News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 10:40am
By Jason Shueh and Matthew Renda Nevada Appeal News Service
Lake Tahoe has always been entangled in a wrestling match between ski industry growth and local community interests - now more than ever, as millions in resort upgrades are under way heading into t...
Lifestyle - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:28am
By The Doctors USA WEEKEND
From eating cookies, cabbage soup and baby food to drinking lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne concoctions, dieters have tried their fair share of wacky weight-loss plans. One of the newest fad d...
Opinion - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:28am
Parker hits the nail on the head againAn open letter to Dr. Elliott Parker, chairman of the UNR economics department columnist for the -: Dr. Parker: Yet another thoroughly researched and intellige...
Opinion - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:28am
By The Nevada Appeal Editorial Board
The -'s "Silver Dollar" and "Wooden Nickel" feature recognizes positive achievements from the capital region and, when warranted, points out others that missed the mark.SILVER DOLLAR: To NV EnerCop...
Opinion - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:28am
By Dennis Johnson For the Nevada Appeal
Over the last months, supporters of both political parties have blamed the others for the massive debt as the politicians continue to wastefully spend tax dollars. I look at it differently. The uni...
Opinion - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:28am
By Guy W. Farmer For the Nevada Appeal
Justice was served last Tuesday when a Reno jury found 45-year-old John Gillane guilty of attempted murder and related charges for opening fire at a Reno Walmart on Nevada Day 2010, wounding three ...
Opinion - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:28am
Helping Hands Program was a tremendous success Once again I am truly amazed at the Builders Association of Western Nevada and Professional Women in Building. On Sept. 17, this group of hard-working...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
By Teri Vance tvance@nevadaappeal.com
Instinctively, Jeremiah Mock reached down for the tourniquet he kept in the left cargo pocket of his Army uniform. But it wasn't there. This wasn't war - he'd been to war three times and survive...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
By Teri Vance tvance@nevadaappeal.com
Western Nevada College student Karen Royce has filed a harassment claim against the school, alleging a professor there required students to divulge personal details of their sex lives, including as...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
By Steve Ranson Lahontan Valley News
Editor's Note: Lahontan Valley News editor Steve Ranson is in Bahrain to report on the training pilots receive at Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center In Fallon and how it is applied aboard the airc...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
By MARTIN GRIFFITH Associated Press
RENO - Hunters are nearing the end of Nevada's first bear hunt. Nevada Department of Wildlife spokesman Chris Healy said while the season is scheduled to close Dec. 31, it will end prematurely if o...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
WASHINGTON (AP) - One year to go until Election Day and the Republican presidential field is deeply unsettled, leaving President Barack Obama only to guess who his opponent will be. But the race's ...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
NEW YORK (AP) - Andy Rooney, the curmudgeonly commentator who spent more than 30 years wryly talking about the oddities of life for "60 Minutes," died Friday night, CBS said. He was 92.Just a month...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON - The jobs crisis has left so many people out of work for so long that most of America's unemployed are no longer receiving unemployment benefits. Early last year, 75 percent were receiv...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nine card players from seven countries are returning to Las Vegas this weekend in search of life-changing riches, the spoils of winning as much as $8.71 million at the World Series...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
By Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal.com
The Carson City Redevelopment Authority Citizens Committee is scheduled this week to nominate and select a person or business for the 2011 Main Street Miracle Worker Award for efforts that improved...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
The following information applies to the period of Nov. 7-13:Butti Way will remain closed between Fairview Drive and Airport Road due to construction of a water line. In addition, Airport Road will...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
First Nevada Broadband Summit heads to Dayton on Nov. 19DAYTON - A partnership between the governor's office and nonprofit group Connect Nevada will hold the first Nevada Broadband Summit in Day...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
By Nick Coltrain ncoltrain@nevadaappeal.com
J&S Digital Satellite started out without the "digital" part.It was pure satellite installation back in 1996, with John Craig manning the store until his schoolteacher wife, Shiela, finished her...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
By Rob Sabo Northern Nevada Business Weekly
Nevada's oldest settlement is set to get a facelift next summer.Douglas County community leaders are working through a plan to make Genoa's downtown more pedestrian friendly with improvements desig...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
By Allen Rowe For the Nevada Appeal
Being a professional numismatist, it is easy to let day-to-day business mask the heart of my industry - fun. Coin collecting gets its roots from the fact that a person can get an immense amount of ...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
By Brian UnderwoodFor the Nevada Appeal
You spent hours dreaming over it, researching it, and, finally, setting foot into it.Like it was yesterday, you remember the color, the way it smelled, and, particularly, how it made you feel. And ...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
Western Nevada College students have a laboratory on wheels for portions of their nursing and emergency-response classes. The college has received the donation of a 1994 Ford ambulance from Washoe ...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
This continues RSVP's regular Sunday column of outstanding volunteer opportunities. Be sure to look it over and see what you would like to do to put some fun in your life.* Your Carson City Fire De...
Jerry and Babs Kendziorski of Incline Village recently announced the marriage of their daughter, Ansley Karen Kendziorski to Kyle Allen Winter on July 10, 2011, at Thunder Canyon Golf Club. The ...
Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center:To Latosha Edmonson and Shawn Thompson of Carson City, a son, Dustin Blake Thompson, born Oct. 16, 2011, weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces.To Lisa Vallalba and Raymo...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 10:40am
By MARTIN GRIFFITH Associated Press
RENO - Hunters are nearing the end of Nevada's first bear hunt. Nevada Department of Wildlife spokesman Chris Healy said while the season is scheduled to close Dec. 31, it will end prematurely if o...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 10:40am
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nine card players from seven countries are returning to Las Vegas this weekend in search of life-changing riches, the spoils of winning as much as $8.71 million at the World Series...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
By Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal.com
The halls of the Nevada State Museum rang out with the sounds of music, dance and laughter Saturday as hundreds of people attended the seventh annual el Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead."A...
News - Last Update Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:52am
Special to the Nevada Appeal
TOCCATA - Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus announces its sixth annual production of Handel's Messiah with performances in five locations.Messiah was first performed in Dublin, Ireland on March 2...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 10:40am
Special to the Nevada Appeal
TOCCATA - Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus announces its sixth annual production of Handel's Messiah with performances in five locations.Messiah was first performed in Dublin, Ireland on March 2...
Sports - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 11:34am
With a heavy heart and a third straight league title within reach, Dylan Sawyers was not going to be denied Friday night.
The Carson senior rushed for 333 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Senators to a 47-28 victory over visiting Reno High, clinching a share of the Northern 4A title for Carson and etching his name in the state record book.
Sports - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 11:58am
Northern 4A Regional Girls' SoccerChampionshipCopyright 2011 -. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.-Live coverage: Carson vs. Douglas for...
Lifestyle - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 10:37am
By Sandie La Nae
Local Author, Sandie La Nae, is having a signing for her new "Silver Ghosts Haunted Places and Phantom Encounters in Northern Nevada" book, co-authored with pioneer paranormal investigator, Richard Senate, at the historical St. Charles Hotel.
Also for purchase, the accompanying "Video Journey" CD of the St. Charles Hotel - which has footage, pictures, EVP and stories of paranormal findings by Thin Veil Investigators, the Paranormal Investigative team Sandie is associated with.
The Mile High Jazz Band will perform "November Jazz," a program of big-band jazz on Tuesday, November 8, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door; free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m. is $5 additional.
Wayne Richard Cunningham, age 60, of Dayton, NV, passed away November 1, 2011. Fitzhenry's Funeral Home is caring for arrangements.--Death Notice: CunninghamNovember, 4 2011 2:39 pm MST...
Called to Glory The Rev. Elmer D. Thyr was born in Spokane, WA , to Elmer and Louise Matilda (Irmer) Thyr on November 18, 1927. He grew up in Orange, CA and attended California Concordia College, O...
Sports - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:58am
By Darrell Moody dmoody@nevadaappeal.com
Fresh off a team championship at last week's 4A regional meet, the Carson High girls' cross country squad shoots for its 10th state title today at Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno.The first of six ra...
Sports - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:58am
Nevada Appeal Staff Report
The Sierra Lutheran volleyball team captured the school's first regional win in any organized sport Friday night.The No. 2 seed defeated McDermitt 25-18, 13-25, 20-25, 25-23 and 16-14. The Falcons ...
Opinion - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:14am
Time will heal emotionsof IHOP accidentI live not too far from where the massive North Hollywood Bank of America shootout took place.Now, 14 years later, the BofA bank is still there. No evidence r...
Opinion - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:14am
BY Eugene PaslovFor the Nevada Appeal
Our public schools must change. We must rethink how teachers teach and students learn.Charter schools hold much promise for reinventing public school. Blended distance learning (a mix of online ins...
Sports - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:58am
By Darrell Moody dmoody@nevadaappeal.com
The three-peat is complete.Carson High, thanks to a 328-yard rushing effort and five scores by Dylan Sawyers and pinpoint passing by Matt Nolan, hammered visiting Reno 47-28 Friday night to cap ...
News - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:58am
By The Associated Press
Cain accuser alleged several harassment incidents, lawyer saysWASHINGTON (AP) - One of Herman Cain's accusers alleged "several incidents of sexual harassment" in a formal complaint more than a deca...
News - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:58am
Nevada Appeal Staff Report
(- Staff Report) - The public is invited to celebrate El Da de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, with crafts, food, dances, stories, video, lecture and songs for the family from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today ...
News - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:58am
By GEOFF DORNAN gdornan@nevadaappeal.com
The financially strapped state of Nevada is being hit with an unexpected $868,000 penalty by the federal government.It's a penalty imposed by the feds for states that invest and make a profit on bo...
News - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:58am
By GEOFF DORNAN gdornan@nevadaappeal.com
The Supreme Court denied the secretary of state's petition Friday for a writ demanding rulings from Carson City District Judge Todd Russell.In his ruling adopting the maps drawn by his three "speci...
News - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:58am
Nevada Appeal Capitol Bureau
Gov. Brian Sandoval said Friday that he will convene the state Gaming Policy Committee to focus on technology, including the potential legalization of Internet gaming.The full Gaming Policy Committ...
News - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:58am
By Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal.com
Crafters are busily putting the finishing touches on their wares this week for the 17th annual Carson High Holiday Craft Fair, traditionally the city's biggest craft fair of the year. "We have 120 ...
News - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:58am
BILLINGS, Mont (AP) - Exxon Mobil Corp. said Friday it expects to incur costs of about $135 million from an oil pipeline break beneath Montana's Yellowstone River that triggered a massive effort to...
News - Last Update Sat, 11/05/2011 - 4:58am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (AP) - An asteroid bigger than an aircraft carrier will dart between the Earth and moon on Tuesday - the closest encounter by such a huge rock in 35 years. But scientists say no...