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It's been almost two years since I first heard about the Nugget Project.

Back then, the plan was very vague, a public-private partnership that could add up to $90 million. The city's part of this project would be a 1/8th cent sales tax increase and money from the redevelopment fund equaling approximately $25 million.

The sci-fi horror film "Apollo 18," currently playing at the Casino Fandango multiplex in Carson City and elsewhere, is a strange bird of a movie. The premise is that while NASA claimed to have scrubbed Apollo 18, it was actually rescheduled as a secret mission to plant Soviet ICBM detectors on the Moon. Three astronauts were selected and briefed and launched.

Good news for South Shore Lake Tahoe casinos to report this morning. Gaming establishments at Stateline saw a 25.42 percent increase in revenue over July 2010 figures, according to figures released today from the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
Carson Valley casinos, which include Carson City, Minden, Garderville had a 2.6 percent decline in July. Casinos took in a win of $8,699,046. In July 2010 it was $8,900,097. Statewide, casinos had an overall 3.66 percent increase in "gaming win" for the month.

After the stories were told and the honors bestowed, the Last Roll Call on Sunday was like a punch to the gut. "Major Heath Kelly. Major Heath Oscar Kelly," First Sgt. Roger Wheeler called out i...

KOLO Channel 8 Reno reports police have arrested 29-year-old Sparks resident Brian Hobbs and charged him with murder with a deadly weapon and placed on a no-bail hold in connection to the death of Cherissa Davidson who's body was discovered in Brunswick Canyon. Click here for the story.

By Jerry Vance
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Every now and then I get bored with exercise routine and I begin to experiment. After watching several of my exercise students struggling with coordination, I decided to do a little testing without their knowledge. I had no idea what a challenge this would be! I see all ages in my classes so I testing them all.

CARSON CITY – Residents of this capital city, hit with tragedy earlier in the week with the shooting deaths of four people at a local restaurant, gathered at two somber ceremonies today to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.
About 300 people gathered at Mills Park for the Patriot’s Day – 9-11 Remembrance sponsored by the Capital Baptist Church.

By Sgt. Jim Halsey
Deputies of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office have arrested 21-year-old Jacob Wilcher on charges of kidnapping and attempted sexual assault. At approximately 11:40 am on Sunday, Douglas County deputies were dispatched to a call of an attempted child abduction at the Lifepoint Church, in Minden.

Roman Ruins Poster

ROMAN RUINS Mystery Theatre Dinner
813 N. Carson Street, Carson City, NV
October 1, 2011 - 5pm

You are invited to dine with the famous Roman poet, Flabbius Corpus. Join your fellow guests in solving the theft of the priceless statue and the murder in the garden.

Cash Bar
Togas Optional (period dress welcome)

Tickets: $35.00 each
Available at the Children's Museum or call 884-2226.

cmnn.org - 884-2226 - 813 N. Carson St., CC, NV

Another "Who-Dunnit" Fundraiser for...
Your Children's Museum of Northern Nevada

A decade ago we stood at a crossroads, and we made a choice.

Gil Ayarbe has told the story of the flag countless times. Yet he takes his time as he tells it once more, savoring the memory."I was on a morning walk a little while after 9/11 with Dan Mooney,...

A body found in the hills off Deer Run Road late Friday afternoon has been identified as a 29-year-old Sparks woman and authorities are calling her death a homicide. According to Sheriff Ken Fur...

Ann Silver has never watched footage from the Sept. 11, 2011 terrorist attacks. She's never seen the planes crashing into the Twin Towers or watched as they crumbled in on themselves and collaps...

Dozens of donors turned out to give blood Saturday during a Heroes Remembered Blood Drive in Carson City.The day-long event included a ceremony in honor of first responders and the 10th annivers...

Through its first 140 years of existence, the Nevada National Guard served exactly as it was intended - as a reserve component military force called upon to supplant active duty forces when needed....

From outward appearances, Carson City is returning to normalcy after eight minutes of terror at a family restaurant that left five people dead and seven wounded. But the emotional wounds are raw...

Whether the City Center Project will move forward or die will be decided Thursday when the Carson City Board of Supervisors meets.City staff is recommending approval of the $49.6 million project ba...

Firefighters expect to have the 150-acre Holbrook fire contained by this morning.A quick response and some lucky winds slowed down the wildfire that started in western Topaz Ranch Estates, flew ...

Nevada's jobless rate of 12.9 percent is tough enough, but it's a heck of a lot tougher on some groups than others.Men, for instance, are substantially more likely than women to be unemployed in th...

Sharp declines in enrollment at real estate licensing and contractor's exam schools in Reno and Carson City have owners slashing prices and adding new avenues of business to keep revenues flowing.H...

Rice Lake Weighing Systems, a Wisconsin company, said last week it purchased a 29,700-square-foot building in Fernley and plans to launch a plant to manufacture truck scales.The facility will emplo...

Business owners and lawmakers will once again converge for the 17th annual Critical Issues Conference, "Turning the Corner," 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 22 at Carson Valley Inn in Minden.Organized by th...

A decade ago we stood at a crossroads, and we made a choice.Our economic output had been growing fast for the prior decade - faster than it had grown in any decade since the 1960s. Gross Private In...

Ten years ago today, Nevadans awoke to learn of unspeakable acts of terror, acts that would tear the fabric of America and cast doubt on our ability to keep one another safe. And yet, at the same t...

RENO - The shutout streak ended, but the Carson High's girls soccer teamremained unbeaten in Northern 4A play.Josilyn Daggs scored two first-half goals and the Senators' defense blankedDamonte Ranc...

