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Jobseeker workshops offered ahead of Feb. 21 Carson City job fair
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 2:16pm

UPDATE: With extended federal jobless benefits in peril, Carson City workforce employee counselors say hundreds of new jobseekers have begun to hit the streets, resumes in hand, looking for work.

Carson City jail inmate faces felony battery charge after fight
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 11:31am

A 67-year-old Carson City man in jail as an inmate faces a felony charge of battery after a fight on Tuesday with another inmate.

Billy Darrell Harris was arrested Jan. 7, 3:52 p.m. According to the report, jail officers separated two men, including Harris, from the fight and interviewed them both after reading them their Miranda rights.

Column: Medical expenses eligible for income tax deduction
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 10:13am

Some folks ask “just what is a medical expense” that I can deduct for income taxes? Medical expenses eligible to be deducted as itemized deductions on Schedule A of your form 1040 include amounts paid for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease, or paid for the purpose of affecting any structure or function of the body.

Carson City deer find plenty to feast on the first week of the new year
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 5:42pm

Elaine Quilici of Carson City, wife of Outdoors editor Don Quilici, took these photos of mule deer on Monday, Jan. 6. The first photo is of a buck standing just off the Kings Canyon Road.

Other photos are deer in the general area of the Governor's Mansion on the west side of Carson City.
Note the mail man and mail truck in photo No. 05.

JOIN, Inc. hosts Jan. 10 workforce training
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 12:22pm

If you are currently receiving unemployment benefits or have recently exhausted your benefits, you may be eligilble to receive workforce training services at no cost.

If interested, please stop by or call the Carson City JOIN, Inc office. Orientation for JOIN services will be held on January 10,2014 at 10:AM.

Location is 1925 N. Carson Street; 775-283-0125.

Former Carson City Sheriff’s Office accountant accused of embezzlement
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 11:40am

A former Carson City Sheriff's Office accountant faces eight felony charges of embezzlement after allegedly stealing at least $100,000 of bail and search and seizure money over several years.

Laura Wissert, 44, is expected to turn herself into Carson City Jail today after an arrest warrant was issued by a judge. Her bail is set at $20,000. She has retained Noel Waters as her attorney, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.

Nevada state parks grants available from recreational trails program

Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 11:30am

The Nevada Division of State Parks administers grant funds from the Recreational Trails Program of the Federal Highway Administration. Approximately $1.2 million in funding is available for the 2014 fiscal year.

Applications are due Friday, March 7, 2014 by 5 p.m. Federal, state, city and county governments, special governmental districts, trail organizations and private individuals are potentially eligible for the grants.

WNC Wildcats ranked 16th by College Baseball Newspaper in pre-season poll
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 6:00pm

CARSON CITY — College Baseball Newspaper has included Western Nevada College in its 2014 National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Preseason Poll.

The Wildcats are ranked 16th, marking the seventh straight season that Coach D.J. Whittemore’s team has been nationally ranked in the preseason. It ties the Wildcats with Iowa Western for the longest-running streak for inclusion in the preseason top-20 national rankings.

Parental abduction case in Douglas County ends with arrest of mother, children are safe
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 4:52pm

The ongoing investigation of a parental abduction of two children, missing since Nov. 21, 2013 has ended with the arrest of Kathryn Ann Moore and the safe recovery of the two children Patricia Read and William Moore, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

Lake Tahoe Forest Service 'Ski with a Ranger' program begins at Heavenly
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 11:17am

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit invites the public to Ski with a Ranger at Heavenly Mountain Resort beginning Friday, Jan. 17, 2014.

Tours begin at the top of the gondola at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. every Monday and Friday. Spanish Ski with a Ranger returns March 7, 2014, with tours offered every Friday at 10:30 a.m. Both programs last approximately one-hour and continue through April 11, 2014, weather permitting.

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