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Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 4:00am

A 2007 Carson High graduate and his shipmates have been presented with the 2011 Coast Guard Foundation Heroism Award at a ceremony in New York City."In boot camp, the company commanders told me ...

Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 4:00am

About the same time that Nevada became a state on Oct. 31, 1864, American carnivals were coming into their own as the newest and most exciting entertainment around using horse-powered "ups and down...

Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 4:00am

Over the objections of nearly a dozen who oppose creation of a permanent bear hunting season, the Legislative Commission on Wednesday approved the regulation designed to do so.The protests have gro...

Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 4:00am

The Brewery Arts Center, Carson City's arts community hub, is getting a facelift this month using a specialized process known as repointing."Repointing is the process of removing deteriorating m...

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 11:52pm

Yes, the earth was moving last night. Looks like a 4.7 earthquake struck at 11:37 p.m., 23 miles north of Truckee, but we felt it down here, too. The quake originally measured 5.2 by U.S. Geological Service, but was downgraded to 4.8 shortly afterward, and they now say it was 4.7.

There were a few aftershocks, including a 2.5 and 2.4 soon after the main quake, and this morning there was a 1.4 aftershock.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 6:29pm

Heavenly Mountain Resort and Northstar California Resort began making snow Tuesday night, a sure sign that winter is upon us and sweet music to the ears of skiers and snowboarders everywhere.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 4:00am

A Carson City woman waived her preliminary hearing Tuesday and is expected to plead guilty in District Court next month to the armed robbery of Nevada State Bank on Oct. 11. Rachel Darlene Barre...

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 4:00am

While other parties in the case were generally OK with the congressional and legislative district maps drawn by a team of "special masters," the Republican Party's legal brief charges that the maps...

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 4:00am

The state has picked Carson City to develop a pilot program designed to make insurance companies cover some of the cost of immunizations. The legislative Interim Finance Committee on Tuesday appro...

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 1:17am

On Wednesday morning Oct. 19 Elaine and I went fishing at Lake Tahoe for Mackinaw lake trout with our longtime good friend and sport fishing guide, Gene St. Denis of Blue Ribbon Charters outfitted South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
“Gino” has fished Tahoe for some thirty years (the last 13 years as a fishing guide) and is one of the top, if not the top, guides at that lake.