Carson City Manager Larry Werner told the Board of Supervisors today that they are hoping to wrap up work on cost estimates for the city's portion of the Nugget Project by the end of the day.

Werner said that these cost estimates would determine if they had a feasible project or not, compared with the funding that would be provided by a 1/8 cent sales tax increase and tax increment financing.

He told the board that the results would be presented to the citizen's committee, whose next meeting is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 27.

Local author Lee Kennedy launches his Faith, Family and Freedom book tour live on The Bill Manders Show 780 KOH on Friday September 24th at 5pm and at Borders Books at 911 Topsy Lane in Carson City on Saturday, September 25th, 2010 from 11am-1pm. Lee will be speaking and signing copies of his newest book “Faith, Family & Freedom...A Journey of Change”. Authorhouse Publishing ISBN #9781438908151 June 2010

After 3,000 people applied for 130 positions last month, Kohl's department store in Carson City is preparing for a Sept. 29 grand opening.
The store is located in the old Mervyn's building at 3871 South Carson Street in the Eagle Station center next to Raley's. The company held a series of job fairs from Aug. 8-12.
The Wisconsin-based company is hiring temporary part-time credit associate positions for the Carson store, according to its website.

LAKE TAHOE — There are a couple weeks left to get Diamond Peak 2010/11 season passes at the Early Bird Rate.

Save 20 percent off the regular rate by taking advantage of this special deal plus get exclusive Diamond Peak season passholder discounts on third party vendors. Buy a season pass for as low as $295 (mid-week Adult resident rate) until the end of September.

Carson Nugget president Steve Neighbors was on hand to discuss some of the details of the Carson City Center aka Nugget Project at the Nevada Business Connections breakfast this morning at the Gold Dust West.

(You can read all the background materials on the project here. )

Support Food for Thought and homeless kids in the Carson City, Douglas, Lyon and Storey County school districts. Food for Thought provides meals to local homeless children on weekends when there are no school meals available to them. Gently used items are requested for donation for the rummage sale.

Nevada's education chief Keith Rheault told a legislative committee today that his agency has been unable to fill critical positions because of a mandate from the governor's office that new hires start at the bottom of the pay scale.

A Carson CIty woman is being held on $40,000 bail after allegedly trying to steal $50 at knife-point from a 16-year-old.

Sommer Wesselman, 33, was arrested at Saliman and Highway 50 on Tuesday at about 10:30 p.m. The unemployed woman faces a felony charge of attempted robbery with a deadly weapon.

Click here for live coverage of the Carson City School District board meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. and click here to read the agenda.

A closed session meeting to discuss the employment status of a middle school teacher is on tonight's Carson City School District board agenda.
Discussion and possible action could be taken in terminating the probationary employment of Wayne Haack, according to the agenda.
In November, Haack, an Eagle Valley Middle School shop teacher, was arrested after allegedly making a threat to a school district employee.

Mayor Bob Crowell talks about his recent trip to China and what he learned about that country's economic development efforts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma-y0xS-VV8

Wild Horse Theater Company is proud to present the world premiere of Robert Leonard Reid’s “None of the Above!”, a satirical song, dance, and comedy revue that lampoons the 2012 Presidential election. “None of the Above!”  will be presented in the Maizie Harris Jesse Theater at the Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King Street in Carson City. Show dates are Fridays and Saturdays, October 19, 20, 26, 27, November 2, 3 @ 7:30PM and Sundays, October 21, 28 @ 2:00PM.

Conservation-minded residents, students, family and friends are encouraged to join the annual cleanup along the banks of the Carson River, Brunswick Canyon and Prison Hill Recreation Area on Saturday as part of the 17th National Public Lands Day.

The Carson City Corps is pleased to Welcome The Salvation Army Concord Brass Band!!!

Tickets may be purchased at:

The Salvation Army Corps-661 Colorado St.
The Salvation Army Thrift Store-180 E. Winnie Ln.
Play Your Own Music-1213 S. Carson St.
Comma Coffee-312 S. Carson St.

$10 for adults
$5 Seniors and Children
Children under 5 are free

Ride the motor car built by the Edwards Motor Car Company of Sanford, NC that ran as the Tucson, Cornelia & Gila Bend No. 401 motor car from 1926 to 1947 shuttling people and supplies between the Ajo copper mine and Gila Bend, AZ. The motor car runs 10 a.m.-4 p.m. every half hour. Buy tickets at the Wabuska Station of the Nevada State Railroad Museum. Cash only, no credit cards.

Carson City authorities arrested a Minden woman Sunday for drunk driving after she was seen leaving her dog at the parking lot of PetSmart and then returning to pick up the animal.

A Carson City reserve officer witnessed the event at about 6:30 p.m. and called dispatch to report the driver. The reserve deputy observed the woman driving away from PetSmart without her dog, and then returning, driving erratically, from one parking space to another looking for the pooch. Outside of the vehicle, she appeared to be stumbling and had trouble maintaining her balance, the arrest report stated.

Cactus Jacks Senator Club in Carson City plans to refurbish the world famous Howdy, which has been waving to residents and guests along Carson Street for 39 years. The work commenced this morning.

“Downtown Carson City is easier than ever to navigate with the bypass going around town,” said George Higgins, Cactus Jacks property manager. “We are excited to continuously improve Cactus Jacks and give Howdy a new suit.”

Nevada Day Party with Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours at the Brewery Arts Center:

Antsy and the Troubs are back for what is sure to be a fun night of music, humor and a time to celebrate Nevada Day at its best! Antsy will share new music from his just released CD “Living the Dream” as well as expected crowd favorites.

Saturday, October 27th, at 8:00pm.

Three types of seating provide you with the type of experience you want to share,

Update 6:30 — Traffic lights on South Carson from Koontz Lane to Old Clear Creek Road were out for a couple of hours this afternoon due to a power outage.

We have confirmed that power was restored to the area at about 6:15, and all traffic lights are working now.

Yesterday, September 11, was the opening day for the new Fuji Park fishing pond. I was driving by and I saw a large crowd gathered on the banks of the pond, so I figured I could stop by and get some pictures. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. The Carson Fly Fishing Club was there handing out doughnuts.

The 17th annual Kids Auction and World's Greatest Barbecue could be said to be Carson's City's end-of-summer picnic. It certainly had all the fixins': Ribs, chicken, tri-tip, slaw, cornbread, potato salad, and lots of ice cream to go around.

Here are more photos from today's Latino Cultural Festival Parade held in Carson City. Festivities continue through 9 today and on Sunday from noon to 7 p.m. at Gold Dust West, 2171 Highway 50.

The dispute between the Mom & Pop's Diner owner Doug Cramer and Brewery Arts Center director John Procaccini is heading for small claims court.

I wrote about this dispute back in June, adding to the story from the Appeal on the subject.

In short, Cramer signed a contract that included a diagram that showed where the bars operated by Mom & Pop's and Firkin & Fox were to be located. But those locations were changed in a way that Cramer claims was detrimental to his business, cutting off access to the bulk of the crowd. Procaccini admits that changes were made to the bar locations, but doesn't agree that the changes constitutes a breach of contract.

Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – Nevada state agencies and public education have submitted budgets calling for nearly $8 billion in spending for the upcoming two years, about $3 billion more than what is expected to be available with current tax revenues.