Carson Now News (edition 177)

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Road report for August 1-7
Friday, July 29, 2011 - 8:44pm

Saliman Road remains closed at Robinson Street due to construction of a water transmission line. Detours are marked. The road is expected to remained closed until August 21.

One lane will be closed in each direction on the Carson City Freeway between the US 50 and Fairview Drive interchanges due to maintenance.

Work will continue on a NDOT project to mill and overlay a section of US 395 from the junction with US 50 (Spooner) in Carson City to south of Waterloo Lane in Gardnerville. There will be nightly lane closures occurring from 8:00 p.m. through 6:00 a.m.

Nevada Democrats Call On GOP Presidential Candidates To Disclose Major Fundraisers
Friday, July 29, 2011 - 5:15pm

CARSON CITY – Nevada state Democrats today called on Republican presidential candidates to disclose the names of their campaigns’ major fundraisers – known as bundlers – in the name of transparency.
President Barack Obama on July 15 released his list of major fundraisers, which he also did in 2008. The disclosure is not required by the Federal Elections Commission.

Carson City man arrested for allegedly beating, strangling woman
Friday, July 29, 2011 - 4:36pm

Carson City Sheriff deputies arrested Terry David Vickers, 45, Thursday evening after a woman reported that he had beat and strangled her into unconsciousness, and assaulted her with a screwdriver.

According to the arrest report, the victim told deputies that Vickers began the assault Wednesday night when he slapped her at a restaurant on North Carson Street. She said after leaving the restaurant she made contact with some friends and left with them, not returning to the motel room she shared with Vickers until Thursday morning.

Federal Jobless Report Shows Slight Improvement For Nevada Through Second Quarter
Friday, July 29, 2011 - 12:37pm

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s official jobless rate may have jumped three-tenths of a percentage point to 12.4 percent in June, but a broader measure of the state’s unemployment picture showed some slight improvement through the second quarter of this year.

City looks at hiring Calif. company to operate municipal landfill

Friday, July 29, 2011 - 3:01am

A local man who says he's qualified to operate the Carson City Landfill is angry that the city is considering contracting an out-of-state firm to do the job."With a San Francisco or California c...

Calif. fires mucking up Nevada skies
Friday, July 29, 2011 - 3:01am

A lightning-sparked wildfire in Tulare County, Calif., seven hours southwest of Carson City, is making Northern Nevada skies hazy, according to the Nevada Division of Environmental Health. "We a...

Nevada Delegation Splits On House Speaker Plan To Reduce Federal Spending, Raise Debt Ceiling
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 5:41pm

CARSON CITY – Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., announced today he will back a spending reduction plan put forth by House Speaker John Boehner because it proposes a balanced budget amendment that will protect the United States’ AAA credit rating.
A vote on the plan scheduled for today was delayed, however.

State Officials, Lawmakers Reject Claim That Transfer Of Funds To Scholarship Program Was Improper
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 3:21pm

CARSON CITY – State officials and lawmakers are rejecting the suggestion that they acted improperly last year when fees generated from several college savings programs were shifted to shore up the cash-strapped Gov. Guinn Millennium Scholarship for academically eligible Nevada high school graduates.
But one former lawmaker, who voted for the transfer, acknowledges he remains concerned about the decision.

Authorities release name of driver killed in crash south of Gardnerville
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 10:45am

Nevada Highway Patrol reports that Gardnerville resident Terry Lyn Elmer, 46, was killed yesterday when the commercial vehicle he was driving collided head-on with a Ford truck towing a trailer on Highway 395.

The following is the statement released by NHP:

Fatal accident south of Gardnerville
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 3:01am

One person is dead after a three-vehicle accident south of Gardnerville on Highway 395. The driver of a southbound yellow van was killed 11:14 a.m. after he crossed the centerline into the path ...

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