CASA open house, art presentations, live music and more. Have a great day.

The Nevada Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training announced Wednesday that 24 graduates from 16 agencies from around the Silver State will accept their peace officers’ oath as the POST Academy Class 2019-01.

Carson High School’s graduating seniors who are enlisting in the military will be recognized during the Salute to Scholars ceremony this Thursday, May 16 at 6 p.m.

The 2019 Western Nevada College graduating class will be celebrated in a commencement ceremony Monday at the Marv Teixeira Pavilion in Carson City. The ceremony will feature the Nevada governor and attorney general as guest speakers.

The weekend is at our doorstep as we head into Friday, May 10, 2019. Even though forecasters say we may have showers this weekend, the cool spring rain won't dampen the fun. We have a bevy of activities lined up Friday including the opening of the Transcontinental Railroad exhibit at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, day 1 of the two-day Mother's Day Plant Sale hosted by The Greenhouse Project, RSVP's Spring Celebration and Carnival at Mills Park, a day hike, art showings, live music and more.

CARSON CITY — The Carson High School Wind Ensemble and Midnight Blues Jazz Ensemble performed in southern California taking home numerous awards at last weekend’s Music in the Parks Festival.

CARSON CITY — The completion of the transcontinental railroad in the spring of 1869 changed America forever, dramatically reducing the time and cost for people and goods to move across country and accelerating the western expansion of the industrial revolution.

Good day Carson City and welcome to Wednesday, May 8, 2019. We're looking at another day of sunshine and afternoon highs in the low 70s. We have activities throughout the region today, including a history presentation in Dayton, a Holocaust memorial service at the Governor's Mansion, art classes, live jazz and more. We want to send a big birthday "shoutout" to our outdoor editor emeritus Don Quilici, who turns 85 today. Don and his wife, Elaine, remain active, maintain healthy walks and hikes around the region and have plans for yet another Alaska outback trip this summer. Happy Birthday Q!

Jewish Nevada will host the Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day Program in Carson City on Wednesday to honor those individuals who lost their lives during the Holocaust.

Carson High School senior Crystal Giselle Vargas is one of three Nevada students to be selected as a U.S. Presidential Scholar, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.

Good morning Carson City, and happy weekend! We've got a warm day ahead with highs of 76 degrees! Today on the docket is the early farmer's market, a Mother's Day craft fair, the grand reopening of the second wind thrift store, and more!

Here's what's happening Saturday:

What a week it was Carson City, and it isn't even over yet. Heading into Friday, May 3, 2019, we're looking at continued sunny skies and temperatures in the low 70s. There's a host of activities Friday and, looking ahead, a bevy of fun Saturday including a Mother's Day craft fair at the Carson City Community Center, a Star Wars themed bicycle safety day, a wine, cheese and dessert ride aboard the V&T, an early opening of the downtown farmer's market, the May Downtown Carson City Wine Walk, a memorial walk, presentations, comedy, live music and more. Enjoy.

The 22nd Annual Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ceremony was held Thursday, May 2 at the Capitol Mall in Carson City.

Two Nevada law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty were recognized Thursday in a ceremony with their names added to a memorial on the Capitol Mall in Carson City.

Oh what a difference the sunshine makes. The second day of May in Carson City will bring warming temperatures with a daytime high in the low 70s. The event lineup Thursday includes a law enforcement memorial at the capitol complex, a hike at Clear Creek, art showings, a lecture on the historic Transcontinental Railroad, live music and more. Read on.

As part of the 22nd Annual Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, which happens Thursday in Carson City, a baton was relayed by Nevada peace officers from Las Vegas to Carson City, concluding Wednesday, May 1 in Carson City.

In conjunction with National Police Week, the 22nd Annual Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ceremony will be held this Thursday, May 2 at the capitol grounds in Carson City.

CARSON CITY — The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 changed America in myriad ways, not the least of which was the ability to traverse the country in days rather than weeks or months by wagon or ship.

Nevada Humanities has announced the winners of the statewide Letters About Literature program. 243 students from Nevada submitted entries to the national competition at the Library of Congress, and nine Nevada students placed in the top three of their respective judging categories and will be honored in a ceremony in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. The first place winners in each category will represent Nevada at the national competition in Washington, D.C.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Second Wind Thrift Store is celebrating their grand re-opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony and special comments from Mayor Bob Crowell on Saturday, May 4, at 10 a.m. Second Wind Thrift Store is located near the Carson City Senior Center, 901 Beverly Drive, Carson City.

The first 100 customers will receive free hot dogs, cookies and bottled waters. All customers will receive 50 percent off their purchases of every item in the store, excluding books.

You may ask yourself, seriously, is it almost May already? Seriously. It is. Time keeps ticking away and the temperature gauge keeps heading North. Going into Friday, April 26, 2019 there's a bevy of entertainment, presentations, a dramatic reading, live music, comedy and more as a jump start to your weekend. Read on and enjoy.

We're working our way into Thursday, April 25, 2019 and feeling the warmup around the Carson City region. Winding down our work week we have art, theater and railroad history talks, library presentations, a fitness walk, climate change discussion, back pain wellness workshop, music ensemble at the community center and more. Enjoy the day.

CARSON CITY — It has been called the most historically important train car in existence and how it traveled over the past 150 years from the Golden Spike ceremony at Promontory Summit, Utah to the center of a new exhibit at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City is quite a tale.

Hello fellow anglers, opening day fishing season for California is only a week away. But, before we get to your pre-season report. There are rumors that may have fact to them going around.

California is looking into changing fishing seasons on many lakes and streams. Some areas may be open all year round and possibly change restrictions on others. Since Topaz is a bi-state body of water, the opening day ceremony that so many have come to love and look forward to on January 1st of each year may be a thing of the past.