Spending

“Every American city, whether it prides itself on its public sculptures or deep-dish pizza, on hot-air balloons or woolen jackets, on abundant trout streams or Greek architecture, needs to develop that identity, or if it has been allowed to escape, remember what it once was.”

That single sentence written by Robert E. Price, author of “The Bakersfield Sound” and award-winning Executive Editor of the newspaper Bakersfield Californian, struck a chord with me, for as we go forth with our “reimagining,” we still don’t have a clear vision/identity of who we were or who we are today.

Almost 84 million Millennials are now at the age where their spending can make a huge difference to the economy. Those born between 1980 and 2000 outnumber the big-spending Baby Boomers by over 9 million.

The older Millennials are now purchasing homes, furniture, cars and more tangible goods that will keep cash registers and online services tingling.

Chris Carver, candidate for Carson City Mayor will hold a "meet and greet fundraiser" at Glen Eagles restaurant (3700 N Carson St), on May 4th, 2016 from 6 to 8 PM. Chris's election website is at www.chriscarver4mayor.org. He considers himself a strong advocate for a government focused on essential city services including water and sewer, law enforcement, and neighborhood issues including road maintenance and storm water run-off.

Carson City officials hosted the inaugural budget open house Monday to give residents a chance to ask questions and voice their concerns about city spending.

Adding yet another name to the race for Carson City Mayor, Carson City resident Chris Carver announced his candidacy for the office late this afternoon. Mr. Carver's candidacy brings the number of candidates to four.

Mr. Carver is a five year resident of Carson City, a retired Army officer, and a retired Department of Homeland Security Intelligence Officer. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of New York and a Master of Science Degree from the National Intelligence University.

Carson Tahoe Health would like to recognize David A. Johnson, MD, Medical Director of the Carson Tahoe Center for Wound Healing in Carson City, for receiving the honorary Physician of the Year award from Healogics, Inc.

State agencies were told Wednesday they should plan flat budgets for the next biennium and to recommend spending reductions of 5 percent below that.The announcement came during the Sandoval administra ...

State agencies were told Wednesday they should plan flat budgets for the next biennium and to recommend spending reductions of 5 percent below that.The announcement came during the Sandoval administra ...

I will bring your voice to the Board of Supervisors. I am ready to begin the work of stoping irresponsible spending and deferred maintenance. We do this by retiring debt and creating responsible budgets with realistic priorities. I have the knowledge and experience to help produce more accurate project estimating and more complete purchasing efforts.

“When everyone is looking for gold, it’s good to be in the pick and shovel business.” — Mark Twain

The entrepreneur-turned-humorist ought to know. Even though Samuel Clemens failed miserably at both mining and logging ventures in Nevada, he gave getting rich his best shot. Twain well understood the appetite Americans have for money — and how far those who want a slice of the supply chain pie are willing to go in order to get it.
It’s the same ambitious impulse a recent Seattle Business article identified when it said, “Marijuana entrepreneurs are lining up to cash in.”

Each year, the Nevada controller’s financial reports have included an “economic outlook” section, as have reports by many government agencies and business, academic and journalistic entities. Nearly all such assessments are based on business-cycle analyses focused on economic sectors and geographic regions in the short and intermediate terms.

The Nevada Arts Council will participate in a national research study, known as Arts and Economic Prosperity 5, to measure the economic impact of nonprofit arts organizations and their audiences.

The study is being conducted by Americans for the Arts, the leading nonprofit arts organization for advancing the arts in the United States. The Council is one of nearly 300 study partners across the U.S. that will help with gathering detailed financial and event attendance data from nonprofit arts and cultural organizations during 2016.

Cathryn Waelbrock was born on July 7, 1950 to Glenn Gullick and Betty Elliott in Chico, Calif. She died February 6, 2016 in Carson City, Nev. Cathryn is predeceased by her brother, Bruce Gullick, and survived by her brother, Michael Gullick. Cathryn is also survived by her five children, Christy Minor, Patrica Hopper, Lucas Waelbrock, Ryan Waelbrock and Tyler Waelbrock.

The University of Nevada, Reno is proud to announce that it has again been selected as a partner with the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. This will be the second year the University will host 25 of Africa’s brightest emerging business and entrepreneurship leaders. In mid-June, fellowship participants will begin their six-week academic and leadership institute sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

Carson City’s lodging properties collected more than $16 million in revenues in 2015, up about $1.4 million from the previous year.

