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Trying to plug a nearly one billion dollar hole in the state budget has been a bit of a roller coaster ride.

Carson High graduate Christy Works helped the University of Nevada women's track team's distance medley relay to a third place finish on Friday at the Western Athletic Conference Championships in

Carson River Community Bank in Carson City was closed today by the Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Financial Institutions Division, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio

A source inside Governor Gibbon’s office today said Gibbons will not veto the Race to the Top education bill passed Wednesday evening by the state Senate and Assembly during the special session of

The State Senate and Assembly have this week considered cuts to education as they seek ways to close Nevada’s $881 million budget gap at the legislative special session.

(Updated at 2:37 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2010)

SIERRA LEAGUE
Player of the Year: Bobby Hunter, Manogue; Coach of the Year: Bruce Barnes, Carson

Carson High School's wrestling program -- past, present and future -- was recognized at the team awards dinner on Thursday night at the Plaza Hotel Conference Center.

A Carson City man who threatened suicide and who also issued a threat to anyone who entered his apartment, thereby triggering a big police response including the Carson City SWAT team, has been ide

State lawmakers are hardly endearing themselves to Governor Gibbons in that they have taken informal votes on his major cuts to K-12 and University/College budgets.

In what can only be called a command performance, Capital Ford will be raising up to $6,000 for Carson High Boys Baseball on the 6th of March, from 9 to 5.

CARSON CITY – Because of the tense relationship between the Legislature and Gov.

Join volunteer Ken Hopple as he demonstrates how coins were made when the building was the Carson City Mint. An afternoon demonstration is also offered from 1:00 pm til 3:00 pm.

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Join Dr. George Baumgardner, Curator of Natural History at the Nevada State Museum for a behind-the-scenes look at some of the museum collection that isn't on display.

Frances Humphrey lecture series presents Archeological Perspectives on the Pony Express in Nevada by Dr. Don Hardesty, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada Reno.

Help Build a Giant Outdoor Basket with the Great Basin Basketmakers. All ages welcome. for more information contact Deborah Stevenson@(775)687-4810, ext. 237 or dstevenson@nevadaculture.org.

Join the Great Basin Basketmakers as they demonstrate the traditional methods of weaving with natural materials. For more information contact Deborah Stevenson at (775)687-4810, ext.

Join volunteer Ken Hopple as he shows how coins were made when this was the Carson City Mint. He'll give a second demonstration from 1:00 pm til 3:00 pm.

Join Dr. George Baumgardner, Curator of Natural History for the Nevada State Museum, for a behind-the-scenes look at some of the museums treasures that are not on display.

Join the Great Basin Basketmakers as they show how to use recycled materials to make beautiful woven art. for more information contact Deborah Stevenson, Curator of Education at (775)687-4810, ext.

After President Obama announced his plan to eliminate funding for the Y

As state lawmakers scramble to fill a nearly one billion dollar hole in the state budget, political warfare has escalated between Governor Gibbons and the Legislature.

The Carson Senator bowling team put the finishing touches on its ninth straight unbeaten season by beating Reed 28-17 on Wednesday in the High Desert Interscholastic Bowling Program championshi

A man living in an apartment at 4733 So.

A long-standing bank in the Reno-Sparks area is about to set up shop in Carson City.

By Dave Morgan

A Carson City man, reportedly the father of a Carson City Sheriff's deputy, has died after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.

In what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a resident of apt. 68 at 4733 So. Carson is being Careflighted to the regional trauma center in Reno.
A man hold up in an apartment at 4733 So.Carson has shot himself. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

CARSON CITY – Assembly Republicans, who haven’t had a majority presence in the Legislature in 25 years, are working with their Senate col

We are actively working on several parts of this website, in order to make way for some exciting new things here on Carson Now.

A successful public information campaign to spread the word about Carson's City's historic Virginia and Truckee Railroad grand opening were recognized and honored recently.

Rock Art in Nevada with Angus Quinlan, Executive Director of the Nevada Rock Art Foundation. For more information contact Deborah Stevenson, Curator of Education on (775)687-4810, ext.

Free reception for Rock Art Perspectives honoring the Nevada Rock Art Foundation; light refreshments will be served; enjoy violin music provided by Eric Stern of the Carson City Symphony.

Lillian Pitt is a talented Native American artist featured in the south museum changing gallery show Rock Art Perspectives provided by a grant from the Bureau of Land Management.

Free powerpoint presentation and discussion by Great Basin Basketmakers Founder, Mary Lee Fulkerson and Rossitza Todorova.

CARSON CITY – As the Nevada Legislature plodded through the first day of a special session called to erase a nearly $900 million

Most Democrats (“yes to new taxes”) and most Republicans (“no to new taxes”) are squaring off during the special session of the legislature. Senate Majority Leader Sen.

Las Vegas (and international) gaming mogul/billionaire Steve Wynn is quoted in a Las Vegas newspaper today that he’s investing in new casinos in Pennsylvania where he’ll pay up to a 55% tax rate on

Carson High students were truly hot last night. The school took first place in culinary and management categories at the 8th Annual Nevada ProStart Invitational.

Message summary from the National Weather Service, Reno:
Significant winter storm headed for the sierra Friday and Friday night…

Feb. 25, 2010, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
CHOCOLATE FANTASY

How things are going with the special session of the legislature’s efforts to plug a one billion dollar budget hole varies by who you talk to.

Sales tax collections, the life’s blood of funding for city services, fell 14.5% last December, compared to December of 2008. The average drop around the rest of Nevada was -6.6%

On The Census
By Karl Neathammer

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