CARSON CITY – Nevada’s unemployment rate keeps creeping upward despite signs the economic slowdown has hit bottom, and April statistics from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation show job losses are now being seen in the government employment sector as well.

A mini storage is good for some things but not your vital business records.

Just a few good reasons why businesses shouldn't store their records in a ministorage:

1. It's a poor environment for paper documents
2. Inefficient- documents get lost too easily
3. Time consuming - it takes too long to find the document you need
4. Records Retention- Documents are kept too long because nobody had the time to go through them
5. Rents are too expensive

Now there's a better solution in Carson City!

A Carson City man faces several charges, including assault with a deadly weapon, following an incident early Saturday morning where he allegedly held a piece of glass to the neck of a victim.
According to the arrest report, deputies were dispatched to a domestic dispute in progress at around 4 a.m. Saturday morning. The person reporting the crime told dispatchers they would be waiting in a blue Dodge Durango.

CARSON CITY — The following information was provided by the Nevada Department of Transportation and applies to the period of May 24 - 30. NDOT will work to add a third northbound lane on US 395 between Jacks Valley Road and Lupin Drive.The following activity is expected for this project:

— Work continues with single lane closures on northbound US 395 between Jacks Valley Road and Lupin Drive between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. Shoulder work will continue during the daytime hours with no impacts to traffic.

On the lawn of the Nevada Governor's Mansion will be the site of the Carson City Symphony's 26th annual "Pops Party" concert on Sunday, June 13. The program features the Carson City Symphony directed by David Bugli, Carson Chamber Singers directed by Judy Monson, Strings in the Schools youth orchestra directed by Sue Kitts, and guest vocalists Gary Aldrich and Olivia Hakel.

A Carson City company, Costner Industries Nevada Corporation, which actor Kevin Costner finances, may have developed a system with another company owned by the actor that will be deployed by BP and the U.S.

CARSON CITY — Despite cool weather and Friday night's snow showers, hundreds of children and their parents turned out today for the seventh annual Cops and Kids Sheriff’s Open House safety, crime and substance abuse awareness fair held at the Carson City Sheriff's Office.

CARSON CITY — In an effort to attract local riders and welcome the opening of the 2010 season, the Virginia & Truckee Railroad is offering $5 off adult tickets on all Friday train rides. The discount is available on adult tickets, May 29 through June 25, providing an affordable, $24 round trip voyage on a vintage diesel train between Carson City and Virginia City.

A team of athletes, many of whom are wounded Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, will leave from Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday for World T.E.A.M. Sports’ inaugural bike trek across America called Sea to Shining Sea. The group will arrive in Carson City on May 28 on their way to their Virginia Beach, Va., destination.

Part 2 of a Series on Key GOP State Senate Primary Races
CARSON CITY – While Republican voters have a rare chance to chart the course of the GOP Senate caucus in the upcoming primary, the candidates described by some political observers as the establishment choice say they too are true fiscal conservatives who believe in core party values.

Tensions quickly arose during a discussion on the economic effects of illegal immigration at a town hall forum in Reno yesterday.
The keynote speaker, Dr. Steven Camarota, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies, said that immigration – both legal and illegal – creates a “fiscal drain� on public services that is significantly larger than the “miniscule� effect that they have on the per capita income of the nation.

Sue Kitts talks about the Strings in the Schools program, and Saturday's workshop that includes a Contra Dance free and open to the public.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=078ECz_THnE

VIRGINIA CITY — Longtime Virginia City businessman Hugh Roy Marshall brings old cars, old wars and old warhorses to the Northern Nevada airwaves this Saturday, May 22.
Tales of Nevada Past and Present airs at 1 p.m. on 5,000-watt 1270-AM. The program is also available live to online listeners at www.KBZZ.com. The on-air call-in talk line is (775) 823-1920.

This week's featured players:
The old war horse: Veteran tourism media specialist Harry Spencer, a popular local columnist who specializes in stories of his first-hand knowledge of the golden age of Nevada gambling.

The Carson High School Concert Band Ensembles present an Earthquake Relief Concert, at 7 p.m. tonight, Thursday, May 20, at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St. (by Mills Park). $5 donation at the door. Proceeds go to the American Red Cross.

Weed Track and Attack attendees will learn how to use a global positioning system (GPS) to find a specific spot and how to tell someone else to find the same location. They will learn also about the wet meadow environment of Riverview park and will learn to identify several weeds that are so harmful to the environment that Nevada lawmakers have labeled them "noxious". Come learn more about your park and have fun learning technology. Registration is limited to the first 30 registrants. All ages welcome.

Check out the live video and discussion below. Hot topics include the request for $75,000 to proceed with planning for the Nugget Project, and requests by local businesses and organizations for redevelopment money. The agenda is here.

Join Nevada Day, Inc., for its official ribbon cutting ceremony and Grand Marshal announcement on Thursday, 5:30 p.m. at its new office located at 107 West Telegraph in Carson City. The event is sponsored by the Carson City Chamber of Commerce.

The Carson City Chamber of Commerce will hold its May evening mixer at 5 p.m. tonight at V&T Pet Clinic, 2230 South Carson Street in Carson City.
See what the buzz is about with the specially decorated pet hotel rooms. Bring a photo of your pet for the Cutest Pet Contest. The winner will get a pet photo package from Little People's Portraits.
V&T Pet Clinic can be reached at (775) 882-6006.

Three people face multiple criminal charges after a fight early Tuesday morning in the 2000 block of Hawaii Circle in Carson City.
Officers were dispatched to the home for a report of domestic battery in progress with a possible weapon involved. An anonymous person alerted dispatch of a fight involving several people.

As deputies arrived there were two men standing in the front lawn and a woman standing in the doorway of the home. The men have been identified as Steven Barnes, 48, and Joshua Emborsky, 21. The woman was identified as Elysia Varney, 19.

Every year at this time for the past few seasons, there would be speculation that Buddy Gouldsmith would be released as UNLV's baseball coach.
And every year at this time, College of Southern Nevada's Tim Chambers and Western Nevada College's D.J. Whittemore's names would be mentioned as possible replacements.

RENO -- Most players go a lifetime without hitting 6-for-6. For former Western Nevada College baseball star Brian Barnett, "a while," when it comes to the last time he has gone 6-for-6 was a little more than a year.
Barnett had his second straight game in which he went 3-for-3 as he helped the University of Nevada baseball team (31-19-1) come back for an 8-6 win over UC Davis on Tuesday at Peccole Park. Barnett's 14th home run of the season gave the Wolf Pack that 8-6 lead in the seventh inning.

After coming up short on the last day last year, A.J. McInerney and the Coronado Cougars emerged with top honors from the NIAA 4A State Boys Golf Championships on Tuesday in Las Vegas.

Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong and the city are being sued for $10,000 by a former deputy sheriff who is alleging defamation, invasion of privacy, false light and emotional distress. Download the PDF of the lawsuit here.

The plaintiff, Paula Andrews, was the subject of an internal investigation involving falsifying documents and grand larceny in December 2008. According to the lawsuit, the investigation concluded the allegations were unfounded. Nevertheless, the plaintiff was later "constructively discharged."

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Light snacks and beverages will be provided, and everyone is eligible for fun door prizes provided by kind donations from Rocking And Rolling: “Purveyors Of Mining And Railroad Collectables,” on historic Telegraph Square in Carson City!

We look forward to meeting you, and if you can't make it that night; please call Jeanette 267-5144, Kris 790-4027 or e-mail us: cvrockclub@live.com !

Thank you.