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You've already heard. They're redefining rape. Attacking the right to choose. Belittling victims of violence. The war on women is escalating and women's reproductive rights are in question. But the assault on women does not stop there - it extends to the workplace, and is multi-dimensional with political, economic and legal aspects. It's not enough that women already don't have the same rights and privileges as men - the war on women would like to take away what rights and freedoms we currently have gained.

The Tintabulations Handbell Choir will be performing at the First Presbyterian Church on Saturday, April 28th for a 2:00 p.m. performance! Their selections will include nocturnal motifs and several well-known pieces from Disney movies. This is free performance and all ages are welcome!

The First Presbyterian Church of Carson City is located at 115 N. Division St., Carson City, NV 89703

The Tintabulations Handbell Choir will be returning to the Carson City Library on Saturday, April 28th for an 11:00 a.m. performance! The Dreams & Magic handbell concert will include a variety of music to go along with our upcoming Summer Reading Program Theme, "Dream Big, Read!" including nocturnal motifs and several well-known pieces from Disney movies. This free performance will be held in the library’s auditorium. Call Youth Services Librarian Amber Sady at (775)887-2244 for more information.

CARSON CITY – State lawmakers today approved $46,284 from a legislative contingency fund to help the Nevada Office of the Military cover a budget shortfall due to high energy costs resulting from a solar project built at three of its sites around the state.

But lawmakers also asked for an attorney general review of the 20-year deal with Sierra Solar to see if the 15 cent per kilowatt hour charge for the electricity can be modified. The rate is now higher than what the agency could get buying power directly from NV Energy.

The deceased driver of the commercial truck that crashed through the runaway ramp at Mount Rose Highway near Incline Village on Monday has been identified as Eric S. Holton, 31 of Gardnerville.
Nevada Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched at 2:48 p.m. to the accident on State Route 431, approximately one-half mile east of State Route 28, near Incline Village. The vehicle involved was a 2006 gray Freightliner truck tractor pulling a 1989 flat bed trailer transporting composite decking materials traveling westbound on the two-lane highway.

CARSON CITY – U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., today sent a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of both the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations asking them to continue defunding the proposed high level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.

RENO, Nev. — GPS technology developed and implemented at the University of Nevada, Reno will be the centerpiece of a major test this year by NASA to pinpoint the location and magnitude of strong earthquakes along the West Coast of the United States. The project was announced by NASA today.

CARSON CITY – A new business index evaluating the states on the effects of their tax systems on entrepreneurship and small business ranks Nevada 3rd behind South Dakota and Texas.

The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council’s “Business Tax Index 2012” pulls together 18 different tax measures, and combines them into one tax score that allows the 50 states and District of Columbia to be compared and ranked.

A recent change in Nevada’s fishing regulations has relaxed hook restrictions, allowing for the use of barbed hooks on any legal bait for the Andorno Creek, Colman Creek and North Fork of Battle Creek, all in Humboldt County. Previously the regulation allowed for only the use of single barbless hooks for fishing these waters.

Many Carson City schoolchildren will take part in organized events to walk or bicycle to school on April 25, which has been proclaimed the third annual Nevada Moves Day by Governor Brian Sandoval.

Katherine Yvonne Brisby, 57, of Virginia City, Nevada, passed away April 19, 2012. Fitzhenry's Funeral Home is caring for arrangements.Fred E. Leister III passed away April 19, 2012 in Carson City,...

Viola S. Park passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2012, at South Lyon Long Term Care facility in Yerington, Nevada, where she was a resident for the last three years. She was born March 25, 1921...

A funeral for Ronald J. Sieben, 77, a Carson City resident for the past 23 years, will be at Noon on Friday, April 27, 2012 at Walton's Chapel of the Valley. Visitation will be from 3-8 p.m. We...

The runaway truck ramp at the bottom of Mount Rose Highway in Incline Village was the scene of another tragedy today as a truck driver was killed trying to stop his vehicle using the ramp.

The Nevada Highway Patrol reports that the truck was carrying composite decking material on a flatbed trailer. The driver used the ramp to stop the vehicle, but the cargo broke loose and crushed the cab of the truck.

The Western Nevada College softball team got close, but didn’t bring home the wins over the weekend. Two one-run defeats and two squandered leads stunted the Wildcats momentum during an April 20-21 road series at Snow College.
Snow edged the Wildcats 2-1 and 7-6, then completed the four-game sweep with 8-0 and 8-5 victories in Ephraim, Utah.

The video below shows photos of the meteor from Sunday morning that rattled windows from Reno to Yosemite:

The Carson City Board of Supervisors is seeking applications from persons interested in serving on the Carson City Planning Commission. This Commission oversees all matters pertaining to Carson City=s planning and zoning, land use and growth management. Meetings are the last Wednesday of every month at 5:00 p.m. at the Community Center, Sierra Room.

