Job duties:
I follow and report on Carson City government, business, arts and culture and other facets of the capital city. Community journalism is challenging but worth it. I love to write, and Carson is a vibrant city to cover as a journalist.
About me:
I have three children, including twin daughters, and am raising them in Gardnerville with my spouse of many years. In my life outside the office, I run a literary magazine and write books. The mountains also beckon.
2023 Nevada Press Association Awards
• First Place in News Enterprise Reporting
• First Place in Political/Government Enterprise Reporting
• First Place in Entertainment Feature Story
• Second Place in Coverage of Underserved Communities
A chunk of western Nevada already had above normal wildfire potential when local, state and federal agency heads at the Capitol on June 10 briefed Gov. Joe Lombardo on fire season. Dry fuels, carryover grasses from last year, and thunderstorms without significant rainfall are all contributing to wildfire potential. However, interagency cooperation will meet the challenge, officials said.
Chico Clark of Oikos Development Corp., believes the Sierra Flats affordable housing project recently completed off Butti Way in east Carson represents a shift in the industry.
Anyone who has used Carson Medical Group is probably familiar with the old offices at 1200 Mountain St., in west Carson City. CMG recently moved to a new facility off Old Hot Springs Road and, April 25, the Mountain Street property was vacant and quiet.
Plans for more hangars and a restaurant at the Carson City Airport are a step closer on the long path to realization. On April 16, the Carson City Airport Authority voted unanimously, with Tim Puliz absent, to award a lease (a minimum 64 cents per square foot) to Eagle Valley Airport Development LLC, a fixed base operator.
Tuesday, Earth Day, was no different at ComputerCorps’ facility in east Carson City. Volunteers were doing what the nonprofit has been doing for more than 25 years: breaking down computers and other electronics, refurbishing and reselling (or donating) most items while recycling some.
Carson Tahoe Health System has settled with the U.S. government for approximately $8.9 million without admitting liability regarding allegedly ineligible pandemic-era loans, according to a March 24 news release from Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith.
Nozzleman Pizza recently opened inside the Walmart in south Carson City.
A restaurant at the Carson City Airport is a possibility as the Airport Authority solicits bids for a lease of 2.48 acres along College Parkway, southwest of the main parking lot.
Carson City knows how to welcome restaurants. Guthrie’s, a chicken finger eatery, opened early Feb. 27 and by lunchtime they were slammed.
The annual State of the Counties hosted by the Northern Nevada Development Authority included government leaders from Storey, Douglas, Lyon and Mineral counties and Carson City.