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Comstock Mining Receives Excellence in Mine Reclamation Award
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 3:41pmComstock Mining Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE MKT: LODE) received on Saturday, September 12, 2015, a Nevada Excellence in Mine Reclamation Award. The Company received the Excellence in Mine Reclamation Award for the full restoration of the Keystone Mine, and was also recognized along with the Comstock Foundation for History and Culture (the “Foundation”), for Outstanding Rehabilitation of the historic Upper Yellow Jacket Hoist Works.
Carson City sheriff’s arrest log: Pair booked on felony auto theft charges
Submitted by editor on Fri, 09/04/2015 - 12:40pmTwo were booked into jail Thursday on felony charges after officers responded to a vehicle reported stolen from a motel in the 2700 block of South Carson Street, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.
Masquerade Gala to Create Support for Mental Illness Recovery
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 09/04/2015 - 7:39amMental illness has long had shame and stigma attached to it, yet in any given year 1 in 25 adults in the United States experience a serious mental illness according to the National Institute of Mental Health. A local nonprofit offering education, advocacy and support to individuals suffering from mental illness and their families, NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Western Nevada invites the public to help dissolve this stigma by attending "Unmasked: A Masquerade Soiree to Support Mental Illness Recovery."
The October 8 dinner gala at Thunder Canyon Golf Club will feature retired professional hockey goalie and author Clint Malarchuk as the keynote speaker.
Rubio makes Fallon stop
Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/01/2015 - 9:07pmRepublican presidential candidate Marco Rubio concluded his two-day swing in Northern Nevada Tuesday by addressing community leaders in Fallon followed by a rally at the convention center attended by more...
Rubio to make campaign stop in Fallon
Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 6:51pmRepublican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio will visit Fallon on Tuesday at the convention center.Rubio has a rally at the Peppermill casino in Reno on Monday evening. The next day, he’ll visit the Carson C...
Thursday, August 20: Things to do in Carson City
Submitted by Danielle Cook on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 2:30amThe mood has been somber in Carson City this week. The news of Sheriff Deputy Carl Howell’s shooting death has rallied the community, beginning with a large candlelight vigil held last Saturday at the Capitol. Today the officer will be laid to rest after a funeral service at the Reno Convention Center. A procession will leave the Carson City Courthouse at 9 a.m. and travel north along Carson Street. Various fundraisers have begun for the wife and four children that Howell leaves behind. For more information on the procession and how to donate, please go here and here.
THURSDAY: Jazz and Beyond
- Back to School at Carson Hot Springs (Free 17 and younger admission per paid adult; outdoor pools only; 7am-10pm)
- Fundraiser for Officer Carl Howell at the Café at Adele's (all day; 50% of all proceeds will be donated to the Officer's family)
Silver Dollar Car Classic this weekend in Carson City, Hot August Nights in Virginia City
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Fri, 07/31/2015 - 11:47amClassic car enthusiasts from Carson City to Virginia City will rev up their engines this weekend for two annual events: The Silver Dollar Car Classic and the Virginia City kickoff to Hot August Nights.
Festivities in Carson City begin Friday at Max Casino, formerly Carson Station, with a street dance, show and shine beginning at 6 p.m. The car show then moves to Mills Park for the weekend.
Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau Board gives executive director $17,000 raise
Submitted by admin on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 7:39pmThe Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau Board voted to give Executive Director Joel Dunn a $17,000 a year raise on Monday.The vote was unanimous after the board reviewed a study of what comparable boards pay th...
Nevada Fair Tickets on sale at the Carson City Visitors Bureau
Submitted by Rachel Spacek on Sat, 07/25/2015 - 12:58pmNevada Fair pre-sale tickets are on sale at the Carson City Visitors and Convention Bureau for $20.00. The pre-sale tickets are redeemed at the carnival for a wristband that allows you to ride all day on the day you choose to use it. Wristbands purchased at the fair are also $20. Pre-sale ticket sales will end Thursday.
A summer like no other
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 2:48pmThe summer of 1776 must not have been much different from other summers gone and yet to come: Hot, muggy and miserable for those who had to work out in it. And in 1776 that included most people.
Like any other summer, that particular one 239 years ago was alive with fragrances in full bloom; the sounds of children playing in fields of wild flowers, and splashing about in creeks and ponds where it was cool; young animals frolicking in the fields; men and women toiling in their gardens and on their farms; and the happy songs of birds, crickets and frogs relishing in the summer solstice.
