Saturday, March 29, 2014 - 11:13am
Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of March 31 to April 6, 2014. The Nevada Department of Transportation will be performing road maintenance on Highway 50 between Lompa Lane and Deer Run Road. There will be lane closures between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. on weekdays, but the road will remain open to traffic in both directions.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 10:48pm
Through 13 innings of a Scenic West Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader on Friday, College of Southern Idaho denied Western Nevada College from putting a crooked number on the scoreboard. But with one swing by Alex Fife that changed as his homer brought in three runs, helping the Wildcats to a doubleheader split.
Fife’s homer was part of a four-run seventh inning that snapped a 1-1 tie and propelled the Wildcats to a 5-1 victory at John L. Harvey Field in Carson CIty. The Golden Eagles won the opener 6-2 behind the pitching of southpaw Kolton Brost.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 6:25pm
A Republican candidate for Assembly District 40 said he rejects the idea of being vetted by the Carson City Republican Central Committee, a policy the committee has in its bylaws.
Candidate Jed Block stated earlier this week that he was informed that a "secret Republican Vetting Committee" asked to see him in a closed meeting. He called the committee "a handful of self-promoted political bosses" who would "inform, if not instruct, the so-called rank-and-file how to think, how to vote."
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 3:14pm
Storey County Sheriff Gerald Antinoro is cautioning Virginia City Highlands area residents not to open their door to strangers after a man was hurt during a home invasion.
Deputies say around 11:30am Friday, a man went to a home off of Lousetown Road, claimed to be an insurance salesman and then pushed his way inside where he bound the homeowner and ransacked the house in search of money.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 2:43pm
Another round of storms will impact the region, bringing more snow to Lake Tahoe and the Sierra by Saturday with another system moving in Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the greater Lake Tahoe area beginning at 5 a.m. Saturday and extending through early Sunday morning.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 11:59am
This week's Women to Women Nevada interview is with Sue Lowden, candidate for Lt. Governor of Nevada. Sue candidly shares her reasons why she's chosen to re-enter the political arena and what she intends to deliver to the people of Nevada.
Ms. Lowden discusses challenges she's faced and how's she taken on those challenges. She is also a proud Nevadan who has been working both in front and behind the scenes to bring international and national interests to the state.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 11:03am
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board approved a $10 fee hike Thursday for its watercraft inspection, invasive species decontamination program, reduced marina funding for the programs and agreed to close an inspection facility at Homewood, officials said.
The fee hike was one of the changes to the watercraft inspection program recommended by the multi-agency Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinating Committee following a reduction in the federal funding that has helped support the program since it began in 2009, according to a news release.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 10:36am
The new Sportsman's Warehouse store in the Carson Mall will be opening today, three days earlier than scheduled.
A worker at the store said at 10:15 today that they would be opening in one or two more hours.
The store was initially set to open on Monday.
Also, the newly relocated Dutch Brothers Coffee will be opening tomorrow at 5 a.m.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 9:15am
With the 2014 drought looming, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension has partnered with other agencies to help Nevadans prepare for and cope with the drought. Today, Cooperative Extension launched its Living With Drought website, a one-stop shop where homeowners, gardeners, farmers, ranchers, natural resource managers and others can find information to help them respond to their various drought-related challenges.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 9:00am
The message to Joseph and Joan Truxler is simple and clear: Meet with us, come up with a solution and drop your lawsuit by April 4. If the suit isn't dropped by then the South Lake Tahoe 4th of July Fireworks display will be canceled.
