Carson Now News

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 10:37pm

ANTELOPE LAKE, CALIF:
It will be planted this week by the California Department of Fish and Game.

BISHOP AREA, CALIF:
Rick and Patti Apted - Lake Sabrina Boat Landing (760-873-7425) (www.lakesabrinaboatlanding.com) reports:
Sabrina Lake:
Well, I do believe Summer is here! Wooo-Hooo!

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 2:39pm

The accounting board for state and local governments may soon require U.S. states and cities to change the way they report unfunded pension liabilities.

The proposals by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) are intended to ensure that governments account for the pension costs of their workforce while those employees are still on the job, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 7:41am

Jessica Cedillos talks about United Latino Community's big Gala Dinner June 24 at the Gold Dust West.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 7:38am

Last week, Kevin Law of Carson City and I joined Gene (“Gino”) St. Denis of South Lake Tahoe, California for a morning of Mackinaw (Lake) Trout fishing at Lake Tahoe.

Gene is a longtime, good, personal friend and he is a premier sport fishing guide at South Lake Tahoe, known as Blue Ribbon Charters, 530-544-6552. He has fished Tahoe for some thirty years (the last twelve years as a fishing guide) and is one of the top, if not the top, guides at that lake.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 3:01am

A Carson City woman accused of stealing from her disabled grandmother was sentenced to probation Tuesday. Judge Jim Wilson sentenced Leza Bulman, 37, to up to three years probation and a suspended ...

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 3:01am

A 30-year-old Minden man was killed in a two-vehicle accident in Gardnerville on Monday afternoon.Matthew Autre was stopped in a 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier on Virginia Ranch Road when he turned lef...

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 3:01am

A flood watch has been issued for the West Walker River below Topaz Lake and for the Walker below Weber Dam in Mineral County. Temperatures are expected to reach a 2011 high today, according to ...

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 3:01am

While other communities are letting go hundreds of government workers, Carson City has managed to keep its employee base intact this year. How was this done?The public is invited to attend a specia...

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 5:58pm

By Andrew Barbano
VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. — Just as Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny formed a winning box office team in "Space Jam," the competition will be hot and hilarious for Pet Jam on the Comstock this weekend.
A Pet Jamboree has been added to the annual Virginia City Pet Parade.

The Pet Jam will be held on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Silverland Arena, directly behind the Silverland Inn & Suites, the same area used for the annual Virginia City Camel Races.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 1:28pm

A flood advisory issued by the National Weather Service remains in effect until 9 p.m. on Friday for northeastern El Dorado and Placer Counties and includes creeks, streams and rivers near South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City, Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows.

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is cautioning residents and visitors to be aware of fast moving water and quick changing stream flows, according to a news release issued Tuesday.