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Sign up for the Pink Ball Bash Golf Tournament. Four-person scramble. $55 per person includes golf, champagne continental breakfast, light lunch and silent auction. Call 775-267-3181

Enjoy some hors d'oeuvres and bring your sisters, mothers, daughters and friends and learn from the experts including how breast cancer affects family statistics, how to do self breast exams, the emotional effects of breast cancer, treatment options, and more. Sponsored by the Safeway Foundation. Call 775-445-7500

Educational symposium on breast cancer awareness.

We are bringing mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends together to learn from the experts about how breast cancer effects family risk factors. Sponsored by The Safeway Foundation, PROJECT PINK 2010 is designed to target women who have had breast cancer or who have an immediate family member with breast cancer.

Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare is working with Carson City to turn the region pink for breast cancer awareness. This is the 9th year of ThiNK PiNK. We will be lighting up the capital grounds with pink lights to bring awareness to breast cancer.

Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation in Carson City has eliminated 12 full time and 79 contract employees, for a total of 91 people who have gotten their pink slips, officials confirmed today.

"To remain competitive, Chromalloy makes ongoing adjustments to our work force based on the business climate. The company announced a reduction of 79 contractor positions at our Carson City facility two weeks ago. Today we notified 12 full-time staff that their positions have been eliminated," said Cathy Gedvilas, spokesperson for Chromalloy.

RENO – Several Nevada business leaders took the opportunity of the upcoming Labor Day holiday to speak out today against federal legislation they say will kill jobs in Nevada at a time when the unemployed total more than 20 percent.

An 25-year-old Carson City man and an 18-year-old woman face multiple felony drug charges after authorities obtained a search warrant and found, among other things, large quantities of methamphetamine inside a Mountain Street home near an elementary school.

A pink Lincoln Continental that is the subject of an Amber Alert today, may have been spotted in the Carson City area at around 11 this morning near Save Mart.

Your $35 ticket includes 6 tastings and appetizers and it's all for a great cause! We have some great silent auction packages. We have combined many of our donated items to create themed baskets! You can mail a check made to Pink Totties with your name and # in your party to PO BOX 19355 Reno NV 89511 or pay via paypal at www.pinktotties.com

A 41-year-old Carson City woman faces felony drug and misdemeanor obstruction charges after officers found bottles of prescription drugs that didn't belong to her.

Deputies arrested the woman following a traffic stop in which a female driver was clocked doing a 40 in a 25 mph zone on Friday at about 2 p.m. An officer asked for identification from the suspect, who was the passenger in the car. The name, date of birth and Social Security number she gave officers didn't match anyone in the Nevada or California database.

'Montana Skies' is a must-see live concert experience. It is a duo with the full spectrum of an orchestra crossed with the energy of a rock band.

Faced with the prospects of massive teacher layoffs, more state worker pink slips and shorter paychecks for those who stay, slashed services for the poor, the sick and the elderly, and the closure

It's a freeheel frenzy at Mt. Rose on Sunday Jan. 10. Enjoy a telemark demo day hosted by Reno Mountain Sports. Demo new gear from Black Diamond, Atomic, Garmont, Crispi, Alpina, Scarpa or K2.

by Therese M. Abraham-Noble Source: http://aroundcarson.com

by Therese M. Abraham-Noble

Rotary, BAC team to fight polio with fundraising concertBy Sandi Hoover shoover@n

Jennifer Hall inked the words "For Mom" above a heart drawn on her shoulder before Saturday's Pink Totties Cancer Firkin Sucks walk and run in downtown Carson City.

A group of local women who've dubbed themselves The Pink Totties have teamed up with the The Firkin & Fox and other businesses to put on a 5k breast cancer fundraiser.