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Carol A. Gardner, 67, passed away January 16, 2012, in Carson City, NV. Carol was born December 2, 1944 in Alberta, Canada to Clayton and Rita McGaw. She has been a resident of Minden, NV for t...

Charles E. Smith, 57, of Carson City passed away January 14, 2012. Funeral services will be at 12pm, Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at Calvary Chapel in Carson City. Visitation will be from 10am-12pm ...

Movie: A Joyful Noise

There are several things wrong with the music comedy "A Joyful Noise," now playing he Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City and elsewhere.

But those faults are outweighed by the music, a contemporary kind of gospel that moves nicely but lacks the true feeling of gospel singing. And the leads are just fine — Queen Latifah as Vi Rose Hill, Dolly Parton as G.G. Sparrow and the exuberant and lovely Keke Palmer as Vi's daughter Olivia.

Ducks down at the Carson River enjoying the water and apparently practicing their synchronized swimming routine...One of 'em is off his mark a bit though.

The unusual winter weather has been a boon for ice skaters. Here some skaters take to the ice on Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park. This area is normally under several feet of snow at this time of year and likely has never been conducive to ice skating. Hat tip to Sierra Foothills Report.

CARSON CITY – A conservative Nevada think tank today announced the second case taken on by its Center for Justice and Constitutional Litigation (CJCL), this one aimed at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for allegedly flooding a Pahrump church camp through negligent and illegal work on two streams.

Leave it to the Proscenium Players to stack the cards and place some outrageous bets beginning Friday, January 20. Celebrating their 47th season, the Carson City-based theater troupe will let the chips fall where they may during the murder mystery dinner “Dealt a Deadly Hand: Murder at the Carson City Casino Royale.” Check out the latest blog from the Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Performances are Friday’s and

Freshly fallen snow and cold temperatures made for challenging driving conditions this morning and caused several fender benders on Interstate 80 between the E. McCarran Blvd and Waltham Way interchanges, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

Normally a dusting of snow in my front yard would not merit a photo, but this has been anything but a normal winter. It's been two months since the last recorded trace of precipitation. Let's hope the storm forecast for later this week brings a lot more than this.

UPDATE: 9:15PM: A 23-year-old Bay Area man who died on Saturday after slipping on ice and plunging about 150 feet near Cascade Falls, has been identified by family members as Michael James Machell of El Cerrito, Calif.

The action-thriller "Contraband," now playing at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City, stars Mark Wahlberg as Chris Farraday, a reformed former ace smuggler living in New Orleans with with wife Kate (Kate Beckinsale) and two sons (largely ignored) making home burglar alarms as a business.

Then his brother-in-law Ben Foster (Sebastian Abney) screws up a drug deal and Chris has to step in to save him and his family from the drug boss Tim Briggs' (Giovanni Ribisi) murder threats.

A celebration of life for Don & Avis Dixon, owners of Dixon's Garage, will be held on Saturday, January 21, at 2pm in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center. Friends and colleagues are...

James, affectionately known as Jim, Jimmy, or Dad, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2012 at the young age of 53 after suffering complications following a stroke. He was born July 29, 1958 in Pho...

Steven John Hamm, 38, formerly of Carson City, passed away January 5, 2012, at his home in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Steven the son of Susan Jean Hamm was born January 27, 1973 in San Jose CA, a...

Bad luck for Carson on the Friday the 13th when they took on the McQueen High School Lancers. The Senators lost 52-32.

Friday the thirteenth is usually bad luck. But on this Friday night it was a game full of excitement. The Senators beat the Lancers of McQueen High School 42-39.

The operator of BlueGo, the South Lake Tahoe area public transportation system, has installed four new bus shelters and will put up three more in spring to provide riders safety, convenience and comfort.

Expected strong winds to arrive on Sunday has the U.S. Forest Service asking Lake Tahoe fire agencies to be on alert for forest fires in the basin.
The wind, combined with virtually no snow or rain since November, has already pushed the fire danger level back to high. The Forest Service urges the public to use caution with activities that could start a fire.

Little five year old Maddyson Palmer must undergo her third open heart surgery soon and she and her mom will have to travel to Las Vegas. Her Mom will also have to take time off work for travel, the surgery, and Maddyson's recovery time. They heed YOUR HELP!

TONIGHT - January 13, 2012, there will be a fundraiser at High Sierra Brewery in Carson City from 5 - 8 PM. A percentage of the sales will go toward their expenses and there will be raffles.

Please come by, show your support, and have fun.

LET'S MAKE THIS FRIDAY THE 13th A LUCKY DAY FOR MADDYSON!!

