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Carson firefighters help Arizona crews fight massive fires
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 3:01am

Carson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi said he has sent four firefighters and an engine to Arizona to help with wild fires there."This is not uncommon," Giomi said. "The last three years have been ...

Fulstone Wetlands project blends parks, trails, open space
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 3:01am

Being billed as a place where parks, trails and open space meet, the recently completed Fulstone Wetlands project offers a .6-mile path around the site, through the wetlands observation area."We...

OurTown: Taste of Downtown
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 9:27pm

Lisa Lee from Advocates to End Domestic Violence talks about the Taste of Downtown event happening on June 18 in Carson City.

Yosemite National Park entrance at Highway 120 Tioga Road opens Saturday
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 8:31pm

Tioga Road will open for the season on Saturday, June 18 at 8 a.m. for all vehicle traffic, Yosemite National Park officials announced Wednesday.

Tioga Road, which is accessed by Highway 395 at Lee Vining in Mono County, Calif. and is bound by both sides by State Highway 120, is the popular east-west crossing of the Sierra Nevada.

Humane Society Says New Laws Mean Nevada Is Now Nicer to Animals
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 1:05pm

CARSON CITY – The Humane Society of the United States says Gov. Brian Sandoval and the Legislature enacted several important measures to strengthen Nevada’s protections for animals in the just-ended 2011 session.

Gov. Sandoval Signs Education Reform Bills Into Law
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 11:01am

CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval today signed four public education reform bills into law, saying Nevada has “made great advancements on behalf of our schoolchildren.”
Sandoval signed Assembly Bills 225 and 229, and Senate Bills 197 and 212 into law.

Fishing Report for the week of June 15-21
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 11:00pm

CARSON CITY — Here is the fishing report for Northern Nevada, Northern California, and the Sierra for the week of June 15-June 21.

Longtime Nevada civil rights leader Mary Valencia Wilson dies at 66
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 4:03pm

By Andrew Barbano
RENO, Nev. — Longtime Nevada civil rights leader Mary Valencia Wilson, 66, died at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno shortly after midnight of Friday, June 10. She suffered from complications after a long battle with cancer.

Secretary Of State Orders Unlicensed Broker To Stop Offering Unregistered Investments
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 3:18pm

CARSON CITY – The securities administrator for Secretary of State Ross Miller is ordering a Las Vegas man to immediately stop selling or offering to sell unregistered securities until both he and the securities are legally licensed and registered with the state.
Leonard Benson and the Leonard Benson Company, which uses a mail drop address on West Sahara, was offering investments in “The Leonard Benson Private Gaming Fund” through the mail and through a website Benson operated. Benson’s website also offered courses in gambling strategy.

OurTown: Carson City Senior Center
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 2:48pm

Janice McIntosh talks about services provided by the Carson City Senior Center. On Thursday, you can help the Senior Center win a new truck for their Meals on Wheels program. To vote, go to Toyota's Facebook page, click on "Toyota 100 Cars for Good," click on “finalist” and go to “C” for “Carson City Senior Citizens Center,” where you can view the center's video. Only votes cast on June 16 count.

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