The Gold Hill Hotel features two Nevada historical presentations this month, one involving the controversial Cal-Neva Lake Tahoe gaming license associated with Frank Sinatra and the other focusing on Nevada's place in film history.

The Tuesday Night Lecture Series on the Sinatra's gaming license will be held April 15 with the film presentation on April 29. Programs begins with dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. with the lecture at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $20 for dinner and lecture and $5 for the lecture.

Carson City Fire Department and ambulance responded this morning to a pedestrian accident involving a vehicle in the area of College Parkway and Carson Street near the entrance to the old K-Mart.

The call came into dispatch at 10:29 a.m. The victim was reported to be in the street, conscious, speaking and blood coming from his head.

Traffic was being re-routed around the accident scene. More information as it becomes available.

A 19-year-old Carson City woman was arrested early Wednesday morning in the 1200 block of Crain Street on misdemeanor warrants of marijuana and paraphernalia possession.

According to the arrest report, a Carson City Sheriff's Office deputy was alerted by dispatch that the woman was at her boyfriend's home on Crain Street.

Officers went to the address and the woman was taken into custody at 3:26 a.m. based on the warrant issued April 7, 2014 out of Carson City Justice Court. Bail: $500.

Carson City – Nevada is one of only seven states to raise its overall Election Performance Index average by more than 10 percentage points, and is the most improved in the nation in the rate of military and overseas ballots returned, according to the PEW Charitable Trusts’ EPI study released today. Nevada’s performance ranking leaped from 22nd to 5th between the 2008 and 2012 elections, putting it in the top 10 percent of states.