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CARSON CITY — EC-Council has selected Western Nevada College as the 2018 Academic Innovator of the Year Award recipient for lasting impacts on its students’ cybersecurity education and local communities.

As your reward for making it through the first school-week of the year, you’ll find plenty of fun ways to celebrate. Hopefest8 at the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center is a free concert featuring folk/pop singer, Tyrone Wells, bringing awareness and raising funds for local patient resources. The grand prize of their raffle is a brand-new car, so good luck. It’s a birthday bash at Living the Good Life. Wish proprietress, Gina, many happy returns and groove to the sounds of the Trippin’ King Snakes.

Lights, camera, action! The Second annual Jukebox Film Festival begins today at the Carson City Community Center. Two full days of features, documentaries, and short films with music as the uniting theme will be shown at the Carson City Community Center: 30 unique titles representing 29 different filmmakers from countries around the world. Blood Drum Spirit, a jazz band with an African influence, is the focus of one of those films and will be performing for free at Sassafras Eclectic Food Joint this evening.

Wednesdays can be brutal: more than two full days until we reach the weekend. Don’t dismay, there’s something cooking midweek that might just keep you going. The Second annual Jukebox International Film Festival begins tomorrow with a two full days of music-centric documentaries, narratives, videos, and shorts.

Internationally traveling band Blood Drum Spirit visited Carson High School on Tuesday to jam with students in Brian Fox’s orchestra classes. But it wasn’t a technical lesson.

Get inspired at a #Resistance Concert with Emma’s Revolution on September 21st at the UUFellowship of Northern NV for the International Day of Peace!

Emma’s Revolution is the dynamic, award-winning activist duo of Pat Humphries & Sandy O, whose songs have been sung for the Dalai Lama, praised by Pete Seeger, and covered by Holly Near. With beautiful vocal harmonies and genre-defying eclecticism, the duo delivers an uprising of truth and hope for these tumultuous times.

The annual Jukebox International Film Festival will kick off with events Aug. 22 and run through Aug. 25 in Carson City. Film screenings will occur Aug. 23-24.

Reno, Nevada – The Northern Sierra Chapter of APICS, the association for supply chain management, is pleased to announce its annual Top Management Night will take place on October 16th on the campus of the University of Nevada at the Basin Street Club at Mackay Stadium. The event will feature speakers Ryan Martin of ITS Logistics and Kevin Ciccotti of the Human Factor Formula. In addition to the excellent speakers and supply-chain industry networking, attendees will enjoy a deluxe buffet-style dinner and a full bar.

Date: Tuesday, October 16

Time: 5:30-7:30 PM

Carson City Soroptimist will feature Norma Ruelas from the Family Support Council of Douglas County at its Program Meeting, Wednesday, August 22, from noon to 1 p.m. at Glen Eagles. The meeting is open to the public, with prior reservation required.

With less than a month until the doors open, Jukebox International Film Festival (JIFF), the only festival to feature films with music as a central driving theme, has announced that two bands appearing in two films screening at the festival will be appearing live in Carson City that week.

I’m not even going to speculate on the air quality, but please use your best judgement when choosing your activities and there may be some cancellations that I am not aware of. Downtown has a full day of options, but the back roads may be a little more difficult to navigate due to construction projects. The great music that awaits will be worth the hassle. Read on and you’ll find indoors and outdoors activities that will help alleviate the cabin fever.

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The Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority generates $3.1 billion annually for the northern Nevada economy, according to a study released Thursday by the University of Nevada and EKAY Economic Consultants.

Primary and secondary education (K-12) has been the second fastest growing category of Nevada state spending over the past decade, rising from $1.24-billion in fiscal year 2006 (FY06) to $2.22-billion in FY17. It grew 33 percent faster than the incomes of Nevada families and businesses.

Carson City Sheriff's Office Sgt. Jim Primka has been selected by unanimous agreement to be promoted to the rank of lieutenant, filling the vacancy left by retired Capt. Jeff Melvin, Sheriff Ken Furlong announced Monday.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval’s trade mission to Africa concluded on Friday in the coastal city of Durban, South Africa. Durban, also known as eThekwini Municipality, is home to the largest and busiest shipping terminal in sub-Saharan Africa.

Tazmanian Boxing Club, which has distinguished itself over past few years as more than a boxing gym, has moved to a new and much larger location at 3737 North Carson Street in Carson City.

Do you love where you live? Would other people love to live there too? Those two questions are at the heart of economic development, according to Peter Kageyama, a keynote speaker at the Fourth Annual Nevada Economic Development Conference Aug. 20-22, 2018 at the Atlantis Casino Resort & Spa in Reno, Nevada. For registration and more information, visit nvedc.com.

Let’s get August off to a good start. The first Saturday of the month always plays host to the Downtown Carson City Wine Walk, but with the Jazz and Beyond Musical Festival in full swing, you’ll have even more reasons to meander around downtown. The afternoon ice cream social at the historic Foreman-Roberts House is a perfect family-friendly treat before heading to the Brewery Arts Center for tonight’s free concert. Keep reading, you’ll find a little bit of something for everyone in the Carson City, Carson Valley, Dayton and Virginia City areas.

Friday opens the 15th annual Jazz and Beyond Music and Art Festival in Carson City that features 17 days of music, art and film at multiple venues in Carson City, August 3-19.

CARSON CITY — A total of 16 soldiers aboard two Nevada Army Guard helicopters are set to begin firefighting efforts Monday while based out of Lampson Field Airport in Lakeport, Calif.

ACCRA, GHANA — Highlighted by a meeting with President Nana Akufo-Addo, the successful first leg of Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval’s trade mission to Africa wrapped up in Ghana on Sunday.

Travelling more than 11,400 miles roundtrip isn’t too far for Western Nevada College to elevate its advanced manufacturing program with the latest strategies and training tools through partnerships with international industrial technology giants.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Transportation announced that U.S. 50 across the state has been designated as Nevada’s first official U.S. Bicycle Route, joining the world’s largest network of national bike routes and expanding tourism and long-term economic potential for local communities along the route.

Jukebox International Film Festival, the only event of its kind to feature films that have music only as a central driving theme, is proud to announce the Official Selections that will be screening this year in Carson City on August 23-24, 2018.

This Wednesday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m., a workshop teaching the basics of drone techniques will be held for the public by the Wired Wednesday Digital Artists group.

Comedian Travis Nelson will be headlining at the Carson Comedy Club located inside the Carson Nugget at 507 N Carson St Carson City on July 27-28, 2018. Show starts at 8 p.m. and doors open up at 7:15 p.m.

CARSON CITY — TravelNevada debuts five summer experiences in five Nevada territories, encouraging travelers to follow ancient Basque pilgrimages, traverse ghosts towns, explore alpine lakes and rock formations, practice mindfulness and view meteor showers from one of the last remaining dark skies.

Carson City Soroptimist will feature Stephen Neff, founder of locally-owned Allevia Living Home Health, during its Program Meeting on Wednesday, July 25, from noon until 1 pm, at Glen Eagles Restaurant.

Carson High Safe Grad Boosters would like to thank the following people for their help in making the 2018 Safe and Sober graduation party one of the best we have had. We could not have done it without their support. Thank you for your generosity!

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development board approved applications for five businesses, that will create 103 new jobs and make nearly $119 million in capital investments in Douglas, Washoe, Humboldt and Clark counties.