• Nevada Highway Patrol is having an open house Oct. 22 from 5-7pm at its headquarters – 357 Hammill Lane, Reno.

• Board of Equalization member George Runner will host a telephone townhall for restaurant owners on Oct. 29 at 10am. To register to participate, go online or call 916.445.3032.

• There will be a handmade holiday fine arts and crafts sale at Sierra College Tahoe-Truckee on Dec. 6 from 11am-4pm.

• Washoe County Sheriff’s Office is now on Facebook.

• Charter Cable customers in some parts of the Lake Tahoe Basin will be seeing higher bills this fall because the once free digital boxes are now going to cost money. During the digital transitioning it’s also likely channels will be changing.