Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 2:34pm
CARSON CITY – Scott Beaulier is no fan of states borrowing money, but in his new working paper on transitioning public pensions to 401(k) style plans to reduce taxpayer liabilities to pay retirement benefits, the Troy University professor says it is an option worth considering.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 12:01pm
All Nevada residents, businesses, schools and organizations are urged to register now to be part of the world’s largest public earthquake drill - “The Great ShakeOut.” The University of Nevada, Reno’s Seismology Laboratory is again teaming Nevada up with California and new partners Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia and Guam to build awareness and get residents to practice how to respond in an earthquake.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 10:48am
The Nevada Highway Patrol is cautioning motorists who travel on SR 341, or Geiger Grade, about the increased presence of wild horses that have been gathering near or crossing the section of highway between the round-about at Veterans Parkway and Virginia City. Additionally, two horses, to include a young colt and an adult horse, have been struck and killed in two separate accidents over the past week.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 4:01am
If momentum for a proposed 120-kilovolt transmission line between Carson City and a substation near Dayton was slow before, it's nonexistent now.There's been little movement on the project since Ma...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 4:01am
Justin Carrigan told several different stories in the hours after his 3-year-old stepdaughter was found not breathing in the Long Street home he shared with her mother and half-brother, witnesse...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 4:01am
A Carson City woman, sought by authorities for four days after allegedly running over her boyfriend after an argument, was arrested at her home Tuesday afternoon. Investigators had been looking ...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 4:01am
Jason and Christina Stinson's Haunted Extravaganza is back for a second year, offering locals eight full nights of screaming good fun - all to help the homeless.Jason Stinson, who knows first-ha...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 2:00am
CARSON CITY – It isn’t just fraud, but waste and abuse of Medicaid funds that state officials are taking aim at as the cost of the health insurance program for children, seniors and the disabled continues to climb.
Charles Duarte, administrator of the state Division of Health Care Financing and Policy, which oversees the Medicaid program, said efforts to identify fraud, waste and abuse have been stepped up since 2005 when only two staff in his office were dedicated to these important tasks.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 8:12pm
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is getting a new tool it hopes will help keep your family safer. It’s an electronic system that goes into patrol cars that helps deputies quickly run license plates and track down criminals. Go here for the story from KOLO TV News Channel 8.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 10:33am
For more than 60 years, the FAA has carefully managed air shows and races to keep onlookers at a safe distance. But now it has to figure out how to avoid a repeat of the incident, aviation experts say.
"It comes down to this: How much risk is the federal government willing to take?" said Michael Barr, an accident investigation expert at USC and former combat pilot. "Saying nobody has been killed before doesn't wash."