Bride and Grooms to-be tell the world their engaging engagement story for a chance to win a Lake Tahoe South weekend wedding complete with lodging for 30 guests, meals, lakefront ceremony and reception valued at more than $10,000.

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit has approved a project that will reduce wildfire risk to communities on Lake Tahoe's South Shore and restore the health of the area's forests. The South Shore Fuel Reduction and Healthy Forest Restoration Project will thin trees and brush on more than 10,000 acres of national forest system land from the Nevada state line to Cascade Lake.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested a 32-year-old woman at around noon Thursday for five instances of failure to prevent truance, five instances of interfering with pupil attendence at school, and five instances of attendence in public school requirement failures.

A school resource officer was contact by the principal of a local elementary school, who notified him of four children who had been missing from school since the beginning of November, coupled with several reports from a neighbor about children playing outside when they should be attending school.

Carson Performing Arts presents "Hiroshima: Crucible of Light" at the Carson Community Center. Showtime: Fri, Sat. 1/20-21 at 7:30 PM; Sundays 1/15,1/22 at 2 PM. A spectacularly artistic montage piece the likes of which Carson City does not see! Please support us!

For bad luck Friday the 13th news, let's start with the hundreds of down-on-their-luck kids who are enrolling in the Carson City School District's Students in Transition program for children without permanent homes. The director of the program, Peggy Sweetland, estimates there will be 650 kids who qualify this year. To quote the "newspaper": "That number is nearly triple the 333 students enrolled at the end of last year." (Don't be too hard on the reporter who wrote this. If journalists like us were any good at math, we would be working in jobs that paid a lot better than journalism.) The program runs on federal grants and donations. Those interested in contributing can call Sweetland at (775) 283-1537.

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The city's long-planned multi-use athletic center is scheduled to be completed by fall 2013, according to Parks and Rec Director Roger Moellendorf. The $5.8 million that will be used to build the 42,000 square foot facility behind the Western Nevada Boys and Girls Club on Russell Way comes from voter-approved Question 18 funds.

Have a fun Friday the 13th. Don't walk under any ladders.

Lowell Robert 'Bob' Gibson, 78, a 53 year resident of Carson City, died peacefully at home on January 3, 2012. He was born March 22, 1933 in Reno, Nevada, to Herbert and Matilda Gibson. Bob gra...

Gary Lee Newman passed away January 6, 2012, in Carson City, Nevada. Walton's Chapel of the Valley is in charge of final arrangements. 775-882-4965Copyright 2012 -. All rights reserved. This materi...

CARSON CITY – A computer glitch that caused some jobless benefit recipients to have their claims mistakenly rejected this week has been fixed, and claimants who had problems are encouraged to re-file using the state’s website.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors will be appointing new members of various committees and boards at it next meeting on Thursday, Jan. 19.

Those appointments include the city's Redevelopment Citizens' committee and the Parks and Recreation Commission.

Also on tap will be a performance review of City Manger Larry Werner, and approval of a $1,456,110 contract to install a solar power system at the city's wastewater treatment plant.

See the full agenda below:

CARSON CITY – A panel of key gaming figures and state officials will begin meeting next month to consider the impact of Internet gaming and other technological advances on Nevada’s major industry.

Gov. Brian Sandoval announced his five appointments to the Gaming Policy Committee yesterday. The full 11-member committee has not met since 1984. Sandoval will serve as chairman.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested Tammy Laurene Davis, 40, an unemployed Carson City woman, around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday near the 2600 block of College Parkway. Davis was arrested for two failure to appear warrants in her name - a felony out of Carson City and a misdemeanor out of Douglas County. No bail has been set.

Genoa Paracon 2012

Genoa Paracon 2012
In Historic Genoa, Nevada
Friday March 9, Saturday 10, Sunday 11

Come join Genoa Historic Ghost Tours & Thin Veil Investigators' first Paranormal Conference.

Situated in the historical town of Genoa, Nevada. Our Guest Speakers of Author - Richard Salva; Author - Janice Oberding; Writer and TVI member - Mark Sardari; Property Manager of the St. Mary's Hosptial In Virginia City -Angela Zelasko, Author, and TVI member - Sandie La Nae; Founder of GHGT and member of TVI - Kim Copel.

James F. Davis, 53, of Carson City, passed away January 8, 2012 in Reno. Capitol City Cremation & Burial. 775-882-1766Elvira Sanchez De Servin, 79, of Carson City, passed away January 8, 2012. Walt...

Marguerite 'Rita' Smith Blochowiak of Dayton NV, known locally as 'Margie B', passed from the arms of her family at home on January 5, 2012. She was within a stone's throw of her 95th birthday. Bo...

