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Expired contracts of professionals operating Adams Hub, a business and entrepreneurial innovation incubator in downtown Carson City, has prompted the Hop and Mae Adams Foundation (HMAF) to approach the municipality of Carson City with a partnership proposal that includes grant funds to take the local incubator to its next phase, an HMAF press release stated.

The Coyotes of Western Nevada FC visited Redding Royals FC hoping to start the 2018 UPSL Wild West Conference with a victory. 90 minutes later, the Boys in Blue came out with a 2-0 victory, thanks to goals by Will Nuttall and Anthony Chinchilla.

(Editor’s Note: Shelley is a CHS Safe Schools Professional, School Social Worker III)

In an effort to address social and emotional needs of students, CHS is presenting the SOS (Signs of Suicide) Prevention Program.

Freshman health classes were the first reached in February. The JROTC students and health science classes are next.

Over the last two months in Northern Nevada, there have been 80 new cases of canine influenza reported.

Due to this increase, and for the health of all dogs, Nevada Humane Society is now offering the canine influenza vaccine at a weekly vaccine clinic for just $20.

With three Carson High School NJROTC teams headed this month to the semifinals of CyberPatriot, the Air Force Association’s National Youth Cyber Defense Competition, there is now more room for career development in cybersecurity and military science fields for CHS students, thanks to recent career and technical education programs approved by the state's board of education.

GARDNERVILLE — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada received 850 sweatshirts for every member of their Carson City and Carson Valley locations thanks to local donors like Phil and Penny Wright, longtime Carson Valley residents.

It’s taken a lot of work over these past few years to meet all the requirements needed to be able to convert the historic Nevada State Prison into Carson City’s third history museum.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Rural Housing Authority highlighted some of its affordable housing successes during a recent visit by Jimmy Stracner, Regional Administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Community of Carson City, and anyone in the world with access to the internet, now has an opportunity to visit CHS. Carson High School’s new Digital Media class launched their Senators Now webpage Feb. 1.

Winterfest 2018 is here, and the theme is “Into the Depps of Winterfest"— as in Johnny Depp — with a week stuffed full of fun activities. Depp says, “I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you’re on it” and this is what Carson High School students intend to do all week long.

UPDATE: Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell presented the Carson City Chamber of Commerce annual State of The City address Wednesday at the Gold Dust West banquet hall. Here is the video presentation and complete transcript, his seventh State of The City address.

Thanks to a $1.45 million project funded by the William N. Pennington Foundation, Western Nevada College celebrated the opening of new biochemistry and human cadaver laboratories on Thursday.

Carson City’s burgeoning craft beer game is getting a bit stronger with The Fox Brewpub throwing its hops in the ring in Downtown Carson City.

One night only the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City presents the area’s best Beatles tribute band celebrates 50 years of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band.

CARSON CITY — The award winning Carson High School Blue Thunder Marching Band was selected to march in the 2018 Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Saturday, Feb. 24.

Storey County is one step closer to opening the door to its new library — while Carson City and Churchill County library staff are more efficient at their jobs — thanks to a Nevada Library Cooperative training.

The new year, 2018, is starting very well for Mark Twain Elementary School music students. The Carson City School District is pleased to announce a $16,000 grant awarded to Mark Twain Elementary for music education. The monies will be used to purchase new musical instruments including a 50-piece world drumming set, steel drums, hand chimes and various other percussion instruments.

Great news for Carson High School students as Librarian Ananda Campbell is making sure her library stays cutting edge.

Campbell was awarded both the Library Services and Technology Act Community Enrichment Grant from the Nevada State Library and Archives and the Carson City School District Schools Foundation Mini Grant Teacher Award to help fund Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Projects and to assist in facilitating an ever-changing CHS Senators Library Collaborative Learning area.

To all of our family, friends and community:

Thank you for your generosity. This was the fifth year and still as strong as ever.

Beatles Flashback performs at the Brewery Arts Center 449 W King St in Carson City on Saturday, Jan 20 at 7pm.

There is a resurgence of interest in Beatles music thanks to this 50th anniversary, the re-release of the entire Beatles re-mastered catalog, and the huge success of "Beatles LOVE" in Las Vegas.

Beatles Flashback is Northern California and Northern Nevada's premier Beatles tribute band playing all of your favorite Fab Four hits. There's nothing like that familiar Beatles guitar sound, and those distinct Beatles harmonies.

Tickets available at www.thatbeatlesband.com.

In cooperation with Capital Sanitation and Waste Management, Christmas trees can be placed curbside in Carson City on regular trash collection days or taken to a drop off location. Trees will be chipped in the springtime and used as mulch.

A new senior center will be built in Fernley thanks to the William N. Pennington Foundation, which awarded Lyon County $3 million that was signed off Thursday by the Board of County Commissioners.

The Capital Cab Company delivered more than $2,000 worth of toys Thursday to the Ron Wood Center in Carson City as a yearly contribution to Toys for Tots.

On December 10th we made the drive to Smith Valley for some exploration of the Pine Grove Hills. This turned out to be a good time to ride this area. It can get really hot in the summer, and can be muddy and impassable in the winter once the rain and snow starts. Thanks to a slow start to the wi ...

The Carson City Senior Center collected more than 550 gifts from area residents and businesses for homebound seniors this year. The Carson City Senior Center’s Meals on Wheels program delivers almost 300 meals to homebound seniors daily. In the past year, the Center has provided over 79,500 hot meals.

Wreaths Across America came to Carson City's Lone Mountain Cemetery Saturday morning thanks to the Carson City Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol who organized the event locally.

Thanks to kind community donations, Santa will be bringing a bit of Christmas Joy Saturday to homebound and low-income seniors often left out during this seasonal celebration.

“I cannot believe the number of donations we received this year – so much more than we could anticipate," said Gwen Pradere, found of Friends to All, Inc.

Minden's Tanner Thorson, 21, looks ahead to 2018, as he partners with new organizations for the upcoming race season. Thorson is set to pilot the Dooling Hayward Motorsports/Richard Childress Racing No. 63 midget and the Tri-C Motorsports No. 3c wing sprint car.

Editor's Note: The following item was written by Emma Doty, Christian Garcia-Perez, and Edwin Vasquez who are Honors Biology students at Carson High School.
Carson High School's honors biology class students recently shared their thoughts on the school's three native habitat gardens that help attract wildlife, expand learning, and benefit the environment.

When Carlos Iribarren — a longtime Carson Valley resident and former co-owner of the Carson Valley Country Club — passed away at the age of 71 last spring, his family made a special request of friends and loved ones.

Instead of flowers, the family asked that memorial donations be made to the Infusion Center at Carson Valley Medical Center, where Carlos had been a longtime patient.

The family expressed thanks to the entire staff of the Infusion Center in Iribarren’s published obituary, noting the care of registered nurse Lori Salvador in particular.