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Kevin Carrick, 52, of Carson City, said he does not feel like a hero. However, he and his friends helped people — including a mother and child — escape the carnage Tuesday morning when a lone gunman with an AK-47 version began shooting inside the IHOP restaurant in Carson City, killing or fatally wounding four people before taking his own life.

Experience a unique blend of art and the natural world during the eighth annual Trails and Vistas art hike on Sept. 17 and Sept. 18. The hike, modeled on the theme of “Reflections and Rhythms,” takes place at Spooner Lake in Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park (Glenbrook, NV ) – just fifteen from Incline Village and less than a one-hour drive from Reno, Carson City, South Lake Tahoe and Truckee.

Pregnant with her fifth child in 2002, Janice Brod was hesitant to train for her first triathlon. Knowing the level of athleticism of her competitors, she wondered if she should even enter. But ...

Pregnant with her fifth child in 2002, Janice Brod was hesitant to train for her first triathlon. Knowing the level of athleticism of her competitors, she wondered if she should even enter. But ...

Pregnant with her fifth child in 2002, Janice Brod was hesitant to train for her first triathlon. Knowing the level of athleticism of her competitors, she wondered if she should even enter. But ...

My daughter started kindergarten this year! Yes, I am very excited about her being in school, probably as excited as my daughter.As a child, I loved school, especially the beginning of the year. Me...

When Tami Strong dropped her son, Broc, off at Riverview Elementary School on Monday morning for the first day of school, she was grateful to be able to do so. "It was nice to have our school an...

A registered sex offender was jailed last week for allegedly viewing child pornography on a computer at Western Nevada College.William Kelly Jones, 64, of Carson City, is being held on suspicion of...

William Kelly Jones, 54, was arrested Friday evening after employees at Western Nevada College reported that they saw the suspect viewing what looked like child pornography on one of the library's public access computers, Carson City authorities report.

The horror film "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," currently screening at the Fanango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City and elsewhere in the Tahoe area, stars Bailee Madison as Sally Hirst. She's about 10 or 12, is a bit chubby and has a mean way of not listening to her father Alex Hirst (Guy Pearce) or his wife Kimberly (Katie Holmes).

The Summer Science Program of the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center continues with a fly-fishing and fly-tying demonstration this Saturday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the UC Davis Tahoe City Field Station Historic Fish Hatchery, 2400 Lake Forest Road, Tahoe City, Calif. (located on the corner of Highway 28 and Lake Forest Road)
Join UC Davis volunteer David Long for activities for kids ages 6 and up:
— Learn Fly-Tying and Casting
— Discuss Lake Tahoe Fisheries

While some individual schools failed to meet the federal No Child Left Behind standards, the Carson City School District as a whole passed the bar. Associate Superintendent Susan Keema said that...

Job, jobs, jobs. We are told that is what we need to fix our ailing economy.

With an unemployment rate above 9 percent, we do need more jobs. But there's a better chance of getting Sarah Palin to pose naked for a PETA anti-fur ad than there is of getting any kind of job-creating bill through a Congress held hostage by deficit-obsessed Tea Party Republicans.

A Carson City judge determined Friday that there was enough evidence to try a former youth sports coach with possession of child pornography. Following a daylong preliminary hearing, Stanley Mills,...

A year-old baby boy was rescued unharmed Saturday after he allegedly was kidnapped from his mother in South Lake Tahoe by a 62-year-old woman and her 33-year-old son who took the child to their Hol...

By John Milby / Douglas County Sheriff's Office

Reno Rodeo Foundation 'Back to school foster family denim distribution'This event each year makes such a huge difference in a child's life. The program targets children that are in circumstances th...

NBA player Armon Johnson, who grew up in Reno and was a University of Nevada basketball superstar, is hosting his “Future Stars Basketball Camp” next week (August 9-11) at the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows in Reno. The camp is geared toward boys and girls in 3rd to 12th grade.

Camp Details:
·Aug 9 to 11 (Tuesday to Thursday)
·9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day
·Location:
Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows
2680 E. 9th St.
Reno, NV 89512
·Boys and girls ages 3rd to 12th grade
·$100/child
·For more information, contact Charles Walker at cwalker@bgctm.org

Editor's note: This is a letter to the editor submitted to the Nevada Appeal last month that they chose not to run.

Dear Editor,

Is it the policy of the Nevada Appeal to print demonstrably false attacks on the editorial page? I'm referring to the letter to the editor on June 25 that claims, "There is incontrovertible proof that an ineligible usurper sits in the White House."

CARSON CITY – The state Board of Examiners today approved contracts worth nearly $24 million in federal funds to provide employment and training services to job seekers as Nevada continues to lead the nation in unemployment.

One of the greatest joys of being a grandparent, I've been told, is that when the child comes over for a visit you are able to spoil him or her rotten and then when you want peace and quiet you can...

A 10-year-old boy died from injuries sustained in a single vehicle rollover accident on Thursday eight miles south of Carson CIty in Douglas County, the Nevada Highway Patrol reports. The boy and the driver of the SUV were taken by Care Flight where the child later died of his injuries at a Reno hospital.

The boy, Felix Vargas, was in the SUV with seven others when it rolled over, with the boy being thrown from the vehicle, said NHP Trooper Dan Lopez.

Carson City Support Services Specialist Elizabeth "Liz" Ann Patterson can now add author to her resume.

CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval today agreed to eliminate 18 executive branch committees, councils and advisory panels as recommended by a task force, including the clearly outdated State Year 2000 Coordinating Council, among others.

More than 20 members of the community representing varying interests from business to law enforcement, political groups and child advocacy showed their support Tuesday for creating partnerships wit...

By Heather Segale
Children are invited to spend the day with scientists to learn about the unique ecology, function, restoration and preservation of Lake Tahoe.

As a child of Memphis, Tenn., Grammy-award winner Booker T. Jones spent every possible moment hanging around outside the clubs on the now famous Beale Street, where so much great music continues...

Carson City Fire Department and rescue teams plucked a man and a woman from a log in the middle of the Carson River at Riverview Park in Carson City this afternoon.

The pair had apparently become stuck when their raft hit barbed wire, according to fire personnel on the scene. A second raft with a family of three, including a small child, capsized as it attempted to rescue the two in the water, said Carson City Assistant Fire Chief Tom Tarulli. The mother and child swam to shore and a man was rescued further down the shore, Tarulli said.

Former mayor Marv Teixeira said that as the oldest child in a family of two girls and three boys, Helaine Jesse Morres has been described as "a tad bit bossy."Mark Amodei, who grew up on the sam...