Carson Now News (edition 177)

Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 3:01am

VIRGINIA CITY - More than 150 years after the discovery of one of the world's richest silver veins touched off a mining frenzy that drew thousands of people west and made Virginia City a wealthy...

Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 3:01am

Carson River Park near Lloyd's Bridge could see improvements if the Board of Supervisors OKs an updated site development plan Thursday.The proposed plan, which features native, naturalized landscap...

Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 3:01am

From keeping up with the global market to engaging all students in the learning process, community members shared their ideas of creating an ideal school district. "What we do know is the economy i...

Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 3:01am

I love libraries. You love libraries. All of us love libraries. But that doesn't mean we think city officials should spend more than $20 million taxpayer dollars to build a huge new library next do...

Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 11:58am

I would like to commend Tyrus W. Cobb on his recent column that pointed out to some of the fact-challenged Taxed Enough Already people that taxes in this country are already very low, and that raising them by a small amount is not anathema to the conservative cause.

Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 8:34am

I don't pay a lot of attention to the Reno Gazette-Journal for Carson City news. It's been years since they shut down their bureau here, and I haven't seen them do much original reporting about our city since then.

But I ran across this correction to their story on this week's Nugget Project meeting, and had to laugh. It's one thing to blow the original story, but the correction blows it, too.

Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 3:01am

School officials are offering a $250 reward to anyone with information about the vandalism to solar panels. During the last three days, vandals have smashed two solar panels at Seeliger Elementa...

Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 3:01am

Both city officials and Steve Neighbors of the Carson Nugget agree some of the details on how financing for the City Center Project will work are unclear at this point.But Neighbors told the adviso...

Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 3:01am

A Carson City man jailed in July for abusing his girlfriend and keeping her locked in a closet was bound over on 25 felony counts Friday.After eight hours of testimony put on by District Attorne...

Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 3:01am

A Carson City man was found guilty Friday of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a September 2010 wrong-way fatal accident on South Carson Street. Kevin Ward Massey Jr., 19, was given a suspended...