Henderson

For the first time in the seven-year history of the Western Nevada College softball program, the Wildcats will open their conference season at home. WNC will meet 13th-ranked College of Southern Idaho in doubleheaders scheduled at 1 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday, weather permitting, at Edmonds Sports Complex in Carson City. Coach Leah Wentworth said the series starting times could be adjusted if the predicted wet weather moves into the area.

The sponsor of a bill heard in the Assembly Education Committee Monday said he wants to protect students like 2008 Henderson valedictorian Brittany McComb, whose commencement speech was cut off when she spoke about her Christian faith....

After permitting just one run in 25 innings over four games, Western Nevada College gave up six runs in a game-turning seventh inning on Saturday in Henderson.
Brandon Eyring stroked a tiebreaking two-run single and Hadley Thorpe smashed a three-run homer as Utah State University Eastern rallied for a 6-3 nonconference baseball victory over the Wildcats of Carson City.

A gem by sophomore pitcher Max Karnos along with offensive executive and aggressive baserunning added up to a 12-0 Western Nevada College baseball victory over College of Southern Idaho on Thursday.

Karnos (2-1) no-hit the Golden Eagles through six innings and Kody Reynolds and Jake Bennett supplied three hits apiece as the Wildcats stemmed a five-game losing streak in Henderson. The Wildcats of Carson City stole eight bases, including two by Bennett and Austin Andrews, and put down three successful sacrifice bunts.

The city of Henderson has revoked a policy that said employees could be fired for talking to the media....

Officials at Coral Academy of Science, a charter school with three campuses, want to open its fourth in a long-vacant Henderson shopping center, but more than 600 residents of Sun City MacDonald Ranch have signed a petition to oppose it....

Western Nevada College didn't take any cuts against 2013 Major League Baseball top-10 draft pick Phil Bickford on Wednesday night in Henderson, but the Wildcats did face some quality pitching.
Anthony Martine and three relievers combined to limit the Wildcats to six hits and second-ranked College of Southern Nevada held on for a 5-4 nonconference baseball victory.

"We schedule good teams on purpose so our mistakes get exposed," said WNC coach D.J. Whittemore. "We have to work on a lot of things to improve."

The Henderson City Council refused Tuesday to allow the reopening of a pet store that was shut down after animal control officers found puppies in cramped cages with no water. Pet Pros owner Scott Gardner said the store had 16 employees and had been open for 11 years. The city’s business license...

Henderson officials who say they’ll fire employees who speak to the media without permission circulated a warning about an RJ reporter who sought public information....

Henderson City Manager Jacob Snow will leave the city at the end of June, Councilwoman Debra March said Thursday....

After nearly three years as Henderson city manager, Jacob Snow said today he plans to step down this summer and pursue a career in the private sector. Snow was hired in March 2012 to succeed ......

Henderson’s first medical marijuana dispensary won unanimous approval Tuesday night from the City Council....

After six road wins for the Western Nevada College baseball team to start the season, third-ranked Cochise College of Douglas, Ariz., and WNC reversed roles in the finale of their four-game series Sunday in Henderson.
WNC, which trailed in each of the three previous games but rallied to win all three, took an early lead, but the Apaches of came back to win, 7-3.

Henderson city employees could be fired for talking to a news reporter under a new and highly unusual policy....

In a preseason survey of National Junior College Association baseball programs, the Cochise Apaches were the choice to win their third straight Western District title.
However, the third-ranked Apaches have learned over the past two days that a third straight title won't come easily. The Western Nevada College Wildcats of Carson City fought back with their third straight comeback win over the Apaches, sweeping a doubleheader on Saturday in Henderson.

Nothing short of a wild finish could separate Western Nevada College and Cochise College on the baseball diamond on Friday at Morse Field in Henderson.
Tied at 4 in the 10th inning, the Wildcats parlayed two wild pitches into a come-from-behind 7-4 victory over the third-ranked team in the country.

With the economy on the rebound and city finances looking stronger, incumbents from North Las Vegas and Henderson will have a ready made talking point to support ......

All three Henderson City Council members who are up for re-election this year now have challengers, but Municipal Court Judge Douglas Hedger is running unopposed....

Western Nevada College has named 329 students to the Fall 2014 Dean’s List. For consideration to WNC’s Dean’s List, students must complete at least 12 units during the semester and accumulate a grade point average of 3.50 or higher.

For the first time, the Dean’s List includes students from WNC’s new Jump Start College, which offers high-achieving juniors and seniors from eight high schools in the region the opportunity to earn up to 48 college credits before graduating.

The sample size was only five innings, but Western Nevada College's softball team proved in its season opener on Friday that it could go swing for swing with one of the top programs in the country.

Central Arizona, ranked 12th in the opening National Junior College Athletic Association poll, scored twice in the bottom of the fifth inning to squeak past the Wildcats, 15-14, in a rain-shortened opening game at the College of Southern Nevada Kickoff Classic in Henderson, Nev.

With the help of the Western Nevada Astronomical Society and the Jack C. Davis Observatory at Western Nevada College in Carson City, students and residents interested in astronomy can explore new worlds as part of a five-year citizen science astronomy research project to study the outer solar system.

Two planetary scientists, Marc Buie and John Keller, announced Tuesday the expansion of RECON — the Research and Education Collaborative Occultation Network — to 60 communities across the entire western United States.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Nevada will soon receive 60 percent of its allocated settlement amount of more than $1 billion to be used by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection for contaminant cleanup efforts in Nevada.

More than 30 children, teenagers and adults who live with inherited bleeding disorders such as hemophilia and von Willebrand Disease will meet with state legislators during Nevada Advocacy Day, on Thursday, February 5, 2015.

Youth Theatre Carson City is excited to announce our upcoming production of "Annie, Jr.," Jan. 9-11, 2015 in the Bob Boldrick Theatre at the Carson City Community Center.

With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City.

UPDATE: Kristen Orthman, Deputy Communications Director for Senator Harry Reid, released the following statement today after Senator Reid was discharged from the University Medical Center in Las Vegas:

In celebration of America Recycles Day, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection’s Nevada Recycles program partnered with the Las Vegas Sands Corp. in a statewide recycled art contest to raise awareness of and interest in recycling.

Starting pitching stood out for the Western Nevada College baseball team in its annual Player World Series on Oct. 15-18 at John L. Harvey Field in Carson City. Six of the Wildcats’ eight starting pitchers surrendered two runs or less in the four games of a series won by Team Lichty, 3-1.

“Both coaches did a great job and both rosters competed reasonably well. Overall, it was as lopsided a series as I can remember watching,” said WNC skipper D.J. Whittemore.

The Nevada State Demographer’s Office at the University of Nevada, Reno has released its most recent population projections for Nevada and its individual counties, projecting through 2033.

This week's edition of It's Your City is a discussion on Fruit Barons, a Carson City non-profit organization that will pick the fruit from your trees and donate it to various organizations to help the needy.

The program's founders are Tom Henderson and Gianna Shirk, who explain the core mission of Fruit Barons and upcoming events.

A Carson City man was arrested Sunday on a felony charge of discharging a firearm from a moving vehicle while on his way to the rifle range, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Oswaldo Mariscal, 29, is being held on $26,137 bail after officers were contacted about a man shooting a handgun from the passenger window of a car. He also faces a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.