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Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 5:32pm

By Andrew Barbano
The 52nd Annual Virginia City International Camel Races will trudge and trample the Silverland Arena Sept. 9 through 11 in the heart of the fabled Comstock Lode.
Camel jockeys from as far away as sister city Alice Springs, Australia, are expected, along with local lovers of ostrich feathers and dromedary sweat.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 5:04pm

By Kristi Boosman
LAKE TAHOE — A federal judge has dismissed a suit against the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Sierra Colina project that was brought on by the League to Save Lake Tahoe.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 5:45am

School just started and every Republican state lawmaker has already received a failing grade from Nevada’s teachers’ union.
The Nevada State Education Association (NSEA) has released its 2011 legislative session report card and the 16 Assembly and 11 Senate Republicans all earned an F, according to the statewide association.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 4:00am

A bandit cut through a wall at the Carson City Library and made off with donations and change Saturday night.According to the Carson City Sheriff's Office report, an intrusion alarm sounded at t...

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 4:00am

Buoyed by double-digit performances in its three largest sales tax categories, Carson City's June taxable sales finished the fiscal year 8.3 percent ahead of fiscal 2010.June numbers alone were up ...

Monday, August 29, 2011 - 9:36pm

RENO- Aces are one win away from punching their first ticket ever into the Pacific Coast League Playoffs. The Fresno Grizzlies come into town for a four game series. With Reno having a seven game lead over second place Tacoma and only eight games left to play, the Aces have all but wrapped up their spot in the playoffs. All it would take is an Aces win or a Tacoma loss.

Well, it happened, the Aces beat the Grizzles 5-2 on Monday night for their first ever playoff berth.

Monday, August 29, 2011 - 5:29pm

A Carson City man was arrested early Saturday morning after he allegedly had a juvenile female in his vehicle hide 22 grams of methamphetamine in her bra.

According to the arrest report, deputies were in the Carson River Road area checking out a report of a possible homicide. A woman reported that she and her friend were hitchhiking, and ended up at an abandoned house in the area with two male subjects. The woman said she ran away after hearing a gunshot, fearing that her friend had been killed.

Monday, August 29, 2011 - 2:36pm

William Kelly Jones, 54, was arrested Friday evening after employees at Western Nevada College reported that they saw the suspect viewing what looked like child pornography on one of the library's public access computers, Carson City authorities report.

Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 4:01am

Long before he was a decorated fighter pilot, a five-term member of Congress or a governor of Nevada, Jim Gibbons worked in the early 1970s as an exploration geologist.And like many young geologist...

Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 4:01am

In the wake of complaints about Carson City's tourism bureau by some hotel and motel operators, others have come to the agency's defense, saying it is not only responsive but on the right track in ...