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Bishop Manogue beat Carson High 3-1 (25-19, 19-25, 17-25, 17-25) in the Class 5A North regional final Friday at Carson High, clinching the No. 1 seed while Carson (27-5) will be the North's No. 2 and will play the South regional winner Thursday at the Virginia Street Gym in Reno.

Dark Prison Haunted House has its final night today in Carson City with indoor scares and tickets available; Lanterns Over Lone Mountain ghost tours run tonight through the city’s most haunted historic sites, tickets $26 for adults.

Local author Andrew Charles Dewey published In a Cloud of Dust in May, a fast-paced historical fiction that uses the Carson City Mint from 1870 to 1893 to introduce younger readers to coin collecting, and he plans eight more books in a nine-book U.S. mints series.

Nevada Day celebrations bring a hot air balloon launch at 8 a.m. and the Nevada Day Parade at 10 a.m. today along Carson Street starting at William and North Carson streets, plus a powwow at the MAC (grand entries 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.) and steam train rides at the Railroad Museum through the weekend.

Carson High government students toured the Carson City Community Center during early voting on Wednesday, Oct.

28, where Clerk-Recorder Scott Hoen and teacher Angila Golik demonstrated ballot handling and poll operations, and students later cast votes in a classroom mock election to practice the process.

The Nevada Artists Association announced winners of its Nevada Day show featuring 200 entries by more than 80 Nevada artists, with Alanna McDaniel’s “Nevada Joe” named Best of Show.

The exhibit runs through Jan. 8 at the NAA Gallery (449 W. King St.), open Tuesday to Sunday noon to 4 p.m., free.

In September at Genoa Lakes, Juanita Wells won the two-day Ladies’ Senior Cup for players 70 and older with a 181 gross to defend her 2024 and 2025 titles, Sharon Davis won low net (137), and flight winners were Sherrie Millichap, Terri Ianiro, and Susan MacDonald.

Local speaker and author Chris Pineda will give a TEDx talk in New Orleans on Saturday, presenting his model to build cohesion among faith groups, nonprofits, schools and health programs; his book Beneath the Transaction outlines seven principles he applies as executive director at Silver Oak Health and Rehab.