Carson High School business team seeks donations for national competition
Submitted by editor on Sat, 05/09/2015 - 5:40pmA Carson City business organization donated $4,000— and is calling on the community to match it — to send Carson High School’s Future Business Leaders of America students to the national convention.
Las Vegas invites presidential hopefuls to slug it out here
Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/01/2015 - 10:02amLas Vegas is vying to be an official host site for a presidential debate on the 2016 campaign trail, the Convention and Visitors Authority announced Wednesday....
Senator Square: Mural contest winner paints 'Road to Success'
Submitted by editor on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 10:52amThe Greater Nevada Credit Union branch at CHS recently sponsored a Mural Contest open to all Carson High Students. All entries were judged and the 1st place winner was Athena Favero, who received a $200 Amazon Gift Card. Second place and a $100 Amazon Gift Card went to Michael Rose. As part of the contest, Athena painted her winning design "A Senator’s Road To Success” on the hallway wall outside the GNCU branch at CHS. Students and staff are encouraged to come by and see her winning mural at Carson High School. Congratulations to our winners, and thanks to all the students who entered.
I Love Carson City's Weekend Event Summary: March 28-29
Submitted by Danielle Cook on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 5:09pmThe sun is shining, the flowers blooming, the birds chirping, the wind gusting, and Carson City is hopping! Easter fun can be found this weekend at the annual EGGstravaganza at Carson Tahoe Medical Center, the Children’s Museum, the Carson Mall, and the Brewery Arts Center.
Head over to Mills Park for the Vietnam Veterans Day Celebration, complete with military vehicles, exhibits, and more. For demonstrations from soldiers with an even older history, the Nevada Civil War Volunteers will be in Dayton Saturday.
UNR researcher: Big fish disappearing indicates freshwater ecosystem crisis
Submitted by editor on Thu, 03/19/2015 - 4:21pmPeople think of elephants, tigers and sharks as a bellwether for how the environment is doing, but monster fish, two dozen species of large freshwater fish weighing more than 200 pounds, are an alarming indicator of the health of aquatic ecosystems around the world.
“These big fish are in a steep decline,” Zeb Hogan, conservation biologist and researcher in the University of Nevada, Reno’s College of Science, said. “The disappearance of aquatic animals is a freshwater extinction crisis.”
RPI's Spring 2015 Spiritual Wellness Expo
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Mon, 03/16/2015 - 12:06pmThe Spring 2015 Spiritual Wellness Expo is March 28-29 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. Twice a year, the Reno Psychic Institute (RPI) brings speakers, healers and vendors from around the region to present information to Northern Nevadans interested in spiritual wellness, natural skin care, local organic food sources, and psychic phenomenon.
The focus of the Spring 2015 Expo is the "Path to Creativity."
Calif. GOP officially recognizes gay rights group
Submitted by admin on Mon, 03/02/2015 - 1:26pmCalifornia Republicans broke from their own platform on Sunday and voted overwhelmingly at their state party convention to give official recognition to a gay rights wing of the GOP that has long been marginalized....
Didn't get USAF Band tickets for Carson City show? Grand Sierra Resort concert added
Submitted by editor on Fri, 02/27/2015 - 12:24pmHaving sold out for a March 4 show in Carson City, fans of the USAF Concert Band of Washington, D.C. are in luck. The renowned instrumental musician group will perform Friday, March 6 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno beginning at 7:30 p.m. No tickets are needed for this event and the public is invited to just show up.
Mason Valley Beekeepers Conference
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 01/30/2015 - 5:59pmWhat's all the buzz about? The Mason Valley Beekeepers are hosting their 5th annual conference on Friday and Saturday, February 27 and 28, 2015 at Pioneer Crossing in Yerington, Nevada. The featured conference speaker is Randy Oliver, a world renowned "scientific beekeeper" from California.
Gov. Sandoval State of the State 2015 Full Text
Submitted by editor on Thu, 01/15/2015 - 10:44pmHere is the full text of Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval's speech delivered to the Nevada Legislature Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015.
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Distinguished Members of the Legislature, Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court, Constitutional Officers:
PPI Presents Polter-Heist: A Hauntingly Hilarious Murder Mystery
Submitted by Danielle Cook on Thu, 01/15/2015 - 8:30pmThe Proscenium Players present 'Polter-heist: A Hauntingly Hiliarious Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Show' in the Pinion Room of the Gold Dust West Hotel and Casino for three weekends, starting Feb. 13. For Friday and Saturday showings the doors open at 5:45, and the one champagne brunch showing on Feb. 22 will begin at 12:45pm. Tickets are $35- $38 and must be bought in advance.
