There is a new charter school in South Reno! Doral Academy of Northern Nevada (DANN) opened its doors to Washoe County School District students this past Fall in its temporary location at South Reno United Methodist Church off of Mt. Rose Highway. This school is right in my neighborhood, so when …

It started, innocuously enough, with a Facebook post in 2014. As an avid Facebook follower of my favorite fiction writer, Elizabeth Berg, I knew that though she usually was based in Chicago, she was spending that year with her best friend at her Mill Valley, Calif. home. I’d already taken …

Activated charcoal toothpaste has been somewhat glamorized online as the latest trendy way to whiten your teeth, prompting some of our teen patients and their parents to ask about it during their checkups and whether or not it is safe to use. According to the Journal of the American Dental …

My 4-year-old daughter was recently in the hospital. And I don’t mean “in the hospital” as in “visiting a friend and then scampering down to the cafeteria for a chocolate fro-yo.” I mean “in the hospital” as in “hospitalized.” For days. Yet every nurse, doctor, CNA and hospital food service …

Katania Venegoni-Taylor shows how to use an Instant Pot for chicken curry and all the other amazing things about the Instant Pot.

Let’s show our support for a community pool at the Moana Springs Facility site! Find out the great news that Sierra Nevada Community Aquatics announced this week and how you can show your support prior to the January 24 City Council meeting! Click here for details!

Looking for a fun night out for a good cause? American Cancer Society’s Bulldozers and Beer Event is Thursday, January 25 at Dolan Lexus. There will be good food, drink and great company celebrating the American Cancer Society and its sponsors. Awards will be given and as well as information for the …

Book Clubs are for moms and nerds and nerd-moms and — well, anyone really! However, I do suppose one might need a mild interest in reading to make the effort of trying to juggle reading a book while wrangling small humans as well as possibly working part or full-time on top of the myriad of otherwise …

Tracie Barnthouse talks about the glee she felt sending the kids back to school after winter break.

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