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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...

Tony the Tiger, the mascot for St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School, welcomed students back to school Monday and gave them hugs and high-fives as they headed off to their classes."The leadership ...

130 YEARS AGOHow to Eat Watermelons: Cutting a watermelon like a tulip and putting a lump of ice in is condemned, because ice should never touch the pulp; but burial of the uncut melon in ice is wi...

LAS VEGAS - Nevada legislators failed K-12 schools this session with deep budget cuts and changes to teacher evaluation and collective bargaining rules, according to a report card the state teacher...

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 ...

A registered sex offender was jailed last week for allegedly viewing child pornography on a computer at Western Nevada College.William Kelly Jones, 64, of Carson City, is being held on suspicion of...

A Carson City man remained in custody Monday after he was allegedly found at the river early Saturday morning with 22 grams of methamphetamine and an intoxicated 16-year-old girl. Jose Perez Guzman...

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.

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.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Brenda Hunt has joined the Carson Water Subconservancy District staff as its new Watershed Coordinator. She replaces Genie Azad who left the district after nine years. Genie will continue natural resources work as a consultant.
Hunt earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Natural Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Masters of Art in Environmental Science from Monash University located near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Carson City’s Old West meets the North Pole this holiday season as the Polar Express™ train will take weekend railway runs across the frosty Northern Nevada landscape Thanksgiving through Dec. 23, according to the Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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.

"Colombiana," a thriller currently playing at the Fandango Galaxy multiplex in Carson City and other local theaters, is a revenge film starring the big blue woman of "Avatar," Zoe Saldana, as Cataleva Restrepo. The excellent Amandia Sternberg plays Restrepo as a young girl --- and if there is anyone going to star in future movies it's this young lady. She's solemn, unfazed and a real actress.

RENO (AP) - Never one to back down from a fight with the U.S. government, northern Nevada's rural Elko County has been feuding with federal land managers for decades over environmental protections ...

The first annual 'Bowling for Boobs' (a benefit for breastcancer.org) will be held at the Carson Lanes Family Fun Center on Saturday, October 8th. Registration is at 5pm and the event goes from 6pm-11pm. Carson Lanes Family Fun Center is located at: 4600 Snyder Avenue in Carson City. Some of the things that will take place during the event are: Bowling (of course), Door Prizes, Silent Auction, Food and Drink Specials, Music, Karaoke, and much more.

The horror film "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," currently screening at the Fanango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City and elsewhere in the Tahoe area, stars Bailee Madison as Sally Hirst. She's about 10 or 12, is a bit chubby and has a mean way of not listening to her father Alex Hirst (Guy Pearce) or his wife Kimberly (Katie Holmes).

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...

Storey County, home to the sprawling Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, is launching its own economic development authority.The new authority will market Storey County to potential new and expanding emp...

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 ...

With the line of voters stretched down the hall and out into the lobby for more than two hours Saturday morning, Carson City Clerk-Recorder Alan Glover said he was pleasantly surprised by the tu...

The Board of Supervisors will consider spending $12,000 from the Redevelopment Agency to support the Ghost Walk this year.On June 6, the Redevelopment Authority Citizens Committee recommended fundi...

After winning or sharing two consecutive 4A football championships, you wonder what Carson High's football team can do for an encore.How about a three-peat?Talk of a three-peat isn't taboo around t...

RENO - Nevada Wolf Pack head coach Chris Ault wanted to see more of Mike Ball on Saturday.Ball was more than happy to show him."You just have to be ready when the coaches give you an opportunity," ...

In the aftermath of the fiasco at the Niners-Raiders game last weekend, I say make all NFL stadiums give fans breathalyzer tests upon entering the stadium not to mention metal detectors.Too harsh? ...

LAS VEGAS - "It is amazing what a little sleep will do," Carson High volleyball coach Robert Maw said about his team's performance on Saturday.After leaving for Vegas in the wee-hours of Friday mor...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) - The Little League teams from Huntington Beach, Calif. , and Billings, Mont., shared hopes of making it to the World Series when when they shared the same dorm in regi...

Amodei: Federal spending can't continueMark Amodei says the federal government can't continue spending the way it has, borrowing 40 cents of every dollar in the budget.Even the plan presented by...

