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Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 10:14pm

It’s that time of the year, once again, to visit a special place known as Apple Hill in the State of California.
If you are a newcomer to this area or if you have never been there, fall is a great time of the year to visit Apple Hill.
And, if you are a newcomer, about now you are probably wondering, “What and where in the heck is Apple Hill?”
Well, the correct answer is: “Apple Hill is not a specific hill or a specific location; on the contrary, it is a large geographic area.”

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 5:15pm

Steve Jobs, the visionary who created products from the Macintosh computer to the iPhone, died today. Without his genius, I'm not sure you would be reading this website today. I've used Apple computers for the last 25 years. I'm writing this on an Apple MacBook Pro, after hearing the news from an alert on my iPhone. The following is a video of his commencement address at Stanford University in 2005:

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 7:18am

Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong released more details about the IHOP shooter Eduardo Sencion's weapons, including that he fired 60 rounds from an assault rifle that had been converted to a fully automatic weapon.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 4:01am

When it comes to what the plans are for the shuttered restaurant in south Carson City where a gunman shot and killed four people and injured seven last month, IHOP isn't talking. IHOP spokeswoma...

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 4:01am

A former aide to ex-U.S. Sen. John Ensign is to appear in East Fork Justice Court today on allegations of domestic battery and coercion.Kevin S. Kirkeby, 47, was released Monday from Douglas County...

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 4:01am

The first winter storm of the season was expected to swing into the area overnight with high winds and rain in the valleys and snow at high altitudes.The National Weather Service in Reno is forecas...

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 3:46pm

CARSON CITY – Nevada ranks well overall in an analysis by the nonpartisan State Budget Solutions of spending trends over the past decade, coming in 12th in the review of how states have managed their money in times of growth and recession.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 4:01am

When Lynzie Ruecker picks up her makeup brush, she wields a certain power. "People don't have to be what they see in the mirror," she said. "I make them be whatever they want."She first started ...

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 4:01am

Bob Frenchu, a property manager with Coldwell Bank Best Sellers, had just gotten a bite on a house he was trying to get rented in Dayton when he heard numbers that didn't add up: The potential tena...

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 4:01am

A Carson City man was jailed in Washoe County on Sunday after a state trooper stopped him for failing to dim his headlights and found drugs and a loaded weapon on him, according to an official. ...