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Fishing report through Dec. 27

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 8:49am

Here is this week's fishing report for the week of Dec. 21 through Dec. 27. This report covers rivers, streams and lakes in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon.

Outdoors with Don Q: Topaz Lake to open to fishing on New Years Day

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 8:33am

This is my annual pre-Christmas reminder that Topaz Lake, located along U.S. 395 at the Nevada-California state line, will open its 2012 fishing season, one half hour before sunrise, on January 1. If the weather is decent, if you don't have a massive hang-over, if you like to fish and if you don't have anything else planned, this could be a fun way to start the New Year.

Carson City Sunrise

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 11:07am

Crime Log: Carson City man arrested for felony warrant out of California

Monday, December 19, 2011 - 1:46pm

It was a relatively quiet weekend for crime in Carson City, with only one felony arrest.

Joel David Germain, 42, of Carson City, was arrested early Sunday morning in the 700 block of Hot Springs Road on a felony warrant out of California, and for failing to register as an ex-felon, a misdemeanor. He was held without bail.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies also arrested three persons for first offense driving under the influence, in three separate incidents.

Remembering the fallen, and moving on

Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 11:22am

Echos of gunshots from Eduardo Sencion had barely subsided when the chatter began that the Carson City IHOP would never open again, forever tarnished by a gunman's murderous rampage.

But this week the IHOP did reopen, with the governor, mayor and sheriff in attendance to reassure residents that we will not let the acts of a madman control our lives, that we can put this tragic episode behind us.

Ceremony marks opening of Greenhouse Project

Friday, December 16, 2011 - 11:04pm

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Red Hut Resturant Opens in Carson City

Friday, December 16, 2011 - 8:35pm

The new Red Hut is now open on South Carson Stret, in the old Woody's diner location. The original Red Hut opened in South Lake Tahoe in 1959. They have since added three more locations on the South Shore, and this is their fire restaurant outside of Tahoe.

"The Red Hut Cafe offers its Carson Valley clientele the same menu and hospitality that made the small family operated restaurant chain a living legend at Lake Tahoe for over 50 years," according to the restaurant's website.

Man allegedly steals donuts and taquitos, runs, gets tased

Friday, December 16, 2011 - 11:19am

At approximately 2 a.m. Friday, a Carson City Sherrif's deputy was dispatched to attend to a report of larceny, with the subjects - an 18-year-old Carson City man and a 25-year-old Carson City architecht - last seen heading east toward the north Wal-Mart on Market Street.

When the deputy arrived he sighted two men matching the description of the two larceny suspects sharing a large beer outside the west entrance of Wal-Mart. When the deputy stopped to ask the men what they were doing, the younger of the two attempted to escape.

Nevada Attorney General sues firm for alleged 'robo-signing' mortgage documents

Friday, December 16, 2011 - 11:15am

Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced today a lawsuit against Lender Processing Services, Inc., DOCX, LLC, LPS Default Solutions, Inc. and other subsidiaries of LPS (collectively known “LPS”) for engaging in deceptive practices against Nevada consumers.

Carson City free daily news summary for Dec. 16

Friday, December 16, 2011 - 8:10am

The state's Interim Finance Committee questioned Corrections Director Greg Cox over contradictory plans for running the license plate shop at the Nevada State Prison once the facility closes down. The original plan was for the shop to stay where it is and be run by minimum security inmates. But Cox had also been looking at moving the plant to either the Northern Nevada Correctional Center on the south side of Carson City, or to High Desert State Prison near Las Vegas. He said they didn't currently have the money to make that move.

The IFC also got the final $521,904 bill for the special election to fill Nevada's Second Congressional District seat after Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed Dean Heller to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by John Ensign.

The IFC also approved funding for 20 of the 30 new positions for the Department of Motor Vehicles approved by the 2011 Legislature. The new positions are supposed to help cut the wait time at DMV offices, which have increased since 85 positions were eliminated due to budget cuts.

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A coalition of organizations is urging the Attorney General's office to reject a multi-state settlement with the banking industry over allegations of widespread falsifying loan documents and other wrongdoing in the wake of the mortgage foreclosure crisis. New York and California have already signaled that they will not sign onto the agreement, and the Attorneys General of Nevada and California recently announced that they will work together to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by the banks.