By Andrew Barbano
VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. — Just as Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny formed a winning box office team in "Space Jam," the competition will be hot and hilarious for Pet Jam on the Comstock this weekend.
A Pet Jamboree has been added to the annual Virginia City Pet Parade.

The Pet Jam will be held on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Silverland Arena, directly behind the Silverland Inn & Suites, the same area used for the annual Virginia City Camel Races.

Some of the highest excise tax revenues among the states are collected in Nevada, a new report from the Mercatus Center shows.
Nevada is one of six states – along with Connecticut, New Hampshire, Minnesota, and West Virginia – that collect over $600 in excise revenues per capita.

From boat regattas to Old West Virginia City concerts, Ely steam train rides to fireworks over Lake Tahoe, Nevada offers plenty of ways to celebrate Independence Day. This summer, make the most of the holiday by attending one of the state’s many spectacular Fourth of July events.

There are unique celebrations from one end of the state to the other over the holiday weekend. From big-city pyrotechnics to patriotic speeches, you’ll be sure to have plenty from which to choose. For more information on this and other summer fun in Nevada, visit www.TravelNevada.com.

A few years ago, I sat in on a meeting of local Carson City Democrats and their guest speaker for the night, Republican State Sen. Mark Amodei.

For the 15th and last year, B'Sghetti's restaurant rolled out all the stops Saturday in support of Taste of Downtown, a fundraiser for Advocates to End Domestic Violence.Participants returned th...

With most of high school and college graduations behind us, I have to wonder how many of the graduates will or have sent thank-you notes to those who recognized their achievement with a gift.I'm a ...

Ten years ago, Penny Holbrook walked into the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada and began doing a little of everything. She became a fixture, one of the most recognizable faces of the museum ...

RENO - A conservation group is asking a federal judge to throw out the California city of South Lake Tahoe's new planning regulations, saying the update allows for too much development at the expen...

Combing their two passions of long-distance hiking and humanitarian work, Kirk, 56, and Cindy Sinclair, 51, are hiking across the United States while raising awareness of different ways people c...

The 2011 Legislative Session is now history. Given the extremely difficult financial conditions facing state government, the Legislature spent most of its time dealing with budget and funding issue...

Registration for the Karson Kruzers 27th Annual Run-What-Cha-Brung show will be held this Friday, June 24th, from 6pm – 9pm in the parking lot on the Hwy 395 side of the Carson Mall. Cars can also be registered Saturday morning from 7am – 9:30am at Fuji Park. Applications can be downloaded at KarsonKruzers.com.

Doug Watson brings twenty years of historical characterization experience to his presentation of American humorist Will Rogers, an Indian-cowboy, one of the nation's most beloved faces and voices of the 1920s and 30s.

Known as the Bandit Queen or The Petticoat Terror of the Plains, Belle Starr has taken her place in history among the outlaws and desperados of what was then known as Indian Territory and what is now Oklahoma. Acclaimed storyteller and living history performer, Karen Vuranch brings this remarkable woman to life.

This spectacular musical theater medley, designed especially for the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, is filled with the fabulous singing of Cami Thompson with the live music of the Cami Thompson trio and the spectacular dancing of the Sierra Nevada Ballet. Musical numbers from some of the all time favorite musicals such as Show Boat, Sweet Charity, Hello Dolly and more will offer "a vivid performance under the stars for all ages and musical interests," according to Artistic Director, Rosine Bena.

UPDATE: The woman said she pleaded not guilty to a charge of battery with a deadly weapon. She said she was found guilty of simple battery, which is a misdemeanor.
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A Carson City woman faces a felony charge of battery with a deadly weapon after she allegedly smashed a beer bottle over the face of a woman she was fighting with outside a local bar.

SPARKS — Former Republican Party of Nevada Chairman Mark Amodei yesterday blew out the competition and became his party’s nominee for the 2nd congressional district special election on Sept. 13.
Amodei needed 162 of 323 member votes to win. He pulled in 221 votes compared to state Sen. Greg Brower who earned 56 votes and retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Kirk Lippold who received 46 votes.

A 3-1/2-acre field fire reported at about 9:20 a.m. Saturday initially threatened homes in the Mark Twain area of Storey County, but was quickly contained about and hour and a half later, according...

Anyone with a love of history and an interest in ghost hunting is invited to An Elegant Dinner & Ghost Hunt at The Mackay Mansion on Saturday, June 25.The evening opens the historic home in Virg...

Workshops offer job search helpThe Carson City branch of JobConnect will host two series of workshops on life skills and employment prep. The classes for both the June and July series are at 8:30 a...

The staff of Liberty Entertainment Corp. has big plans. With a recent expansion of the organization, Liberty is set as the only full-production media corporation in Northern Nevada to not only p...

Reportedly, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once said that political power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. While apologizing for using the words "Kissinger" and "aphrodisiac" in the same sen...

"Fast and Furious" may not mean anything to you, but it should. If I told you that this was and is a program intended to deceive the public into believing something that is absolutely not true and ...

At least 2,000 food lovers arrived at downtown Carson City Saturday for their chance to taste some of the capital city's finest flavors at the 18th Annual Taste of DownTown to benefit Advocates to End Domestic Violence.

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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews may conduct prescribed fire operations on the south side of the intersection of Pioneer Trail and U.S. Highway 50 in the community of Meyers near South Lake Tahoe early next week if weather conditions permit, according to a news release.

The project is about 30 acres and consists of piles of vegetation and woody materials remaining after fuels reduction efforts aimed at reducing wildfire risk to the community.

Carson City Fire Department and rescue teams plucked a man and a woman from a log in the middle of the Carson River at Riverview Park in Carson City this afternoon.

The pair had apparently become stuck when their raft hit barbed wire, according to fire personnel on the scene. A second raft with a family of three, including a small child, capsized as it attempted to rescue the two in the water, said Carson City Assistant Fire Chief Tom Tarulli. The mother and child swam to shore and a man was rescued further down the shore, Tarulli said.