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Women to Women Nevada with Doreen Mack

Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 11:32pm

This week's guest on Women to Women Nevada is Doreen Mack of Carson City who discusses with hostess Carol Paz, among other things, downtown Carson City parking issues, creating a historic downtown, some local history and her own interior decorating business, Lofty Expressions.

Sen. Jones: Bill could have prevented Carson City massacre

Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 10:51pm

CARSON CITY - Eduardo Sencion, the man who killed four people in a capital city IHOP restaurant in September 2011 before killing himself, passed a background check and legally purchased firearms, a state senator said Thursday.

In researching his Senate Bill 221 to block mentally ill people from getting guns - a bill that was introduced Thursday - Sen. Justin Jones, D-Las Vegas, said he reviewed Sencion's police file in detail.

Carson City Jail seeks paperback book donations for inmates

Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 3:48pm

The Carson City Jail is seeking book donations to replenish our Library for in-custody residents. If you have paperback books to donate to the Jail Library, you can leave them in the Visitation Lobby between the glass doors at 897 E. Musser St, Carson City NV 89701.

Books can be left in the Visitation Lobby anytime day or night and we will process them on the following day. We will be accepting donations now through June 1.

Rally for wild horses in front of Nevada Legislature in Carson City

Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 2:37pm

Dozens of wild horse advocates held signs Thursday in front of the Nevada Legislature in Carson City to protest last week's decision by the BLM to remove a band of 11 wild horses from the outskirts of town.

Restaurants, retailers line up against bill to require nutritional informational posting

Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 12:59pm

CARSON CITY — Many of Nevada’s chain restaurants, grocery stores, vending machines and convenience stores would need to label the nutritional information of their food under a bill proposed at the Nevada Legislature.

Watch it Live: Carson City Board of Supervisors

Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 10:39am

The Carson City Board of Supevisors are meeting today in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center. Go here for the agenda and here to watch it live.

Outdoors with Don Q: Having fun at Indian Creek Reservoir

Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 10:23am

Last Thursday, Doug ("Mack The Naw") Busey of Douglas County and I spent a very enjoyable day, fishing at Indian Creek Reservoir in Alpine County, Calif.

Indian Creek Reservoir (ICR) is a man-made reservoir located in the backcountry between Woodfords and Markleeville. ICR and its surrounding area is managed and maintained by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Assembly Republicans oppose mining tax proposal

Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 10:09am

CARSON CITY - The day after some of their Senate colleagues called for a mining tax increase to compete with a teacher-backed margins tax on the 2014 ballot, Assembly Republicans Wednesday said the focus this session instead should be on reforms that will save taxpayer dollars.

Bill could make bear hunts illegal

Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 10:00am

Just two years since the first legal black bear hunt in Nevada, the State Senate is set to discuss a bill that would outlaw the hunts

Carson students show off technology, science skills

Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 9:55am

Seven years ago, Lisa Stocke-Koop opened up her Carson Middle School classroom to a science and technology night where her students and their parents could participate in hands-on activities and see community demonstrations.

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