Our spring weather was perfect to encourage the fungal disease "late blight" that infects tomatoes, potatoes and sometimes eggplants and peppers. This disease caused the great potato famine in Ireland in the 1840s to 1850s by killing...
Everything's coming up roses - and lavender, daisies, yucca and more - in Debbie Dean's garden on Lee Street in Carson City.Dean said reasons for creating the horticultural haven were many.
NEW YORK (AP) - Notre Dame and Army will play the first football game at the new Yankee Stadium next year, rekindling a tradition that took off after Knute Rockne's "Win one for the Gipper" speech more than 80 years ago.
Once again, Northern Nevada racers and race fans are short one track. Nevada Motorsports Productions, the operators of the clay oval at Reno-Fernley Raceway have ceased operations and will not re-open this season. I received an e-mail from promoter...
June Joplin, owner of Carson City's Comma Coffee, said she was "disappointed but not surprised" at the State Health Board's decision Friday to deny a variance that would allow a cat in her store.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . Only 14 shopping days remain for the San Francisco Giants to prove to their loyal fans they are serious about getting to the National League playoffs. The Giants, as usual, need our help. So we have a...
RENO - A new report released Thursday shows while fewer businesses relocated or expanded in western Nevada in the past year because of the recession, more jobs were created.
WASHINGTON - Relentlessly rising unemployment is triggering more home foreclosures, threatening the Obama administration's efforts to end the housing crisis and diminishing hopes the economy will rebound with vigor.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers have amended a the health care overhaul bill to allow workers who lose their jobs to keep their employer-provided care until they get new coverage.
Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., told colleagues Thursday that members of Congress should be required to join any federal public health benefits plan created by Congress.
WASHINGTON - Democrats' health care bills won't meet President Barack Obama's goal of slowing the ruinous rise of medical costs, Congress' budget umpire warned on Thursday, giving weight to critics who say the...
RENO - Coaches in the Western Athletic Conference often praise their conference rivals, but most of the time it is to avoid ruffling any feathers. Mike Leach, though, sounds genuine when he tells people that he has much respect for the Nevada...
Dutch Bros. to donate proceedsDutch Bros. Coffee, 1449 S. Carson St., will donate $1 from every drink sold from 5:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday to Relay For Life of Carson City.
"If there's a lesson in streetwatching it is that people do like basics - and as environments go, a street that is open to the sky and filled with people and life is a splendid place to be," observes the great advocate for...
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats scrambling for ways to pay for overhauling health care would raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans to levels not seen since the 1980s, breaking one of President Barack Obama's campaign pledges.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The prospects for a quick budget-balancing deal between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's top lawmakers dimmed late Wednesday as negotiations broke down over education funding.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A state prosecutor said Wednesday a complaint filed by a woman in an alleged extortion attempt of Louisville coach Rick Pitino won't be prosecuted because it lacks supporting evidence.
CHICAGO - Walking or biking to work, even part way, is linked with fitness, but very few Americans do it, according to a study of more than 2,000 middle-aged city dwellers.
WARREN, Mich. - Conceding unemployment will get worse before it shrinks, President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a $12 billion plan to help community colleges prepare millions of people for a new generation of jobs. Challenging critics, he...
LONDON - British doctors designed a radical solution to save a girl with major heart problems in 1995: they implanted a donor heart directly onto her own failing heart.
WASHINGTON - Has the recession cut heart-healthy seafood and leafy greens out of your budget? Are you squeezing boxed meals or fast food between two jobs?
Figures released by the national Hospital Compare program last week show that Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center generally performs at the same level as other hospitals in the region and around the nation on a wide variety of measurements.
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will make overhauling the nation's 137-year-old hardrock mining law a top priority despite a full plate of higher profile issues, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday.
ST. LOUIS (AP) - San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg has been voted the Golden Spikes Award, presented each year to the top amateur player in the United States by USA Baseball.
NEW YORK (AP) - One trip for their Jack Russell terrier in a plane's cargo hold was enough to convince Alysa Binder and Dan Wiesel that owners needed a better option to get their pets from one city to another.
Eric Maupin and Derek Mayer combined on a four-hit shutout as theNevada Bighorns summer college baseball team rolled to a 19-0 win overthe Sacramento Red Sox on Monday in Sacramento.
RENO, Nev. (AP) - State education officials expect to see more veterans attend colleges and universities in Nevada in the coming years thanks to the new GI Bill that goes into effect Aug. 1.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino has agreed to pay a $750,000 fine to Nevada gambling regulators for failing to provide oversight to an independently operated nightclub that leases space in the resort.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Harrah's Entertainment Inc. says it plans to create an entertainment district with nearly two dozen bars and restaurants on the east side of the city's strip.
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her Sunday of killing him at a posh seaside tourist resort in Brazil.
Amanda Kay Fleming graduated cum laude from Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, Calif., May 9. Fleming is a 2005 graduate of Carson High School. She earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing. She also completed a month-long tour in Kolkata, India...
Business license issued in Carson City as of July 3:Are You Fab, 1003 Vista Ridge Ct., new out of town business, Mary Sebek, owner.At Your Service, 310 B St., new out of town business, Carol Nelson , owner.
Bella Salon schedules grand openingBella Salon and Spa will have a grand opening for their new location at 1910 College Parkway at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 14. The event will feature refreshments and giveaways for attendees.
The Nevada Bighorns summer college baseball team made two comebacks on Saturday against the Southern Oregon Riverdawgs of Medford at Western Nevada College's John L. Harvey Field.
INDIANAPOLIS - Aaron Peirsol broke the world record in the 200-meter backstroke at U.S. nationals Saturday night, beating previous owner Ryan Lochte and lowering his second world mark in three days.
After playing Little League as a child, and yes there was a Little League back then, I'll throw out some suggestions that should be heeded. The first one is get rid of the mandatory play rule in all-stars. The whole notion behind all-stars is...
A group of local women who've dubbed themselves The Pink Totties have teamed up with the The Firkin & Fox and other businesses to put on a 5k breast cancer fundraiser.
