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​​​Jimmy John's owner Ken Yzurdiaga and Manager Joe Lash present a check to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada. Accepting the check were Laurie Gorris, Chief Professional Officer, and Cliff Sorensen, Board Member.

Jimmy John's held a community night fundraiser, Feb. 9 2015 and donated 20 percent of all proceeds. This donation will cover the membership fee for 10 kids for the entire year, allowing them to receive academic help, life skills programs, and, most importantly, adult mentoring during any out of school times at the Club.

It’s that time of year at Carson High School when many of our organizations and clubs are participating in state competitions. Over the next month, I will be reporting on the results of these competitions.

State History Day results: The Northern Nevada National History Day contest was held on March 14 at the University of Nevada, Reno and Carson High School sophomores produced fantastic results. All first place entries qualify to move on to the national contest.

Weeds are taking off. Some are already blooming. Yesterday I saw my first bur buttercup, Ceratocephala testiculata, in bloom. While this tiny little winter annual with its petite yellow flower doesn’t seem like much at two inches tall, its Velcro-like seed heads wind themselves up in an animal’s hair and eventually have to be cut out.

The Spring Equinox arrives this afternoon. But what happened to winter? If you're a Nevadan, you know you can never bet on Nevada weather. Who knows, we may get snow in April and May. It has happened before. If not snow down here, at least in the Sierra where it is needed the most. A few April and May showers to freshen things up would be nice.

NOAA’s Spring Outlook released Thursday predicts widespread drought conditions to persist in Nevada, California and Oregon this spring as the dry season begins.

“Periods of record warmth in the West and not enough precipitation during the rainy season cut short drought-relief in California this winter and prospects for above average temperatures this spring may make the situation worse,” said Jon Gottschalck, chief, Operational Prediction Branch, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of March 18, 2015 and beyond.

Self-driving cars, robotic bees, soccer playing robots and crowd-sourcing information are just a few things on which new University of Nevada, Reno, mathematics and statistics professor Raul Rojas Gonzalez spends his time.

He comes to Nevada by way of a Visiting Fellowship at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton and Freie University Berlin, Germany where he has been a professor of artificial intelligence and robotics.

Sierra-at-Tahoe is the latest Lake Tahoe area ski resort to announce that it will suspend operations, beginning Monday, because of the lack of snow brought on by the ongoing drought in the West.

Friday night saw the beginning of Spring Fling Week at Carson High School with the Sadie Hawkins Dance. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported FBLA’s efforts to raise money for the March of Dimes. The next week is filled with events for student to celebrate springtime.

Pea planting time is here. I love shucking peas and eating them like candy. I also like eating tender pods right off the vine. The good news is that peas are easy to grow. Garden or English peas are grown for their seeds (the peas) and snow peas, sugar peas and sugar snap peas are grown for their edible pods.

Garden peas can be either climbers that need the support of a trellis or low-growing varieties. Snow peas also come as climbing vines that need a trellis or as low-growing varieties. Sugar snap peas grow on tall vines and require a trellis for support.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of March 11, 2015 and beyond.

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in South Lake Tahoe announced this week they will be hosting six to eight outdoor concerts this summer. The rear parking lot at the Stateline property will be converted into an outdoor amphitheater that will seat up to 7,500 people.

In a venture with PR Entertainment, Inc., owned by former Caesars Entertainment Director Paul Reder, Hard Rock is looking to attract top-name national artists to the Lake Tahoe area. They plan on starting the concerts in June and concluding on Labor Day weekend.


The Nevada Department of Wildlife Fisheries Division has released a proposed plan to restore the sport fisheries in Comins and Bassett Lakes near Ely in White Pine County by removing northern pike. The plan is available for public comment for 30 days beginning March 5, 2015.

Until the mid-2000s Comins Lake was a premier sport fishery for rainbow and brown trout, supporting up to 35,000 angler days per year. The illegal introduction of northern pike in the early 2000s decimated the trout fishery and angler use is now less than 2,000 days per year.

The Carson City Parks and Recreation Department is gearing up in preparation for the second year of the Nevada Fair. This year’s event will be held July 30 through August 2 at the Carson City Fairgrounds at Fuji Park, 601 Old Clear Creek Road.

Those who live in the Sierra Nevada already know about the minimal snowpack this winter. The monthly snow survey conducted Tuesday near Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort showed just that. The water content of the snow for California is at 19 percent of the average for this time of year, with the central Sierra at 20 percent of average.

