The Nevada Senate Monday approved two bills designed to stop discrimination against gays and transgender individuals.But the third piece in the package was defeated when Democrat John Lee of Nor...

Gov. Brian Sandoval and his wife Kathleen are encouraging state workers to wear denim Wednesday to raise awareness of sexual assault.Denim Day is part of a national movement created after a 1999 in...

On her first day of batting practice at Carson High School, Moriah Lane hit the scoreboard in left-centerfield, and she hasn't stopped hitting since.Lane, who transferred to Carson after two yea...

CARSON CITY – U.S. Rep. Joe Heck praised GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval in remarks to the Nevada Legislature today for proposing a budget that does not raise taxes, saying it is the way to an economic recovery.
Heck, R-Nev., also expressed appreciation for Republican lawmakers who so far this session have supported Sandoval’s no new taxes or fees position during the lengthy review of his two-year, $5.8 billion general fund budget.

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Unit has ruled the deaths of Stephen Anderson, 16, and Keegan Aiazzi, 17, both of Carson City as accidental, caused by asphyxia due to ocean drowning. The teens drowned on April 9. Click here and here to read the story.

By Andrew Doughman
CARSON CITY – The answer from Gov. Brian Sandoval is no.
Today the governor’s senior adviser, Dale Erquiaga, rebuffed a proposal from state Democratic legislators to hold public hearings and a public review process in selecting a replacement for resigning U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev.
“I think the law and tradition are clear, this is an executive decision,” Erquiaga said at a press briefing this afternoon. “We appreciate the Assembly’s and Senate’s advice, but it’s not relevant to the current decision.”

Environmental agencies have opened a new phase in their investigation into mercury contamination in the Carson River and Washoe Lake watersheds that has been associated with a historic Comstock Lode gold and silver mining.

Nevada spends more than $300 million a year on corrections, and advocates for children believe there's a way to reduce that number by funding early learning programs.

A light agenda on Tuesday for the Carson City School District Board, with a discussion on bond projects, an update on proposed education cuts by the State Legislature and recognition of the district's Educators of the Year.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William Street.

As a part of Wildfire Awareness Week, May 1-8, 2011, a free event called Junk the Junipers, will take place on Saturday, May 7, 2011, from 8:30 a.m to 1 p.m. After removing the ornamental junipers from their homes, residents may bring them to the event site located at the south end of the Galaxy Theater parking lot. In exchange, residents will receive a coupon from Greenhouse Garden Center (valid throughout May) for a free #5 replacement plant *OR* 50 percent discount on up to 10 shrubs or perennials, limit one per household.

Join us this Friday 4/29 @ 8pm for "Unusual Suspects". This ultra talented 5 piece band will play covers from artists like: The Eagles, Lynard Skynard, Santana, Jimmy Buffett and more. No Cover and Smoke FREE!! See us on Facebook.

The film "Atlas Shrugged Part 1," opened Friday night at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City. The opening was overshadowed by the first-night celebration the V&T's No. 18 steam locomotive in "Water for Elephants," an average romance-plus-disaster film.

--Quake preparedness lacking at Tahoe, researcher warnsApril, 24 2011 12:02 am MST...

Growing complexity in the sports book sector - and especially the demand for substantial fresh investments in technology - played a role in driving the sale of the Cal Neva Sportsbook Division and ...

RENO - Brock Stassi summed up the weekend perfectly for the Nevada Wolf Pack baseball team."Our starting pitching was phenomenal," said Stassi after the Wolf Pack completed a four-game Western Athl...

Western Nevada College finds itself in an enviable position heading into the last two weeks of the Scenic West Athletic Conference baseball season.After Saturday's doubleheader sweep of in-state ri...

My life is good - really good. The sun shines and warms my face while the air is filled with the scent of spring flowers. The birds sing and chatter outside my window. I have a warm bed that holds ...

Most of us who have heard the saying "Nero fiddles while Rome burns" may not be aware that the fiddle, or violin was not invented until the 16th century. Regardless of it's dubious origin, the sayi...

The - editorial staff recently won six awards in the Suburban Newspapers of America 2010 editorial contest.Reporters Sandi Hoover and Brian Duggan won first place in the best continuing coverage ca...

The Carson City Planning Commission will consider this week a special use permit request from the Carson City School District and Carson City Parks and Recreation Department to allow the constructi...

The deadline that will define the remaining non-budgetary issues for lawmakers to deal with this session hits Tuesday.By the close of business Tuesday, all bills without an exemption must clear ...

A 12-year-old girl has died, bringing to two people the number killed in a Friday afternoon three-vehicle accident on Highway 50 East at Kit Kat Drive in Mound House. According to Nevada Highway...

It's difficult to discern if Republicans are doing anything to solve our economic problems. The Republican governors have an ideological agenda and are attacking unions, teachers and public employe...

--Senate mulls cuts to higher educationApril, 22 2011 11:45 pm MST...