Assemblyman O'Neill hosts Common Core curriculum forum Tuesday in Carson City
Submitted by editor on Mon, 01/12/2015 - 10:52amNewly elected Assemblyman Phillip "PK" O’Neill, R-Carson City, will host a forum Tuesday in Carson City at the Legislative Building for lawmakers and citizens. The forum is being led by opponents of Common Core State Standards.
Citizens for Sound Academic Standards welcomes the public to participate in the program which it says it will present both sides of the issue. The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an educational initiative in the United States that details what K-12 students should know in English language arts and mathematics at the end of each grade.
Experts Against Common Core
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 01/01/2015 - 7:59pmDr. Sandra Stotsky, Endowed Chair in Teacher Quality at the University of Arkansas’s Department of Education Reform and Chair of the Sadlier Mathematics Advisory Board, along with Dr. James Milgram, Emeritus Professor at Stanford University’s Department of Mathematics, will be speaking about why Common Core is not good for our children or our country, at events in Carson City, Fallon and Reno, on January 13th and 14th.
The Saga of Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 01/01/2015 - 7:56amFormer Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons had a very interesting term as Nevada's 28th governor from 2007-2011
Common Core Experts are coming to Northern Nevada
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sat, 12/20/2014 - 9:28amWe are very fortunate to have Dr. Sandra Stotsky and Dr. James Milgram, the most qualified people on the Common Core Validation Committee, coming to northern Nevada for three public events.
They were the only two people on the committee who are content area specialists and who have written high K-12 standards; Dr. Stotsky English Lanugage Arts Massachusetts, Dr. Milgram math California.
The two of them plus three others on the committee would not sign off on Common Core. Both Stotsky and Milgram are for national standards but they both oppose Common Core.
Legendary Beach Boys to catch spring wave at Lake Tahoe with March concert
Submitted by editor on Thu, 12/18/2014 - 2:44pmGood vibrations and excitations will be bountiful at Lake Tahoe this spring when legendary endless summer surf rockers the Beach Boys catch a wave at MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa for a one-night-only performance March 27, 2015.
Having sold millions of records with songs that are forever associated with sunny California, sandy beaches, long boards and hot rods, Beach Boys classics such as “I Get Around,” “Help Me Rhonda,” “Wouldn’t it Be Nice,” “Little Deuce Coupe” “California Girls” “Barbara Ann,” are among dozens considered timeless pop rock masterpieces.
Senator Square: Holiday concerts ahead as Carson High choir students earn recognition
Submitted by editor on Sun, 12/07/2014 - 10:30amThe Instrumental Music Department, Bands and Orchestra, is having its annual Winter Holiday Concert on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 7 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center. Donations are welcome. Meanwhile, Carson High School has had a number of their singing Senators recognized for their vocal talents already this year.
Mountain madness plays out on screen Dec. 13 at Tahoe Adventure Film Festival
Submitted by editor on Thu, 11/20/2014 - 5:32pmMadcap on-screen adventure films and non-stop, on-stage party action arrive at MontBleu Resort, Casino & Spa with the 13th annual Tahoe Adventure Film Festival, Saturday, Dec. 13.
Designed to capture the intensity and passion of free-spirited outdoor adventure, the cult event provides mountaintop cliffhangers and enough high-energy entertainment between showings to ignite fervor for the New Year.
Tickets are $20 and $25 in advance and $25 to $30 the night of the show, plus fees. Available at the Box Office and Ticketmaster.com.
Nevada Landscape Association offers Reno conference to encourage best management practices
Submitted by editor on Thu, 11/20/2014 - 11:24amThe Nevada Landscape Association Annual Conference and Trade Show, co-sponsored by the Nevada Department of Agriculture, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and City of Reno Urban Forestry Commission, will be held on Wednesday February 4, 2015 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
I Love Carson City's Weekend Event Summary: November 14-16
Submitted by Danielle Cook on Fri, 11/14/2014 - 3:51amHappy Friday, Carson City! I am once again pleased to bring you the event list that is featured on my Facebook page, I love Carson City. I follow the pages of local businesses and organizations, search website calendars, and compile a list of anything and everything going on in this community weekly. Some of it is family friendly, some is just for adults, but all of it is nearby.