Monday, July 23, 2012 - 8:20am
Not really, but it is nice to get some mid-summer rain. I'm sure the firefighters working on the Springs Fire east of Gardnerville are happy for the showers. And the rain did a nice job of taking the smoke out of the air. Carsonweather.com reports that we have had .09 inches of rain so far today. What a way to start a week.
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 2:05am
LAS VEGAS – State senate Majority Leader and 4th Congressional District candidate Steven Horsford, D-North Las Vegas, said he supports the federal health care law that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in late June.
Sunday, July 22, 2012 - 5:32pm
UPDATE 6:55PM: Afternoon thunderstorms produced lightning that started brush fires in the Pine Nuts east of Gardnerville in Douglas County on Sunday, according to Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center. No immediate structures were said to be threatened. The fires have burned about 1,000 acres at last report, which was 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 22, 2012 - 5:22pm
Fire approximately 8-miles southeast of the end of Johnson Lane in Minden.
Saturday, July 21, 2012 - 4:15pm
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval made a statement on Saturday to the family of a Sparks man, among 12 killed in the Friday's Aurora, Colo., movie theater mass shooting.
MyNews4.com reports Jonathan Blunk, a 2004 graduate of Hug High School, was a victim in Friday's deadly shooting.
Saturday, July 21, 2012 - 12:00am
There will be nightly lane closures on US 395 from the junction of US 50W (Spooner) to 1st Street in Minden, Sunday through Thursday, between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. There will be flagger controlled traffic. Please drive with caution.
There will be work at the following locations as a result of the Freeway Landscaping Project. Traffic control may be in effect.
- North Carson Street, in the vicinity of the freeway overpass.
- Arrowhead Drive between N. Carson Street and Garnet Way.
- College Parkway in the vicinity of the Freeway.
Friday, July 20, 2012 - 3:23pm
A day in the life of the Golden Gate Bridge:
Friday, July 20, 2012 - 9:57am
Carson City is getting a big present this upcoming holiday season with the return of The Polar Express™ train that will roll through the frosty Northern Nevada landscape on 15 different dates throughout November and December.
For the second year, the Virginia & Truckee Railroad is one of the officially licensed Polar Express Train Ride events nationwide this holiday season. This historic 100-year train, complete with decorated passenger cars and Christmas music, leaves the Carson City Eastgate Depot and travels nearly two miles before staging at Santa's mythical North Pole retreat.
Friday, July 20, 2012 - 6:45am
Below is a live news from from local TV covering the mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado where 12 people are reported dead:
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 10:37pm
The Carson City School District will be holding a school board meeting on Tuesday, July 24 at 7 P.M. in the Sierra Room of the Community Center on 851 E. William Street.
The topics that will be discussed in this meeting are updates on Phase I School Bond Projects; such as parking lots, interior and building improvements at Fremont, Seeliger, and Mark Twain Elementary Schools, followed by proposed changes to the CCSD Policies.
