Some Nevada hospitals are backing a Democratic plan for a new business tax as an alternative to Medicaid cuts they say have left their profession "in critical condition."Sunrise Health System Pr...

Last week, I wrote about all kinds of interesting, geographic information about my home town of Carson City.
This week, I am writing about all kinds of interesting, geographic information about the United States.

The Clear Creek Bowmen, an archery organization in Carson City, held its fundraising archery shoot on Sunday, May 8 and took in about $1,000 in entry fees to fight cancer. Click to the PDF below for a complete list of winners.

Officials report that there were 67 shooters that participated in the fundraiser. The donation will be made to the Carson Advocates for Cancer Care.

This is a reminder that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District-Sierra Front Field Office, in coordination with Storey County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), seeks public review and comment on the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Virginia City and Gold Hill Wastewater System Improvements (Project).

By the California Department of Fish and Game
An abalone poacher and restaurant owner have both been convicted and fined for engaging in the illegal sale of sport-caught abalone.

Two state agencies, the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and California State Parks (CSP), worked together with the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office to investigate the case and aggressively prosecute the crimes.

By the Nevada Department of Wildlife
The Nevada Department of Wildlife is offering a two-day still water beginning spin fishing clinic on May 20 and 21. The Friday evening session will take place at the Verdi Elementary School from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
This session will cover rod and reel selection, casting, line selection, basic knots and rigging for lure, bait and fly fishing with spinning gear.

By the Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association

About 60 tents were pitched outside the Nevada Legislature on Tuesday to protest Gov. Brian Sandoval's budget. The protesters include a mix of students, public union employees and Democratic lawmak...

CARSON CITY — Since the governor did not like their last redistricting plan, Democrats are trying again with revisions to their redistricting maps.
Gov. Brian Sandoval earlier vetoed the Democratic plan for the boundaries of political districts, which must be redrawn every 10 years according to U.S. Census demographic data.

CARSON CITY – A proposal by Gov. Brian Sandoval to transfer the state share of operating the mental health courts to the counties was rejected by Democrat lawmakers today, creating another $6 million hole in the upcoming two-year budget that starts July 1.
The party-line vote by members of the Assembly Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees came after repeated testimony from advocates for the courts since the session began that they would close without continued state support because of fiscal problems facing the counties.

Blong "Lue" Vang, the Carson City teen who went missing on April 29, has been found in Toledo, Ohio, his father Neng Vang said Tuesday. Vang, 38, said his son was picked up by the "authorities" ...

Lue Vang, a Carson City teen who has been missing since April 29, has been found safe in Toledo, Ohio.

Attorney Day Williams, who represents Lue's mother Yer Her, said she is in Toledo where her son is in a crisis center, and the two will be flying home today.

According to Williams, Yer Her said that Carson City Sheriff's Deputy Jessica Rivera "ultimately pulled thing through for us. She coordinated the whole thing."

The family appreciates the outpouring of community support for them.

I have always known Harold Jacobsen as two-term Carson City mayor, three-term University of Nevada regent, father of five daughters and friend.I just finished reading his memoir, titled "There A...

Retired teachers and administrators joined current Carson High School staff and other community members Monday at a fundraiser luncheon for Linda Peton, a teacher's aide in need of a heart trans...

Carson City Sheriff deputies found more than 5 pounds of marijuana during a Friday traffic stop. Two men were traveling eastbound on Highway 50 West in a rental car from California when deputies...

Gov. Brian Sandoval Monday vetoed the bill funding K-12 education for the next two years because of the funding Democrats added back into those budgets."I veto and return this bill because it incre...

A joint session of the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means committees Monday decided the governor's cuts to the Division of Parole and Probation went too far.With Republicans opposed, the ma...

You have spent a lifetime and years of hard work to have an estate to pass along to your family someday. It makes sense to carefully choose the right person (firm) to handle your estate as executor...

It's time for my yearly rant at the high school track coaches in Northern Nevada. These guys need to wake up and smell the coffee.My gripe is the way the 4A runs its regional meet. In the 4A, the t...

Join the Carson City Chamber of Commerce for the grand opening and ribbon cutting at D & S Tow, Inc., beginning at 5:30 p.m. today at its facility, 3051 Deer Run Road.
Chamber members are encouraged to join in to welcome D & S Tow, Inc., with its grand opening. Tri-tip on the barbecue with all the fixins' served. Check them out at www.dstow.com. Call (775) 358-7779. Click here for the latest Carson City Chamber of Commerce news and events.

By Claudene Wharton

CARSON CITY – Memo to Nevada lawmakers: If you don’t finish up your work on June 6 as the constitution requires, don’t expect Gov. Brian Sandoval to call you back to work right away in a special session.

Five people were injured in an accident that occurred at approximately 1 p.m. at Highway 395 and Jacks Valley Road. Three of those injured were taken by Care Flight to Renown Medical Center in Reno, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

Southbound traffic on South Carson Street was backed up all the way to Colorado Street as of 4:15 p.m. The backstreets are also filling up as people search for a way around the blockage caused by the accident.

The Nevada Appeal reports that two people have been airlifted by medical ambulance following an accident involving a semi, dump truck and an SUV on Highway 395 and Jacks Valley Road at about 1 this afternoon.