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Fleischmann Planetarium at the University of Nevada, Reno hosts several breathtaking immersive theater experiences this sping, playing March 30-June 14, 2015. Fulldome planetarium shows are open to all ages. For show details, admission, program and membership information, call the Fleischmann Planetarium at (775) 784-4812 or visit www.planetarium.unr.edu.

What do Yellowstone National Park and Iceland have in common with Nevada? Find out April 23 at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City when Dr. Chip Carroon presents a slide lecture on "Geothermal Features of Yellowstone, Iceland and Nevada."

The Greater Nevada Credit Union branch at CHS recently sponsored a Mural Contest open to all Carson High Students. All entries were judged and the 1st place winner was Athena Favero, who received a $200 Amazon Gift Card. Second place and a $100 Amazon Gift Card went to Michael Rose. As part of the contest, Athena painted her winning design "A Senator’s Road To Success” on the hallway wall outside the GNCU branch at CHS. Students and staff are encouraged to come by and see her winning mural at Carson High School. Congratulations to our winners, and thanks to all the students who entered.
 

Here are the official results from the Carson High Swim team duel meets. Team scores are as follows. The meet was at Carson Aquatic Facility on Friday, March 28, 2015. Pictured are CHS team members.

The Brewery Arts Center, Carson City’s premiere epicenter for the arts since 1975, in partnership with Western Nevada College will present George Sakellariou on Thursday night, April 2 in the Performance Hall. George Sakellariou began playing the guitar at an early age in Athens, Greece, and received formal training at the esteemed Conservatory of Music in Athens.

It’s Veterans and Military Day at the Legislature today, complete with a display of the various services available to our Veterans set up in the front foyer. On this day in 1982, a ground-breaking ceremony was held in Washington D.C. for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Carson City has a Vietnam Veterans Memorial of its own located in Mills Park. The memorial will be the site of a Welcome Home Celebration this Saturday for Vietnam Veterans Day.

The 2015 CARSON CITY BMX racing season is upon us! CCBMX will have an OPEN HOUSE, Saturday, April 11, 2015, 5 pm to 8 pm. CCBMX, with all its riders, members, families and volunteers, cordially invite the community to "TURN ON THE LIGHTS." CCBMX will turn the light switch at approximately 8 pm for the "soft" opening of our NEW lights. Carson City community leaders who have been instrumental in our LIGHTS installation have also been invited.

Members of Congress on Wednesday wrestled with a bill that seeks to ban legalized gambling on the Internet and roll it back in the few states — including Nevada — where it has been approved in some form....

Nevada Title and Payday Loan is hosting a food drive for the end of March through April for the entire community. The office will be encouraging comnunity members to stop by and lend a helping hand to those in need by bringing in non-perishable food items to the office.
Community members will receive a raffle ticket to enter a basket drawing. So feel free to stop in and join us in helping the Ron Wood Family Resource Center. We are located at 3151 N. Carson Street, Carson City.

UPDATE 9:10PM: From the Carson City Sheriff's Office: Wednesday's lockdown of Fritsch Elementary School was a result of a threatening phone message received by staff at the school. Although there were no classes in session at the time, many latchkey students and faculty were on the school grounds. The students and staff on the campus were placed in a procedural in-place lockdown while Deputy Sheriff's performed a room by room search to insure the safety of everyone.

Our appreciation to all of the parents and family members who patiently awaited outside the school while the staff and officers completed the search.

Assemblyman Randy Kirner told two hearing rooms filled with public union members on Wednesday that his bill to make several changes to the state’s collective bargaining law to benefit local governments and taxpayers does not constitute “union Armageddon” as has been characterized by some labor o...

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will host an open house to discuss Off-Highway Vehicle use on designated routes within the Lake Tahoe Basin on Thursday, April 2, 2015, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Forest Supervisor’s office at 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe.

A competitive, $4.5 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will integrate research and Extension to help Great Basin and Southwestern tribal communities develop plans, policies and practices for sustainable agriculture and water management.

In what he calls the “fourth quarter” of his presidency, President Barack Obama is adding some new members to his White House team. The President announced the creation of a new role, White House Chief Digital Officer....

Allstate Insurance Company is proud to announce the new ownership of Sierra West Insurance in Carson City, which is independently owned and operated by Brock Nyborg.

"We are thrilled to help Carson City residents protect what matters most to them," Nyborg said. "As a full-service insurance agency, we are a one-stop-shop for insurance and financial needs."