Applicants must be willing to serve approximately 12 to 16 hours a month. All members will serve without compensation. Applicants must be Carson City residents and registered voters to qualify.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors is seeking applications from persons interested in serving on the Carson City Library Board of Trustees. This Committee oversees all Library policy and budgets.

Applicants must be willing to serve approximately six to eight hours a month. All members will serve without compensation. Applicants must be Carson City residents and registered voters to qualify.

There is one (1) open position for a term that will expire in June 2016.

CARSON CITY - This time of year is a perfect occasion to Be a Force of Nature and the Nevada Division of Emergency Management is proud to be promoting severe weather preparedness week. To help spread the word and make its employees and members of the community better prepared, the Nevada Division of Emergency Management is committed to being a leader for weather-readiness by knowing the risk, taking action and being an example.

CARSON CITY – Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced today that the state has reached an agreement with on-line retailing giant Amazon to begin collecting Nevada sales tax on purchases.

Grab your boots, hat and come on down to the Fuji Park Exhibit Hall on May 12 for our Annual Saddle Up For Kids fundraiser! Have a delicious meal prepared by Carson City BBQ and enjoy music by the Bootleggers!

Buy your ticket today! Tickets can be purchased on our website or Call 775-885-7770.

We hope to see you there!

On Sunday, June 3rd, 2012 at 8:00 AM, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team will be hosting our first annual fundraiser “Zombie Shoot.” The proceeds of the fundraiser will go to the Carson City Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team to assist in the purchasing of emergency and tactical equipment for the unit.

Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested the following individuals for felony or gross misdemeanor allegations:

Brian Angel-Ramirez, 21, a Carson City resident, for possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamines), as well as the misdemeanor allegations of fictitious registration plates, possession of drug paraphernalia, no proof of insurance, and driving under a suspended driver's license. Bail is set at $4,750 plus administrative fees.
Alisha Dawn Bench, 26, a Santa Rosa, Calif. resident, for fugitive from justice. No bail has been set.

Hobart Reservoir, a small, high-mountain reservoir, located at an elevation of 7,600 feet in the mountains between Carson City and Lake Tahoe, will open for the 2012 fishing season on May 1.
Because of its high elevation and location, this reservoir is normally covered with ice, and surrounded by deep snow drifts, when it opens on May 1.
However, this year is entirely different, ice and snow-wise. It will remain open to fishing through September 30.

A Prescott Valley woman was bitten recently by a coati, a member of the raccoon family, which she had been apparently keeping illegally as a pet.
The animal attacked the woman, biting and slicing her finger when she tried to take something away from it.
It is illegal in Arizona to take animals out of the wild or to possess restricted wildlife without a permit.
Not only had this coati been kept illegally as a pet, it had also been improperly cared for, according to Game and Fish officials.
The immature coati was about the size of a large house cat.

The awesome osprey:

CARSON CITY – A coalition of Native American tribes has filed a lawsuit in Nevada District Court seeking to overturn a ruling issued earlier this year by the state engineer granting nearly 84,000-acre-feet of groundwater in four rural eastern valleys to Las Vegas.

Find out how Nevada is addressing the needs for broadband infrastructure that is, and will be, required for our businesses; particularly for health care to remain competitive.

Join NNDA on April 25 at 7 a.m. at Dayton Valley Country Club to hear from the experts in the field of broadband telecommunications as to what projects are underway and deployed throughout the rural areas and the State.

Beginning Tuesday, April 24, through Thursday, April 26, the outside
eastbound lane on Fairview Drive will be closed just east of Carson
Street for utility work from approximately 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each
day.

Beginning Tuesday, April 24, through Thursday, April 26, NDOT will be performing shoulder work on Snyder Avenue from Carson Street to Clear Creek Avenue, from approximately 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each day. There will be lane closures with flagger controlled traffic.

See the full agenda below:

Saxophonist Paul N. Roth, 2011-12 Nevada Arts Council Performing Arts Artist Fellow, brings his group, SPLIT trio, to Plan: B Microlounge, 318 N. Carson Street, Carson City, on Saturday, April 28, at 8:00 p.m. Joining him are two of Los Angeles' most creative young improvising musicians: bassist Jake Rosenzweig and percussionist Mike Lockwood. Admission is free.

The "Jazz and Beyond: Carson City Music Festival" committee is seeking volunteers, sponsors, and program advertisers for the ninth annual festival, August 4 to 19, 2012. The festival, which began in 2004, is presented by Mile High Jazz Band Association, Carson City, local businesses, and jazz lovers. It includes more than 100 world class, regional musicians in over 30 performances and special programs at multiple venues in Carson City’s historic district, near the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

The CarsonNow.org Pink Diamonds brought their season record to 2-2 with a win over the Little Tykes Too Royal Ladies, 18-11.

During the 5-inning contest, the pitchers for the Royal Ladies were: Audrey Vidovich – 10 runs, 1 hit, 15 walks, 1 strike out; Regan Lowe – 6 runs, 3 hits, 7 walks, 4 strike out; and, Lexi Phillipi – 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 walk, 3 strike outs. For the Pink Diamond: Bryar Fancher - 5 runs, 2 hits, 4 walks, 1 strike out; Tezia Boice – 2 runs, 3 hits, 3 walks, 6 strike outs; and, Alexis Fox – 4 runs, 1 hit, 4 walks, 2 strike outs.

