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For six years now, the Carson City community has been helping to feed the hungry through Empty Bowls, an international project to combat hunger worldwide, with an annual fundraising event during the Christmas season.

Join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the northwest corner of the Cancer Center at Carson Tahoe Hospital.

Bring a friend and/or friendly dogs. All hikes are 2-4 miles with duration of about 90 minutes, sometimes with elevation gains of 500’ or more. Water and sturdy or athletic shoes are required. Hat, sunscreen and hiking poles recommended. Some trails are dirt and others are paved.

Join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the end of the asphalt of Ash Canyon Road to carpool to trailhead.

Bring a friend and/or friendly dogs. All hikes are 2-4 miles with duration of about 90 minutes, sometimes with elevation gains of 500’ or more. Water and sturdy or athletic shoes are required. Hat, sunscreen and hiking poles recommended. Some trails are dirt and others are paved.

Join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet in the dirt parking area on Curry Street behind the Railroad Museum.

Bring a friend and/or friendly dogs. All hikes are 2-4 miles with duration of about 90 minutes, sometimes with elevation gains of 500’ or more. Water and sturdy or athletic shoes are required. Hat, sunscreen and hiking poles recommended. Some trails are dirt and others are paved.

Join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors! Meet at parking lot directly across from the Nevada Supreme Court on Stewart Street, between 5th and Musser Street. We will do a partial East Side Historical Tour. After the walk join us for hot chocolate/coffee at Comma Coffee.

All hikes start at 5:30 PM. For the winter, these hikes are moving onto paved paths in town and will be 3-5 miles long and with duration of about 1-1/2 hours. Water and sturdy boots or athletic shoes required. PLEASE BRING A FLASHLIGHT because it is dark on these walks.

Join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors! Meet at the corner of Koontz Lane and Center Drive. We will walk on sidewalks in the neighborhood near the park.

Water and sturdy boots or athletic shoes required. PLEASE BRING A FLASHLIGHT because it is dark on these walks.

Check www.musclepowered.org/calendar or Facebook for last minute changes or cancellations. Contact Sharon Coates at scoates7515@gmail.com or 775-720-4060 if you have questions.

Join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors! Meet at Moffat Open Space parking area on Hells Bells Road and Parkhill Drive. We will also walk on sidewalks through the neighborhood near the trail.

All hikes start at 5:30 PM. For the winter, these hikes are moving onto paved paths in town and will be 3-5 miles long and with duration of about 1-1/2 hours. Water and sturdy boots or athletic shoes required. PLEASE BRING A FLASHLIGHT because it is dark on these walks.

Come and join us for our weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet in the parking lot at James Drive and Mark Way at 429 Mark Way. Water and closed-toe shoes required.

All walks are 1 to 2 miles with duration of 1 hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way. Contact Betts Markle at bettsm@gmail.com or call 775-843-8424, if you have any questions.

Come and join us for our weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet in the parking lot at James Drive and Mark Way at 429 Mark Way. Water and closed-toe shoes required.

All walks are 1 to 2 miles with duration of 1 hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way. Contact Alyce Cloutier, klute89706@gmail.com or call 775-250-0282, if you have any questions.

Come and join us for our weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet in the parking area at the corner of New Ridge Drive and Northridge Drive. Water and closed-toe shoes required.

All walks are 1 to 2 miles with duration of 1 hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way. Contact Betts Markle at bettsm@gmail.com or call 775-843-8424, if you have any questions.

Come and join us for our weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet in the parking area at the corner of New Ridge Drive and Northridge Drive. Water and closed-toe shoes required.

All walks are 1 to 2 miles with duration of 1 hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way. Contact Alyce Cloutier, klute89706@gmail.com or call 775-250-0282, if you have any questions.

Come and join us for our weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the Korean Memorial parking area at the east end of 5th Street, 600 Marsh Road. Water and closed-toe shoes required.

All walks are 1 to 2 miles with duration of 1 hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way. Contact Betts Markle at bettsm@gmail.com or call 775-843-8424, if you have any questions.

Come and join us for our weekly one hour walks to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at the Korean Memorial parking area at the east end of 5th Street, 600 Marsh Road. Water and closed-toe shoes required.

All walks are 1 to 2 miles with duration of 1 hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way. Contact Alyce Cloutier, klute89706@gmail.com or call 775-250-0282, if you have any questions.

Though it would take some seriously intense research to prove the following, it is believed by many the Carson City community is the most supportive group of people in the country. Hyperbole, maybe, but Carson High School senior Nik Hylan, in fulfilling his graduation requirement, is asking the community to give a gift of blood and receive a free gift this holiday season.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday may be behind us, but Small Business Saturday is still ahead. Today consider shopping local to support small businesses in Carson City and surrounding communities. Small business Saturday deals can be found inside the Carson Mall, in downtown Carson City and at small businesses throughout the Nevada state capital.

