Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 3:15pm
Vail Resorts, Inc. announced Tuesday it’s extending the special discount prices on 2011-2012 season passes for the Epic Pass, Epic Local Pass, Epic 7-Day and Tahoe Value Pass until May 30, 2011.
All passes are available for purchase at www.epicpass.com and pass prices valid through May 30 are listed below. A $49 down payment now locks in the guaranteed lowest price with the remaining balance due in mid-September.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 1:19pm
By the Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
The Nevada Division of Forestry State Tree Nursery in Washoe Valley is opening for the season Thursday, May 12. The nursery is open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 3 pm Thursday through Saturday until Oct. 15, 2011.
The nursery is designed to assist landowners by providing plant material suitable for conservation uses such as, but not limited to, windbreaks, soil erosion control, water conservation, and wildlife habitats.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 10:21am
By Mike Wolterbeek
RENO, Nev. — An impact study by researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno has found that the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act is not only good public policy but also good for the economy.
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 1:50pm
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 9:36am
A wrong turn on South Carson Street led to the arrest of a Carson City man Saturday night on felony drug charges.
A Carson City Sheriff's deputy stopped Anthony Honeycutt, 33, in the 4100 block of South Carson Street after the suspect reportedly tried to turn the wrong way and almost hit the deputy's vehicle. According to the arrest report, the deputy noticed a book on how to grow marijuana on the rear seat of the suspect's vehicle when he approached. He also noticed the smell of marijuana when talking to the suspect, and a plastic purple pail with baggies in it on the floorboard....
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 9:59am
Rosendo Plancarte-Perez, 30, was arrested Friday night in the 600 block of Hot Springs Road for felony lewdness with a child under the age of 14.
According to the arrest report, the suspect's stepson reported to Carson City Sheriff's deputies that he watched Plancarte-Perez go into his sister's room and lock the door. When the boy asked his sister later what happened, she said he had touched her private parts. The victim told deputies the suspect had been touching her groin area through her clothes during multiple incidents when her mother was at work.
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 10:39am
A Dayton teenager was arrested May 6 for felony grand larceny for allegedly walking out of a South Carson Street department store without paying for seven rings.
Sunday, May 8, 2011 - 3:38pm
An abrupt change in weather for Western Nevada and Carson City has prompted the National Weather Service in Reno to issue a winter advisory for the region.
A fast moving area of low pressure will drop into the region and Sierra tonight, bringing rain and the possibility of one inch of snow to the valley floor, according to the weather service and CarsonWeather.com. Anywhere between 2 to 3 inches is expect in the Lake Tahoe basin, with 3 to 5 inches in the Sierra above 7,000 feet.
Sunday, May 8, 2011 - 2:40pm
Freida Carbery of Dayton Food Pantry extended a big thank you to dozens of volunteers, including JPO youths and staff, who organized and ran the May 7 yard sale benefit for the local Dayton Food Pantry, with help from hundreds of people in the region who donated items for the fundraiser, which made $2,173 in one day for the busy pantry at 4 Enterprise Way in Dayton.
Saturday, May 7, 2011 - 3:57pm
More reported traffic accidents with injuries and higher cases of influenza were reported in March, according to Carson City's monthly operational scorecard.
Saturday, May 7, 2011 - 2:17pm
By Sean Whaley
CARSON CITY – Members of the Legislature’s two money committees reviewed Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposed budget for higher education today in preparation for making final decisions on how to fund the state’s public university system for the next two years.
Sunday, May 8, 2011 - 12:00am
Road Report as of May 6, 2011. The following information applies to the period of May 9-15:
There will be temporary lane closures due to utility work on Fairview Drive between Highway 50 East and Butti Way and on North Edmonds Drive (old Edmonds) between Highway 50 East and the intersection with Fairview Drive.
Sidewalk improvements will occur on Long Street between Molly Drive and Saliman Road. No lane closures are expected, however JAC bus stops in this area may be temporarily closed.
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 5:30pm
By Sean Whaley
CARSON CITY – A bill that would charge most Nevada drivers a fee to subsidize a low-cost auto insurance pilot program for eligible residents of Clark County ran into some rough questioning today at a Senate hearing.
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 3:09pm
By Jane Tors
RENO — The Nevada Board of Regents today unanimously approved Chancellor Dan Klaich’s recommendation of Marc Johnson to serve as interim president of the University of Nevada, Reno. Johnson has served as executive vice president and provost at the University since 2008.
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 9:15am
By Andrew Doughman
CARSON CITY – Assemblyman John Ellison had a choice.
He wanted to push the red button, but he was supposed to push the green button.
The seconds ticked by on the floor of Nevada’s Assembly. In the wide angle shot, the other 41 members eagerly cast their votes. In the close-up shot, Ellison’s hand hovered over the green and red buttons. He hated it, but he punched the green one.
He had made a promise to vote ‘yes,’ and he voted ‘yes’ this time after voting ‘no’ the day before.
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 9:39am
Carson City deputies arrested Charles Muscott, 31, in the 1000 block of South Carson Street Thursday morning after a woman reported that the suspect was using her credit card to pay for his motel bill.
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 4:36pm
By Sean Whaley
CARSON CITY – Legislative Democrats unveiled the elements of their highly anticipated tax plan today, saying they will work every day until the end of the session to craft a proposal that restores many of the cuts in Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget without choking off a nascent economic recovery.
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 6:36pm
By Sean Whaley
CARSON CITY – An ambitious effort to make major reforms to Nevada’s campaign finance laws moved to the state Senate today after three measures sought by Secretary of State Ross Miller passed the Assembly by a deadline last month.
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 3:22pm
By Elizabeth Crum / Nevada News Bureau
As first “guessed” by @RalstonFlash on Twitter this morning — Nevada has learned the hard way that Ralston’s guesses are not mere speculation but informed fact — Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki has formally announced that he is not going to run for Nevada’s open congressional seat.
State GOP chairman Mark Amodei will now be free to make his final decision, probably to jump in.
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 1:39pm
By Andrew Doughman
CARSON CITY — Democrats today unveiled proposed boundaries for Nevada’s four congressional districts, the political consequences of which they will debate this afternoon at the Legislature.
