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Friday, August 26, 2011 - 10:13pm

A boil-water order was lifted for Indian Hills residents on Friday night after a second test came back clean, the Record-Courier reports. Go here for the story and here for the official statement from Indian Hills GID.

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 1:42pm

By Jeff Cowan
To streamline the review and deliberation of items crucial to the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board on Wednesday chartered a new committee to focus on update of the Plan.
The formation of this committee comes on the heels of the annual Lake Tahoe Summit where federal and state representatives urged swift completion of the plan update.

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 12:15pm

With Friday well underway, it's time to get the weekend started. Lots of music and activities are stacked up, beginning today, in the capital city. Check out this latest blog from the Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau on the weekend events.

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 11:35am

If you have a desire to cruise Hot August Nights in style, check out the classic car auction going on today through Sunday at Silver Oak Golf Course.

There are more than 500 cars up for auction, everything from classic antiques to 70s muscle cars. Out of that 500, 150 cars come from the collection of Carson City businessman Garth Richards.

The event kicked off yesterday, and they celebrated with a fireworks display last night.

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 10:07am

Most experienced Carson City hikers would probably never consider starting a trip from the beginning of the Heavenly Mountain Resort's Gondola lift in South Lake Tahoe. It's not the most challenging trek around Carson City — you can always do Prison Hill from the river side or the city side and have a good view of Carson City and Slide Mountain. Or dead Man's Creek at Washoe Lake.

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 9:13am

By Sean Sever
With shrinking budgets and rising energy costs, many of Nevada’s school districts have turned to renewable energy and energy conservation measures to save money. The Carson City School District, for example, has used the Nevada State Office of Energy’s (NSOE) Schools Program to install new LED and Super T-8 fluorescent lighting at three schools that will save them almost $80,000 in energy costs annually.

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 6:14am

Helmuth Lehmann and Tim Fasano were caught in the crossfire last night as Mark Amodei and Kate Marshall threw rhetorical punches at one another during an hour-long debate between the four candidates for Nevada’s second congressional district.

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 3:01am

A "significant manhunt" for a man described as volatile and dangerous by authorities ended peacefully Thursday evening with the arrest of Anthony Martin. Martin, 30, was taken into custody just ...

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 3:01am

A Dayton man surrendered to Lyon County authorities Thursday afternoon in the alcohol-related death of his 14-year-old nephew. Jeffrey Alan McCarthy, 44, who is charged with second-degree murder, a...

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 3:01am

A trial has been set early next year for a former Carson City Alternative Sentencing officer charged with molesting women while on duty. Aaron Lewis, 36, appeared in Carson City District Court on T...