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American’s favorite crop to grow at home is the tomato. Few can resist the delicious flavor of a homegrown tomato.

A healthy lawn involves more than a weekly mowing. Plant roots need oxygen in the soil to grow.

A beautiful velvety lawn is the ideal for many homeowners. This is possible with some mowing tips that will help you mow like a pro. There is more to mowing than going back and forth with an old lawnmower.

The Community Fill and Deliver operation is well underway.

Crews from the City of Yerington, Lyon County, Nevada Division of Forestry inmate crews, civic organizations, and citizens are filling and delivering sandbags throughout the community to senior citizens and the disabled.

Hello fellow anglers. It is hard to believe it is May 2017, especially with most of the higher lakes still with snow on them. Many of our back country lakes won't be accessible until mid to late June and possibly into July.

YERINGTON — Lyon County Manager Jeff Page announced that Lyon County will be hosting a Town Hall meeting to inform the public of the flood potential on the Walker River system.

Lyon County is actively preparing for a high spring and summer runoff on the Carson and Walker rivers, including personnel exercises Wednesday designed to respond to and recover from various flooding scenarios.

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners have declared a State of Emergency in preparation for the potential of flooding associated with spring runoff and for stormy conditions such as this weekend.

Douglas County officials were notified Monday of an unfortunate situation where a dog’s life was tragically taken by a drain in Topaz Lake.

TRUCKEE-CARSON IRRIGATION DISTRICT is looking for a Receptionist/Accounting ... Carson City Company looking for a candidate to fill service .

CARSON CITY, NV – Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Tuesday that U.S. 95 south of Fallon will be closed this Thursday, March 9 through Friday, March 17 as the Nevada Department of Transportation installs additional drainage culverts to help protect the roadway during monumental local flood mitigation efforts.

There has been a lot of talk this week about the 1997 flood. Twenty years ago, on New Year’s Eve Day, 1996, my Dad and I went goose hunting. We had set out our decoys and had a good early morning hunt, however, it started raining so we packed everything up, leaving the bags of decoys in a dry irrigation ditch.

A reader, Pat, wrote me: We’ve lived here in Carson City for the past 13 years and this is the first year we’ve experienced an issue with black widow spiders. The fact is we had no idea they were here. But a month or so ago, I found one inside our house.

Nearly eight months after the Municipality of Carson City and Q&D Construction broke ground on the Downtown Carson Street Corridor Improvement Project on March 7, the ribbon is now ready to be cut on the $8 million dollar expenditure one day ahead of the Nevada Day Parade.

President Barack Obama was cheered enthusiastically Wednesday at the 20th Lake Tahoe Summit, an annual gathering of federal and state leaders from California and Nevada who are dedicated to protecting the Sierra's crown jewel.

"I've never been here," President Obama told the crowd Wednesday at Harvey's Outdoor Arena in Stateline. "Its not that I didn't want to come, but nobody invited me."

The President quipped he's sure to return, "though my transportation won't be as nice."

The kids deserve some fun for surviving their first week back at school, and Carson City delivers. The first annual Northern Nevada Family Fun Day takes over Mills Park with music, a kids zone, activities, food, raffles, and much more. Check out the Bowling Blast Off at Carson Lanes for a Car Show, bowling specials, and fun. Once the sun sets, Washoe Lake State Park offers a basic astronomy lesson and some celestial viewing. Keep reading: there’s something for everyone this weekend.

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On Sunday August 14th from 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm the Tahoe Resource Conservation District will hold the 9th annual Landscape Conservation Workshop at the Evans Family Garden located at 1383 Mount Olympia Circle in South Lake Tahoe.

The workshop will provide a unique opportunity to see demonstrations of Tahoe Friendly Landscape practices and to interact with local conservation professionals.

Plants are more sensitive to changes in temperature than humans are. Not only are they stuck where they are planted, temperature plays a critical role in plant processes. Photosynthesis, the process by which green plants capture the energy of the sun and convert it to sugar energy (plant food) using carbon dioxide, nutrients from the soil and water, increases with heat.

Hello fellow anglers, I want to tell you of a place that has over looked by many for years. Many of us pass by as we journey through Hope Valley in Alpine County. Some may view it as a rest stop at Pickett's Junction. In 2001 the All Access Wildlife path was built in partner by the California Fish and Wildlife, Alpine County and the Friends of Hope Valley. It is located at the junction of Highways 88 and 89 in Hope Valley, Calif.

Responding to public concerns that the Carson City Parks and Recreation Department follows a different watering schedule than residents and businesses, Carson City Public Works Director Darren Schulz said conserving water is a priority across the board for the city.

Water restrictions began June 1 in Carson City. Even addresses are allowed to water on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, while odd addresses may water on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday. Monday is a no watering day for everyone.

Carson City Public Works would like to notify the public that Tuesday it experienced an electrical failure in the water pump station located in the Goni area of the city. Public Works has applied a temporary fix to the problem with the permanent solution expected to arrive Thursday morning.

For some gardeners, a green velvety expanse of lawn is their horticulture motivation. To achieve a healthy lawn, a gardener should know how to reduce thatch through core aerification, how to fertilize and mow properly and how to irrigate efficiently.

In many instances, agricultural land management for small-acreage landowners is a painstaking, yet rewarding hobby. The irrigation water needs to be changed, the weeds need to be controlled, the fence needs to be repaired, or the grazing animals need to be rotated to a new piece of pasture.

Carson City, Nev. – As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ongoing “We’re for Water” campaign, this year’s Fix a Leak Week encourages Americans to help put a stop to the more than 1 trillion gallons of water wasted from household leaks each year.

The Churchill County Commissioners approved at their first meeting of the month an application to change the parcel of land in the A10 district owned by the Truckee Carson Irrigation District (TCID) t ...

Hello fellow anglers. Another season has come but not over yet. There are plenty of places to fish in our local area, the rivers in Alpine County do not close until Nov. 15, 2015.

I would like to give you some background on all those fish that are planted each year in Alpine County. There is a lot more to planting fish than just calling up the truck and telling them where to put fish. It takes team work from many individuals and most of all, money.

Cooperative Extension’s Dr. Heidi Kratsch is a specialist in water efficient landscaping and has written a book on the subject – Water Efficient Landscaping in the Intermountain West. In a recent class, she provided techniques to conserve water without damaging the landscape.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of Sept. 30, 2015 and beyond. Nevada Department of Wildlife fishing reports for Western Nevada waters are not included as their reports have not been updated

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of Sept. 16, 2015 and beyond. Note: Nevada Department of Wildlife fishing reports for Western Nevada waters are not included as their reports have not been updated since June 4.