“That means we’re seeing lots of people visiting Carson City,” Joel Dunn, executive director of the Carson City Visitors Bureau told his board Monday evening. “They’re spending money and driving our economy.”

In a measure of how important Hillary Clinton thinks Nevada may be -- hello, firewall -- she has increased her TV spending here, but she still lags behind Bernie Sanders.
On the GOP side, Marco Rubio's SuperPAC and his campaign have spent the most, showing how critical Nevada may be to his fortu ...

Three men in two vehicles were rescued early Monday morning by Carson City Search and Rescue after being stuck overnight south of Brunswick Canyon near Sunrise Pass.

The men were found safe and healthy despite having minimal provisions, said SAR public information officer Bill “Fergi” Fergus. They managed to stay warm by having the engines run in their vehicles.

On the surface, olive oil and balsamic vinegar have little to do with homelessness. But here in Carson City, they have become a big deal.

Last month, noted area Chef Don Pepe, owner of Carpa Nevada LLC, sold more than $1,000 worth of his fine imported Portuguese olive oil and balsamic vinegars through Downtown Coin in Carson City.

The entire proceeds, totaling $400 in profit, were then donated to “Pets of the Homeless,” a Carson City-based non-profit organization that helps provide food and veterinary care for homeless companions nationwide.

Family, safety and confidence were the topics of the day as three Carson City teens competed in the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada’s Youth of the Year competition on Friday, Jan. 8.

Carson High School senior, 18 year old Autumn Cuellar, and freshman Natalie Ontiveros, 15, and McKenzie Malone, also 15, delivered speeches discussing what the Club means to their lives before spending over an hour meeting with members of the judging panel in private interviews.

Carson City Ward 2 Supervisor Brad Bonkowski will hold his first “Breakfast with Brad” of 2016 on Friday, Jan. 8, from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Cracker Box restaurant. All Carson City residents are invited to join Bonkowski for coffee and conversation.

With 2016 now underway, NV Energy residential, commercial and industrial customers around Carson City and Northern Nevada will see their utility bills slide by nearly five percent compared to this time last year, officials announced Monday.

If you’re out and about between Carson City, Reno, Virginia City and Lake Tahoe, be sure to bundle up. Temperatures will begin to fall into the teens and remain below average, with lows in the single digits, through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

Mother and daughter Kathy Tatro and Adrienne Jordan Phenix, also known as Team Tatro, have joined the RE/MAX Realty Affiliates office in Carson City.

This is a picture of an unsung hero of Carson City, though few know of him. No, it's not really Santa under a rainbow but it is a picture of a simple hard working business owner who, like countless other business owners, makes this city work as part of the free enterprise system. This man is out before dawn cleaning and preparing the property where he runs his business and is still at work long after dark every day throughout the year.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has ordered all state government offices, other than essential public safety and corrections personnel, to close at noon Thursday due to the winter storm in Carson City.

The Christmas Eve storm, which has packed several inches of snow in the capital city, is causing problems along area roads, with numerous spinouts and crashes.

We love the Christmas season. As we've noted with most cultural traditions, though, Christmas holds different meanings for folks depending on their time, place and circumstances.

Winter weather can cause more issues than we can sometimes bear. Wet and icy roadways combined with our need to get from point A to point B as quickly as we can, often times leads to vehicle crashes.

Caroline Gabica slid activated hand warmers into her boots, picked up a bag of footballs and followed the coach out onto the field during the playoff game between Carson and Reed high schools in November. Soon Gabica, manager for the Carson High School Senators football team, was back on the sidelines, taping up the injured fingers of a player who got tangled up with another player’s face mask.

Last year, Nevadans voted almost 4-to-1 against taxing businesses based on their gross receipts. Amidst an anemic economic recovery, most Nevadans understood that taxing them on their top line, with no regard for their costs or profitability, was a terrible idea.

But then the 2015 legislature, at Gov. Sandoval's last-minute behest and without reasonable opportunity for anyone to examine what he proposed, passed such a tax anyway.

What initially began as a holiday party for Carson Tahoe Health employees and their families has grown to include organizations like the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada through the efforts of the CTH events committee headed by Kayleen Fogleman, director of supply chain management.

CTH provided treats and activities, including decorating enormous sugar cookies, writing letters to Santa, mingling with Carson City firefighters and a visit with Santa at the annual Carson Tahoe Health Kids Christmas Party in the main hall of the hospital Dec. 10.