Fire a danger we all pose
A grant that will help reduce fire danger in Haines Canyon, and Minden Air’s U.S. Forest Service contract to provide a jet tanker were welcome news for Nevada Wildfire Awareness Week. But even better news was a week of wet weather, which will help sl …
Read More »Thanks for listening to a message of hope
The month of April represents a new beginning: daffodils blooming; trees exploding with new life. The Partnership of Community Resources’ team dedicated April to celebrating life by spreading awareness about how lives can change instantly due to ille …
Read More »Genoa celebrates its inner cowboy
Genoa is bringing the Old West to Nevada’s first settlement this weekend. The fourth edition of the town’s Cowboy festival starts in town today. While work continues on the improvements Genoans hope are in place by September, most of the action will …
Read More »Choir looking for a new director
The Chorus of the Comstock, a men’s barbershop-style chorus, has been performing in the Carson City/Carson Valley area for over 35 years. It is a member chorus of the Barbershop Harmony Society based in Nashville. This service organization has been …
Read More »Gotta Dance brings community together
We are humbled by the support we received before, during and after our “Gotta Dance” fundraiser. We sincerely thank all those 250 plus individuals who attended our very successful event. There would never be enough room on this page to express how ou …
Read More »Future not always a winning bet
The news of Sharkey’s financial woes revealed last week shouldn’t have been too big a surprise, given the fact the casino has been for sale for several years. Looking back through the record, it was pretty clear that during the heyday, just before th …
Read More »Free bus trips and Bigfoot
The impending tax day got you down? Well, starting Monday, Douglas Area Rural Transit will be offering a month of free bus rides to promote the addition of the new Walmart and the Ironwood Shopping Center. The bus stops at the Tillman Center in the G …
Read More »A tale of two budgets
There haven’t been too many budget sessions in the last five years that left the participants whistling a jaunty tune, but the first night of Douglas County budget hearings very nearly had that effect. With a balanced tentative general fund budget, a …
Read More »How many cows could result in many wives
“A real man has cows.” So says Tipo our taxi driver, adding, “any man can marry, but a real man has cows.” Tipo was answering questions my husband and I were asking during our long taxi ride from our hotel in Nelson Mandela square, Johannesburg to th …
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