Restoration

It’s a wine-walking kind of day: join in the thirsty Thursday fun in downtown Gardnerville and stick around for the coffee and dessert after-party in Heritage Park. Sneak in an afternoon musical getaway with No Comprende at the Carson Mall. Take a melodious trip around the world with Tom Green: instruments from all over are the focus of a lecture and concert tonight at the Brewery Arts Center. Keep reading and let Thursday surprise you.

THURSDAY: Jazz and Beyond Music Festival

Historic Benton Hot Springs Non Profit is proud to offer an afternoon fundraising event "Celebrating Our Ancestors: Dedication of Benton Historic Cemetery", on Saturday, August 19th from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. at The Inn at Benton Hot Springs. The cost is just $75 per person. Tickets are limited so call now to reserve yours at (760) 933-2287.

The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center on Thursday released its annual Tahoe: State of the Lake Report for 2016, noting a year marked by the hottest temperatures on record followed by a winter of unprecedented levels of rain and snow in the Sierra Nevada where Lake Tahoe resides.

Imagine taking a class where one of the goals is to restore a third-generation classic 1953 Cadillac convertible.
Look no further than Western Nevada College’s Automotive Mechanics program for that unique instruction in the approaching fall semester.

YERINGTON, Nev. – The creation of a new Nevada State Park, known as the Walker River State Recreation Area is official. on Wednesday, July 19, the Nevada Division of State Lands accepted the gift deeds facilitated by the Walker Basin Conservancy, and will assign the donated property to the Nevada Division of State Parks for the development and management of the new park along the East Walker River in Lyon and Mineral counties.

In February of 1870, the sparkling new steam-powered coin press inside the United States Mint in Carson City struck its first coin, a Seated Liberty silver dollar with a crisp CC mint mark.

UPDATE 4:54PM: Power has been restored to all but 9 customers, according to NV Energy.
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Nearly 650 NV Energy customers along North Carson and Roop streets are without power Thursday afternoon in the most recent utility outage.

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) will continue a project to eradicate, control, and contain known infestations of invasive plants in the Lake Tahoe Basin using chemical treatment. Work will take place at approximately 90 infestations sites (18.25 acres) beginning in mid-July and continuing through September 2017.

UPDATE: 7:25PM: Power appears to be fully restored to the Carson City area, NV Energy reports. Equipment failures at multiple locations around the Nevada state capital appear to have been the cause of the widespread outage.

Americans Declaration of Medical Freedoms

Don’t look now, but there are only seven days left to purchase your tickets for the Nevada Dream Tag raffle. Tickets are available now and will be sold until Friday, June 30 for this year’s hunting season. The winners will be announced in early July.

Gov. Brian Sandoval expressed his gratitude Thursday to the Nevada Legislature for responding to his requests as outlined in his State of the State address in January of this year.

Combination Rummage Sale, Bake Sale and Wine Tasting at Saint Mary's in the Mountains, Virginia City.

Please join us this Saturday, the 10th of June at Saint Mary's in the Mountains, for our annual Rummage and Bake Sale. The event runs from 11.00 am until 3.00 pm. Virginia City will be jumping as we celebrate the annual Taste of the Comstock!

The Silver Rush, a new 4,159-foot long zip line opening this summer at Heavenly's Epic Discovery, will take users from tree-to-tree at speeds up to 40 miles per hour. Overlooking the Carson Valley, Silver Rush is comprised of five segmented zip lines; the final of which flies guests over the waters of East Peak Lake.

Join us to explore the Carson River Watershed on a two-day bus tour. The Carson Water Subconservancy District is offering a bus tour of the Carson River Watershed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on June 6 and 7, 2017.

The Carson River Watershed "Get on the Bus" tour will cover a variety of watershed topics and locations from the headwaters in Alpine County, CA to the terminus at the Carson Sink near Fallon.

Roadside stations for inspections and decontaminations of motorized boats and watercraft are officially opening for the 2017 boating season.

Locations, hours of operation and opening dates are as follows:

The big game tag application deadline may have come and gone, but you still have a chance at the hunt of a lifetime.

As we celebrate Earth Day this April, let’s remember how important environmental stewardship is to the health of Lake Tahoe, and how important our individual actions are.

The Carson City Leisure Hour Club recently donated $500 to the Carson City Historical Society. Accepting the check for the Society were President Gary Cain along with members Paula Cannon, Dona Spencer, Debbie Lane and Gary Yoakum. The presentation occurred at the Club’s dinner meeting on April 19.

The Foundation for Carson City Parks and Recreation is holding an Open House at the Wungnema House in Mills Park Sunday, April 23, from 2 to 5 p.m. The building is accessible by the Park entrance on Saliman Road, opposite the high school.

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.

GRAMMY® winner Chris Tomlin continues to bring the church together in unity and prayer through his nationwide Worship Night In America Tour. Featuring Chris Tomlin, Big Daddy Weave, Phil Wickham, Zach Williams, Mosaic MSC and Jason Barton, the tour is set to come to the Reno Event Center on Saturday, April 29 at 7:00 PM.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife wants to remind sportsmen applying for the big game tag draw not to forget about specialty tags.

Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to pass the Automotive Service Excellence industry certifications that more and more auto repair shops are requiring of their employees. Jump Start an auto mechanics or auto body repair career as a high school junior or senior.

The Foundation for Carson City Parks and Recreation is holding an Open House at the Wungnema Houses at Mills Park in Carson City this Sunday, March 19, from 2 to 5 p.m. The building is accessible by the Park entrance on Saliman Road, opposite the high school. Admission to the open house is free.

University of Nevada, Reno professor Sudeep Chandra leads an active and interesting life. And he gets to fish – a lot!

From working to preserve lakes around the globe to conserving the world’s largest trout (the Taimen, also known as the Siberian River Shark) in Northern Mongolia to developing public-private partnerships to protect species and habitats, Chandra is also an expert on local waters, including Lake Tahoe.

Twenty-eight AmeriCorps members are scattered throughout the Sierra Nevada with the role of restoring and monitoring Sierra watersheds, educating Sierra residents and visitors about environmental issues, and managing volunteers for local watershed programs.

The Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City will reopen Saturday, March 4, with free weekend admission for all.
The museum has been closed since Jan. 8 due to significant damage from floodwaters that inundated the property, damaging the tracks, fire roads and a number of buildings.

Please join us at Saint Mary's in the Mountains, Virginia City as we launch our wines for 2017. The event is Saturday and Sunday, 25th and 26th February from 1-3 p.m. each day.

The $5 suggested donation includes four wines and paired appetizers. All proceeds go to the Friends of Saint Mary's for restoration and renovations of our beloved Church.

Silent auction both days, and we will have wine and commemorative wines glasses available for sale.

UPDATE 10:33 p.m. Most Internet and cable service for customers in the South Lake Tahoe and Carson Valley region has been restored, according to Charter.
The severed fiber optic lines above the railroad tracks at Airport Road in Minden were reconnected one-by-one. According to Charter, there can be thousands of wires in each line.
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UPDATE 5:35 pm: Charter Communications estimates their crews will have services restored to the region by 8:00 p.m. Friday night.

This morning, a garbage truck backed into some aerial fiber optic lines in Minden, Nev., causing them to snap in half. The restoration job is normally a 9-10 hour task. The accident occurred at approximately 8:45 a.m., Friday.