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Nevada Attorney General to chair meeting on domestic violence

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 2:15pm

Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto will chair the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Statewide Team meeting on Thursday, January 12 at 9:30 a.m. at the Best Western Plus Airport Plaza in Reno.

The group, who is meeting for the first time, is comprised of prosecutors, police, domestic violence service providers, treatment providers and community and faith leaders.

The fatality reviews will create a greater understanding of the tragedies associated with domestic violence and will lead to the implementation of preventative interventions.

State Tax Department Seeks Funding To Monitor Cigarette Sales To Protect Nevada’s Tobacco Payments

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 3:16pm

CARSON CITY – A state panel today supported a request from the Department of Taxation for $260,000 to hire a team of auditors to track cigarette sales to protect a $40 million a year payment to Nevada from the nation’s major tobacco companies.

Nevada Think Tank Says Issues Raised in Separation of Powers Lawsuit Not Moot

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 11:50am

CARSON CITY – The Nevada Policy Research Institute’s Center for Justice and Constitutional Litigation has just filed an opposition brief maintaining that Sen. Mo Denis’ resignation from his executive-branch job does not moot Pojunis v. State of Nevada, et al., because of several well-established exceptions to the “mootness doctrine.”

DREAM Act editorial a nightmare of stupidity

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 11:26am

Back when I used to write staff editorials for "the newspaper" some years ago, there was a requirement that you had to actually know something about the subject matter before you started writing.

After reading this editorial about the DREAM Act, I can see this standard no longer applies.

People can have different opinions, but not different facts. This editorial fails to accurately describe what the DREAM Act is, and instead suggests it would give amnesty to every illegal alien in the country.

Armstrong files to run for Justice of the Peace

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 7:31am

Tom Armstrong has filed paperwork to run for Carson City Justice of the Peace Department 1. Armstrong currently holds this seat after being appointed by the Carson City Board of Supervisors last year.

Below is the statement he released about his candidacy:

Man found guilty of assault on Carson City Sheriff's deputy

Monday, January 9, 2012 - 7:51pm

Daniel Lane Holley, 39, has been found guilty of Assaulting a Police Officer stemming from a September 30, 2011 domestic disturbance at Holley’s west side Carson City residence.

Carson City Sheriff’s deputies were called to Holley’s residence at approximately 5:30 p.m. on September 30, 2011, after a neighbor called 9-1-1 to report a loud disturbance coming from the house. Holley was gone when deputies arrived, but his girlfriend reported that Holley was very intoxicated and had been causing a disturbance at the house and in front of their infant child.

Rep. Amodei Rejects Congressional Earmarks, Says Projects Should Go Through Regular Budget Process

Monday, January 9, 2012 - 4:51pm

CARSON CITY – Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., said today he opposes the earmark process used to fund various projects around the country, advocating instead that state priorities for federal support go through a regular budget review.

“The problem with earmarks, when you look at them, it’s symbolic largely, because it’s not that it’s a huge part of the federal budget,” he said. “But a lot of them appear at the end with absolutely no hearings and they are in bills.

Crime log: woman found sleeping in Carson City store restroom

Monday, January 9, 2012 - 2:33pm

Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested Donna Baltazar-Williams, 30, a Fallon resident, at around 9 p.m. Sunday night for gross misdemeanor battery on a public officer and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.

Win a night of murder mystery theater

Monday, January 9, 2012 - 10:41am

The Carson City Visitor and Convention Bureau has a contest on their Facebook page to win a night's stay at the Gold Dust West and two ticket to The Proscenium Players' "Dealt a Deadly Hand - Murder at the Carson City Casino Royale" murder mystery dinner theater.

The first person to answer ALL three trivia questions below wins. Entry deadline: midnight, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. The winner will be announced Friday, Jan. 13.

1. Name the Casino in Casablanca?
2. What is the current Powerball amount as of today?
3. What is the name of Gold Dust West’s Sports Book?

Go to the Facebook page to post your answers.

Carson City Road Report for Jan. 9-15

Saturday, January 7, 2012 - 4:47pm

Due to a project to complete a new north-south water transmission line on the east side of Carson City, Fairview Drive will be closed on Tuesday, January 10, and Wednesday, January 11, between E. Fifth Street and Butti Way. Detours will be marked.

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.

North Carson Street, in the vicinity of the freeway overpass.
Arrowhead Drive between N. Carson Street and Garnet Way.

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