By the Reno Police Department
After a comprehensive investigation by detectives from the Reno Police Dept. in conjunction with detectives from the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, all four defendants have been charged in the murder of Steven Gale, from the morning of May 9th on California Avenue. In addition they were charged with several other robberies and related crimes in both Carson City and Reno.

By Sean Whaley
CARSON CITY – The Legislature’s two money committees today approved block grant funding for child welfare activities handled by Clark and Washoe counties, but delayed implementation of a proposed “incentive” element of the plan until 2014.
The requirement that a portion of the funds be made available to the two counties only after demonstrating improvement in the delivery of services was a point of contention in Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget.

By Mike Wolterbeek
RENO — To meet the demands of the marketplace, the University of Nevada, Reno has combined disciplines and added a new major to its roster: computer science and engineering.

“This will make our students more marketable, more well-rounded and more likely to be incorporated and become productive in their new work environments,” Yaakov Varol, chair of the University of Nevada, Reno’s CSE department, said.

On Sunday, May 22nd, at 3:00 p.m., the 12th Annual Ecumenical Choir Festival Concert will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Avenue in Reno, Nevada. Five choirs from a wide area of Northern California, Reno and Carson City will combine their more-than-50 voices to sing four selections: Thomas Tallis’ poignant “If Ye Love Me”; Henry Purcell’s majestic “O God, Thou Art My God”; Bruce Greer’s lively and rhythmic arrangement of “The Lord Reigns!” and Franz Schubert’s enthusiastic “Sanctus” from the Mass in D.

By Andrew Doughman
CARSON CITY — A Republican Hispanic governor will soon decide the fate of a Democratic redistricting plan that has both political parties embroiled in a debate over fairness to Nevada’s Hispanic population.

Reno TV station KRNV Channel 4 reports this afternoon that documents filed in Reno Justice Court show that two of the suspects arrested and charged with an armed robbery Saturday night as part of a string of robberies between Reno and Carson City, have also reportedly admitted to participating in the fatal shooting of a Reno man early Sunday morning. Click on the link above or tune into KRNV MyNews4 at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. for the latest.

A camp-out demonstration has been set for Monday through Wednesday at the Nevada Legislature in Carson City and is being led by a group of education supporters who favor a tax hike to fund schools.

Carson City and Douglas County paramedics are at the scene of an accident involving a motorcyclist who reportedly spun-out in the westbound lane of Highway 50 this afternoon, about 1 mile east from Spooner Summit. Care Flight was notified but the motorcyclist will be transported by ground ambulance, according to dispatch. The accident was reported at around 12:43 p.m.

The daughter of the motorcyclist, who was apparently following him in a white sedan, told dispatch that her father was conscious and alert but somewhat dazed.

From a reader and local businessman:

The Carson School District, Carson Middle and Eagle Valley Middle School have decided NOT have any local Carson City business do any of the required uniforms for next year. Instead, they will be done by a company in Reno!

But, if you would like a blank uniform, they hey, you can support Walmart. All the schools in Carson City are wanting the parents and business to support them ... but they will continue to support RENO by sending out money, our tax dollars, to Reno.

What would you do if there was a public health emergency here in Carson City? With an upcoming Mass Dispensing Exercise, Carson City Health and Human Services hopes to take a step towards answering that question.

Here are some photos of wildlife in the region taken by Elaine Quilici.

I’ve been having some fun roaming around on the Internet collecting all kinds of interesting outdoor-type information about Carson City.
And, I thought it would be fun to share that information with everyone who lives here or anyone who might be interested in my home town. So here goes:

01. Did you know that:
The urban portion of Carson City (here in Eagle Valley) has an elevation of about 4,700+ feet, as compared to the highest elevation point in all of the following states and the District of Columbia:
Alabama: Cheaha Mountain: 2,413 feet.

By Sean Whaley
CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval today asked for a statewide review of cash settlements with former state employees after Controller Kim Wallin uncovered three payments to former Department of Transportation workers that were not approved as required by state law.

Silver Springs children have a new school garden, thanks to a grant received by Healthy Communities Coalition through the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). In a unique partnership, Community Roots, a nonprofit part of The Healthy Communities Coalition, is partnering with SSES and SS Boys and Girls Club to develop and maintain the new garden this spring and summer.

By Andrew Doughman
CARSON CITY – Legislators on money committees today approved on a party-line vote a 4.8 percent salary cut to state and higher education employees.
The proposal would include a 2.3 percent cut through furloughs – about six days per year – and a 2.5 percent salary reduction.
Gov. Brian Sandoval had proposed in his budget a 5 percent salary cut to state and higher education workers.

Vail Resorts, Inc. announced Tuesday it’s extending the special discount prices on 2011-2012 season passes for the Epic Pass, Epic Local Pass, Epic 7-Day and Tahoe Value Pass until May 30, 2011.

All passes are available for purchase at www.epicpass.com and pass prices valid through May 30 are listed below. A $49 down payment now locks in the guaranteed lowest price with the remaining balance due in mid-September.

By the Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
The Nevada Division of Forestry State Tree Nursery in Washoe Valley is opening for the season Thursday, May 12. The nursery is open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 3 pm Thursday through Saturday until Oct. 15, 2011.
The nursery is designed to assist landowners by providing plant material suitable for conservation uses such as, but not limited to, windbreaks, soil erosion control, water conservation, and wildlife habitats.

Here are the recent fish plants in Western Nevada by Nevada Division of Wildlife:

May 04: Squaw Creek Reservoir in Northern Washoe County: 3,996 rainbow trout: 10.4 inches in length.
May 04: Martin Slough in Gardnerville: 246 rainbows: 10.2 inches.
May 04: Wilson Common in Washoe Valley: 503 rainbows: 10.2 inches.
May 04: Davis Creek Pond in Washoe Valley: 503 rainbows: 10.2 inches.
May 05: Kuenzli Pond in Yerington: 854 rainbows: 10.2 inches.

The Ormsby Sportsmen’s Association (OSA), a local sportsmen’s club for hunters and fishermen will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, May 17 in the conference room at the Carson City Sheriff’s Office at 911 East Musser Street at 6:30 p.m.

Enter through the west side door. The evening’s guest will be Dave Catalano, a game specialist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife.

By the Nevada Department of Wildlife
With the arrival of spring, the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) reminds kayakers, canoe users and paddle boaters of all kinds that they are subject to the same equipment requirements and boating regulations as every other boat on the water.

By the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Curtis Robinson caught a 31½-inch cutthroat trout at East Canyon Reservoir this spring.
The fish Curtis caught is a new Utah state record—it's the largest cutthroat trout ever caught and released in Utah.

Curtis caught the 31½-inch "cruiser cut" at the reservoir in northern Utah using a handmade marabou jig.
"That's the fun part," Curtis said, "catching it on something you made yourself."

By Mike Wolterbeek
RENO, Nev. — An impact study by researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno has found that the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act is not only good public policy but also good for the economy.

Three adults and one juvenile are in Washoe County Jail on suspicion of armed robbery in connection to a string of incidents that happened in Carson City and Reno over the weekend that left one man dead.

Rosendo Plancarte-Perez, 30, was arrested Friday night in the 600 block of Hot Springs Road for felony lewdness with a child under the age of 14.

According to the arrest report, the suspect's stepson reported to Carson City Sheriff's deputies that he watched Plancarte-Perez go into his sister's room and lock the door. When the boy asked his sister later what happened, she said he had touched her private parts. The victim told deputies the suspect had been touching her groin area through her clothes during multiple incidents when her mother was at work.