Carson Now News

Saturday, June 1, 2013 - 12:57pm

Sen. Joyce Woodhouse, D-Las Vegas, flew home to Las Vegas late Friday to be with her husband, who is gravely ill with liver cancer, throwing control of the Senate into question in the final days of the legislative session.

Saturday, June 1, 2013 - 12:52pm

The push to get medical marijuana card holders in Nevada a way to access the drug is nearing a pivotal juncture.

Friday, May 31, 2013 - 7:06pm

Art is abound, Saturday, June 1, Downtown Wine Walk, from 1- 5pm ...and held the first Saturday of every month!

Brewery Arts Center, on King St. between Division and Minnesota will have their Summer Art Sale and Open House, fun, demonstrations, music, and song - an entertaining day of great art, food and drinks at the BAC... 'The teaching artists, art students, artisans, and the Nevada Artist Association Gallery artists, will have lots of new and exciting artwork for sale", Stan and Johanna Soliday will perform.

Friday, May 31, 2013 - 4:12pm

A 23-year-old Carson City woman faces murder charges following the death of an 18-month-old toddler, Justin Watson, in November 2012.

Brittany Michelle Paugh turned herself into the Carson City Sheriff's Office Thursday. She is being held without bail. Charges include first degree murder, child abuse, child abuse causing death, second degree murder with child neglect and child abuse with substantial harm. The toddler died of significant trauma to the brain.

Sheriff Ken Furlong said the arrest came after an extensive investigation that involved medical specialists outside the state.

Friday, May 31, 2013 - 12:52pm

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division.
This report for the week ending May 31, 2013, includes inspections of a casino restaurant, bar and lounge; a meat, seafood and deli area of a supermarket and a grocery super center; restaurants, fast food restaurants and convenience stores.

Friday, May 31, 2013 - 12:06pm
CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed his first bill of the 2013 Nevada legislative session Friday.

Sandoval said in his veto message that Senate Bill 180 goes “too far by exposing employers to a wide range of damages and fees.”

The rejected bill was a Democratic-backed attempt to require courts to award damages, lost wages, benefits, costs and attorney’s fees to workers who win employment discrimination suits.

The existing law limits the amount awarded to employment discrimination suits to just two years of lost wages and actual damages.

Friday, May 31, 2013 - 9:26am

This week's Women to Women Nevada with Carol Paz segment is with Bonnie Betts, franchise owner of Dream Dinners in Carson City.

Dream Dinners provides guests monthly menus to select from then procures and prepares all ingredients in advance, so guests can assemble dozens of meals in about an hour, then take the meals home to freeze. The service saves guests both value time and money, and focuses on bringing families back to the dinner table with healthful, delicious and easy-to-fix meals.

Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 7:55pm
CARSON CITY — A bill that would protect victims of human trafficking was approved 41-0 Thursday by the Nevada Assembly.

The bill requires officers to take certain actions when they encounter possible victims of human trafficking. It also requires the state Department of Education to develop and distribute material relating to the trafficking of children.

Assemblyman John Hambrick, R-Las Vegas, read the bill on the Assembly floor.

Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 7:47pm
CARSON CITY — The Assembly Committee on Taxation listened to testimony Thursday on Senate Bill 165, which would issue transferable tax credits to producers who film in Nevada.

The sponsor of the bill, Sen. Aaron Ford, D-Las Vegas, spoke of the benefits that film production would bring to Nevada.

“In order to attract productions that bring revenue to our state that create long-term good jobs, we need to play on a level playing field,” Ford said. “SB 165 is in fact a jobs creation act that specifically targets productions we’re not currently attracting.”

Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 5:15pm
CARSON CITY — The Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining met Thursday to discuss a bill that would require the development of a program to regulate the use of hydraulic fracturing in Nevada.

Commonly known as “fracking,” hydraulic fracturing is a process in which an amalgam of water, sand and chemicals is pressurized and injected into the ground to break up rock formations. Fracking can be used in the retrieval of natural gas and oil from deep beneath the earth’s surface, which is exactly what Houston-based Noble Energy Inc. intends to do in Elko County.