• The top four Douglas County manager candidates are Mary Lou Brown, Curtis Calder, Timothy Hacker and James Nichols. There will be a special commission meeting Aug. 18 at 9am in Minden. Final selection will be Sept. 4.
• The Kansas City Barbeque Society’s Great American Cookout is on a tour across the nation. It will be in Sparks Aug. 27-Sept. 1 at Victorian Square.
• Kim Chatfield on Aug. 16 will be signing copies of his recently released book about the Chinese herb Astragalus. The event is at Grassroots in South Lake Tahoe from 11:30am-12:30pm.
• There will be a murder mystery aboard the Virginia and Truckee Railroad steam train Aug. 15 from 6-8:30pm. For more info, call 877.724.5007.
• Douglas County Board of Commissioners have requested a state of emergency due to the cumulative series of flash floods that have taken place since July 20 in the valley. Douglas County’s flash flood hotline is 775.782.9993 or email flood@co.douglas.nv.us.