Sarah Drinkwine

Reporter

With Nevada News Group since 2021

Phone: +17757828278

Email: sdrinkwine@recordcourier.com

Job duties:
As the community reporter I write a bit about everything including crime, education, business, and features.

About me:
I am a Douglas High School graduate. In my free time, I enjoy spending time at home with my boys.

2023 Nevada Press Association Awards
• First Place in Special Section (Carson Valley Almanac)
• Second Place in Community Service
• Second Place in Special Section (The Best of Carson Valley)
• Second Place in Multiple Photo Gallery

Recent Stories

Mr. DHS inspired by ‘Walk A Mile In Her Shoes’

Contestants of Douglas High School’s Mr. DHS pageant dedicated a portion of the evening to “Walk A Mile in Her Shoes,” with a cat walk and fashion show on March 7.

Play features a timeless tale of friendship

Like such timeless tales as “The Golden Girls” and “Steel Magnolia,” the Carson Valley Community Theatres’ upcoming production, “The Sweet Delilah Swim Club,” is a comedy about friendship.

District spends $58,000 on governance training

Trustees voted unanimously on Feb. 27 to approve contracts for Dr. Philip Gore for Board Training on Governance in the amount of $20,500 and with Thomas L. Alsbury for Board Training on Balanced Governance in the amount of $37,500.

New Student Representative jumps into board duties

Whittell High School Senior Olive Hamner-Jillson provided student input on agenda items that directly affect students during the Feb. 27 Douglas County School Board meeting.

Douglas Schools host Modern Learning Conference

Douglas County Schools showed off their EPIC District on Monday during the 2025 Modern Learning Conference.

Middle Schools represent DCSD at Nevada Music Association

Students from Pau-Wa-Lu and Carson Valley Middle Schools participated and performed with 140 band students and 240 choir students statewide in Las Vegas.

Five-dozen Remarkable Women nominated

Almost 80 individual nominations were received for 60 Remarkable Women by the time they were closed on Wednesday.

Kindergarten registration open for next year

Kindergarten registration for the 2025-2026 school year is now open for the Douglas County School District.

Middle Schools represent Douglas at Nevada Music Association

Pau-Wa-Lu and Carson Valley middle schools represented the Douglas County School District at the All State Nevada Music Educators Association event in Las Vegas in January.

February the month for love and appreciation

Love was in the air in the Carson Valley as fathers danced with their little sweethearts during the Father-Daughter Dance at the Douglas County Community and Senior Center on Feb. 8.

More stories

Photos by Sarah

Cast of the ‘Sweet Delilah Swim Team.’ Back row, Karen …

Whittell High School Senior Olive Hamner-Jillson, a recently awarded National …

Students and first-grade teacher Jennifer Combs at Jacks Valley Elementary …

Gabriel Poole proposed to Carson Valley Middle School math teacher …

Sonora resident Kari Hornberger points to an owl in a …