Pinkerton Ballet Theatre presents the 30th anniversary of The Nutcracker Ballet featuring a live orchestra in Carson City this Thanksgiving weekend.

Performances are Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23-24, 2018 at 7 p.m., and a matinee on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center, Bob Boldrick Theater.

In this week's edition of It's Your City, host Cortney Bloomer sits down with Genevieve Frederick, founder and executive director of Pets of the Homeless, a national nonprofit organization based in Carson City.

Pets of the Homeless is a program that provides people in need and pets in need with resources to help their pets. Funds collected go directly to pay for the veterinary, nutritional and other care of pets of homeless individuals across the country.

The future of the Carson City summer outdoor concert series through the Brewery Arts Center comes down to votes, and today, Tuesday is the deadline to make them count.

The Levitt AMP Carson City Summer Concert Series has slipped to 11th place as of Monday night, which has made for a last minute plea from the BAC brass to make a citywide call out to bring the concert series back for a fourth season.

Food for Thought, Inc. (FFT) is a Nevada non-profit organization founded in 2006 and is governed by a Board of Directors. The mission of the Organization is to provide nutritious meals to chronically hungry children in our community and create a lasting community-wide cooperative effort between the private sector, local businesses, and service organizations.

Andrew Ortiz, 27, of Carson City, Nev., passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2018. Andrew was born with much joy in Carson City to Dan and Katie Ortiz on September 12, 1991.

He graduated from Carson High School. He worked as a Caregiver for Chrysalis. He served in the Army. He was involved in various recording projects, and he loved creating music with every fiber of his being. He was passionate about writing lyrics and poetry.

This weekend appears to have gone to the dogs — and cats — as Maddie's Pet Adoption Days continue Saturday at venues throughout the Carson City area.

UPDATE: 6:18PM: Salvation Army Cpt. Mark Cyr has reported 344 turkeys were donated during today's 21st annual Turkey Drop. Monetary donations today amounted to $8,693.

"We're very happy with the results of the drive and the continued support from the community," Cyr said.
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The parking lot at the Max Casino, 900 South Carson Street in Carson City, is site of this year's Salvation Army Turkey Drop, going all day Friday until 6 p.m.

The Levitt AMP Carson City Summer Concert Series is in jeopardy of not being funded for a fourth consecutive season, the Brewery Arts Center (BAC) has said, slipping to ninth place in online voting.

Sierra Music Society is pleased to announce that the always popular “P’Opera!” is bringing many reasons to gather as they present an elegant evening of Holiday Music with “CELEBRATE” at the highly enjoyable Napa Sonoma Grocery Company - South located at 7671 S. Virginia Street, Reno 89511 on Sunday, December 9th.

Save Mart and FoodMaxx grocery stores have launched a fundraiser to collect monetary donations for The Salvation Army and its relief efforts in Butte County, Calif., affected by Camp Fire.

Shoppers can donate any amount at checkout and 100 percent of the proceeds will aid local victims. The donation will be printed on the receipt, so shoppers have a record of their tax deductible donation.

All Save Mart and FoodMaxx grocery stores in California and Northern Nevada are participating in this fundraiser, including those locations around Carson City.

UPDATE: The film showing Tuesday night, Dec. 4 has been cancelled due to weather.
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Carson City Classic Cinema Club Presents "All Mine to Give" starring Cameron Mitchel and Glynis Johns on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at the Brewery Arts Center Black Box Theatre.

Portrait of an immigrant family on the Wisconsin frontier, circa 1865, where a young son must find homes for his siblings after the deaths of his parents. Based on a true story. (This film will be screened at the Black Box Theatre across from our normal venue.)

Lone Mountain Cemetery in Carson City will again be a location for the 2018 national “Wreaths Across America” remembrance event on Dec. 15, organizers announced this week.

The Nevada Day Show art exhibit is open at the Nevada Artists Association's gallery located at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City. Meanwhile, students are invited to participate in the upcoming Holiday Art Show, which will open Dec. 1.

Douglas High School’s athletic department received a pair of orange-clad Automatic External Defibrillator devices from Carson Valley Medical Center Tuesday afternoon.

CVMC primary care provider Jim Gocke, APRN, and CVMC Hospital Foundation board member Nita Schwartz, MD, were on hand to present the devices to Douglas High student athletes and athletic department administration.

Don’t worry. My business column this morning isn’t going to be filled with party politics. But I will ask you an important question about the politics of your company. How do you make decisions in your business?