Carson Now News

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 2:15pm

Vail Resorts, Inc. announced Tuesday it’s extending the special discount prices on 2011-2012 season passes for the Epic Pass, Epic Local Pass, Epic 7-Day and Tahoe Value Pass until May 30, 2011.

All passes are available for purchase at www.epicpass.com and pass prices valid through May 30 are listed below. A $49 down payment now locks in the guaranteed lowest price with the remaining balance due in mid-September.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 12:19pm

By the Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
The Nevada Division of Forestry State Tree Nursery in Washoe Valley is opening for the season Thursday, May 12. The nursery is open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 3 pm Thursday through Saturday until Oct. 15, 2011.
The nursery is designed to assist landowners by providing plant material suitable for conservation uses such as, but not limited to, windbreaks, soil erosion control, water conservation, and wildlife habitats.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 10:07am

Nevada's casinos had a good month in March, posting a 5.13 percent increase over prior year according to figures released today by the Gaming Control Board.

The increase was led by a 12.89 percent increase on Las Vegas Strip, the state's largest gaming region. The Strip's blockbuster month made up for the declines posted at most of the other gaming regions. South Lake Tahoe posted the worst March numbers, a decline of 29.8 percent over prior year.

The Carson Valley region that includes Carson City posted a modest gain of .93 percent.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 9:21am

By Mike Wolterbeek
RENO, Nev. — An impact study by researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno has found that the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act is not only good public policy but also good for the economy.

Monday, May 9, 2011 - 12:50pm

Three adults and one juvenile are in Washoe County Jail on suspicion of armed robbery in connection to a string of incidents that happened in Carson City and Reno over the weekend that left one man dead.

Monday, May 9, 2011 - 9:39am

A Dayton teenager was arrested May 6 for felony grand larceny for allegedly walking out of a South Carson Street department store without paying for seven rings.

Monday, May 9, 2011 - 8:59am

Rosendo Plancarte-Perez, 30, was arrested Friday night in the 600 block of Hot Springs Road for felony lewdness with a child under the age of 14.

According to the arrest report, the suspect's stepson reported to Carson City Sheriff's deputies that he watched Plancarte-Perez go into his sister's room and lock the door. When the boy asked his sister later what happened, she said he had touched her private parts. The victim told deputies the suspect had been touching her groin area through her clothes during multiple incidents when her mother was at work.

Monday, May 9, 2011 - 8:36am

A wrong turn on South Carson Street led to the arrest of a Carson City man Saturday night on felony drug charges.

A Carson City Sheriff's deputy stopped Anthony Honeycutt, 33, in the 4100 block of South Carson Street after the suspect reportedly tried to turn the wrong way and almost hit the deputy's vehicle. According to the arrest report, the deputy noticed a book on how to grow marijuana on the rear seat of the suspect's vehicle when he approached. He also noticed the smell of marijuana when talking to the suspect, and a plastic purple pail with baggies in it on the floorboard.

Sunday, May 8, 2011 - 2:38pm

An abrupt change in weather for Western Nevada and Carson City has prompted the National Weather Service in Reno to issue a winter advisory for the region.

A fast moving area of low pressure will drop into the region and Sierra tonight, bringing rain and the possibility of one inch of snow to the valley floor, according to the weather service and CarsonWeather.com. Anywhere between 2 to 3 inches is expect in the Lake Tahoe basin, with 3 to 5 inches in the Sierra above 7,000 feet.

Sunday, May 8, 2011 - 1:40pm

Freida Carbery of Dayton Food Pantry extended a big thank you to dozens of volunteers, including JPO youths and staff, who organized and ran the May 7 yard sale benefit for the local Dayton Food Pantry, with help from hundreds of people in the region who donated items for the fundraiser, which made $2,173 in one day for the busy pantry at 4 Enterprise Way in Dayton.