I want to take a break from the news to talk a little inside baseball about Carson Now and what's happening here.

On Monday I was notified that I had been selected for a John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University for the 2012-13 school year. It's an amazing opportunity to further the work I have done with Carson Now, at the top school in the world for Internet innovation. Situated in Silicon Valley, it's where Google, Yahoo! and more than 5,000 other companies were born.

Carson City Airport Announces Open House Event-Capital Wings 2012
Community Event is FREE to the Public, and includes flybys, plane/helicopter demonstrations and much more.

It’s time for Bike Polo! We had a blast playing last year, and by the end of the season, some riders had even acquired what could pass in some circles as “skill”. This Thursday, May 3rd, the ball will be rolling again.

Polo Match Underway

Robin Ann Clark, 56, of Carson City, passed away April 24, 2012 in Santa Clara, CA. Robin was a resident of Carson City for the last 25 years. She touched many lives with her kind and fun-lovin...

Three of us (Don Hettrick, Bob “Slick” McCulloch and I) are back, safe and sound in Carson City after being contestants in the 16th annual Topaz Lake invitational fishing derby, which is sponsored by John Riordan.
That derby was held on Sunday-Monday-Tuesday, April 22-23-24, and it attracted some 70 fishermen from Nevada and California.
This year for the first time in history, the derby had a brand new fish category (bass) in addition to the regular trout category.
When the smoke and dust cleared after three days of fishing by all of the contestants, these were the 2012 winners:

Fernley 95A Speedway’s second race of the year saw 80 cars take to the 3/8 mile clay oval, with an additional nine Outlaw Karts racing on the small infield track. Spectator attendance was good, particularly in the popular tailgate section behind Turn One.

Shawn Hartzell captured both his heat race and the A main in the Pure Stock division. Travis Barr won the other heat race and came home second in the A main, followed by Al Bishop, Bracee Langevin, and Mark Serchio, Jr.

Qualifying for a seed at the World Championship Robotics Championships is no easy feat. Teams compete in their local area to receive a coveted invitation to the international robotics champions at the World Festival, also known as the "Superbowl of Smarts".

Teams become ambassadors for their region and schools, and take on the additional challenge to earn their way to St. Louis, MO. Held at the Edward Jones Dome, in the biggest FIRST® Championship ever, 12,000 students from 32 countries competed in three robotics championships.

In conjunction with National Police Week, Thursday, May 3, 2012 the 15th Annual Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ceremony will be held on the Capitol grounds in Carson City. The service will honor the 120 Nevada Peace Officers that have been killed in the line of duty. In 1998, the memorial was dedicated on the Capitol grounds to recognize the ultimate sacrifice these officers made in service of their communities.

In honor of Armed Forces Day and Memorial Day, High Sierra Swing Dance Club presents a USO-style “dime-a-dance” party to honor veterans and servicepeople May 19 at the Brewery Arts Center’s Grand Ballroom, 449 W. King St., Carson City. There will be a lesson at 7 p.m., with the social dance at 8-10:30 p.m. Men may purchase tickets for 10 cents a dance (or 12 tickets for $1). Between 8 and 9 p.m., each time you dance with a different woman, give her a ticket, which will be entered into a 9 p.m. drawing for raffle prizes.

CARSON CITY – A consultant hired by the cities of Henderson and Las Vegas to analyze the process used to distribute taxes to the counties and cities told lawmakers today the formula now used to make the allocations has weaknesses.

Soup's On Luncheon with Dennis Noone, Editor of the Nevada Appeal at the Gold Dust West. $15 if paid in advance; $20 at the door.

RSVP at 882-1565 by May 18.

Join us on Cinco De Mayo from 3pm-8pm for specials including 3 small shredded beef tacos and a beer or wine for $8!

Also, live music with flamenco guitarists Martin & Vargas playing from 5pm to 8pm.

It will be a Fiesta, so stop by and celebrate!

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Those of us who live here are used to getting questions about brothels, especially the Moonlite BunnyRanch, which is usually described as being in or just outside Carson City.

Those questions have escalated greatly since "Pimpmaster General" Dennis Hof took over the place and broke with the unspoken Nevada brothel code to keep a low profile. On the contrary, Hof searches out publicity like a heat-seeking missile, quick to seek any venue where he can put himself and his ladies into the spotlight.

The Smart Meters are coming to Carson City in the next couple of months. Do you have questions about how they work, their installation, and the information they put out? Join us Wednesday evening, May 2nd, and bring your questions.

CANDIDATE SPEAKERS WILL BE PRESENT - WHO WILL YOU VOTE FOR IN THE PRIMARY? Early voting begins on May 26th for the Primary Election.

Wildfire Awareness Week kicked off Saturday in Mills Park with displays and information to help residents protect themselves and their property against wildfires.

You point your toes and stretch your legs during sleep and wake up screaming in pain.

“John Walker had always known he’d have to come back. No one runs away from a past like his and just walks away clean. Not in the books he’d written or the script he’d just finished. He didn’t blame his wife for being furious with him.”

This is the opening paragraph of local author Jeani Ambrose’s first published book, Legacy of the Father. Legacy can best be described as a paranormal mystery with romantic overtones.

Charrison D. Ashton, 73, passed away April 24, 2012 in Reno, Nevada. Capitol City Cremation & Burial is handling arrangments. 775-882-1766Dennis L. Wilkerson, 67, passed away April 25, 2012 in Reno...

CARSON CITY – A broader measure of Nevada’s unemployment picture, including those who have given up looking for work, showed slight but continued improvement through the first quarter of 2012, a federal report released today shows.

The rate in Nevada dropped from 22.7 percent in the four quarters through Dec. 31, 2011, to 22.3 percent through March 31, according to the quarterly report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

JUDITH KENNEDY GIBSON, 64, passed away on January 6, 2012 in Palm Springs, Calif. She was born in Pomona, Calif. to Leonard (deceased) and Patsy Oldham. Before moving to Tahoe, Judy lived for 20...

Donald Carl Cody passed away April 25, 2012 in Carson City, Nevada. Arrangements entrusted to Walton's Chapel of the Valley. 775-882-4965Lee James Palmer, 45, of Dayton, Nevada, passed away April 2...

CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval said today that a recent deal announced with Amazon.com to collect sales taxes from on-line purchases in Nevada beginning in January 2014 is only the tip of the iceberg.

CARSON CITY – Nevada consumers purchased $3.2 billion worth of taxable goods in February, a 10.2 percent increase over February 2011 and the 20^th consecutive month of increases, the state Department of Taxation reported today.

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s Homeland Security Commission today adopted a drastically reduced plan to continue the fight against potential terrorist attacks, leaving six ongoing programs without funding because of declining federal support.