RENO - Carson High entered Saturday's soccer match against Damonte Ranch expecting a tough game, and they weren't disappointed.The Senators managed to stretch their win streak to two thanks to goal...

Christa McGahuey took a trip to Michigan two weeks ago and came away with a full-ride softball scholarship to the University of Detroit-Mercy.McGahuey has verbally committed to the small Division 1...

ELKO - Dayton High's volleyball team won its second straight road match, topping Spring Creek 26-24, 25-17 and 25-14 on Saturday afternoon.Dayton is 2-0 heading into its Tuesday match against Spark...

A 26-year-old Sparks man was jailed Sunday in the death of Cherissa Davidson whose body was found three miles in the hills off Deer Run Road early Saturday. According to the Sparks Police Depart...

My thoughts after hearing the song - "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning." That Tuesday morning my girls rushed to schoolWith a wave as they ran out the doorI turned on the TV to Good Mo...

Bella Fiore Wines

Join us for a Coppola Vineyard’s wine tasting event to benefit the IHOP Victims Families. Please come down and show your loving support to the ones that need you the most.
6:00p - 9:00p $15pp
The Bella Family

A bat in Carson City has tested positive for rabies, according to Carson City Health and Human Services. There is NO known human exposure to the bat. Rabies is a deadly viral disease that affects the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). People get rabies from the bite of an animal with rabies. You can also be exposed to rabies if infected saliva or tissue containing rabies gets into a fresh wound (one that has bled within 24 hours) or the eyes, nose or mouth.

A body found in the hills off Deer Run Road late Friday afternoon has been identified as a 29-year-old Sparks woman and authorities are calling her death a homicide. According to Sheriff Ken Fur...

Carson City officials located the missing infant son of a woman who was found dead yesterday in Brunswick Canyon.

The body of Cherissa J. Davidson was found yesterday afternoon. Her last known address was Sparks, and she has three children, including a three-month-old son who was found safe this afternoon in Sparks.

carson now: carson city IHOP shooting memorial

A woman places flowers at the makeshift memorial outside the IHOP restaurant in Carson City where a gunman killed four people and wounded seven others before taking his own life.

Private memorial services for two of the IHOP shooting victims took place today at the Nevada National Guard headquarters on Fairview Drive. Many bikers and others waved flags outside the facility to show their support, and to counter a threatened protest by members of the Westboro Baptist Church where are infamous for picketing funerals of military personnel.

In a long awaited ruling, the federal nuclear safety agency has said Nevada can close down Yucca Mountain once and for all.
The Obama administration had asked Congress to zero out the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) work on Yucca as a follow up to the prior  termination of funding at the Department of Energy (DOE) project. The NRC has directed that all project casework be wrapped up by the end of the month.

CARSON CITY — The Secretary of State’s Securities Division has issued a cease and desist order to a Wyoming company doing business in Nevada to stop selling shell corporations registered with his office because it is a securities violation.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors will vote Thursday evening on whether to move forward with the revamped City Center/Nugget Project.

An evening session of their regular bi-monthly meeting is planned to discuss the $50 million project, of which $23.7 million would come from the city.

The agenda (attached below) makes reference to "a public commitment to the project of a 1/8th-cent sales tax

After spending the week covering the massacre at IHOP here in Carson City, along with stories remembering the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks 10 years ago, I wasn't sure I was in the mood for camel r...

A bat in Carson City has tested positive for rabies, according to Carson City Health and Human Services, but there is no known human exposure to the bat. The bat was picked up by Animal Services on...

A decade has elapsed since terrorists under the banner of al-Qaida perpetrated the single worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor.Incline Village is thousands of miles removed from the sce...

James-Michael Johnson has seen enough of LaMichael James already."Oh, yeah," the Nevada Wolf Pack linebacker said this week. "We've been studying him all summer long. I watched every play of that L...

James-Michael Johnson has seen enough of LaMichael James already."Oh, yeah," the Nevada Wolf Pack linebacker said this week. "We've been studying him all summer long. I watched every play of that L...

Jeff Gordon secured his spot in NASCAR's 2011 Chase for the Championship with his historic 85th victory in the rain-delayed Atlanta race on Tuesday. He and teammate Jimmie Johnson both put on an am...

It wasn't until Jim Shirk placed his hand on the I-beam from the World Trade Center rubble that the full gravity of what occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, hit him.Shirk, who has worked for more than a...

The Carson City Sheriff's Office is investigating the discovery of a woman's body found down an embankment in the hills of East Carson City on Friday afternoon by a scrap metal hunter.Officers w...

Heading into the last day of early voting on Friday, 5,865 people cast their ballots in the Congressional District 2 special election.Carson City Clerk/Recorder Allen Glover said the turnout this w...

Please remember we are there to pay our respects to the fallen. Do not come out 'looking for a fight' with the individuals that plan on being there (you all know who by now). It's not about them, it's about the victims. The last thing we need are more violent headlines in the news. I urge all of you to keep your composure, and remain peaceful for the victims.

The body of a woman was found Friday afternoon in Brunswick Canyon, according to the Carson City Sheriff's Office.

The body was found at 3:35 p.m. approximately two miles east of the Deer Run Bridge, down a 90-foot embankment. The body is that of an adult female, approximately 30 years old. The body had suffered numerous injuries, and no identification was located. The body has been taken to the Washoe County Medical Examiners office for autopsy and identification.

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