The 2011 Legislative session is just about over and I think it can be best characterized by the warden in the movie "Cool Hand Luke" ... "What we have here is failure to communicate."You also could...

CARSON CITY — The state’s budget just took a $656 million hit, according to members of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s staff.
Following a Supreme Court decision earlier today, the governor convened the press at 11 p.m. to outline his opinion of how the decision effects funding streams used in the state budget.
“The problem is much worse than we thought,” said Dale Erquiaga, the governor’s senior adviser.

Southern California Edison has won a preliminary round in its legal battle to collect millions from Nevada for refunds paid on the sales and use tax assessed on coal, the Las Vegas Sun reports. If Edison wins, the state may face $145 million in refunds, leaving a bigger hole in the state's budget. Click here for the story.

According to a report from Jon Ralson, Jill Derby has decided not to run for the Nevada Congressional District 2 seat that was vacated by now-Sen. Dean Heller.

Derby ran for the seat twice against Heller, in 2006 and 2008. She and Nevada Treasurer Kate Marshall were to top two Democratic contenders for the seat. According to Ralson, Derby is throwing her support to Marshall.

CARSON CITY – Republican state senators who are refusing to go along with a call by Democrats to increase funding for the state budget say bills they have sponsored are being held hostage as a result.
Sen. Barbara Cegavske, R-Las Vegas, said Assembly Democrats, who have a 26-16 majority, “called back” seven Senate bills that had already been voted on and sent to the Senate for final action.

Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto talks about bills her office is working to get passed in the Nevada Legislature:

The 18th annual Reno Knights Memorial Day Tournament gets under way with full slate of games.There are 12 teams in the tournament, six in each division. each team is guaranteed five games.The Carso...

Lobbyists representing Western Nevada's counties warned Wednesday the state is dumping so many responsibilities on the counties that the state can't expect them to absorb everything by July 1."I...

By using overtime and grant money, Sheriff Ken Furlong intends to head off a 15 percent increase in crime that internal department statistics indicate comes with warmer weather. Furlong, whose p...

There was a line at the door when the Secretary of State's office opened filing for Dean Heller's former congressional seat Wednesday morning.Within the first 90 minutes, five candidates had filed ...

A California man arrested early Wednesday morning with a large cache of suspected stolen weapons is wanted for questioning in a series of Fresno-area robberies. Martin Earl Rushing, 40, of Los Bano...

A fire in the Virginia City Highlands on Wednesday afternoon left a family homeless, including a husband and wife, their two biological children and four foster children."They've lost everything...

Ayako's Dance Studio is presenting "Dance ~ A Timeless Celebration" at 7 p.m. Friday at the Carson City Community Center, Bob Boldrick Theater, 851 E. William St.The studio will also present a p...

Gov. Brian Sandoval's staff says the total impact of hte Supreme Court Decision could be as much has $656,8 million.In a midnight press conference, Sandoval aides said the high court ruling that th...

Western Nevada College Wildcats Baseball team will be offering open try-out at John L. Harvey Field, WNC Carson City campus. Players must be at least 16 years old to preticipate.

Don't miss this signature lecture of the Jack C. Davis Observatory. Mike Thomas will take you on a trip from the Sun, outward through the plantes, to deep space objects in our galaxy,and on to infinity. The topics cover many amazing facts, and astonishing Hubble Space Telescope images.

Sharron Angle, who previously said she was going to run for Nevada's 2nd District Congressional seat, decided today to skip the race.

Her exit was good news for establishment Republicans who worried her presence would split the vote and open the door for a Democrat to win this seat for the first time.

The following is a statement put out by her campaign:

This lecture by Mike Thomas covers the life and accomplishments of this complex genius on June 4 at the Jack C. Davis Observatory at Western Nevada College. Leonardo was the acknowledged expert of him time in a wide variety of disciplines, from Science to the Arts. The presentation includes many images of Leonardo da Vinci's work.

The Harvard Business Review recently devoted a special issue to failing. They called it "The failure issue." They pointed out several people, who at one point, looked like major failures and who we...

With the weather we've been having this spring, I thought it was time we help Mother Nature "spring" into action, so I'm going to share with you one of my most requested recipes, which just so h...

After filling in as interim principal of Carson Middle School for the past year, Dan Sadler was appointed to the permanent position Tuesday."Mr. Sadler emerged as the top candidate," said Superi...

The attorneys for both sides are scrambling to clear the way for a trial to begin next week against a Carson City man accused in the rapes of two teen girls. Brandon Hicks' defense attorney Ben ...

Sen. John Lee's bill to pull Nevada out of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency heads to the Senate floor today for an amendment he said would give it enough support to pass.Instead of pulling Nevada...

Changing the theme of a slot machine used to be a cumbersome experience, said Court Cardinal, the general manager of Carson City's Casino Fandango. "When you used to change the theme you had to ...