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Join us to announce the winners of the Carson Memories photo contest at the Carson Nugget
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 1:55pm

There will be a ceremony, followed by a cocktail reception with hosted wine and beer bar, to announce the winners of the Carson Memories contest. The winners will remain secret until the ceremony.

The event will be held on Monday, April 22, 2013 from 5:30 – 6:30 pm on the second floor outside the banquet rooms at the Carson Nugget in Carson City.

Three winners will receive prizes outlined below.
1st place-$500 cash.
2nd place-iPad.
3rd place-Kindle Fire.
Honorable mentions will also be announced.

Local exhibit honors U.S. military veterans
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 1:37pm

It's wall that will stop you in your tracks. The Fallen heroes in Iraq and Afghanistan have been immortalized in a traveling exhibit that started in Carson City. It's called 'Always Lost: A Meditation on War,' and the goal is to bring an impersonal war back home. Western Nevada College is making a national effort to help us remember those heroes.

Brush fire on Highway 50 up Spooner knocked down; fire investigators called
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 9:27am

9:48AM: Firefighters report the brush fire on Spooner/Highway 50 near the runaway truck ramp has been knocked down. The fire was reported to be 100-feet by 100-feet in size.

Traffic in the number one and two lanes of Highway 50/Spooner had been halted as firefighters responded. An investigations team has been ordered to find out the fire's origin. The westbound lanes were opened as of 9:51 a.m.

Lawmakers seek to reduce Nevada's VA claim backlog
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 9:19am

U.S. Senators Harry Reid and Dean Heller joined representatives of Nevada's delegation of U.S. House of Representatives — Joe Heck (NV-03), Dina Titus (NV-01), and Steven Horsford (NV-04) — in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Under Secretary for Benefits Allison Hickey and Reno VA Regional Office Director Edward Russell, offering help in addressing Nevada’s backlog of VA claims.

Watch it Live: Carson City Board of Supervisors
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 8:20am

The Carson City Board of Supervisors will meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight in the Sierra Room of the Community Center, 851 E. William Street. Representatives of downtown businesses have asked the Board of Supervisors to consider a proposal to stripe Carson Street to provide additional parking for downtown businesses and create a safer pedestrian environment.

Outdoors with Don Q: Saturday, April 27 is the 2013 California Opener
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 7:42am

This is my annual reminder that it’s almost time to have fun fishing in the High Sierras once again.
On Saturday, April 27 the 2013 fishing season will open for all applicable lakes, reservoirs, streams, creeks and rivers in the State of California.

That season will then remain open until Friday, Nov. 15.

If you’re new to this area, here’s some information that can be useful if you would like to fish on that Opening Day or the entire Opening Weekend: 
Some of the nearby streams, creeks and rivers that will open:

Earth Week lectures at Western Nevada College to highlight global warming, Lake Tahoe geology
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 6:52am

Earth and science will be in the spotlight at Western Nevada College next week with two free lectures in Carson City that will feature discussions on global warming and the geologic history of Lake Tahoe. The events highlight a series of activities during Earth Week, April 22-27.

'Always Lost: A Meditation on War' exhibit honored at Nevada Legislature
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 5:52am

“Always Lost: A Meditation on War” has returned home to Carson City and was given full honors Wednesday at the Nevada Legislature.

Western Nevada College’s acclaimed creative writing/photographic exhibition about the costs of war will be on display in the Nevada Legislative Building’s second-floor atrium weekdays through May 3.

Authorities search for man driving dark mini-van who approached boy walking to school
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 6:01pm

A young boy walking to Seeliger Elementary School in Carson City was approached by a man Wednesday morning who was driving an older-model mini-van, now being sought after by authorities.

The juvenile was walking north on Saliman Road Wednesday morning and was approached by the man at around 8:05 a.m., between Kingsley Lane and Sonoma Street, said Sgt. Earl Mays.

Carson City sheriff's patrol officers are looking for a dark or navy blue minivan and the driver, described as a white male in his mid 30s with short dark hair and sideburns.

Carson City man jailed on felony domestic battery charge
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 12:15pm

A 47-year-old Carson City man faces a felony domestic battery with strangulation charge after he was jailed Tuesday. Richard Scott Morris was arrested at 6:27 p.m. in the 800 block of North Carson Street. According to the booking report, officers were dispatched to a residence for a reported domestic battery.

On arrival officers met with the victim who told them that Morris had physically battered and strangled her with his hands. Officers observed numerous injuries to the victim's face and neck, the arrest report states.

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