In 2009, Carson City poet Teresa Breeden wrote: “Listen. These soldiers were all children once…they stood in that first pair of shoes, released supports, leaned into the wind of unknowing, wobbled that first step toward war.” Literary work by Breeden and other Nevada writers accompany photographs of the nearly 7,000 U.S military Iraq and Afghanistan war dead since Sept.11, 2001, all part of the nationally touring arts and humanities exhibition “Always Lost: A Meditation on War.”

Below is my article that was published in Nevada Appeal (3/22/2014), although it is titled: Become educated, involved in local government.

For this column I will state personal views on a few topics: education, city employees, the Sheriff Department, the Board of Supervisors, ending with a little insight about Jim Shirk.

If money is any guide — and in politics, it usually is — the race for a west-side City Council seat has turned into Henderson’s most competitive campaign this year. But the city’s two other incumbent council members also face challengers as early voting is set to begin Saturday....

The Western Nevada College arts and humanities exhibition Always Lost: A Meditation on War returns to the Nevada Legislative Building ​April 6-22 ​during the 2015​ Legislative​ session.​ Always Lost will be on display in the second floor atrium​ of the Legislative Building​. A special opening ceremony is planned for Monday, April 6 from 10-10:30 a.m. in Room 1214.

Scheduled to speak at the opening are ​Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson, Assembly Speaker John Hambrick, Nevada Military and Veterans Policy Director Caleb Cage and Carson City Mayor Robert Crowell.

The three city council members running for re-election this year — Debra March, Gerri Schroder and Sam Bateman — see the city on the upswing after several lean years ......

Two members of Congress from Nevada are reserving seats on the tour that will take a group of lawmakers to Yucca Mountain next month, a visit its organizer hopes will spark new interest in the shuttered nuclear waste site....

When it comes to raising campaign cash, it’s good to be an incumbent. The seven city council members in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson running for re-election outraised ......

On Monday, Sens. Ben Kieckhefer, R-Carson City, Washoe, and David Parks, D-Las Vegas, introduced Senate Bill 336, the Nevada Patient Self-Determination Act. The bill outlines the process and strict safeguards required for terminally ill individuals to request and receive a prescription medication from their physician to hasten death.

Every year on March 17, the Irish and the Irish-at-heart across the globe observe St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has become an international festival celebrating Irish culture with parades, dancing, special foods and a whole lot of green. Carson City definitely gets in on the game with festivities all over town. Corned beef and cabbage, green beer, and live music abound. I've included a short YouTube video of Tom and Mary Kay Aufrance who will be performing at Red's this evening.

May the Irish hills caress you.

Film footage taken 95 years ago as troops crossed the U.S. to protect the West Coast shows the early role of the Lincoln Highway. The Nevada State Museum will screen the film when historian Jim Bonar, director of the Nevada chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association, speaks in Carson City at the Nevada State Museum’s Frances Humphrey Lecture Series from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26.

Now considered a Carson City spring tradition, the Rotary Club of Carson City will play host to its fourth annual Carson City Beer and Pizza Championships at the Carson Mall on Saturday, April 25.

The community is welcomed to taste, judge and enjoy finely crafter beer brewed from around the region and piping hot fresh pizza tossed and baked from local restaurants. Sixteen respected craft beer brewers and microbreweries will offer their top selections to attendees as they compete for awards during the Championships.

Sharing his music has always been an objective for classic guitarist George Sakellariou. During a rare Northern Nevada appearance last year, Sakellariou presented a variety of new and old pieces, leading to an April 2 return engagement presented by Western Nevada College’s Wildcat Productions at the Brewery Arts Center.

Proceeds from the 7 p.m. concert will assist in creating a new scholarship for Wildcat Productions. Sakellariou, 70, has said that a key to entertaining for so long is to remain inspired.

The Browsers Corner Book Store is having a big St. Patrick's Day book sale from Monday, March 16 through Saturday, March 21. EVERYTHING in the book store will be sold at half price.
The sale includes all hard cover and paperback books, DVDs, videos and special items. In addition, members of the Friends of the Library will receive an extra 10 percent off on Monday, March 16th if they bring in their membership card. The book store is located at 711 East Washington Street in Carson City and is open from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM.

UPDATE: 3:25 p.m and 34 hours in, Ian Hill is around $6,000 away from reaching his goal. So far he has raised $19,000. See the live streaming video below.

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Entering into his 10th hour of nonstop speaking, Ian Hill said he was feeling fine. “It’s amazing that after nine-and-a-half hours, I still have all this energy,” he said.

The business leader and international motivational speaker began talking 6 a.m. Thursday at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City and will continue through Saturday morning in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for longest public speaking event.

Hundreds of union members rallied in front of the Nevada Legislature on Thursday to protest Republican efforts to curb collective bargaining and push public employee retirement reforms....