Carson City's Shoe Tree Brewing Company expands, to open new Minden location

My friend Julie sent me a photo of lumps on manzanita leaves in her yard asking me what they were. I’ve seen many similar lumps and bumps on willows, poplars, oaks, apples and many other plants during my career as a horticulturist. My answer is they are galls.

The commander of the Joint Transportation Reserve Unit for U.S. Transportation Command was recognized for her recent promotion to major general while meeting with Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard Reservists during a quarterly training weekend at USTRANSCOM headquarters April 9, 2022.


Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of April 25 to May 1, 2022. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work:

Time for Carson City students to put on their dancing shoes as April has The Friendship Ball, the Father-Daughter Ball 2022, and the 2022 Prom all with the theme of “A Night in Greece.”

Join CASA of Carson City Saturday, April 30 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at McFadden Plaza in Carson City, for a special event to bring awareness to Child Abuse Prevention Month and the organizations in the community who work hard to fight against it.

With much of California and Nevada in drought conditions, please remember that any accidental spark while visiting national forests could escalate into a wildfire. Unsafe recreational shooting practices, unattended campfires, and sparks from a loose chain on a vehicle are just a few of the causes for hundreds of wildfires that start every year in California and Nevada forests.

In collaboration with the Carson City Culture and Tourism Authority and the Carson City Redevelopment Authority, the Carson City Cultural Commission is accepting applications for the Redevelopment District Arts and Culture Grants for fiscal year 2022-2023.

This round of grant funding is for projects or events that will take place between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.

A vehicle crash occurred early Saturday morning near Minden, according to Nevada State Police.

The crash occurred just after 4 a.m. on Highway 395 near Airport Road in the northbound lanes.

The crash was listed as fatal.

Traffic resumed just after 8 a.m. in the northbound lanes.

Updates on the fatal will follow as they are released.

The Nevada Day Golf Tournament will take place next Saturday April 30, 2022, with registration beginning at 7:15 a.m. at the Silver Oak Golf Course.

This annual event provides a portion of the funds raised to the high school bands throughout the state to assist with their travel to the Nevada Day Parade in October, while the remainder of the funds supports the Nevada Day Parade.

On Friday, the BAC School of Rock Senior Years presented two checks to the Nevada Humane Society Carson City branch, sourced from the Greenhouse Garden Center and the Brewery Arts Center.

The next Carson City School District School Board meeting will take place next Tuesday April 26 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Robert ‘Bob’ Crowell Board Room within the Carson City Community Center.

When it comes to overall livability for Carson City as compared to other cities within the small cities range nationwide, we rank #56, putting us in the top half of their study on communities of our size in the United States according to the AARP Livability Index just released.

UPDATE: The Earth Day Cleanup at Lake Tahoe, schedule for April 22, will take place on Monday, April 25.
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As the snow melts, winter litter is exposed. Help Keep Tahoe Blue this year by celebrating Earth Day with a trash clean up to kick off the start of Tahoe's warm weather.

With the rate of inflation and the seemingly ever-increasing rental prices, many find themselves underemployed and unable to learn a new skill to advance their career. One organization in Carson City is looking to help.