You may not know his name, but you will never forget his story. On Monday, August 10, 2015, internationally-acclaimed speaker and author Nando Parrado, will make a return appearance to Lake Tahoe to present a Keynote Address at Sand Harbor State Park in Incline Village, Nev.

This fundraising event for Tahoe Family Solutions starts at 7:30 p.m. and is part of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival's Monday Night Showcase.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of March 4 and beyond.

The Carson Canyons half marathon is slated for Saturday and will kick off a series of three half marathons in as many months.

“Doing a half marathon now is good for training as far as doing something longer for the summer,” said Kevin Bigley, owner of Ascent Physical Therapy in Carson City, which is organizing and sponsoring the runs. “You’re getting a good base in for your running calendar.”

Come summer 2016, when the best of the best athletes climb podiums wearing gold, silver and bronze medals, Las Vegas gamblers could very well be counting their green.Nevada gambling regulators voted Thursday to allow ...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District, American Forests, Nevada Conservation Corps, and Alpine County are partnering to rehabilitate the Airport Fire area by planting trees starting Tue., March 10 and concluding on Sun., March 15, 2015.

This fire burned 81 acres of BLM and Alpine County land during the 2011 fire season and is located near the Indian Creek Recreation Area and the Alpine County Airport along Airport Road.

Boy Scout Troop 847 continues to serve the young men of the Comstock. Meeting weekly at the Mark Twain Community Center, 500 Sam Clemens Avenue in Dayton, the Troop currently has 14 registered Scouts from Dayton and Virginia City.

The Troop’s program and operations are youth-run under the leadership of Senior Patrol Leader Star Scout Joshua Baughman and Assistant Senior Patrol Leader Star Scout Matthew McGifford. Under the mentorship of Scoutmaster Bill Boston and three Assistant Scoutmasters, these Scouts strive to provide a quality program of Scout activities.

Here is the latest fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of Feb. 25, 2015 and beyond.

During summer of 2014, a gentleman was jogging on Windmill Road in Fish Springs when he suffered sudden cardiac arrest. The gentlemen, who had no previous history of heart problems, collapsed in view of a bicyclist. The bicyclist was a nurse and immediately went to the jogger and provided CPR while flagging down two passing gentlemen who called 9-1-1.

By the time 9-1-1 was called, the three bystanders were cycling through CPR to pump blood through the jogger’s body until additional help could arrive to try to restart the heart.

On Saturday, Feb. 21, the Silver Sage 4-H Club attended a field trip at FastFrame in Carson Valley. Owner Joe Rousse took time to discuss matting and framing with the group.

He took a simple landscape and showed how dramatically different it looked by varying the mats and frames. Everyone got a hands-on chance to see how different mat combinations looked around photos.

Twenty-five of Africa’s next generation of leaders will be making their way to the University of Nevada, Reno this summer as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, a U.S. Department of State program. This fellowship is the flagship program of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative.

From June 19-Aug. 1, 2015, the Mandela Washington Fellowship will provide 500 Sub-Saharan African professionals with unique opportunities to develop expertise in their subject areas, grow their professional networks and increase their knowledge of the United States.

Nevada unemployment insurance claims fell 7.7 percent in January compared to January 2014 figures, with 15,572 initial claims filed. It is the lowest number of January initial claims since 2007, employment officials said Thursday.

Mr. Dick Campagni, former Board Member and long-time supporter of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada, is challenging the community to donate to the Club in support of the 3,000 children served each year in Carson City and Carson Valley.
Donations can made between now through April 30, 2015 and will be matched up to $10,000.

A sixth suspect believed to be connected with a burglary ring that spanned over three counties was arrested Wednesday in Reno by Nevada Parole and Probation officers and the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, a Carson City sheriff’s lieutenant confirmed.

Drake Van Cleave, 50, is in the Washoe County Jail with four warrants for his arrest, said Carson City Sheriff’s Lt. Brian Humphrey. He had been wanted on various misdemeanor warrants charges related to thefts in the area.

A fifth arrest was made late Tuesday night in connection with a burglary ring that extended over three counties and involved several home invasions that began as far back as this summer, a Carson City sheriff’s lieutenant said.

Tracey Lock, 40, was booked into custody at the Carson City Sheriff’s Office on felony burglary and drug charges as part of the ongoing investigation involving Carson City, Washoe and Douglas county law enforcement agencies, said Lt. Brian Humphrey. His bail has been set at $100,000. Others are being sought for questioning.

The nation’s biggest selling rock band will celebrate Independence Day one day earlier at Lake Tahoe.
Aerosmith will return July 3 to the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys, Director of Entertainment John Packer told Tahoe Onstage this morning.