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Douglas County, Nevada Highway Patrol to step up traffic enforcement after fatal accidents

Monday, August 1, 2011 - 3:30pm

By Sgt. Jim Halsey
Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies and Nevada Highway Patrol troopers will be stepping up traffic enforcement on major highways and state routes throughout the county. With the recent increase in fatal traffic accidents on major highways and state routes in and around Douglas County, Major Brian Sanchez of the Nevada Highway Patrol has allocated additional personnel and resources to the area in an effort to address the problem.

Tahoe group views donor's violations as serious

Monday, August 1, 2011 - 4:00am

RENO (AP) - Lake Tahoe's leading conservation organization says it regards environmental violations that took place at the site of its annual fundraiser as "a very serious matter." League to Save L...

Carson City Board of Supervisors consider rate, fee hikes

Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 4:01am

When they meet Thursday, members of the Carson City Board of Supervisors will take on a number of proposed rate hikes which are needed to pay for utility projects and offset the cost of services pa...

Evacuations lifted from wildfire in Geiger Grade area

Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 4:01am

An evacuation order was lifted at 10 p.m. Saturday for home owners near Geiger Grade (Nevada State Route 341) in Storey County after a wildfire burned more than 500 acres, according to Mark Stru...

Jazz! Carson City fires up with Clooney tribute, ice cream social

Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 8:26pm

A tribute to Rosemary Clooney and an ice cream social with live music will kick off a month-jazz extravaganza for the 8th annual Jazz! Carson City Music Festival.

Linda Merrell will perform a jazz tribute to Rosemary Clooney on Sunday, July 31, from 2:30-3:30 p.m. at Sierra Place Senior Living, 1111 W. College Parkway in Carson City.

Carson City Needs to Bring Back Race Track

Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 7:06pm

Carson City needs to bring back the race track, plain and simple. Since it has been torn down, the land has been nothing but be a haven for crime activity, sounds like a great trade-off to me. I think it was absurd for the race track to be taken in the first place. Saturday night racing became a summer tradition in Carson City.

Geiger Grade fire grows to more than 500 acres, evacuations continue

Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 5:49pm

A fire burning near the border of Storey and Washoe counties in the Geiger Grade area has swelled to more than 500 acres, according to the latest report from Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center.
The Bain Street Fire is burning on Nevada Division of Forestry land and has not, at the time, burned any structures, the agency says.

California woman dies in hit and run accident at Lake Tahoe casino district

Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 3:26pm

A 60-year-old California woman was killed in a crosswalk in the Stateline, Lake Tahoe casino district early Saturday morning, and a 36-year-old man faces felony DUI and possible vehicular manslaughter charges, the Nevada Highway Patrol reports.

Joan Marie Hamrick of Valley Springs, Calif., died from injuries after being hit on Highway 50 in the casino district by a truck at 1:17 a.m. that was driven by David Ray Stephenson, 36, of Discovery Bay, Calif., said Trooper Daniel Lopez. Hamrick was airlifted from Kahle Park to Renown Regional Medical Center where she died Saturday.

Debt Deadline: State moves to claim cash before Aug. 2

Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 4:01am

Director of Administration Jeff Mohlenkamp ordered state agencies this week to draw down all the federal funds they are entitled to in case the battle over the debt ceiling isn't resolved by Tuesda...

Rain helps control fire

Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 4:00am

Firefighters work in the rain to extinguish a fire near Territory Road in Storey County on Friday evening. As of 8:15 p.m. the fires in the county had mostly been put out, according to Storey Co...

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