Friday, July 20, 2012 - 9:57am
Carson City is getting a big present this upcoming holiday season with the return of The Polar Express™ train that will roll through the frosty Northern Nevada landscape on 15 different dates throughout November and December.
For the second year, the Virginia & Truckee Railroad is one of the officially licensed Polar Express Train Ride events nationwide this holiday season. This historic 100-year train, complete with decorated passenger cars and Christmas music, leaves the Carson City Eastgate Depot and travels nearly two miles before staging at Santa's mythical North Pole retreat.
Friday, July 20, 2012 - 6:45am
Below is a live news from from local TV covering the mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado where 12 people are reported dead:
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 10:37pm
The Carson City School District will be holding a school board meeting on Tuesday, July 24 at 7 P.M. in the Sierra Room of the Community Center on 851 E. William Street.
The topics that will be discussed in this meeting are updates on Phase I School Bond Projects; such as parking lots, interior and building improvements at Fremont, Seeliger, and Mark Twain Elementary Schools, followed by proposed changes to the CCSD Policies.
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 12:14pm
Discover a new workout routine that will help burn calories at Carson City’s newest gym, Fitness Evolution, where memberships and variety of classes are offered at a great price.
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 7:43am
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 7:26am
We have a double dose of inspection reports for you today, below:
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 1:23pm
A reader yesterday submitted the following letter dealing with the Carson City Center Project, aka Nugget Project, and the citizen's petition to put the issue on the ballot:
Carson Supervisors Poised to Lose Credibility. . .Again
This Thursday Carson's supervisors are poised to undermine the community's clear desire for finite boundaries on the downtown library complex project.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 11:57am
The University of Nevada, Reno, in cooperation with the Nevada State Historic Preservation Office, has sent a team of archaeologists to excavate the site of one of Nevada’s most important early hospitals. St. Mary Louise Hospital in Virginia City opened in 1876 and served the mining community until the early 20th century.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 3:27am
The summer sizzles as the Mile High Jazz Band Association, Carson City, local businesses and jazz lovers proudly present the 2012 "Jazz & Beyond" Carson City Music Festival, an annual event that began in August 2004. Performances at multiple venues in Carson City will feature more than 100 musicians in over 50 bands, Aug. 3-19 and are mainly free. Music styles include Dixieland jazz, big band, bluegrass, Latin, blues and folk.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 3:06am
Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of July 18-24.
