Monday, November 28, 2011 - 5:37pm
Property tax assessments were mail out today to Carson City property owners, and according to Assessor Dave Dawley, the assessed value of property has dropped at least 10 percent — $155 million total — since last year.
The drop in value follows at $132 million decline the prior year.
The property assessments take into account property sales up to July 1.
Monday, November 28, 2011 - 4:16pm
Deputies responded to several calls over Thanksgiving weekend.
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Monday, November 28, 2011 - 10:28am
Carson City has received national recognition as a “Top Ranked Digital City Government.”
Carson City finished 2nd in its size category, cities between 30,000 and 74,999, in a survey conducted by Center for Digital Government. The Center is a national research and advisory institute that focuses on information technology policies and best practices.
Monday, November 28, 2011 - 8:00am
Carson High's football season came to a disastrous and disappointing end Saturday afternoon.
Top-ranked Reed dominated in all phases of the game en route to an easy 49-0 win over the second-seeded Senators in the NIAA 4A state semifinal game at Mackay Stadium.
Monday, November 28, 2011 - 4:00am
RENO (AP) - Northern Nevada courts are failing to comply with a new state gun-ban notification law, a Reno newspaper's investigation found.The law requires all state courts to send records of peopl...
Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 2:10pm
The winter holidays are a time for celebration with family and friends, and that means more cooking, entertaining, home decorating and an increased risk of home fires due to increased usage of cooking and heating equipment. Most home fires and injuries occur in the kitchen as reported by the U.S. Fire Administration. Here are some simple and easy life-saving tips from the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District to remember during the holiday season:
Cooking Fire Safety:
Saturday, November 26, 2011 - 4:48pm
The motion picture "Hugo," now playing at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City, is a holiday movie that kids and adults can enjoy. It's Martin Scorsese's homage to film pioneer Georges Méliès, a French innovator who created much of the library of movie techniques back before World War I only to be forgotten amid the strife on combat in France. His films were largely destroyed to make such things as guitar picks.
Saturday, November 26, 2011 - 10:18am
Despite the spring-like temperatures Friday, a downtown parking lot was transformed into a winter wonderland complete with mitten-wearing ice skaters.
More than 100 visitors took to the rink in Arlington Square's first official day of business this year.
Friday, November 25, 2011 - 7:42pm
This is the second in a series of photos of oddities that were seen on a six week vacation trip to Italy in September and October, 2011.
That trip was taken by Bob and Lorraine Scholes of Dayton and Don and Elaine Quilici of Carson City, as they traveled the length and width of Italy, plus being on the Island of Sicily and in Switzerland.
— Writer Don Quilici is the Outdoor editor for Carson Now. He can be reached at donquilici@hotmail.com
Friday, November 25, 2011 - 8:06am
Term limits and redistricting are about to end Northern Nevada's decades-long stranglehold on key leadership posts in the Legislature.
Because the top leaders shape each legislative session, that should mean more power for Southern Nevada.
