Carson Now News (edition 160)

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 10:07am

Most experienced Carson City hikers would probably never consider starting a trip from the beginning of the Heavenly Mountain Resort's Gondola lift in South Lake Tahoe. It's not the most challenging trek around Carson City — you can always do Prison Hill from the river side or the city side and have a good view of Carson City and Slide Mountain. Or dead Man's Creek at Washoe Lake.

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 9:13am

By Sean Sever
With shrinking budgets and rising energy costs, many of Nevada’s school districts have turned to renewable energy and energy conservation measures to save money. The Carson City School District, for example, has used the Nevada State Office of Energy’s (NSOE) Schools Program to install new LED and Super T-8 fluorescent lighting at three schools that will save them almost $80,000 in energy costs annually.

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 6:14am

Helmuth Lehmann and Tim Fasano were caught in the crossfire last night as Mark Amodei and Kate Marshall threw rhetorical punches at one another during an hour-long debate between the four candidates for Nevada’s second congressional district.

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 3:01am

A "significant manhunt" for a man described as volatile and dangerous by authorities ended peacefully Thursday evening with the arrest of Anthony Martin. Martin, 30, was taken into custody just ...

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 3:01am

A Dayton man surrendered to Lyon County authorities Thursday afternoon in the alcohol-related death of his 14-year-old nephew. Jeffrey Alan McCarthy, 44, who is charged with second-degree murder, a...

Friday, August 26, 2011 - 3:01am

A trial has been set early next year for a former Carson City Alternative Sentencing officer charged with molesting women while on duty. Aaron Lewis, 36, appeared in Carson City District Court on T...

Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 3:12pm

Update: An 18-year-old Carson City woman was injured yesterday in a crash on South Carson Street.

A Carson Now reader, who goes by the name of "Reedsbud", sent us the following video from the scene.

Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 3:01am

American folk band Buster Blue is inviting Carson-area fans to be a part of an event: the filming of a live concert at Brewery Arts Center for a DVD. The concert starts at 8 p.m. Saturday in the...

Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 3:01am

Carson City Sheriff's investigators are searching for a recently released jail inmate who allegedly held a woman at gunpoint and fired a shot into a garage door on Dori Way just before 6 a.m. We...

Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 3:01am

A murder charge has been filed against the uncle of a 14-year-old Sun Valley boy who died after drinking lethal amounts of alcohol while camping with family at Lake Lahontan. The criminal complaint...