Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 8:38am
One of the all-time greats of the San Francisco 49ers, three-time Super Bowl champion Roger Craig will serve as the keynote speaker at the 45th annual Governor’s Dinner in July, the Nevada athletics department announced Tuesday.
The dinner is set for July 12 at the Governor’s Mansion in Carson City. Proceeds from the Governor's Dinner benefit student-athlete scholarships at the University of Nevada.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 8:30am
A bill requiring a study on the cost of the death penalty in Nevada cleared a state Senate committee Tuesday on a party-line vote.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 6:12pm
The Carson City School District board meets tonight, Tuesday, May 28, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William Street. See below for the agenda and go here to watch it live.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 12:43pm
Shakespeare comes to the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City this June when the Proscenium Players, Inc. presents the Bard’s comedy “Taming of the Shrew.”
Directed by Jeff Fast and performed in traditional Shakespearean language and style, the play tells the story of a rich merchant who won’t allow his fair young daughter to marry until her shrewish older sister does.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 11:23am
Statewide taxable sales in Nevada for March increased by 5 percent over March 2012 and a 5.4 percent increase for the fiscal year, the state's Department of Taxation reports Tuesday. In Carson City, taxable sales increased by 10.9 percent, largely due to the Nevada Legislative session.
Monday, May 27, 2013 - 11:38pm
Janice R. Ayres, a tireless advocate for the elderly and the disabled, an unshakable Democrat and former member of the Carson City Board of Supervisors died Monday morning at Carson Tahoe Hospital after battling cancer. She was 92.
Ayres was the executive director of the Nevada Rural Counties RSVP Program, a position she held since 1979. RSVP Board member Charlie Abowd confirmed her passing and said directors will meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss arrangements.
Monday, May 27, 2013 - 7:09pm
A bill authorizing speed limits of up to 85 mph on some Nevada highways has died in the Legislature.
Monday, May 27, 2013 - 5:00pm
Nine people were rescued Saturday after their boat took on water and flipped over near Dollar Point in Lake Tahoe, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office reports.
Lt. Pete Van Arnum said El Dorado County Sheriff’s boat unit and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a report of a vessel taking on water near Dollar Point in Lake Tahoe at around 2 p.m.
Sunday, May 26, 2013 - 10:58pm
Groups on both sides of the gun control debate are mustering their forces for a legislative hearing in Carson City Tuesday on a bill that would require background checks for private-sale weapons purchases.
Sunday, May 26, 2013 - 12:36pm
The beautiful back lawn of the Nevada Governor's Mansion is the site of the Carson City Symphony's 29th annual Pops Party concert on Sunday, June 9, at 3:00 p.m. The program, "At the Movies," features the Carson City Symphony, Carson City Symphony Chorus, Youth Strings, and guest singer Jakki Ford. Grounds open and pre-concert entertainment by the Symphony Flutes begins at 2 p.m. Admission is free.
