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Care Flight has been advised and Carson City paramedics have responded tonight to a report of an injured cyclist, believed to be a teenager. The cyclist was found in the Deer Run canyon area east of Carson City and was to be brought down by a truck occupied by two who apparently found the cyclist. The call came in around 6:20 tonight. Care Flight is said to be landing shortly.

CARSON CITY – Memo to Nevada lawmakers: If you don’t finish up your work on June 6 as the constitution requires, don’t expect Gov. Brian Sandoval to call you back to work right away in a special session.

By Lisa Davis
Carson City Sheriff’s Office has joined the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to participate in the Take 25 national child safety campaign which takes place during the month of May.

Five people were injured in an accident that occurred at approximately 1 p.m. at Highway 395 and Jacks Valley Road. Three of those injured were taken by Care Flight to Renown Medical Center in Reno, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

Southbound traffic on South Carson Street was backed up all the way to Colorado Street as of 4:15 p.m. The backstreets are also filling up as people search for a way around the blockage caused by the accident.

Governor Brian Sandoval today vetoed the Democratic spending proposal for Nevada’s K-12 budget.
Democrats and Republicans had been at loggerheads during debate over the bill, largely because it would provide for spending almost $700 million more than Sandoval wanted.

The Nevada Appeal reports that two people have been airlifted by medical ambulance following an accident involving a semi, dump truck and an SUV on Highway 395 and Jacks Valley Road at about 1 this afternoon.

Young Business Professional members will learn first hand what it takes to create our local newspaper. Meet some of the Nevada Appeal team members and discover all the hard work that goes into creating the community's number one news source. Take a tour of the facility and learn how to write opinions to the paper. Lunch sponsored by the Nevada Appeal will be included.

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Antsy McClain and The Trailer Park Troubadours, CD release concert on Thursday, June 14th, 7:30pm BAC Performance Hall. $23 General, $19 Student/Senior/BAC Member

 

After having the first stage canceled yesterday due to late-spring snow, it now looks like the second stage of the Amgen Tour of California bike race that was supposed to kick off today from Squaw Valley has been moved to Nevada City instead, where the annual event visited last year.

TRUCKEE, Calif. - Race officials hope Stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California will proceed as planned today after Stage 1 was cancelled Sunday due to harsh weather.Monday's Stage 2 start from Sq...

CARSON CITY — The Capitol grounds are expected to become a campground this week as progressive groups establish a temporary headquarters for a last ditch lobbying effort for tax increases.
As many as 200 students, social service workers, teachers and progressive activists plan to live in tents during Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as they host events and lobby legislators.
The agenda could include events at both the Capitol and the Legislature, said Jan Gilbert, lobbyist for the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, which has helped coordinate the event.

RENO - Mark Twain will have to wait to get recognition in the state where he assumed his pen name nearly 150 years ago.The U.S. Board on Geographic Names has rejected a bid by its Nevada counterpar...

A three-and-a-half minute video taken at a Winnemucca chariada rodeo that shows a horse being flipped onto its back may revive legislation that was slated for the dust heap."Seeing that horse flail...

Carson High School had is prom last night. To see more photos, see The Senator News website.

Teachers are college graduates many with a Master’s Degree who are in the trenches educating our K–12 students. Carson City School District salaries range from $33,106.70 to $64,699.98. The average is $45,000 a year.
Every time Nevada has a budget shortfall, there are people, usually males, who are negatively vocal regarding “all the money teachers make.” “Teachers work half a year.” “Our children are failing because teachers are not doing their job.” Blah Blah Blah…

"Bridesmaids," a snappy film now playing at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City, has been billed as a distant version of "Hangover," but I think that stretches things a bit.

The first stage of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California was canceled minutes before it was set to begin because of concerns over snow and slick riding conditions at South Lake Tahoe. Organizers had hoped to shorten the course, but riders at the last minute voiced concern about conditions.

The following statement is from Andrew Messick, President of AEG Sports, presenter of the Amgen Tour of California regarding weather conditions at South Lake Tahoe for Stage 1 of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California:

"Due to severe and unsafe weather conditions in the Lake Tahoe area, the start of Stage 1 of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California has been delayed.

Amgen Tour of California officials say they should have a decision by 9 a.m. as to what they intend to do about the Stage 1 kick-off set to begin at South Lake Tahoe given that snow is expected in the Sierra through the morning.

Members of the Western Nevada baseball team were scattered in and around the third-base dugout, most sitting in stunned silence. Some cried and some were able to hold back tears.Gone was the 22-gam...

FERNLEY - Dayton High will send 17 athletes - 13 girls and four boys - to next weekend's NIAA 3A State Track & Field Championships at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas."For the most part, we got the...

When talking about third-grade teacher Kathy Rothchild, students and colleagues often describe her as kind and dedicated. "She honestly loves children and brings this kindness and empathy to eve...

A special meeting of the Carson City supervisors and the Redevelopment Authority is set for 9 a.m. Monday in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center to adopt a final budget for fiscal y...

Local and regional merchants will set up shop inside the Carson Mall on Wednesday to show off their goods - from sourdough yeast starter kits to hand-made pottery. And all of them have one thing...

