Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 11:38am
CARSON CITY – A newly elected Republican state lawmaker plans to push forward with a bill next session to allow students and others with permits to carry concealed weapons on the campuses of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, R- Las Vegas, elected to Assembly District 4 in November, has submitted a bill draft request to prepare a measure for consideration in the 2013 legislative session.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 11:33am
Dayton schools were delayed an hour on Tuesday morning because about half of the area's school buses were vandalized.
Transportation officials noticed the vandalism on 13 school buses in the morning.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 9:54am
I’ll start tomorrow. How many of us have told ourselves this only to have tomorrow never come because the first step is so very daunting? Just 10, 15 or 30 pounds can harm a person’s health, self esteem and sometimes even affect the person’s work and family life.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 9:28am
The article on the web page Citizens United Petition delivered to Carson City leaders in Carson Now states that 300 cities and 11 states are passing around a resolution for a constitutional amendment to overturn this Supreme Court decision.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 9:20am
Fighters Against Bullying, a Division of Fighters Against Child Abuse, will be conducting a School Bullying Training at Carson City High School on Wednesday December 12th. The training will be attended by about 135 Carson High Teachers, and will consist of Recognizing, Combating, Resolving, and Preventing Bullying. Bullying has become a major problem in the United States, and it takes a Community effort consisting of Parents, Teachers, Law Enforcement and organizations such as FACA/FAB to help slow the growth of the major problem facing many youth today.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 8:09am
The Carson City Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect in two shots fired that happened early Tuesday morning at the home of a Carson City Justice of the Peace John Tatro. No one was injured. The incident happened at around 4:30 a.m. Security measures have been beefed up at the Carson City Municipal Court.
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 5:05pm
It looks like rain, some snow and cold weather is headed for Carson City and much of the valley floor, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.
Forecasters aren't quite sure yet which direction the storm system will take, with one scenario bringing heavy snow to the valley floor and the other scenario, very little snow. However, what the weather service is sure about is that temperatures will drop considerably by the middle of the week and into the weekend.
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 2:04pm
Twenty five percent of Carson City children live at or below the poverty line. Increasing the Joy is making the holiday season more joyful by distributing gifts to these children, who may not have a traditional Christmas like many of us. Last year Increasing the Joy gave out 500 gifts and for 2012 we've set our goals even higher at 700 gifts. We believe that every child deserves joy.
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 1:40pm
A Carson City man faces a felony domestic violence charge after he admitted to beating his wife and putting her into a choke hold until she passed out.
Jerry Alexander Cisneros, 26, was arrested Sunday night in the 200 block of Adams Street.
According to the arrest report, the victim's wife stated that Cisneros punched her in the face and mouth and then choked her until she passed out for about 10 minutes inside their home.
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 12:18pm
With Congress scrambling to agree on ways to reduce the deficit, USPIRG released a fact sheet to point out a clear first step to avoid the “fiscal cliff”: closing offshore tax loopholes.
Many of America’s largest corporations and wealthiest individuals use accounting gimmicks to shift profits made in America to offshore tax havens, where they pay little to no taxes. This tax avoidance costs the federal government $150 billion in tax revenue each year. USPIRG released new data illustrating the size of this loss with 16 dramatic ways the public could benefit from those lost funds.
