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2011 Public Employee Salary Data Shows Nearly 1,000 Workers In The $200K Club
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 2:00am

CARSON CITY – Nearly 1,000 state and local government workers, many of them firefighters and police, make over $200,000 a year when all pay and benefits are counted, according to a 2011 pay analysis published today by the Nevada Policy Research Institute.

Fishing report for the week of April 4
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 5:35pm

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon. This report is for the week of April 4.

Solar Project No Short-Term Energy Panacea For Nevada Office Of Military
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 3:51pm

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s Office of the Military figured it would be money ahead after entering into a contract with a firm to build solar panels on three of its sites around the state to supply it with electricity.

But today officials with the office won approval from the state Board of Examiners to seek $46,284 from a legislative contingency fund to pay excess utility costs. The reason is because the solar energy being provided under the contract is costing the agency more than if it purchased electricity directly from NV Energy.

Law Enforcement Memorial ceremony to be held May 3
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 3:15pm

Feel free to download the press release below.

The annual Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Ceremony will be held at noon May 3, 2012, at the Nevada State Capitol. The ceremony will honor the 120 peace officers who have been killed in the line of duty in Nevada.

Three officers have been killed in the line of duty over the last year: Deputy Sheriff Jack D. London, Clark County Sheriff's Office; Special Agent Don C. Ware, US DEA, Las Vegas; and Correctional Officer Tracy A. Hardin, Nevada Department of Corrections.

The Annual Nevada Law Enforcement Memorial Run will begin on April 26.

Crime Log: woman transferred to Carson City jail on numerous felony allegations
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 3:07pm

Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested the following individuals for felony allegations:

  • Charity Michael Rife, 35, a Sparks woman, was transferred to the Carson City Detention Facility from the Northern Nevada Correctional Facility on the following warrants out of Carson City: obtaining and using a false ID to avoid imprisonment; theft; burglary (two counts; uttering forged instruments (three counts); and theft from $250 - $2,500 (two counts). Bail is set at $50,000.

Carson Freeway Dispute That Has Cost Nevada Nearly $6 Million In Legal Fees Settled For $13.6 Million
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 1:23pm

CARSON CITY – A lengthy legal dispute with the contractor who built the first phase of the Carson City freeway bypass was settled today for about $13.6 million by the Board of Examiners.

With $5.9 million in additional legal costs incurred by the state Department of Transportation to defend itself from the lawsuit filed by Ames Construction in 2008, the total cost to resolve the matter is $19.5 million.

Crime Log: Carson City man arrested for sexual assault on a minor
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 3:42pm

Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested the following individuals on felony or gross misdemeanor allegations over the weekend:

  • Michael Eric Irwin, 26, a Carson City resident, was transported to the Carson City Detention Facility for allegations of lewdness with a child under 14, and two allegations of sexual assault of a child under 14. Irwin was arrested in Washoe County and transported to the CCDF at approximately 9:30 Friday evening. A warrant for Irwin's arrest was issued on March 26, 2012 by the Carson City Justice Court. Bail is set at $150,000.

Nevada Traffic Fatalities Rise in First Quarter of 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 3:08pm

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Departments of Public Safety and Transportation are reminding motorists to always drive safely after Nevada traffic fatalities rose by nearly a third in the first three months of 2012 compared to the same time last year.

Preliminary numbers show that 57 traffic fatalities occurred on Nevada roads in the first quarter of 2012, an increase of 11 deaths over the same time last year.

South Lake Tahoe authorities make arrest in 31-year murder case of Richard Swanson
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 1:51pm

A Carmichael, Calif., man has been arrested in the 31-year-old murder case of Richard Swanson, South Lake Tahoe police report.
On March 28, 2012 Andrew Sanford, 50, of Carmichael, was arrested and booked in the Sacramento County Jail for the murder of Richard Swanson. The robbery/homicide occurred on Aug. 14, 1980 in South Lake Tahoe at what was then the Shell Gas Station located at the “Y” on the corner of Lake Tahoe Blvd and Emerald Bay Road.

Another lunchtime distraction
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 12:00pm

A man, a plan, a bathtub:

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