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Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 4:58pm

CARSON CITY – The state Board of Economic Development today unanimously signed off on a package of tax breaks to bring Apple to Reno, but the panel found it had little authority over the deal reached after several months of closed-door negotiations.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 3:24pm

Coming from as far as Australia and as near as North Lake Tahoe, more than 200 men and women athletes are gearing up for a race to remember at Northern Nevada’s inaugural Expedition Man Endurance Festival and Ultra-Distance-Triathlon, taking place Saturday, August 25. Athletes will begin with a swim at Zephyr Cove Resort at Lake Tahoe, then onto a more than 100-mile-bike-ride through Carson City and a long-run along the Truckee River, ending at the Legends at Sparks Marina.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 10:55am

CARSON CITY – A new report from The Council of State Governments exploring the successes that 13 Western states have had with tax incentives to encourage economic growth found that Nevada has fewer such programs in large part because of its tax structure.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 10:33am

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This fishing report is for Aug. 1-7.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 9:43am

On Thursday morning, July 12, I went fishing at Lake Tahoe for Mackinaw (Lake) Trout with two friends, Rob Boehmer and Thomas Strong, both of whom live in Carson City.
Boehmer had booked a trip with my longtime good friend and sport fishing guide, Gene St. Denis (“Gino”) of Blue Ribbon Charters (530-544-6552) at South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Boehmer called me several days prior to July 12 and asked if I would like to accompany him and Strong on their fishing trip with Gino.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 5:35pm

CARSON CITY – Carson City District Judge James Wilson heard arguments today but delayed ruling on whether an initiative petition filed by the state teachers association to raise an estimated $800 million a year for education via a new margin tax is too flawed to go forward.

Wilson said after a brief hearing that he will issue a decision “as soon as possible.”

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 5:04pm

Back by popular demand, the historic Virginia & Truckee Railroad will pour out and dish up its popular Toast of the Canyon wine and appetizer round-trip train rides from Carson City to the canyon on Saturdays through September 1.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 4:45pm

The Perseids meteor shower is one of the more famous meteor showers and never fails to give a stellar performance. This natural event lasts an entire week in our region and seeing it in the darkest of skies promises not to disappoint viewers. Friends of Black Rock will set up camp on August 10-12 and invite their members and the surrounding community to come and be amazed at the wonders of the universe.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 2:12pm

CARSON CITY – A state panel charged with implementing a system to track individual student performance from preschool through entry into the workforce is recommending that $4 million in state funds be appropriated by Gov. Brian Sandoval and the 2013 Legislature to help accomplish the task.

Monday, July 30, 2012 - 4:21pm

CARSON CITY – A libertarian think tank’s legal team has filed an opening brief in a case before the state Supreme Court seeking to pursue its separation-of-powers lawsuit aimed at state lawmakers who also work in state government jobs.