Sunday, October 7, 2012 - 9:42pm
The Veterans Administration will host an outreach event and barbecue for local veterans and their families from 2-6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 10, at the Western Nevada College Carson City campus, 2201 West College Parkway.
Sunday, October 7, 2012 - 9:17pm
Faced with rising costs, Gov. Brian Sandoval is backing off his promise to undo pay cuts imposed on state employees last year.
Sunday, October 7, 2012 - 2:47pm
A bicyclist was being treated this afternoon after he wrecked in the 1500 block of Carson Street in Carson City.
The 49-year-old male bicyclist, who was reported to be unconscious moments after he was hit, was reported to be breathing and conscious by the time Carson City paramedics arrived.
EMT personnel from the Carson City Fire Department were treating the man in the crosswalk area. The accident, called into dispatch at 3:39pm, was initially thought to be a vehicle accident involving a bicyclist across from Adams and Long streets.
Sunday, October 7, 2012 - 12:00pm
A Carson City woman died on Saturday in a single vehicle rollover accident on State Route 207 in Douglas County, the Nevada Highway Patrol reports.
Lynette Lucille Cieri, 63, died of injuries sustained in the accident. She was not wearing a seat belt.
Saturday, October 6, 2012 - 11:33pm
Here is the Carson City road construction and maintenance report for the week of October 8-14. There will be lane closures in both directions on Carson Street due to maintenance between Musser Street and Seventh Street on Monday, Oct. 8, and Tuesday, Oct. 9.
Saturday, October 6, 2012 - 10:53am
Rural Development, one of the seven mission areas of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), this week announced it has spent more than $240 million in rural Nevada communities during FY 2012. Expenditures support affordable housing for low-income families, small business ventures and infrastructure improvements such as community buildings, emergency response equipment and utility systems.
USDA Rural Development State Director Sarah Adler announced the spending
Saturday, October 6, 2012 - 10:19am
Whether they come hot, mild or fire, there's plenty of heat to be found this early fall weekend in Carson City. The Ultimate Wing Wars, a chicken wing cook-off event at the Best Western Carson Station Hotel Casino in Carson City, continues through Sunday.
This second annual event was organized by W.R. “Willie” Davison the self-proclaimed “Chicken Wing King.” The festival features the region’s best bars, restaurants and catering groups who are dishing up their sauced-up wings to the public and are fighting for bragging rights as to who has the best wings.
Saturday, October 6, 2012 - 8:24am
Today, Saturday, is the last day to register to vote either online, mail-in, by field deputy or party registrations.
All Nevada residents who plan to register to vote or update their voter profiles online at www.registertovotenv.gov must complete the process before 8 p.m. on Saturday.
Voters can register today, Saturday, by 4:30 p.m. at the Clerk-Recorders office, 885 E. Musser Street, Suite 1025 in Carson City.
Saturday, October 6, 2012 - 8:05am
Michon Mackedon, challenger to incumbent Ron Knecht for the Dist rict 9 board of regents seat, called the proposed funding model the No. 1 problem facing higher education.
“It would be absolutely devastating to Nevada,” she said during the candidate forum sponsored by the Associated Students of Western Nevada College on Friday. “It would change the landscape of rural community college delivery.”
Friday, October 5, 2012 - 3:54pm
Food For Thought, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing healthy food to hungry children in Carson City, Silver Springs and parts of Douglas County, has moved its headquarters and will hold an open house to show off its new digs.
Food for Thought's Grand Re-Opening will be on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 5:30-7 p.m. at the NorthTown Plaza, 3246 North Carson Street, Suite 118 in Carson City.
