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Nevada Traffic Fatalities Rise in First Quarter of 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 3:08pm

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Departments of Public Safety and Transportation are reminding motorists to always drive safely after Nevada traffic fatalities rose by nearly a third in the first three months of 2012 compared to the same time last year.

Preliminary numbers show that 57 traffic fatalities occurred on Nevada roads in the first quarter of 2012, an increase of 11 deaths over the same time last year.

South Lake Tahoe authorities make arrest in 31-year murder case of Richard Swanson
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 1:51pm

A Carmichael, Calif., man has been arrested in the 31-year-old murder case of Richard Swanson, South Lake Tahoe police report.
On March 28, 2012 Andrew Sanford, 50, of Carmichael, was arrested and booked in the Sacramento County Jail for the murder of Richard Swanson. The robbery/homicide occurred on Aug. 14, 1980 in South Lake Tahoe at what was then the Shell Gas Station located at the “Y” on the corner of Lake Tahoe Blvd and Emerald Bay Road.

Another lunchtime distraction
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 12:00pm

A man, a plan, a bathtub:

Carson City Board of Supervisors to allocate funds for special events
Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 7:41am

The Carson City Board of Supervisors will discuss this week what groups will receive money this year out of the $100,000 Redevelopment fund for special events.

There are requests for $118,275, so the supervisors will have to pick which groups will not get what they asked for at the board's next meeting on April 5 at 8:30 a.m. in the Sierra Room at the Carson City Community Center.

Carson City Road Report for April 2-8
Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 7:22am

There will be work at the following locations as a result of the Freeway Landscaping Project. No closures are expected, but traffic control will be in effect.

  • College Parkway in the vicinity of the Freeway.
  • US Highway 50 in the vicinity of the Freeway.
  • Northgate Lane between Jumbo Court and Dyer Court.
  • Emerson Drive between Mark Way and College Parkway.
  • North Carson Street, in the vicinity of the freeway overpass.
  • Arrowhead Drive between N. Carson Street and Garnet Way.

Volunteers Needed for Carson Valley Trails Association Trail Work Days
Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 9:59am

The Carson Valley Trails Association (CVTA) needs volunteers for scheduled trail work days in April on the Fay-Luther and Genoa Trail systems. Anyone who is interested is welcome to participate; no previous trail building experience is required. Volunteers must wear long pants, long-sleeved shirt, hiking boots, work gloves and sunglasses. Tools and hard hats are provided. Bring food and water.

Another lunchtime distraction
Friday, March 30, 2012 - 11:53am

Holy traffic stops! Batman gets pulled over for not having a proper license plate in Maryland.

Nevada’s Jobless Rate Shrinks Again In February But News Not All Good
Friday, March 30, 2012 - 11:27am

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s unemployment rate fell four-tenths of a percentage point in February to a seasonally adjusted 12.3 percent, but the news is not all positive, a state agency reported today.

Bill Anderson, chief economist with the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), said an argument can be made that the forces behind the drop in the jobless rate were signs of weakness.

National wind map
Friday, March 30, 2012 - 11:02am

As Mother Nature likes to remind us, we live in a very windy place.

So, you might be interested in seeing this animated map showing how the wind is blowing nationwide, in real time.

Taxable sales for January up 4.1 percent in Carson City, 4.8 percent statewide
Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 12:12pm

A report released today by the Nevada Department of Taxation shows that statewide taxable sales in January rose 4.8 percent compared to the prior year.

Statewide, taxable sales are up 7.2 percent for the fiscal year.

In Carson City, sales rose 4.1 percent in January, putting the city ahead by 3.2 percent for the fiscal year.

Washoe County saw a 6.1 percent increase in January, Lyon County a 5.5 percent rise, and Storey County a 25.8 percent increase over prior year. Taxable sales in Douglas County dropped 3.1 percent, one of only two counties in the state that saw a decline.

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