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FISH refinances buildings, exceeds 210,000 meals, plans fundraiser
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 6:43am

FISH signed a refinancing agreement for its complex, served 210,544 meals in 12 months and plans its annual fundraising event March 14, according to Executive Director Jim Peckham.

Auction of recluse's gold fortune nets $3.5 million to pay taxes
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 6:39am

Nearly half of the $7.4 million in gold coins found in the house of a reclusive man were auctioned off Tuesday, and one of the winning bidders said they will be put on the open market.
The auction, conducted in the heavily guarded Carson City courthouse, yielded $3.5 million, or about $13,000 higher than the closing price on the market of gold. It will satisfy about $800,000 in government estate taxes and fees.

BLM: Wild horse bait trapping in Carson City meant public safety concerns
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 5:11pm

CARSON CITY — On Jan. 23, 2013, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carson City District Office began removing 11 problem wild horses on the outskirts of Carson City, Nev. The horses are a part of the Pine Nut Mountains herd management area (HMA) that is adjacent to Deer Run Road in Carson City. These horses routinely cross the Carson River into River View City Park, where the BLM has received several complaints of people feeling threatened by the wild horses.

Carson City Library Explore the World series focuses on Chile
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 4:30pm

Carson City Library will present Explore Chile at Your Library on Thursday, March 7 at 6 p.m. in the library auditorium. Danilo A. Muñoz Ormeño was born in the city of Los Angeles in the beautiful country of Chile.

In Chile, he studied theater at Viña del Mar. He came to the USA in 2010 and lives in Carson City, Nevada. Danilo is working in the culinary arts.

State Health Division Awards Three Grants for Nevada Students
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 3:00pm

The Nevada State Health Division has awarded three planning grants to Nevada organizations to develop new or enhance existing comprehensive school-based health centers. Approximately 19,000 students from three Nevada counties — Lyon, Washoe and Clark — stand to benefit from the grants. Grant monies will also be used to enhance school emergency preparedness.

Grant recipients — Healthy Communities Coalition, Nevada Board of Regents and Community Health Alliance Foundation — identify main schools for the SBHCs, and arrange for several “feeder schools” to participate.

Sealing criminal records is focus Thursday of Carson City Library education clinic
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 9:37am

Carson City Library and Nevada Legal Services continue to provide free legal education clinics and workshops every 4th Thursday of each month. This month, Thursday, Feb. 28, the Self Help Forms Completion Clinic will begin at 1:30 p.m.

This workshop will provide general instructions and assistance regarding the completion of self-help forms for those who are self-represented litigants. A Notary Public will also be available.

February’s Education Clinic will begin at 3:30 p.m. Sealing Criminal Records is the topic for the Education Clinic.

Carson City recluse's gold fortune to be auctioned for taxes
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 8:58am

Even though he lived in the same quiet neighborhood for decades, no one seemed to know Walter Samaszko Jr. He was so unknown that weeks passed before authorities discovered he had died in his modest Carson City home.

Carson City wild horse advocates speak out on BLM decision to trap Deer Run Road horses
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 8:07am

UPDATE 10AM: Today, the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign, a national coalition, joined forces with a Nevada State Senator and local community leaders in and around Carson City to harshly criticize the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for refusing to work with local residents to keep a small group of wild horses free. The mustang herd at issue travels between federal land in the Pine Nut Herd Management Area (HMA) and a rural area outside Carson City.

WNC Softball to Have Free Admission This Weekend
Monday, February 25, 2013 - 7:48pm

Fan Appreciation Days

Receive Free Admission to Wildcats’ Midweek Games

Western Nevada College softball fans will be treated to Fan Appreciation Days when the Wildcats entertain North Idaho College Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon at Edmonds Sports Complex in Carson City.

Fans will be admitted free to the Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheaders that begin at 1:30 p.m. each day.

The Wildcats are fresh off taking three of four games from Colorado Northwestern last weekend.

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Students win big at Northern Nevada FIRST TECH Challenge Robotics Championship
Monday, February 25, 2013 - 2:28pm

The FIRST NV organization, organized the Second Annual Northern Nevada FIRST TECH Challenge was held Saturday at Carson High School in Carson City. High school teams from Nevada, California, Oregon, and Utah competed in a full day robotics competition for two seeds to the World Festival Robotics Competition to be held in April.

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