Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 8:51am
Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of Dec. 19.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 7:58am
Carson City School District Superintendent Richard Stokes issued a 1 minute 47 second audio statement to parents Tuesday night via email providing an update on school safety measures, including safety drills, being taken within the district.
Working in conjunction with the Carson City Sheriff's Office, there will be added police presence at all the schools leading up to Christmas break, Stokes said. Deputies will be patrolling parking lots and side streets "in show of both strength and support."
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 7:33am
Café at Adele’s in Carson City hosts a Rockin’ Apocalypse Party, Friday with live music by The Mighty Surf Lords.
“Someone posted a picture of a bunch of alpacas in a field with a message about celebrating the ‘Alpacalypse’ and I thought, ‘Well maybe we should,’” said Charlie Abowd, Café at Adele’s chef and co-owner. “There has been a lot of stress and heartbreak this year and it is healthy at times to come together with good music and community to celebrate our blessings rather than continuing the fear.”
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 7:13am
In one haunting sentence — “I am Adam Lanza’s mother” — Liza Long sent out a call for help for the countless parents across the country who are struggling with children suffering from mental illnesses that sometimes make them violent and threatening.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 7:09am
When Gov. Brian Sando val's staff started placing pins in the map of every Nevada town he has visited since he first started campaigning, they underestimated the amount of pins they would need.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 7:06am
Carson City's self-styled cure for Bad Santa syndrome is about to succumb despite more than a half century of selling sparkly stuff instead of pajamas or small appliances.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 7:03am
A 52-year-old Carson City man faces a gross misdemeanor charge of violating a restraining order after a complaint from a woman concerned about her 14-year-old daughter whom the man had made frequent attempts at contacting, authorities report.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 6:08pm
Walter Samaszko Jr. was a loner whose death went largely unnoticed. That all changed when a crew sent to clean out his house found a fortune stashed away in the garage of his modest ranch-style home.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 5:30pm
UPDATE 4:51 PM: Firefighters said the electrical fire inside a Winnie Lane home was found smoldering in the attic area of a master bedroom. Additional fire units called earlier are standing down.
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Carson City firefighters responded shortly before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday to a structure fire in the 1800 block of North Winnie Lane. Traffic control measures were put into place at 4:40 p.m. on both the north and south ends of Winnie.
Firefighters report via dispatch that they plan to make entrance into the home to ascertain how serious it is.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 4:11pm
CARSON CITY – As Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., prepared today to attend another briefing with his House Republican colleagues on the latest “fiscal cliff” negotiations, he said that he would consider tax hikes on the wealthiest Americans to reduce the deficit, but not to fund increased government spending.
