There should not be any surprises when it comes to the new boundaries for the Carson City School Board districts, said Clerk-Recorder Alan Glover.He presented the new maps during the Tuesday meetin...

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The Carson Middle School seventh-grade boys' basketball team has ripped off four straight wins to open the season.Carson Middle beat Pau-Wa-Lu 49-27, Winnemucca 42-11, Fallon 50-26 and Fernley 56-2...

Maryann, 73, passed away on November 5, 2011. She was born in Berkley, CA., to Earl and Dorothy Soward. She worked in the medical field several years and Walmart. She had one son, Michael Lepai, w...

Dagmar Webber, 80, passed away unexpectedly on October 20th while visiting her daughter in Santa Cruz, CA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Morgan Webber, just eight weeks earlier. Bor...

Kip A. McNabb, 29, a Dayton resident passed away on November 3, 2011. Autumn Funerals & Cremations 775-888-6800.Connie Mack Nichols, 65 a Dayton resident passed away on November 5, 2011, Autumn Fun...

With Thanksgiving and Christmas approaching, thoughts turn to people and to things we appreciate in our lives: The obvious, of course - family, friends, food in the pantry and a roof over our he...

The community is invited to a ceremony to honor veterans at 9 a.m. today at Carson Middle School. Students will give presentations, and the school choir will perform. Veterans will also be recogniz...

The federal government has scheduled a test of the nation's Emergency Alert System for this morning. The test will begin at 11 a.m. in Carson City and last for about 3 minutes, said Chris Smith, he...

Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday that he's "pleased" with the legislative and congressional district maps drawn by the special masters and Carson District Judge Todd Russell. He made the comments ...

Secretary of State Ross Miller asked the attorney general's office Tuesday to go after former Assemblyman Wendell Williams for not paying fines imposed because of campaign law violations. "Mr. Wil...

Buffet & Broadway brought together about 125 people Saturday at the Carson Nugget for a night of good food and entertainment by the Brewery Arts Center's BAC to Broadway Kids.But the event was mor...

There's more news on cancer screening tests - this time for women.Scientists advising the government say a Pap test is a good way to screen young and middle-aged women for cervical cancer, and it's...

The federal government has scheduled a test of the nation's Emergency Alert System for this morning. The test will begin at 11 a.m. in Carson City and last for about 3 minutes, said Chris Smith, he...

With Thanksgiving and Christmas approaching, thoughts turn to people and to things we appreciate in our lives: The obvious, of course - family, friends, food in the pantry and a roof over our he...

Carson City Health Department's food-service inspections for Oct. 21-26. All scores are on a 100-point scale, with points deducted depending on the severity of violations:* The Spoke Bar and Grill ...

Secretary of State Ross Miller asked the attorney general's office Tuesday to go after former Assemblyman Wendell Williams for not paying fines imposed because of campaign law violations. "Mr. Wil...

All active-duty Marines, as well as those who served, and their families, loved ones and friends, are invited to a celebration of the U.S. Marine Corps' 276th birthday. Mo & Sluggo's Bar and Grill...

130 YEARS AGOTemperance convention: Susan B. Anthony has been kissed, not by a man, however. A woman at the convention so moved by the presence of the flag and representing all that is angelic in w...

WASHINGTON - Unprecedented drug shortages are threatening the lives of cancer patients and other seriously ill people, and the Obama administration's plan to tackle them is but a small step toward ...

Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday that he's "pleased" with the legislative and congressional district maps drawn by the special masters and Carson District Judge Todd Russell. He made the comments ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - With a Thanksgiving deadline fast approaching, the GOP members of a deficit-reduction supercommittee are pressing a plan to cut the deficit by about $1.5 trillion over the coming ...

By John Heil
California is expected to see a boost in its local mountain economies as a result of a new legislation that now permits year-long recreation opportunities on U.S. Forest Service ski areas. The Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2011, which was signed by President Barack Obama on Nov. 7, is estimated to create and annually sustain up to 600 extra jobs nationwide.

Greater Nevada Credit Union gained new customers on national Bank Transfer Day on Saturday, a protest against rising fees at large corporate banks. The protest called for people to move their accounts to credit unions and non-profit banks, and also coincides with the growing Occupy Wall Street protests.

GNCU wouldn't release any numbers, but said they had twice the number of people there on a Saturday, and people were definitely moving their money because of dissatisfaction with the big banks.

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The Nevada Appeal follows up on the Chobani yogurt factory story we broke last week, saying the reason the factory decided to locate in Twin Falls, Idaho and not Carson City is because we lack cows. According to Rob Hooper, executive director of the Northern Nevada Development Authority, Chobani needs 100,000 cows to supply their milk needs, and there are only 20,000 dairy cows in the entire state of Nevada. Twin Falls also bribed them with $29 million in "incentives."