Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 4:20pm
CARSON CITY – The Nevada Legislature’s representatives at the state Homeland Security Commission meetings have been no shows this year, and the lack of participation is being cited as a concern by members of the panel, including Gov. Brian Sandoval.
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 4:00am
RENO - Republican congressional candidate Mark Amodei and Democrat Kate Marshall traded jabs Wednesday over taxes, Medicare and how best to create jobs in the first debate before Nevada's Sept. 13 ...
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 4:00am
A Carson City woman was injured Tuesday evening in a three-vehicle accident at William and Roop streets. According to Carson City Sheriff's Deputy Brian Mendoza, Barron Lauderbaugh, 48, of Carson C...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 10:54pm
RENO – The two major party candidates running in the 2nd Congressional District special election to replace Dean Heller stuck to their talking points in a tame hour-long debate here today.
But the verbal jousting in front of about 150 people at the California Building in Idlewild Park still managed to illustrate the contrasts between Republican Mark Amodei and Democrat Kate Marshall.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 2:27pm
With back-to-school buying stagnant but an uptick in sales expected this holiday season, the Retail Association of Nevada (RAN) is forecasting a mixed outlook for the state’s retailers.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 4:01am
Three juveniles were arrested Sunday after allegedly breaking solar panels at Seeliger Elementary School.The mother of a 12-year-old brought her son to the Sheriff's Office to tell deputies he h...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 9:57pm
CARSON CITY, Nev. — This is a reminder that if you enjoy fishing the waters of the State of Nevada, you might be interested in entering the 2011 Ormsby Sportsmen's Association annual fishing contest.
The contest is open to only OSA club members, it is still open and it will run until Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 24). It's inexpensive and if you're interested, here is some information:
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 9:46pm
Carson City firefighters put out a fire burning under and inside a mobile home this evening at the Seven Star Mobile Home Park on Koontz Lane.
The owner, Norman Leblanc, said he had been burning weeds outside his home earlier, and thought he had extinguished the fire, but evidently had not. The fire was able to get under the trailer and spread into the walls from there.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 2:41pm
Here's a list of coming Jazz! Carson City events schedule for Tuesday and Wednesday. For details and maps, see jazzcarsoncity.com.
Tuesday
Jazz from 6 to 8 p.m. at Carson Plaza Senior Living, 2120 E. Long St., features performances by Judith Ames and friends. Song stylist Judith Ames has been singing jazz and Latin tunes in multiple languages around the area for the past six years. She will be joined by two fabulous musicians - Rocky Tatarelli, on tenor sax, and Paul January on keys.
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 5:25pm
By Mike Wolterbeek
A new invasive species has been identified at Lake Tahoe, and it’s likely to be the most aggressive fish to ply the waters of the mile-high lake.
“In our work to remove warm-water fish from Lake Tahoe, we’ve discovered smallmouth bass, a much more ferocious predator than other species known to have invaded the lake,” Sudeep Chandra, limnologist at the University of Nevada, Reno said. The removal work is being coordinated by the California Department of Fish and Game as part of the Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Program and funded in part by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