In their recent televised debates for Northern Nevada's vacant congressional seat, former state Sen. Mark Amodei and state Treasurer Kate Marshall looked and sounded like candidates for eighth-grad...

Enel Green Power, operator of the Stillwater and Salt Wells geothermal plants in Churchill County, is turning 240 acres of vacant land adjacent to its geothermal projects into northern Nevada's fir...

When it comes to collecting coins, knowledge is a very important aspect. The Internet has sprung a fountain of knowledge, but figuring out which parts to drink from is the real key. Joining a numis...

Groups, clubs, business, schools, families or individuals can participate in this 2 mile walk. Along the way you will experience events, principles and oaths that remind us of the purpose of keeping alive the original Constitution created by the Founding fathers.

After the walk you can purchase food, join in fun activities, while gaining a deeper appreciation for the principles of freedom and liberty the Constitution provides.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona will be speaking in Carson City on September 24th, at 12:00 noon in the Weaver hanger of Carson City's Airport. Sponsored by the Nevada Republican Assembly, Carson City Republican Central Committee and the Carson City Republican Women's Club.

You would be hard-pressed to find a happier man in the town of Dayton than Rob Turner on Friday night.Thanks to two touchdown passes from son Jake Turner and a strong defensive effort, the Dust ...

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Danica Patrick on Thursday confirmed the rumors that have been flying all season. She will run a full NASCAR Nationwide series schedule in 2012, leaving IndyCa...

LAS VEGAS - Carson High's varsity volleyball team dropped three games to open the season Friday at the Las Vegas tournament.Fatigue may have been an issue for the Senators, who left Carson in the w...

When you talk about powerhouse girls soccer programs in Northern Nevada 4A, Carson High is usually at or near the top of everybody's list.Randy Roser, in his ninth year at the helm at CHS, has won ...

--Commentary by Eugene Paslov: A dream: The arts can provide a livingAugust, 27 2011 12:20 am MST...

A fireworks show at Silver Oak Golf Course on Thursday night caught many by surprise - even the sheriff's office.Carson City dispatchers fielded scores of calls concerning the repeated booms coming...

A boil-water order was lifted for Indian Hills residents Friday night after a second test came back clean.The test results from a lab in Sparks arrived later than expected, according to District Ma...

Felony charges were filed Friday against former Carson City emergency room physician Richard Conte in connection with the 2002 slayings of Carter Elliott, 48, and Timothy Robertson, 25, of Conwa...

A Carson City man who was in jail on a probation violation allegedly attacked another inmate being escorted by a deputy. Adrian Hernandez, 20, was charged Thursday with suspicion of felony batte...

--New principal takes helm at Dayton High SchoolAugust, 27 2011 12:32 am MST...

The Minden-Tahoe Airport is hosting its inaugural Aviation Roundup this weekend to celebrate Douglas County's 150th anniversary and the life of Amanda Franklin, an air show performer who died this ...

The last time Dean Heller rode in the Pony Express it was 1996 and he was running for the House of Representatives. Now, Sen. Heller was sworn in on Friday and rode his horse, Jackson, from Morm...

A boil-water order was lifted for Indian Hills residents on Friday night after a second test came back clean, the Record-Courier reports. Go here for the story and here for the official statement from Indian Hills GID.

Community vaccinations in Carson City will be held on Oct. 1, from 9 a.m. go 1 p.m. at Carson High School, 1111 N. Saliman Rd. Click here for more information or call Carson City Health and Human Services at (775) 887-2190.

A boil-water order was lifted for Indian Hills residents on Friday night after a second test came back clean.The test from the lab in Sparks arrived later than expected, according to District Manag...

Proscenium Players in conjunction with the Gold Dust West Hotel and Casino in Carson City are holding open auditions for the murder mystery Dealt A Deadly Hand – Murder at the Carson City Casino Royale. Is nothing sacred? This mystery dinner show spoofs the movie "Casablanca" and the American Dream of winning the jackpot.

By Jeff Cowan
To streamline the review and deliberation of items crucial to the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board on Wednesday chartered a new committee to focus on update of the Plan.
The formation of this committee comes on the heels of the annual Lake Tahoe Summit where federal and state representatives urged swift completion of the plan update.

Officials from the Indian Hill General Improvement District are awaiting the results of a second test before then can lift a boil-water order.District Manager John Lufrano said the district should ...

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