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The Nevada Department of Public Safety (DPS) will hold a hiring event in Reno Sept. 22 for candidates seeking a career in law enforcement and public safety.

Housing prices for both homeowners and renters alike in Carson City have been climbing as the housing market increases, but wages aren't following suit. There is housing available in Carson, but in some cases they're remaining empty, as some simply can't afford to pay the high costs of living anymore.

University of Nevada, Reno’s Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology Monika Gulia-Nuss was recently recognized for her efforts to support students in the military, when she received the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve’s Service Member Patriot Award.

RENO — The Nevada Trucking Association, along with the Nevada Highway Patrol, California Highway Patrol and the entire trucking industry, is taking this week to honor the millions of professional truck drivers that deliver America’s freight safely and securely every day.

Nevadans, prepare yourselves for lower utility bills. And thank tax cuts for the drop. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Energy Institute, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — passed and signed last year — will save Nevada investor-owned utility residential ratepayers an average of $200 per customer over the next five years.

On International Overdose Awareness Day, Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett announced Friday that USDA has formalized an innovative agreement in which a nonprofit organization will purchase homes from the Department and convert them to transitional housing for people recovering from opioid misuse.

The Carson High School senior class of 2019 arose early, not an easy task for a high school student, to celebrate the rising of the sun on this their final year of high school. A tradition that began decades ago at CHS has seniors jumping out of bed still wearing their pajamas, grabbing their blankets, and heading off to the CHS football field to arrive by 6 a.m.

CARSON CITY — In the grips of a recession back in the early part of this decade, the U.S. Department of Labor enlisted Western Nevada College — and other community colleges nationwide — to develop work-training programs as a catalyst to improve the economy.

The Tahoe Transportation District will receive $1.5 million to install bus charging infrastructure and equipment, make facility improvements, and provide training as part of a grant announced Friday through the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration.

Jobs for America’s Graduates, also known as JAG, is a program across the country that teaches life skills to high school students, so that they can be prepared for the work force after graduation. However, Carson City’s own Pioneer High School’s JAG instructor, Chyanne Corley, has taken that idea farther. She teaches her students not only to be prepared for the work force, but to become confident, well rounded adults.

CARSON CITY — While Carson City remained relatively unchanged in July regarding the addition of new jobs, statewide figures show an increase of 3.4 percent, which correlates to 46,000 new jobs added since July of last year, according to figures released Tuesday by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

CARSON CITY — July economic figures show a gain of more than 9,500 jobs for the month, adding to the overall job growth increase of nearly 46,000 jobs this year or 3.4 percent growth, according to figures released Wednesday by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Department of Education released Career and Technical Education data that demonstrates CTE students in the state are gaining both technical and employability skills required for their chosen CTE Program of Study and high school diploma requirements.

In case you are wondering just how great the economy is doing, look no further than job creation.

Since President Trump took office, more than four million jobs have been created, with over 157,000 jobs being added in July alone. Essentially, if you want a job, you get a job, which is refreshing news for hardworking Americans across the country.

With the economy improving, folks are not as focused on food bank donations, so Friends In Service Helping (FISH) is having to buy twice as much food as normal.

During the winter, the homeless population of Carson City can find warm beds to sleep at our rotating local churches nightly, but during the summer, no such places exist.

This is why Carson City Sheriff’s Office Chaplain Craig LaGier, who is also a deacon for St. Teresa of Avila’s Catholic Church, as well as the St. Vincent Advisor and Homeless Ministry, said sleeping bags and Y Athletic socks are the most important item he gives to the homeless.

The Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority generates $3.1 billion annually for the northern Nevada economy, according to a study released Thursday by the University of Nevada and EKAY Economic Consultants.

RENO — Google continued its Grow with Google tour in Reno this week by announcing a sponsorship grant totalling $100,000 that was presented to JOIN Inc.

CARSON CITY — The capital city and Reno added jobs at a faster rate in June than anywhere else in Nevada, according to an economic report released Tuesday by the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Tesla announced an initial $1.5 million in funding grants at Thursday's Nevada Board of Education meeting. The grant is the first funds towards its agreement to contribute $37.5 million over five years to K-12 education in Nevada.

CARSON CITY — June marked the 90th straight month of year-over-year job gains in Nevada, with job growth continuing to hover near 40,000 jobs per month on a year-over-year basis, according to stats released Wednesday by the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Despite temperature warming early and quickly Saturday, a line of McDonald's fans were loving the new South Carson Street restaurant's look unveiled at its Grand Opening celebration.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development board approved applications for five businesses, that will create 103 new jobs and make nearly $119 million in capital investments in Douglas, Washoe, Humboldt and Clark counties.

When people receive food from the Ron Wood Family Resource Center, they expect the traditional nonperishable canned and frozen items, which they do get. But they are often surprised when they see fresh produce, courtesy of the Greenhouse Project.

“You find the heart of an organization on the front lines,” new Carson Valley Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Jeff Prater said during his first day of work June 4. “That’s where the defining work is being done. That’s where our focus needs to be.”

Linda Javitch Furbee was born on December 2, 1947 in Los Angeles, California to her parents, Pauline and Harry Javitch. She is survived by her husband, Stephen Nicholas, and about a million friends, and colleagues, including the many people she helped on their journeys in her various roles in the community. She died of issues related to metastatic breast cancer on June 21, at 3:07 a.m. the exact minute the Summer Solstice began.

LAS VEGAS — The Nevada Department of Education and Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation are set to host the Governor’s Education to Workforce Summit Thursday, June 28, an event that aims to strengthen the education-to-workforce pipeline for the New Nevada economy.

The Nevada Commission on Tourism on Monday approved more than $1 million in grant funding to rural communities to promote tourism through marketing projects. Among the Carson City area programs funded through the marketing grants:

You can tell a great deal about a community and what it values by the investments made and buildings created.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — After being told the state’s medical/recreational marijuana program is growing far faster than expected, the Interim Finance Committee on June 20 approved adding $1.5 million to the Department of Taxation budget