If Carson High was one thing Friday night it was opportunistic.The Senators took advantage of a short field to score 24 of their points en route to a 57-14 win over visiting Spanish Springs in a...

Due to celebrations for Nevada Day, the following road closures are expected for Saturday, October 29:

· Carson Street between Winnie Lane and Stewart Street and Stewart Street from its southern end to Little Lane will be closed beginning at 6:30 a.m. and will reopen at approximately 3:00 p.m. following the completion of the Nevada Day parade.

· Side streets along Carson Street between William Street and Winnie Lane will be closed for parade staging in the morning.

· Curry Street will be closed between Robinson and Musser Streets from 6:30 a.m. until 11:00 p.m.

by Guy Rocha, former Nevada State Archivist
Why all the fuss about Nevada's birthday on October 31? The battle lines were drawn between "traditionalists", and the "grinches" who would steal Nevada Day by calling for the last Friday of October to be the state's official holiday. The parade and other festivities would follow on Saturday; thus making for a three-day weekend for some Nevadans as well as state and local government employees. With the passage of AB396 by the 1997 legislature, Nevada voters, on November 3, 1998 advised the 1999 legislature they wanted to celebrate Nevada Day on the last Friday in October beginning in 2000. The legislature, after much heated debate, complied.

By Chuck Allen, NHP
Last evening at approximately 9:48 pm, a law enforcement officer assigned to Department of Public Safety-Investigation Division observed a moving violation by the driver of a silver Chevrolet 4-door sedan on US 395 in Pleasant Valley. The officer was not wearing a uniform and was driving an unmarked police vehicle. He requested assistance from a trooper and provided our DPS-Communications Center with the information which included the Nevada license plate displayed on the sedan. The dispatcher informed him that the vehicle was recently reported stolen. There were four occupants riding in the vehicle. The officer and several other troopers initiated a felony traffic stop on US 395 just south of Lakeview Hill on the north side of Carson City. All four occupants were ordered out of the vehicle, placed into handcuffs and detained.

Get a jump start on Nevada Day weekend by celebrating the history of the West. The Brewery Arts Center will host an evening of storytelling, singing and dancing that captures the spirit of the Wil...

Sports fodder for a Friday morning ... What other NFL organization other than the Oakland Raiders would acquire a quarterback in a trade on Tuesday - a quarterback that hasn't played a game in 10 m...

Brock Pradere wears many hats for the Carson High football team. Besides starting at wide receiver, he holds on extra points and field goals for Austin Pacheco, and because of injuries he's been pr...

LAS VEGAS - Carson High's Megan Justice shot a second consecutive 98 on the Bear's Best Golf Course Thursday at the NIAA 4A State Golf Championships.Justice's 198 put her well behind individual win...

DAYTON - Dayton High's football team can clinch one of the last two 3A playoff berths tonight when it hosts Spring Creek.Kick-off is set for 7 p.m.Dayton is 5-3 overall and 3-3 in Northern 3A play ...

Trick-or-treaters will take to the streets in the capital city like everywhere else in the U.S. - on Halloween. For the last decade, Halloween has been celebrated on the traditional Oct. 31.Before ...

Every October for the past 14 years during Earth Science Week, hundreds of Northern Nevadans join the University of Nevada, Reno, and Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology for a free field trip to ...

The desert tortoise is not native to Northern Nevada, but those that are here are thriving in the care of dozens of tortoise lovers.To help preserve tortoises, the Douglas-Carson-Reno Desert Tortoi...

Elimination of estray manager has hurtwild horsesI want to voice my disagreement with a statement by Ed Foster of the Nevada Department of Agriculture, who was quoted in a story in the Oct. 16 edit...

CARSON CITY – A firm hired in January to take over operation of the state’s Medicaid billing and information systems has failed to complete the first key step in the process by an August deadline and has been given an extension to Dec. 5.

The Mountain Magic 13th annual Swing, Hustle and Night Club Two Step Convention and Championships will be held at MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa Nov. 3-6 2011.
Special features: Free workshops – hospitality room – welcome party – 3 ballrooms – dancing – competitions –Cabaret Sunday after party.
New this Year: Mini intensive w/Michael Kiehm; Latin Dance Party (Salsa, Bachata & Cumbia) w/BB and KiKi of Salsa Reno.

Here is this week's fishing report through Oc. 26 for Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon.

By the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Restoring and protecting habitat for foraging elk and other wildlife headline a list of 2011 grants for Nevada from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
The RMEF grants total $42,700 and affect Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Lyon, Nye, Washoe and White Pine counties. One project has statewide interest, affecting teachers and students across Nevada.

Catch the live video and discussion here. You can view the agenda here.

SPANISH SPRINGS (3-4, 2-3) AT CARSON (5-1, 5-0)Friday, 7:30 p.m.OFFENSE: This will be another tough one to call. Spanish Springs averages about 29 a game thanks to quarterback Hunter Fralick, who h...

DAYTON - Benoit Beisser is one of the more well-known players at this year's Stage I qualifier at Dayton Valley Golf Club.Not only because he's advanced the past four years to Stage II out of Dayto...

SPANISH SPRINGS (3-4, 2-3) AT CARSON (5-1, 5-0)Friday, 7:30 p.m.OFFENSE: This will be another tough one to call. Spanish Springs averages about 29 a game thanks to quarterback Hunter Fralick, who h...

Twenty-five years ago this month, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev met in Reykjavik, Iceland, at a summit that appears, in retrospect, to truly be the "turning...

Are you a fan of "The Doctors" television show? You should be. The - and USA Weekend are giving away a trip for two to see a live taping of "The Doctors" TV show in Hollywood. The prize inCopyrig...

Cindy Jones has been named the newly created deputy director's position in the Department of Administration.She joins Stephanie Day as the second deputy director for the department headed by Jeff M...