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Cold temperatures and dry air have created ideal conditions for making snow in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Heavenly Mountain Ski Resort, Northstar California Resort and Kirkwood Mountain Resort all plan to take advantage of this week’s cool weather window to build a solid base for the upcoming 2020-21 winter season.

Quoted directly from Stacie’s website. (These are also the themes and contents of news articles about her speeches and interviews.)

Celebrate Nevada’s most cherished time of the year in the safety of your own vehicle at Western Nevada College on Oct. 30 and 31. For many there will be a major void in their social calendars to fill on Nevada Day without the annual parade to attend.

The teachers of Carson High School are continuing to ask if the community of Carson City would purchase a T-shirt to support both breast cancer awareness and CHS teacher Kelly Gustafson, who is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

Partnership Carson City, founded to develop a healthy community, is now offering its popular Wellness Yoga classes in-person, while continuing to offer the online virtual option. Under the newest safety guidelines, and due to space limitations, the in-person class now accommodates 10 people and advance registration is required.

The Brewery Arts Center has teamed up with Carson City Toyota, Western Nevada College, and the Carson City Classic Cinema Club to present the inaugural “Made in Nevada” Film Festival, double feature drive-in movies on Oct. 30 and 31, 2020 at the Western Nevada College campus.

What better place to be than in Virginia City where the veil between the dead and living is thin, and the spirit of Halloween comes to life?

The Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space department invites the community to the 4th annual Carson City BOOnanza. Due to COVID-19, this year’s BOOnanza will be a drive-through event.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors voted to create a new ordinance relating to hemp cultivation within city limits on Thursday, allowing for indoor cultivation within certain zoning districts, effectively blocking outdoor agricultural cultivation.

Carson City, Dayton area youth conservation organization River Wranglers will meet Friday, October 23, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. for a work and education event designed to help protect cottonwoods from beaver damage.

Each October, Nevadans turn their attention to the state capitol, Carson City, home of the “official” Nevada Day Parade. Since 1938, the Nevada Day Parade in Carson City has been an annual coming together to celebrate Nevada’s heritage and the founding of this great state on October 31, 1864.

For winter enthusiasts eager to explore South Tahoe’s vast outdoor winter wonderland, tourism officials recommend advance planning, mid-week stays, and securing reservations early for desired attractions and dining. To help visitors plan a safe, healthy winter adventure, Tahoe South offers updated information on its website at “Know Before You Go” and Responsible Recreation with all current state and county health protocols.

The next Carson City Board of Supervisors meeting will take place Thursday, October 15, in the Bob Boldrick Theatre of the Community Center located at 851 E. William Street.

Calling all vendors, we are back!

The Carson Mall has been approved to start doing our events again and our first event will be Nevada Day.

Heading into the weeknd, there’s a bevy of activities around the Carson City area. Lions Club kicks off its annual “White Cane Days” Saturday and Sunday in Carson City to increase awareness of the white cane traffic safety laws, and collect used eyeglasses for distribution to those in need. Local business Wizard of Pawz grooming salon hosts a socially-distanced grand opening on Saturday afternoon, followed by a pool tournament at Bulldog Billiards at 6 p.m. Combined with live music and karaoke, the state capitol will be packed with excitement! Read on for more information.

Meet Dr. Elizabeth Rampe, a collaborator on the Mars Curiosity Rover and a member of the Mars analog mission science team. There will be a presentation on the Red Planet and Q&A. Our group activity is helping our own rover navigate across Mars.

Sierra Lutheran High School will host the 3rd Annual Christ is Christmas Craft Fair Saturday, Nov. 7, on the SLHS campus from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The school will be strategically using outdoor and indoor space on its 34-acre campus to promote the kickoff to the Christmas shopping season within social distancing guidelines.

As part of the ongoing Nevada Humanities Exhibition Series, a new exhibition, Resiliency: A Blooming Diaspora, opens online on October 1, 2020 at nevadahumanities.org and will be on display as a virtual exhibition indefinitely. A Resiliency: A Blooming Diaspora curator’s talk will take place live on Thursday, November 5, 2020, at 7 pm on the Nevada Humanities Facebook page at: facebook.com/nevadahumanities. View the exhibition online at nevadahumanities.org.

I have often written about my friend Laura’s fantastic gardens. She has always had horses and chickens. Then, also having a tractor, she was able to turn and aerate large piles — all the ingredients and tools for outstanding compost.

Nevada News Group columnist Jeanette Strong, whose award winning political commentaries appear bi-weekly in the Lahontan Valley News and online on the Nevada Appeal website, will be the featured speaker at Monday's Carson City Democratic tele-luncheon. Her remarks will be teleconferenced from her home in Fallon.

National Public Lands Day 2020 is themed “more ways to connect to nature” and is celebrated this Saturday, Sept. 26. This is the nation's largest, single-day volunteer event for public lands. Carson City Parks, Recreation & Open Space invites you to volunteer for a trail workday.

The Waterfall Trail in Kings Canyon is currently undergoing maintenance. Trail access will be limited Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Oct. 1. Users are asked to please observe all cautionary signage.

Voya Financial, Inc., a leading provider of retirement plans for educators, announced Monday that Adrienne Wiggins, a teacher at Empire Elementary School in Carson City, has received a $2,000 grant as part of the company’s 2020 Unsung Heroes awards competition.

Kindness is on the agenda at the next Rotary Club of Carson City meeting. Jimmy Gleich, from the Think Kindness organization will be the featured speaker on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The public is invited to attend. The organization’s mission is to inspire acts of kindness in schools and communities around the world.

Remember the old days when school would get cancelled for weather aberrations like snow? Aww, the excitement of that early morning phone call and the joyfulness of being able to go back to sleep with the anticipation of a full day ahead of hanging out in pajamas and watching Netflix or Amazon Prime.

While the building that is housing the Lamplighter bar has undergone many names throughout its long history, owner Cheryl Mathwig said she always connected to its iteration of being the Lamplighter.

Now the bar that was most recently known as Tommy’s Neighborhood Bar has reverted to its old name, and Mathwig is dedicated to bringing back historical touches.

CVS Health today announced plans to add more than 2,000 new COVID-19 drive-thru test sites at select CVS Pharmacy locations across the country to support the company’s ongoing efforts to increase access to testing and help slow the spread of the virus.

Nevada Court of Appeals Judge Bonnie Bulla will be the guest speaker at The Rotary Club of Carson City’s lunchtime meeting on Tuesday, September 15th.

Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space is pleased to announce that the 4th annual Carson City BOOnanza is still occurring this year, just in a different format.

Bars and taverns across Washoe County as well as in the town of Pahrump in Nye County will soon be allowed to open following a surprise decision from the state’s COVID-19 Mitigation and Management Task Force on Thursday.