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Bill would protect Nevada employees' personal online data
Saturday, March 9, 2013 - 12:40pm

Members of the Nevada Assembly heard the case Friday for barring employers from requesting private access to most current and prospective employees’ online accounts and credit history reports.

Fine-tuning for Carson food-permit fee, inspection plans
Saturday, March 9, 2013 - 12:34pm

Now that the city has received public input, some fine-tuning is expected in internal policies dealing with proposed ordinances regarding food-permit fees and inspections, according to a Carson City division manager.

Legislative leaders light a fire on taxing Burning Man
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 4:32pm

CARSON CITY — Each year, Burning Man draws 60,000 people to the Black Rock Desert north of Reno to participate in a weeklong counterculture art festival.
Admittance to the bohemia isn’t free, though. You need to buy a $380 ticket. Now, some Democratic legislative leaders are looking at the ticket proceeds and wondering why the state doesn’t get a cut.

Dick Campagni and Carson City Toyota Scion to match donations to Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 4:19pm

Dick Campagni and Carson City Toyota Scion is challenging the Carson City community to help the Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Nevada. Carson City Toyota Scion will match all donations made to the Boys & Girls Club up to $10,000.

You can donate at www.bgcwn.org or at Boys & Girls Club of Carson City or mail your donations to 1870 Russell Way, Carson City, Nev., 89706. Call (775) 882-8211.

Carson City restaurant and food inspection report
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 2:11pm

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division.
This week's inspection includes a coffee house; meat and deli departments at a grocery store; four school cafeterias, a convenience store and three restaurants. See the full report below.

Public invited to attend ceremony and ‘social’ honoring Vietnam Veterans Day

Friday, March 8, 2013 - 11:47am

The Carson City Chapter 388 of the Vietnam Veterans of America will mark Vietnam Veterans Day in a short ceremony and social gathering on Saturday, March 30, 2013.

The short ceremony will be held at the Vietnam Memorial, located in Mills Park in Carson City, NV in the southeast corner of the park at 5 PM. (The park may be accessed from either Saliman Road across from Carson High School).

After the ceremony, a “Welcome Home” social will be held at the High Sierra Brewery Company, located at 302 North Carson Street at 5:30 PM. No Host Bar, free appetizers, and good cheer.

Gaming profits down statewide, Carson City in January

Friday, March 8, 2013 - 11:18am

After a fairly prosperous holiday season for Nevada casinos, statewide gaming profits trended down the first month of 2013 compared with January 2012 figures, the state's Gaming Control Board reports.

Woman jailed for giving officers a fake name to avoid arrest

Friday, March 8, 2013 - 3:40am

A 44-year-old Chester, Calif., woman was arrested and faces a felony charge of giving Carson City officers false identification to avoid prosecution after being stopped in a vehicle in which the driver was seen throwing something out the window.

Nevada bill would fine teens for smoking
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 1:03am

If it’s against the law for Nevada youth to buy cigarettes, it should also be a crime for them to use it, a state senator said Thursday in presenting a bill to make it illegal for anyone under 18 to use tobacco.

Signups continue through April 2 for Carson City Citizens Fire Academy
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 1:00am

UPDATED: The Carson City Fire Department is offering a free 9-week program designed to give an overview of department and emergency operations, public safety dispatch and other services.

The academy is ideal for those wanting to know how emergency calls are dispatched; Why an engine will respond with an ambulance on medical emergencies and how to make homes or businesses safe.

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