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Greater Nevada Credit Union (GNCU) has named Rachel Clerico as its Marketing Manager.

CARSON CITY — On an unseasonably mild winter day in Carson City, Randy Gaa wheeled his bike up to the motel where Richard Dilley resides. Gaa, founder of the new Meals on Two Wheels program, towed a wire trailer with an insulated box containing lunch for Dilley.

CARSON CITY — Greater Nevada Credit Union recently received the Editor's Choice award from BadCredit.org for its commitment to financial education through proactive outreach.

Greater Commercial Lending (GCL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Greater Nevada Credit Union (GNCU), has named Lisa Siesennop as its Senior Government Lending Relationship Manager.

Siesennop is responsible for providing oversight and direction of the government-guaranteed commercial lending department, developing business activity, specializing in USDA and SBA government loans, and maintaining and developing relationships with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offices, brokers, packagers, finance partners, and other economic development associates.

Gardeners pay attention to weather, and hopefully are also aware of Nevada’s climate.

What’s the difference?

With the President's holiday weekend here and snowpack in the Lake Tahoe Basin at low levels, the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit urges snowmobilers to shift their activities to locations with adequate snow coverage, within permitted snowmobile areas.

DAYTON — The public is warmly invited to join dietitian Kim Mason and chef Cynthia Kroon for a healthy cooking demonstration, followed by dinner, on Monday, Jan. 22, 5:30pm at the Dayton Valley Community Center at 170 Pike Street. Bring a friend or meet news ones at the free class. There’s no need to register, and everyone is welcome.

CARSON CITY — The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest on Friday released the Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe Atoma Area Expansion Draft Environmental Impact Statement to the public for a 90-day comment period.

Dayton, Nevada – This week’s Dayton Food Pantry news includes recognition for three groups that recently contributed to the Pantry: Volunteers in Policing (V.I.P.s), Girl Scout Service Unit 625, and the Misfits Theater Group. Dayton Food Pantry manager Alie Trier said, “This Thanksgiving we were so grateful for the hundreds of turkeys and hams, side items, and checks donated by the community. Now we even have enough to provide more than 500 more familes with spiral hams for Christmas. Thank you awesome community members!”

DAYTON — The public is warmly invited to join dietitian Kim Mason and chef Cynthia Kroon for a healthy cooking demonstration, followed by dinner, on Monday Dec. 11, 2017 at 5:30pm at the Dayton Valley Community Center at 170 Pike Street. The class is completely free, no need to register, and everyone is welcome.

For many of us, our bowls are never empty. That cannot be said for those less fortunate who live paycheck to paycheck or live in the various motels filled with those who cannot afford permanent housing for their families.

Dayton, Nevada– The public is warmly invited to join dietitian Kim Mason and chef Cynthia Kroon for a healthy cooking demonstration, followed by dinner, on Monday November 20, 2017 at 5:30pm at the Dayton Valley Community Center at 170 Pike Street. The class is completely free, no need to register, and everyone is welcome.

The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and the Eldorado National Forest will begin the sale of Christmas tree permits on Monday, Nov. 13. Permit holders may choose from a variety of pine, fir or cedar trees up to six inches in diameter at the base in designated cutting areas.

Here is an updated parade list for all the entries in the Nevada Day Parade on Saturday. Note, there was a last-minute change in streets where the entries are supposed to line up that is different than the printed program. The change was made to accommodate some larger floats. Above is the line-up map, and the list is below:

The Nevada Department of Agriculture announced a new agreement with Food Bank of Northern Nevada to provide emergency food assistance to the 95,000 food-insecure individuals in Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, Washoe and White Pine counties.

The Sixth Annual Feds Feed Families Food Drive to benefit the hungry in Carson City brought in 2,722 pounds of food in August, including 1,346 pounds of fresh produce at the Third Street Farmer's Market. All donations benefitted families and individuals served by the Ron Wood Family Resource Center and Friends In Service Helping, also known as FISH.

Fire officials on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest would like to remind the public that the fire danger level is still high. Human-caused wildfires remain a major concern heading into the upcoming weekend.

Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, along with researchers at Utah State University and University of Idaho, are assisting rural communities across the West by applying economic, environmental and social factors to community economic development planning.

Carson City's Grocery Outlet will be running a food drive to benefit the Ron Wood Family Resource Center Food Bank beginning Saturday, July 1 through July 31.

CARSON CITY — USDA is seeking applications for technical assistance and training grants in the Community Facilities program to help communities ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Here's some important information for residents and visitors to keep in mind this Memorial Day weekend at Lake Tahoe. Warm temperatures have accelerated melting of our tremendous snowpack, streams and rivers will be cold, swift and high.

Applications for the grant are due Friday, June 30, at 4:30 p.m. at the USDA Rural Development Office in Carson City, 1390 S. Curry St., Carson City, ...

Forest Service campgrounds in the Lake Tahoe Basin are scheduled to open May 12, 2017. However, campgrounds on the West Shore still have a large amount of snow at lake level, which will delay their opening. Meeks Bay Campground will open on May 19, 2017, and Kaspian and William Kent campgrounds will open on June 2, 2017.

YERINGTON — Lyon County's seat celebrated Earth Day on Wednesday with a volunteer fair at its fire station, tree planting, painting the town's animal shelter and the announcement the community has been approved for $36 million in federal funding for water and sewer improvements.

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will soon begin opening recreational facilities in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Weather and snow conditions permitting, Inspiration Point will be the first site to open on April 15, 2017.

The Silver State Fair Housing Council awarded its SSFHC HEART Award on Wednesday to Nevada Rural Housing Authority Deputy Director Bill Brewer.

The public is warmly invited to join guest Chef Cynthia Kroon for a healthy cooking demonstration, followed by dinner, on Monday Feb. 20 at 5:30 p.m. at the Dayton Valley Community Center, 170 Pike Street.

The workshop will be held at USDA Rural Development, located at 1390 S. Curry St., in Carson City, and will run from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m..

The Nevada Rural Housing Authority (NRHA) officially introduced a new suite addition to its office space — located at 3695 Desatoya Drive in East Carson City — Wednesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house event for the public.

The Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties will have 3 guest speakers for their February breakfast meeting. The meeting is on Thurs February 9th at 9am at the Silver Springs Community Center.

Speakers include Lori Nichols from Foster Care Recruitment, and Sally Hazard from the Fernley office for the Advanced Foster Care Program. They will explain the pressing need for foster homes in the Lyon and Storey County region, and offer ways to help increase the number of foster parents.