Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 12:17pm
Come join us for coffee and find out what YOU can do to fight back against cancer! The Carson City Relay for Life committee needs volunteers who are interested in helping us raise funds to further cancer research, help those who are currently struggling and remember those who have lost their battle. Help us to celebrate a world with more birthdays! We will buy the coffee if you give us your time.
9:00 AM, December 1, 2012
Foodies Bystro in the Brewery Arts Center
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 9:29am
The Carson City Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class of 2012 would like to thank several contributors for their recent donations to the Carson City Senior Center Media Room. With their help our Media Room Project turned out fantastic and has brought much joy to the Senior Citizens of Carson City! Without their generous donations this could not have been achieved. Thank you again and Happy Holidays!
Special thanks to the following donors:
Ronni Hannaman - Chamber of Commerce
Toby De Luca - EmpRes Healthcare Management, LLC
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 8:02pm
The 150-year-old Nevada State Prison in Carson CIty has been gathering cobwebs since it closed Jan. 4. And in a state without funds for anything new, its destiny might be a wrecking ball.
But there is a glimmer of hope that the capital city icon can be saved.
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 4:27pm
The Carson City School District is a finalist for millions of dollars in federal money through the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top program. Grants range from $5 million to $40 million.
Superintendent Richard Stokes said he learned the district was a finalist on Monday. There were 61 applications for the money.
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 1:24pm
The Business Branch of the Carson City Library at the Business Resource Innovation Center will be a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance site again for the upcoming tax season. The VITA program offers free preparation of federal and state income tax returns to low-to-moderate income families in Northern Nevada who cannot prepare their own return.
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 11:28am
The following is from Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong: At approximately 9:08 a.m. Monday the Carson City Sheriff’s Office was informed of a bank robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank located at the corner of Stewart and Musser Streets in downtown Carson City. The suspect was described as a white male adult, approximately 30 years old, 5 foot 6 inches tall, wearing blue jeans and a black (or dark) hoody.
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 11:12am
CARSON CITY – A Nevada family of four with a median income of $65,212 will see a nearly 5 percent tax hike next year if a collection of tax breaks are not renewed by Congress as it deals with the so-called “fiscal cliff”, according to a new report by the Tax Foundation.
The 4.92 percent tax increase as a percentage of the median income ranks Nevada 29th among the states in the higher rates they would pay, the study determined.
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 11:05am
Join us on November 28 and 29 from 11am-6pm for a Made In Nevada Market Place at The Carson Mall! Shop among several vendors with many different varieties of items, ALL made in Nevada!
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 9:11am
UPDATE 7:17PM: Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said the two suspects captured after this morning's Wells Fargo bank robbery may be tied to a Nevada State Bank robbery in Reno. The two men, Kenneth Wayne Young, 44, and Michael Lee Smith, 36, are leaving Carson City Jail and will be booked and arraigned in federal court.
The following is a statement from the Carson City Sheriff's Office regarding the robberies:
Monday, November 26, 2012 - 12:13am
Colin Kaepernick or Alex Smith? That is the question that Jim Harbaugh must answer, and answer for good before next week’s game in St. Louis. It does not serve a locker room well when there is a rift or questions left unanswered. Inconsistency can damage a team’s chemistry, and at this point that is the last thing San Francisco needs. Yes, the 49ers appear to have a problem that every team would love to have. They have two quarterbacks that are very capable of winning, but only one should be the everyday starter, and the team deserves to know it.