Cynthia passed away on January 1, 2012 at the age of 70 following her brave battle with lung cancer. The daughter of Merton "Doc" Mathews and Rachel Mathews, Cyndie is survived by her husband o...

The year of 2011 was anything but quiet for the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG).
Pesky bears, a roaming gray wolf, significant poaching arrests, tsunami relief work and dramatic wildlife rescues were among the stories that captured the public’s attention.
DFG also welcomed new Director Charlton H. Bonham, who was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in August.

The Nevada Department of Wildlife, along with state and federal agencies, will jointly host a stakeholder update and engagement session on issues related to the conservation and management of Sage-grouse.  
The meeting will be held January 18 at 2 p.m. in Carson City at the Nevada Legislative Building at 401 South Carson Street in room CC1214.
The meeting will be linked via video conference to Elko at Great Basin College located at 1500 College Parkway, High Tech Center, Room 121 and to Las Vegas at the Grant Sawyer Building on 555 East Washington Avenue, Room 4412E.

Winter is one of the best times to catch fish. Just because it's cold doesn't mean it's time to put your fishing gear away. In fact, if you put your gear away now, you might miss some of the best fishing of the year.
Catching bluegill through the ice is a fun thing to do in Utah in the winter.
That's right—those "crazy" people you see standing on the ice at waters across Utah aren't so crazy after all.
They know a layer of cold ice means hot fishing in the water under the ice.

Here is the fishing report through Jan. 17 for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon.

In the main photo, a solitary ice hut sits on the ice at Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada, just out of the City of Watson Lake. In the second photo, a close up of that same ice hut.
Photo courtesy of Barry Drury of Watson Lake, Yukon

One of many piles of pine tree slash the U.S. Forest Service was burning on Thursday, January 05, along California S.R. 88 between Kit Carson Pass and Caples Lake.
Photo by Don Quilici

If you like to fish in the State of Nevada, you might be interested in entering the 2012 Ormsby Sportsmen’s Association (OSA) fishing contest. This annual contest is inexpensive, you can have fun fishing during the year and you might even win some nice cash, just before Christmas. If you’re interested, here is all kinds of information on that contest:

Carson Girls Softball is a non-profit organization committed to providing young ladies (ages 5 - 18) in the Carson City area the opportunity to play recreational fastpitch softball in an organized environment. Program goals are to teach girls the fundamentals of softball while promoting good sportsmanship and encouraging exercise and citizenship. In-Person Registration, January 28 and February 4, 9AM – 1PM, Carson City Community Center Gym (851 East William Street). 

CASA training Carson City

CASA OF CARSON CITY will begin a CASA volunteer training January 30, 5:30 to 8:30 at the Carson City Juvenile Court, 1545 E. 5th St.. Anyone is welcome to attend the first of the ten training sessions to learn more about CASA.

Inspection reports of Carson City restaurants:

CARSON CITY – Nevada is joining with many other states in seeking a waiver from the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, a state panel was told today.

I would like to know why Carson Tahoe Hospital & Clinic goes through Doctors & P.A.'s like people drink water?

Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong released details of the investigation of two bodies found Tuesday in the Carson River near Carson River Road. The victims were identified as Darrell Crossman, 53, and his wife Kelley Crossman, 43.

While the investigation continues, Furlong said that they suspect that one of the victims fell into the frigid water of the Carson River, and the other attempted a rescue, and both were overcome by hypothermia.

Here is the statement issued by Furlong:

Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested Shelbie Kae Montgomery, 26, a sales associate from Carson City, for gross misdemeanor posession of prescription drugs without a prescription, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, and misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Montgomery was arrested at around 8 p.m. Tuesday evening at the 4200 block of South Carson Street. Bail is set at $4,100 plus administrative fees.

Not long after this, Carson City Detention inmate Kyle Montgomery Carpenter, 23, was booked on two additional felony warrants in his name for battery with a deadly weapon.

CARSON CITY – Several major events in Las Vegas, including the final table at the World Series of Poker, combined with a healthy baccarat win, pushed Nevada gaming revenues up 7.1 percent in November, the Gaming Control Board reported today.

Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto will chair the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Statewide Team meeting on Thursday, January 12 at 9:30 a.m. at the Best Western Plus Airport Plaza in Reno.

The group, who is meeting for the first time, is comprised of prosecutors, police, domestic violence service providers, treatment providers and community and faith leaders.

The fatality reviews will create a greater understanding of the tragedies associated with domestic violence and will lead to the implementation of preventative interventions.

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