By John Milby / Douglas County Sheriff's Office

A media only Grand Opening of AT&T’s Store at 1894 US Highway 50.

The event will feature remarks from the Mayor, as well as Senior AT&T representatives, regarding the impact of the expanded and completely remodeled store – a store now employing twice as many people and focusing on giving support to Carson City’s small business community.

As part of the event, AT&T will be showcasing a number of brand new, state-of-the-art devices and gadgets.

Who: Senior AT&T Representatives and Mayor Crowell.

When: Wednesday, August 17th at 8:00 a.m.

Where: 1894 US Highway 50

CARSON CITY – The Board of Examiners today approved a request for more than half a million dollars from a legislative contingency fund to pay the counties for the cost of the Sept. 13 special election in the 2nd Congressional District.

One of the most important kids organizations in our city is the Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada.

Billed as the Positive Place for Kids, nearly 500 kids have called this newly built club home for the summer. Here kids play and learn in a safe environment while parents are at work.

During the school year, the club is open after school so kids need not be "latchkey kids."

Funded primarily by community donations, grants and a portion of the Question 18 tax monies, the new club house is a showplace.

On Saturday, Aug. 20, Tahoe author Janet Smith will be at the Costco in Carson City from 11-2pm for a book signing of the new anthology “Permanent Vacation: Twenty Writers on Work and Life in Our National Parks.” The collection, published by Bona Fide Books, features Smith’s piece “Pretty Enough,” a compelling account of coming of age in one of the world’s wonders, Yosemite Valley.

"The Help," currently playing at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City, is a welcome relief from such summer films as the ugly "Change-Up." No explosions, no car chases, no exploitive scenes for the teens among us. Instead it's a portrait of life in Mississippi in the 1960s and the near-infinite gap between the whites and their black maids and cooks.

Four former football stars were inducted into the Carson High School Football Hall of Fame Saturday night at the school's kick-off dinner.Carson, which has won or shared two straight league titl...

About a half-dozen of Nevada's wild horses are on their way to the Mexican and Canadian borders after being tamed by inmates at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City.Wranglers f...

Carson River Park near Lloyd's Bridge could see improvements if the Board of Supervisors OKs an updated site development plan Thursday.The proposed plan, which features native, naturalized landscap...

From keeping up with the global market to engaging all students in the learning process, community members shared their ideas of creating an ideal school district. "What we do know is the economy i...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - An annual gathering of Tahoe's leaders is an opportunity for pivotal transportation concerns to be addressed, according to Carl Hasty, District Manager, Tahoe Transpor...

Cory Baltazar, operations manager for Owens Precision of Carson City, says that finding a qualified computer-numeric controlled machine operator can take months.He's not alone in his frustrations. ...

I love libraries. You love libraries. All of us love libraries. But that doesn't mean we think city officials should spend more than $20 million taxpayer dollars to build a huge new library next do...

The sci-fi-western-thriller "Cowboys & Aliens," currently showing at the Fandango Galaxy multiplex in Carson City, finally achieves what most studios have long sought: a film with five writers, muc...

Kelly Clark and Chris Wahle were the Capital Nevada Toastmasters Club winners in the Club's annual Humorous Speech and Table Topics, respectively. Clark's speech, "Violating the Interstate Comme...

I would like to commend Tyrus W. Cobb on his recent column that pointed out to some of the fact-challenged Taxed Enough Already people that taxes in this country are already very low, and that raising them by a small amount is not anathema to the conservative cause.

School officials are offering a $250 reward to anyone with information about the vandalism to solar panels. During the last three days, vandals have smashed two solar panels at Seeliger Elementa...

Both city officials and Steve Neighbors of the Carson Nugget agree some of the details on how financing for the City Center Project will work are unclear at this point.But Neighbors told the adviso...

A Carson City man was found guilty Friday of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a September 2010 wrong-way fatal accident on South Carson Street. Kevin Ward Massey Jr., 19, was given a suspended...

If you were planning to visit Reno-Fernley Raceway's clay oval for the DIRTcar Western All Star Late Model race tonight, you might want to make other plans. Faced with a disappointing car count, th...

CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval figured the Nevada soldiers serving in Afghanistan appreciated his visit last week when they literally tore the organizational patches off their uniforms and offered them up as keepsakes on his trip to see the country’s military efforts first-hand.
Sandoval, back nearly a full week today, said his eyes teared up when the soldiers made such a heartfelt gesture.
“But it’s all about the soldiers, it’s not about me,” he said.

Home Treasures in the Carson Mall has expanded its location and offerings now including consignment furniture.

The Carson City Chamber of Commerce conducted a ribbon cutting event to celebrate the new location with Mayor Bob Crowell officiating.

From left: Joanne Holmes of the Carrington Company; owners Dawn Henderson and Susie Messina with Mayor Crowell and Kevin Ray, mall manager.

Caden Huarte is only 6 years old but is in a battle for his life! Caden is fighting brain cancer and also has a tumor on his spine. He underwent surgery Aug 3rd and is now facing a long bout of treatments.

YOU can help Caden and his family out with all the expenses .... Come to the SHOW N SHINE sponsored by Freaks of Nature on Saturday, Aug 20th from 10 - 3pm at Harley-Davidson, 2900 Research Way, Carson City. $15 entry fee.

I hear it all the time: Folks longing for the "old days" of family, neighborhood and community in America. When people, not the government, took care of themselves and watched out for each other. W...