Urban Outfitters, which will construct a large Internet fulfillment center in Stead, is only the latest in a recent string of major retailers that have given Northern Nevada the nod for new fulfill...

Everyone in the building has been waiting for the other shoe to drop. The first leg of the Democrat's plan (union-demonstration/press conference/student-rally strategy) has been to embarrass Republ...

The recent federal indictment of three Internet gambling websites should cause the Nevada Legislature to think twice before legalizing online poker, a risky proposition at best and a criminal enter...

Join us this Friday, May 20th @ 8pm for our "Luau Dance Party" with host DJ 80's Joe. He'll be playing your favorite danceable party songs from the 70's, 80's or whatever (classic rock, pop rock, country and disco). No Cover and Smoke FREE. Tropical dress encouraged. See our Facebook flyer here.

Plans for air travel, the future of bike trails in the region and other transportation improvement issues will be the subject of a public open house, May 18 from 4-7 p.m., at the Nevada Legislative Building in Carson City.

Nevada State Prison in Carson City is slated to close in April 2012, 150 years after it first opened.

The Senate Finance Committee and the Assembly Ways and Means Committee voted Saturday to close Nevada State Prison next year to save the state $17 million. Most of the inmates and staff will be transfered to other facilities, but approximately 30 employees will lose their jobs. The Las Vegas Sun has the details.

CARSON CITY – Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval has vetoed the Democratic redistricting plan for new Congressional, state Senate and Assembly districts.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed a redistricting bill Saturday that was zipped through the Legislature by Democratic lawmakers, accusing the majority party of seeking political gain and violati...

Democrats on legislative money panels added back $88 million to Medicaid programs that assist Nevada's poor, elderly and disabled, saying some cuts in Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval's budget are to...

CARSON CITY – Democrats today voted to reject Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposed budget cuts to Medicaid programs this morning.
The governor would have saved about $90 million in his budget through the reductions. Republicans on the Legislature’s money committees voted to cut the Medicaid budget in line with Sandoval’s recommendations.
The Medicaid funding would help reimburse hospitals and their staff for caring for Medicaid patients.

The following activities along Carson City roadways will take place due to utility work:

  • On Monday, May 16 through Wednesday, May 18, work is scheduled on Curry Street near the intersection with King Street. There will be single lane traffic with flagger control.
  • On Thursday, May 19, there will be single lane traffic with flagger control on Research Way south of College Parkway.

The Concordia University-Irvine's Handbells and Hand Chimes will present a Carillon Fantasy concert at 7 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1480 Douglas Ave., Gardnerville.Directed by Dr....

I was talking with a friend of mine the other day. She was diligently working at her desk on one of numerous projects she is juggling to complete. I made a casual comment about the apparent lack of...

DAYTON - Dayton High's baseball team has its back to the wall - again.The Dust Devils, who won the Lahontan League regular-season title, are one game from elimination after dropping a 6-4 decision ...

The drought is over for WNC first baseman Sean Potkay.Potkay, who had gone homerless for the past 34 games, hit two solo homers and drove in the game-winning run with a bases-loaded walk to lead th...

Don Karr, who moved to Carson City from Smith Valley around 1990, received his Ph.D. in psychology during a ceremony at the University of Nevada, Reno, on Friday.At 74, he didn't consider age to...

The owners of the vacant Kmart in north Carson City want to open an events center in the 170,000 square foot building that has been empty since 2002. That's according to an application submitted th...

A 20-year-old unemployed woman was arrested Thursday after she allegedly stole jewelry from her family and tried selling it at a Carson City pawn shop. Annemarie "Bozin" Pura and a male friend trie...

Sen. Harry Reid, D-NV., met this week with Carson City officials to discuss a program designed to keep children out of the juvenile justice system.Reid, the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, met with Ca...

Legislative money committees voted Friday to restore money the governor's budget originally cut from the China Spring and Aurora Pines youth camps in Douglas County.Gov. Brian Sandoval originally p...

By Andrew Doughman
CARSON CITY – The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce is pushing for major changes to the state’s collective bargaining law for public sector employees.
In an amendment to another bill that already passed the Senate, the  chamber said the changes will alleviate budget concerns for local governments and save taxpayers money.

New officers for the American Association of University Women Capital Branch were installed Thursday evening, May 12. They are: Lillian Hack, president; Jane Johnson, VP Programs; Carolyn Harris, treasurer; Staci Denham, Membership chair; and Lin Nary, Secretary. Phyllis Westfall officiated.

A Michigan man who allegedly threatened to kill some of the patrons of a Carson City bar led deputies on a chase to Stagecoach Thursday morning. James Fowler, 48, was at the Schmitt House at 1 a...

Carson City deputies were led on a brief chase Wednesday evening that resulted in an intoxicated woman driving through a cemetery. Laurie Ann Hancock, 43, was pulled over after the Carson City S...

The Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee was urged Thursday to give voters the chance to change four city charters including Carson City's, limiting voting for supervisors to res...

Virginia City's tourism director Susan Sutton will step down by the end of the month following an emotional board meeting for the city's convention and tourism authority on Thursday. The rift betwe...

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