Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 4:30pm
Flume Trail Mountain Bikes officially opened for business on May 12th this year. The light winter snowfall has nearly melted off the lower trails, giving access to Marlette Lake and the Flume Trail. A few of us rode the Flume on Saturday, May 12th to go check it out.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 12:21pm
CARSON CITY – A proposal by Assemblyman Pat Hickey, R-Reno, to move Nevada’s primary election back to September to shorten the campaign season didn’t get out of the starting gate in 2011.
The Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee held one hearing on Assembly Bill 157, which had cosponsors from both major political parties. But it also saw serious opposition from state election officials and never came up for a vote.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 11:54am
A missing persons report was filed with the Carson City Sheriff's Office at around 9 a.m. Monday for a 90-year-old woman on blood pressure medication. According to the incident report, the missing person - Kitty Webb - has not been found. She was alleged to have last been seen in a white Ford F-150 with Nevada license plates.
Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested the following individuals on felony or gross misdemeanor allegations:
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 5:53pm
More than 350 scientists, environmental policy makers and economic stakeholders will discuss Lake Tahoe and its environmental and economic future at the annual Tahoe Science Conference “Environmental Restoration in a Changing Climate” May 22 to 24 at Incline Village.
The conference, this year being held at Sierra Nevada College, features a scientific poster session and the opening of “Visualizing Change, a photographic exhibition,” on Tuesday evening followed by two full days of seminars and workshops covering more than 20 topics in three main areas:
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 11:14am
Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested the following individuals on felony allegations:
- Adam Haney, 22, a Carson City man, at 9 p.m. Saturday at the 2100 block of East William St. Haney was arrested for possession of prescription pills without a prescription (cyclobenzaprine and hydrocodone). Bail has been set at $2,500.
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 7:01am
The Carson City Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting today to consider the budget for the coming year, and also to consider raising the city's property tax rate. You can see the full agenda here. The live video is here.
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 7:18pm
A couple of views from Kings Canyon. These were shot with a Canon EOS 50D, 300mm lense, through a welder's helmet.
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 8:07am
The first annual Carson City Family Bike Festival, co-sponsored by Muscle Powered with Carson City Health and Human Services and Carson City Parks and Recreation, will be held on Sunday, May 20th, from 1-4 pm at Riverview Park.
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 2:22am
The Virginia & Truckee Railroad launches its 2012 summer season with round trip trains between Carson City and Virginia City this Memorial Day Weekend. The real deal and real feel of a clickety-clack, gentle-gallop departs from today and goes back in time to robber barons, miners, dance halls and saloon girls.
Friday, May 18, 2012 - 2:27pm
Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested the following individuals on felony allegations:
- Ivan Botello, 26, a machinist from Carson City, at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Botello was arrested on a statutory sexual seduction warrant in his name after he turned himself in at the Carson City Sheriff's Office. Bail is set at $15,000.
