Good morning, Carson City.

Carson Valley VFW Post 8583 donated $11,001 to local nonprofits and community partners during its second annual Night of Giving held today at the Tahoe Douglas Elks Lodge in Gardnerville.

The Carson City Historical Society will host Nevada Nightmares: Dark Tales from the Silver State on Friday, Oct.

23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Foreman-Roberts House Museum’s Carriage House (1207 N. Carson Street); tickets cost $10 for nonmembers while CCHS members attend free.

Carson City schools held the annual Great Nevada ShakeOut drill on Oct.

15 at Seeliger Elementary to practice earthquake safety measures with students dropping, covering and holding on. Approximately 680,000 Nevadans registered online for the drill (a statewide effort to boost emergency preparedness), and safety remains a community priority.

Carson High School government classes volunteered at election forums held from Oct.

7 to Oct. 14 at the Brewery Arts Center. The students helped welcome guests and distribute cards while earning scholarship hours and gaining real-world experience in local politics.

Carson City officials announced road closures and lane restrictions for utility work from Oct.

19-25. 7th Street and Plaza Street will be closed all week while Idaho Street sees timed closures and Curry Street will close Friday for a special event.

Carson City homeowners can follow advice from Associate Professor JoAnne Skelly of Cooperative Extension on safe leaf raking techniques to manage fall leaf buildup in yards — landscape crews will remove excess leaves from flower beds once cottonwoods finish shedding.