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Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 2:15pm

A brush fire is burning near to top of Goni Canyon on the north side of Carson City. Fire crews and aircraft are working on containing the blaze. Developing...

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 4:00am

Carson City Sheriff's Deputy Dean Williams generally runs about 20 license plates each day as he patrols throughout the city. In about 20 minutes Tuesday, he ran 130 plates. Credit new technolog...

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 4:00am

The Carson City Sheriff's Office is investigating a rash of broken vehicle windows that occurred late Sunday night or early Monday morning.According to Sheriff's Office records, 12 reports of broke...

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 4:00am

Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday that changes in the state benefits program proposed by his office and approved by lawmakers have reduced the unfunded liability of the Public Employee Benefits Prog...

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 9:51pm

From Carson City I've probably hiked Dead Man's Creek opposite Washoe State Park at least 20 times, spring, summer and fall and once in mid-winter. It's about a 2-mile round trip with 300 feet of altitude gain.
At the end of the trail is a gazebo which looks out serenely on Washoe Lake and Slide Mountain. Last Sunday when I hobbled up (bad back) the gentle trail (Park Rangers call it "moderate"in difficulty) the westerly winds were steady and strong as is usual with the sweep of the valley allowing winds to gain strength.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 9:26pm

Here is the fishing report for the week of Sept. 21-28. This report covers rivers, streams and lakes in Nevada, the Sierra, Northern California and Southern Oregon.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 8:44pm

The Washoe County Medical Examiner has released the name of the last one of eleven victims killed Friday when a vintage P-51 Mustang plane crashed into the VIP seating section at the National Championship Air Races in Reno.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 4:53pm

CARSON CITY – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced Affordable Care Act grant awards of $3.96 million to Nevada to help fight what she calls unreasonable premium increases.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 2:19pm

CARSON CITY – Nevadans are more pessimistic now about the state of the economy than they have been since early 2010, according to the most recent poll commissioned by the Retail Association of Nevada.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 1:33pm

The death toll from Friday's Reno air race crash has risen to 11, city of Reno spokeswoman Michele Anderson has confirmed. Anderson did not immediately have the person's name and could not say if the person died at a hospital or on the tarmac.