Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 10:59am
CONWAY, ARK. — A former Carson City emergency room doctor accused in a 2002 double slaying has been found mentally competent to stand trial for murder in January in Conway.
Richard Conte, 62, a former physician who lived in Douglas County, was charged in 2011 with capital murder for the execution-style slayings of businessman Carter Elliott, 49, and Timothy Wayne Robertson, 25.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 8:58am
A former Carson High School teacher faces charges of having sexual conduct with a student and the Carson City District Attorney's Office has issued a warrant for her arrest.
Jennifer Dalton, 35, quit the school district in November 2011 for personal reasons and has been on administrative pay since Sept. 1, 2011, Carson City School District Superintendent Richard Stokes told the Nevada Appeal.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 7:55am
Comedienne Paula Poundstone has canceled her Friday appearance in Carson City due to a family emergency. Friends of the Carson Ciy Library President Phyllis Patton said tickets will be refunded and more information will be made available soon.
The show will be scheduled at a later date, Patton said. Ticket sales had started out slow but began to pick up this week, she said.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 11:51am
A Carson City woman faces felony embezzlement charges after allegedly stealing an estimated $140,000 as office manager of CINC Industries, an environmental engineering company formerly owned by actor Kevin Costner.
Barbara Jean Larson, 56, was arrested October 9 and faces felony charges of obtaining money by false pretenses, uttering a forged instrument and embezzlement. She is due in Carson City Justice Court on Nov. 6. The woman admitted to stealing and told investigators that she has a gambling problem.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 9:56am
CARSON CITY – A Carson City District Judge today ruled an initiative petition being circulated by teachers to levy a 2 percent tax on companies making gross revenues in excess of $1 million a year to raise money to support public education is invalid.
In his ruling, Judge James Wilson found that the description of effect used to explain to voters the intent of the petition is incomplete.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 9:19am
In partnership with Nevada Volunteers, Nevada Health Centers invites patients to enter to win a Nintendo Wii as part of “National Make a Difference Day.”
Happy, Healthy Halloween will be on Friday, October 26 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The community is encouraged to come in to Sierra Nevada Health Center to enter the drawing for the Nintendo Wii, pick-up healthy eating habits literature and healthy snacks. Nevada Health Centers promotes living an active lifestyle to improve overall health and to decrease obesity.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 6:48am
The first significant snowfall of the season for the Sierra that began Monday and moved in as rain into Western Nevada valleys overnight is causing travel delays over Lake Tahoe mountain roads. A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for Lake Tahoe until 11 a.m. Tuesday. Go here for the latest travel information. For Carson City area weather go to www.CarsonWeather.com.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 6:42am
When Nevada Day rolls around, and the parade rolls through town, the fair rolls in, although not to stay. The Retired and Senior Vol unteer Program will be bringing in the fair to Mills Park for the 27th time starting Thursday.
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 4:39pm
Krys Bart’s retirement as president/CEO of the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority is still a year away, but the process of finding her replacement has begun.
The authority’s board of directors is looking to hire a search firm to come up with candidates for the position Bart has held for the past 14 years and whose three-year contract expires in December 2013.
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 12:49pm
I agree with the message different authorities are trying to send with sports, but some are doing it in the wrong way. You cannot erase accomplishments no matter how they were obtained. You cannot erase what actually happened. I do not agree with erasing the books, in any sport, at any level.
