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No vote on transparency bill lets lobbyists keep paying tab
Monday, November 14, 2011 - 7:02am

Tonight if you see your state senator and a lobbyist dining on Châteaubriand and drinking red wine in a fine Las Vegas restaurant, it's a safe bet they aren't going Dutch treat. The lobbyist will pick up the tab and no one ever will know he did.

With much fanfare in April, legislative leaders called for approval of a plan to make government more transparent to Nevadans. A few weeks later, the Senate unanimously passed a bill to require lobbyists to report their year-round expenditures on legislators.

KTVN Channel 2 sports director JK Metzker dies in accident; arrest made
Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 3:13pm

UPDATED 5:22PM: Sad news to report. KTVN-TV confirms that Channel 2 News Sports Director JK Metzker died Sunday afternoon from injuries he suffered after being struck by a vehicle. The accident happened on North Virginia Street near 17th Street at 11:50pm last night following the University of Nevada Wolf Pack football game.

Meet Your Merchant: From collector to businessman
Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 9:24am

DK's Sierra Mountain Comics sells single-issue comic books, collectibles, trade paperbacks, tabletop gaming supplies, Magic: The Gathering cards and more. It also hosts tournaments and launch parties.
Address: 1801 U.S. Highway 50, Suite J;
Phone: 841-4263;
Online: Facebook.com/DKsSierraMountainComics
Hours: 1-5 p.m. Tuesday; noon-7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; 1 p.m.-midnight Friday; 1-6 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday and Monday.

Quirky date for all, unique occasion for some
Saturday, November 12, 2011 - 3:00am

Paula Lynn Marcus shrieked and stomped her feet, her friends and family watching, while her just-pronounced-husband leaned in for a kiss Friday night.It had been a longtime coming for the Carson...

Carson beats Damonte Ranch 44-17
Saturday, November 12, 2011 - 2:39am

The Carson Senators defeated the Damonte Ranch Mustangs Friday night 44-17. Next week the Senators play the Miners of Bishop Manogue. That game is at Carson High School next Friday at 7:00pm in the semifinal round for the regional playoffs.

Occupy Carson City protests and march for fair taxes on Saturday
Friday, November 11, 2011 - 8:05pm

Occupy Wall Street began their two-week march from Nov. 9-23 to Washington, D.C. to tell Congress' Deficit Super Committee that the Occupy movement is against any extension of the Bush tax cuts. An extension of those cuts, which are due to expire in 2012, as well as reducing the tax rate on the highest bracket from 35 percent to 28 percent is being suggested as part of possible negotiations in creating the deficit reduction package which has a deadline of Nov. 23.

Brothel owner says Wild Horse Ranch brothel will be closed by Storey County
Friday, November 11, 2011 - 5:45pm

Storey County brothel owner Lance Gilman said Friday that he expects his Wild Horse Canyon Ranch brothel will be shuttered Tuesday by county officials for a violation of county ordinances that bar silent partners in brothel ownership.

Gilman, also the exclusive broker for the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Storey County, admits to the violation but said his Mustang Ranch brothel and Wild Horse Saloon will be unaffected and will remain open.

Carson City Board of Supervisors to discuss sign ordinance
Friday, November 11, 2011 - 12:41pm

A light agenda is in store for the Carson City Board of Supervisors at their next meeting on Nov. 17.

The board will hear first reading of an ordinance to allow billboards to be placed on existing and future transit shelters.

Carson City free daily news summary for Nov. 11
Friday, November 11, 2011 - 8:23am

You might have seen this on in our live update box yesterday, the McKeen Motor Car on display at the Nevada State Railroad Museum has been nominated as an historical landmark by the National Historic Landmarks Committee. If the nomination is accepted, it will become to only piece of railroad equipment to secure a spot on the list of National Historic Landmarks. Here is a video with some history on the McKeen Motor Car:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9Y4HHti0K0

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A weeklong effort by Carson City JobConnect has rounded up 521 job listings in the Carson City area. The effort's goal was to get more employers to list their job openings with the state's one-stop employment centers.

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Friends of the Urban Forest have begun an effort to plant 10,000 trees in Carson City over the next five years. With a grant from the Nevada Division of Forestry's Urban Forest Fund, they kicked off the effort last weekend by planting 30 native cottonwood saplings in Fulstone Wetlands Park, off Northridge Drive and Russell Way.

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Don't forget Carson Senators play Damonte Ranch tonight at 7 at home in the first round of the 4A playoffs.

Ordinary lives, extraordinary sacrifices
Friday, November 11, 2011 - 3:00am

Editor's note: Ken Beaton, a retired Carson City educator, wrote the following essay after a recent trip to the World War II battlefields of Europe. He quotes from a letter written by a GI to hi...

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