Roger Richard Block passed away on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 15, 2012 in the home he shared with Gayle, his wife of 37 years. He was born and raised in southern New Jersey, graduated from Glou...

We lost a great husband, friend and a Viet Nam veteran. Born in Dothan, Alabama, he moved to California with his family at age 10, before becoming a Carsonite 14 years ago. He was married to th...

Kurt Buchanan died peacefully at home on April 19 following a long battle with cancer. He was 54. Kurt was born May 27, 1957 in N. Hollywood, CA, to Jimmy and Nancy (Sumara) Buchanan. He was a ...

Stephen C. Cole, 60, passed away at home in Silver Springs, Nevada on April 18, 2012. Capitol City Cremation & Burial is handling the arrangements. 775-882-1766Copyright 2012 -. All rights reserved...

Lonnie N. Cline, 71, passed away February 1, 2012 in Silver Springs, Nevada - his home for the last 20 years. He was born in Minnesota and raised in Calif., is parents preceded him in death yea...

Dale was born in Chicago, ILL. Attended High School in Chicago and later joined the U.S. Navy. After which Dale moved to San Diego, Ca. in 1970 and took a job as a chef where he met his wife Mar...

Kurt N. Buchanan, 54, died in Carson City, Nevada on April 19, 2012. Capitol City Cremation & Burial is handling the arrangments. 775-882-1766James E. McComb, 84, died April 12, 2012 in Carson City...

GE Energy proudly presents the Northern Nevada Military Appreciation Fair
June 2, 2012 - 10 a.m to 5 p.m.

The Mission: to establish a forum for military support organizations, to show support for the national Hiring Our Heroes initiative through job recruitment of veterans and to show community support of military personnel and their families.

Join the Ranks

The transformative effects of fishing a good trout stream are well documented. Trout Unlimited is one of many organizations participating in Project Healing Waters (http://www.projecthealingwaters.org/), which uses the medium of fly fishing to help military service veterans reconnect with the outdoors.

Kenneth Paul D'Amico, Sr., 79, of Carson City, passed away April 15, 2012. Autumn Funerals & Cremations is trusted with the arrangements. 775-888-6800Jackie Ray Howard, 61, of Carson City, passed a...

In U10 league action Thursday at Edmonds Park, the CarsonNow.org Pink Diamonds earned their first win of the year over the Gilson Auto Body/Carson Nugget Twisters, 18-10.

During the 4-inning contest, the pitchers for the Twisters were: Ashley Wood, 2 hits, 9 walks, 4 strike outs, 9 runs; Faith Bigelow, no hits, 4 walks, 2 strike outs and 5 runs; and, Abi Golik, no hits, 2 strike outs, 5 walks and 4 runs. For the Pink Diamonds, Annabelle Crawford, 3 hits, 5 walks, 1 strike out, 5 runs; and, Tezia Boice, 6 hits, 1 walk, 4 strike outs, and 5 runs.

Figures released today by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation show the state's unemployment rate in March dropped to 12 percent overall, with Carson City down to 12.4 percent.

Unemployment dropped .3 percent statewide over the previous month, and 1.6 percent over the last year.

The jobs picture in Carson City, while showing improvement, is lagging slightly behind the statewide average, with a .2 percent drop in unemployment over February, and 1.1 percent drop over the last year.

See the DETR press release below:

Richard DePuy passed away at his home on April 17, 2012. He was born April 8, 1938. Richard is survived by his wife Heidi (they met scuba diving in Monterey) as well as by three children; Debor...

Family and friends are mourning the loss of their loved one, Carol Marie Cone, who passed away on April 16, 2012 after a four-year battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Carol was born September 11, 1...

The Carson City Library Board of Trustees voted tonight to make a recommendation to the Carson City Board of Supervisors that the City Center Project be put on the ballot in November.

The board voted unanimously to forward the recommendation without a specific funding request, leaving that to the supervisors. Earlier this week, Supervisor Shelly Aldean said they are looking at a possible quarter-cent sales tax increase to fund the City Center Project, aka Nugget Project.

Tahoe Family Solutions announced today that they have received a $25,000 grant from United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra to address the fast growing need for affordable mental health care throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin and surrounding communities in Nevada and California. Tahoe Family Solutions services in providing affordable psychiatric care and family counseling were rated as a top priority by UWNNS’s board and volunteers.

The soaring atrium of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at the University of Nevada, Reno, which housed a 9.5-foot tree made entirely of old books during the holiday season, is now the site of another display using recycled goods. In celebration of Earth Day, Knowledge Center employees have erected a 7-feet-tall, 8-feet-wide “N,” constructed with 1,580 recycled water bottles collected in the center’s recycling receptacles.

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