More than 10,000 jobless Nevadans will lose their benefits this week, with thousands more to join them every week that follows. Click here to read the story and view a video report from KOLO News Channel 8.

Three Carson City men were arrested after allegedly trying to steal video games and a camera from Kohl's, with one man acting as a lookout using a cell phone while two others attempted to take the property.

Tanner Jordan Rust, 20; Joseph Mills, 18, and Kenneth Burden, 20 were arrested on Tuesday and are in the Carson City Jail. Rust and Mills each face felony attempted burglary charges. Bail was set at $2,500 each. Burden faces a gross misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to burglarize. His bail was also set at $2,500.

The Community Health Nursing clinics throughout Lyon County offer many conveniently located and very affordable services for men, women, and children. The Dayton Community Health Nursing clinic at 34 Lakes Blvd. hosts regular appointment hours, as well as walk-in clinics, men’s clinics, and translation services.

CARSON CITY – Gov. Jim Gibbons announced today the retirement of Information Technology Director Dan Stockwell after 47 years in the field, including 14 years with the state of Nevada.
“I consider Dan Stockwell a consummate professional and a good friend,” Gibbons said. “He can be proud of his service to the citizens of Nevada.”
“I would like to thank all of wonderful public service professionals I have worked with over the years with the State of Nevada,” Stockwell said. “We have truly laid the foundation for a bright future for our state.”

Be a part of it this year at the Carson City Library Foundation’s New Year’s Eve party, December 31 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Nevada State Library and Archives in Carson City. Tickets are $50 each, or a table of eight for $350, and include dinner buffet, entertainment, champagne toast, silent auction, and a ball drop at midnight, East Coast time.

After three years of planning, designing and fundraising, The Greenhouse Project will take root in Carson City with a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, December 3 at Carson High School.

This version of the classic story is JAZZ'D UP! to make it fun for the whole family. With jazz and tap dance styles added to the traditional ballet, you will be amazed by the talent of our performers, ages 3 to 60+. Special effects and high-tech lighting increase the excitement. All tickets are only $10!!! Show times are 7pm on December 18th and 1pm on December 19th. Get your tickets at the door or call danceSpirit at 884-1066 to reserve the best seats. danceSpirit Performing Arts is a local non-profit arts organization striving to bring more of the Arts to our community.

Carson Lanes Presents... Live Music with "Bad Intent", Northern Nevada's Favorite Classic Rock Band. No Cover and Smoke FREE. Happy Hour @ 5pm (Buy one, Get one FREE).

When I was at the Nugget Advisory Committee meeting last week, a PR person working for P3 Development and the Carson Nugget handed me a list of Frequently Asked Questions about the project.

One thing a complex project like this could really use is an FAQ list. Of course, this list came from those developing the project, so a little spin was to be expected. But I was surprised at how much spin there was.

"Love & Other Drugs" is a sort of romantic comedy involving a drug salesman, Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal) and an artist Maggie (Anne Hathaway) who is suffering from Parkinson's disease. It recalls that tear-jerker of yore, "Love Story," but doesn't go all the way. No cure but the couple walk off into the snow and to his Porsche Carrera rag top.

Carson City property value assessments are due out Tuesday and will reflect a 8.7 percent cumulative average decline, Assessor Dave Dawley reports. It is the second year that Carson City has seen a cumulative decrease.

The figure represents a decrease of approximately $200 million of assessed valuation. Total assessed values last year were $1.59 billion and fell to $1.39 billion this year, Dawley reports.

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The Pinkerton Ballet Theater turns the classic holiday ballet "The Nutcracker" into a chance for some political types to take part at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Carson Community Center, 851 E. William St. Tickets are $23.5 general admission, $19.50 for senior and students. Call (775) 230-1915.

The political figures involved are Carson Mayor Bob Crowell, State Senator Mark Amodei and City Assessor Dave Dawley. Crowell appears Friday, Dawley on Saturday and Amodei Sunday. And the entire cast is local in desire if not actuality.

Carson Lanes Presents.. "Nevada Hazzurd". This awesome group will be playing your favorite Modern & Classic Rock tunes, as well as Country & Pop Tunes. No Cover and Smoke FREE. Happy Hour from 5-6pm. Buy one, Get one FREE. Complimentary Appetizers from Wally's Pizza and Alley's Diner.

A quick blast of unstable weather will likely affect the Carson City region by Saturday, the National Weather Service and Carsonweather.com reports.

The system is expected to move south tomorrow and reach the Sierra and Northwest Nevada sometime Saturday morning. Some snow could fall on the valley floors, with up to six inches at lake level and a foot above 7,000 feet.

A Carson City man faces a felony sexual assault charge after allegedly raping a woman in a stairwell near a Carson City tavern early Sunday morning.

Rodrigo Romero, 20, was arrested Tuesday and is being held on $50,000 bail.

Accentuating the good concerning United States of America Jobless claims is possible, depending on how you look at the statistics. The number of people filing for unemployment rose last week. However, the number was lower than analysts forecasted. Individuals are getting employed, however insufficient to make up for the ones getting fired, a stasis that is reflected in the unemployment rate, which has been stuck at 9.6 percent and shows no signs of imminent movement.

A Christmas Carol play-along will be held on Monday, Dec. 20, from 11 a.m. to noon at the Carson Mall.
The play-along is open to all string players (violin, viola, cello, bass). Check in is at 10:30 a.m. Bring your own music stand, and dress in Christmas attire. Free admission includes cookies and punch afterward. Call Sue Jesch for reservations and sheet music at (775) 450-5584.

The Carson City Symphony presents the 27th annual Holiday Treat Concert on Sunday, Dec. 12 at the Carson City Community Center.

A federal judge on Monday reaffirmed his September ruling overturning a plan to add thousands of new boat facilities on the lake.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency had requested the judge amend his ruling. The TRPA’s motion was not an appeal. The agency will have another 30 days to appeal the judge’s September ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

A book signing by former Nevada Appeal and Tahoe Daily Tribune sports reporter Jeremy Evans will be on Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. at Borders Books in Carson City. Evans is the author of the new book "In Search of Powder: A Story of America's Disappearing Ski Bum."

Highway 395 through Washoe Valley has been re-opened, said Scott Magruder, spokesman for the Nevada Department of Transportation.

High winds and a few accidents had closed off portions of the highway and traffic was being re-routed through East Lake Drive earlier this morning.

Vehicles and campers are not advised to go through but are not prohibited. Chains and snow tires are required.

"It's calmed a little bit and not as bad as it was," Magruder said.

A winter storm warning remains in effect for the Carson City region through 4 p.m. today. Go to carsonweather.com for the very latest.

Two Carson City men face property destruction charges after allegedly shooting out 13 windows inside a building in the 2800 block of Arrowhead Drive that caused an estimated $5,200 in damage.

Eric Dean Larson, 23, faces a felony property destruction charge as well as being in the possession of a burglary tool, a gross misdemeanor. Garrett Wesley Blackwell, 20, faces a felony property destruction charge, a charge of discharging a firearm into a structure, also a felony, and a misdemeanor charge of discharging a firearm.

The Carson Nugget Development Advisory Committee voted Monday night to forward the still-changing plans for the Carson City Center/Nugget Project to the Board of Supervisors.

The committee heard a presentation from P3 Development about the feasibility plan they said showed that the project was viable.