January 2022
Parking ambassadors, other changes to free up more space for vehicles coming to South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 11:59amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Parking in the Stateline area of South Lake Tahoe has always been an issue - too many cars and not enough parking spaces. Since redevelopment brought the Heavenly Village, the gondola, and other new additions including the Chateau building over the last two decades, drivers are constantly searching the area for legal spaces to park.
Computer Corps hosts ‘Opportunity Workshops’ for volunteers; earn a computer for volunteering
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 11:37amCarson City’s Computer Corps Technology Learning Center is hosting opportunity workshops for volunteers at their location at 4630 US Highway 50 E.
December unemployment drops slightly in Carson City, Reno and Las Vegas
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 11:31amUnemployment in Carson City was down slightly in December to 3.2 percent, according to figures released Monday from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. In November the capital city's unemployment rate was 3.3 percent.
Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies make three warrant arrests Tuesday
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 11:08amThe Carson City Sheriff's Office made three warrant arrests Tuesday, according to booking reports.
Getting clean: Environmental outcomes in 2021 for 30 certified Nevada green businesses
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 01/26/2022 - 10:05amGreen business is good business, with more entrepreneurs, industry and tech leaders looking to make cost-effective changes that not only saves them money, but are ultimately good for the environment.
Nevada Green Business Network — through a partnership with Western Nevada College and greenUP! — notes 30 businesses that were certified green for the state of Nevada in 2021, and that there are 70 other businesses in the process of becoming green certified for the state.
Lyon County Republican Central Committee Precinct Meeting
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 01/25/2022 - 7:08pmLyon County Republican Precinct Meetings:
Carson City School Board to discuss budget corrections, aggression reports, and more tonight
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Tue, 01/25/2022 - 5:17pmThe next Carson City School District School Board meeting will take place tonight, Tuesday Jan. 25 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Robert ‘Bob’ Crowell Board Room within the Carson City Community Center.
Items up for discussion at the school board include aggression, interpersonal relationship reports, approval of budget corrections, and more.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 01/25/2022 - 5:06pmSet in a high school gym and hosted, for the ninth year, by a former Putnam County Spelling Bee winner, Rona Lisa Peretti (Jenn Heim), this year’s contest features Vice Principal Douglas Panch (Cameron Tolbert), a charm-challenged administrator of definitions and word pronouncer. Contestants include last year’s winner, Chip Tolentino (Zephyr Delgado), and a newcomer to the event, Olive Ostrovsky (Athena), who does not have money for the entrance fee. Other entrants fill a typical adolescent scope of the peculiar, the belligerent, and the withdrawn.
Carson City school-based health center offers flu, COVID walk-in vaccine clinic Wednesday
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 01/25/2022 - 4:29pmNevada Health Centers’ School-based Health Center, located at 618 W. Musser Street in Carson City will offer COVID-19 and flu vaccinations to adults and children during a walk-in clinic Wednesday, Jan. 26 from 9 to 11 a.m.
New shows, times added: Carson Comedy Club Presents Celebrity Comedian Jimmy Failla this weekend
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 01/25/2022 - 3:05pmThe Carson Comedy Club presents celebrity comedian Jimmy Failla, hosted by comedian Brian Lee this Friday and Saturday, Jan. 28-29, with shows at 8 and 10 p.m.
Jimmy Failla is a stand up comedian, author, radio host and former New York City cab driver. Failla was named Outstanding Male Comedian of the year at the 2014 New York City Nightlife Awards.