Carson Now News (edition 160)

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Elder-care providers have troubled past
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 3:01am

A former Carson City couple with a troubled past in the senior- and child-care industries is back in business in the area. Mike and Norma Childers were granted a license in November to operate a ho...

Taxable sales show solid gains in May
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 3:01am

Taxable sales rose 7.2 percent in May as businesses in 15 of Nevada's 17 counties reported gains during the same month last year.Total sales statewide were $3.36 billion, with the largest increases...

Outdoors with Don Q: Walking on mid-summer snowdrifts and deep snow fields
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 1:05am

With our summer temperatures currently in the 90-100 degree range around Carson City, it is unbearably hot for this poor, sweltering soul.
I am a winter person, not a summer person, and do not like hot weather!
Thank goodness for those of us who live in this part of the United States, we can temporarily escape that miserable summer heat by finding coolness at the higher elevations of our nearby Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Last Wednesday morning (July 20), Elaine and I did just that.

We traveled to Kit Carson Pass on California S.R. 88 with a three-fold purpose in mind:

Fishing Report For the week of July 27 to Aug. 2
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 12:46am

Here is the Northern Nevada, Northern California, Sierra Nevada, and Southern Oregon fishing report for the week of July 27 through Aug. 2.

All Four Congressional Candidates to Appear in Aug. 25 Debate
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 4:48pm

RENO, Nev. – Three Reno news organizations are teaming up to provide a debate on Thursday, Aug. 25, two days before early voting begins. The debate will last one hour, beginning at 6 p.m.

All four candidates in the race to fill the U.S. House seat left open by Dean Heller confirmed they will attend.

It’s a collaborative effort between the Reno Public Radio 88.7 FM (NPR), KNPB-TV Channel 5 (PBS), and the Reno Gazette-Journal.

Cato Institute Senior Fellow Says Federal Government Spending Must Be Cut To Sustainable Levels
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 2:18pm

CARSON CITY – A senior fellow with the Cato Institute said today the partisan fight over reducing federal spending is really between one class of people who work, produce, save money and pay taxes and a second group that lives off of the first group.

Fire forces evacuation of campground
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 3:01am

An 81-acre wildfire closed Indian Creek Campground in Alpine County overnight on Monday.The campground and the Alpine County Airport were threatened by the fire, first reported at 1:15 p.m.Burni...

Probation officer to be tried in sexual misconduct case
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 3:00am

Former alternative sentencing officer Aaron Lewis was bound over Monday on 22 counts of sexual misconduct in the alleged molestations of six female probationers."I think the state has proven the...

Nevada Has Biggest Increase in Food Stamp Caseloads
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 1:05am

Nevada experienced the greatest growth among the states in food stamp caseloads between 2007 and 2010 with an increase of 128 percent, according to a recent report from the Urban Institute.

Nevada Public Employee Pension Plan Sees Record Investment Return In 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011 - 9:04pm

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s public employee retirement system saw a whopping 21 percent return on its investments in the fiscal year ending June 30, the executive officer of the agency said Monday.
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