News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 5:50am
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer
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 ...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
Nevada Appeal Capitol Bureau
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...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
Nevada Appeal Staff Report
To welcome readers to the -'s online All Access subscription plan, the newspaper is continuing to make the service free for the remainder of November.Just go to www.nevadaappeal.com, where you'll b...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
By Muffy Vhay For the Nevada Appeal
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...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
NEW YORK (AP) - Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York City went old school Tuesday as activist musicians David Crosby and Graham Nash delivered a touch of Woodstock, plans for a march to Wa...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
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 ...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
NEVADA APPEAL STAFF REPORT
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...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
By GEOFF DORNAN gdornan@nevadaappeal.com
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...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
By Sally Roberts For the Nevada Appeal
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...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
Nevada Appeal Staff Report
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...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
By Jim Bagwell For the Nevada Appeal
I applaud President Barack Obama for his most recent trip to Las Vegas to announce a mortgage relief package. It is too bad that the TARP funds were not used several years ago to accomplish exactly...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
By Sue Ballew For the Nevada Appeal
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...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer
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...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer
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 ...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
By Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal.com
The First Presbyterian Church on North Division Street is the latest in a series of Carson City historical buildings to be featured for the city's Christmas ornaments.The church, built in 1864, ...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
By GEOFF DORNAN gdornan@nevadaappeal.com
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 ...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
By GEOFF DORNAN gdornan@nevadaappeal.com
The state Board of Examiners on Tuesday approved paying $8.18 million in refunds to Nevada mining claim holders. Director of Administration Jeff Mohlenkamp told the board that's about half the est...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 5:50am
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 ...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
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 ...
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 1:51pm
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.
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 1:45pm
By T. Costa
At around 11:30 p.m. Monday, officers responded to a dispatch from Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center in regards to suspected child abuse. A mother returned home from work to discover that her 21-month-old daughter, who had been in the care of her father, had unexplainable injuries to the side of her face and thigh consistent with open-hand slapping.
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 8:11am
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."
Opinion - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 5:12am
BY Janice Ayres For the Nevada Appeal
Well, it seems that some of the new people in Congress still don't get it. They think they were sent to Washington, D.C., to balance the budget even if it means denying or reducing benefits for our...
Opinion - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 5:12am
By Sue Morrow For the Nevada Appeal
I just finished reading the most delightful book about one of the most delightful women I have ever known. Aptly titled "If You Knew Sally," the book is about Sally Heiss, who, with her husband, Ha...
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 5:12am
By Teri Vance tvance@nevadaappeal.com
Anyone who knows Maria Gonzalez knows her dream. "She always talks about cheerleading," said her teacher Karen Bianchi. "She even makes up cheers in class."But it was unlikely the 16-year-old wi...
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 5:12am
By Nick Coltrain ncoltrain@nevadaappeal.com
There weren't any Guy Fawkes masks, but there were plenty of new clients at Greater Nevada Credit Union for national Bank Transfer Day, said its vice president of member services.He said it was har...
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 5:12am
Carson CityThe following people were booked into the Carson City jail. All suspects are innocent unless proven guilty in court:* A 43-year-old Carson City man was arrested on suspicion of DUI at 1:...
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 5:12am
By Nick Coltrain ncoltrain@nevadaappeal.com
It was the cows.Or, specifically, it is the lack of cows in Nevada that cost Carson City a new yogurt manufacturing plant that could have resulted in a 1,000 new jobs, according to the Northern Nev...
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 5:12am
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Just as 55 million Social Security recipients are about to get their first benefit increase in three years, Congress is looking at reducing future raises by adopting a new measure of i...
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 5:12am
Special to the Nevada Appeal
NV Energy recently provided a group of volunteers to help with trail-building work on the Genoa Canyon segment of the Genoa Loop Trail. Supervised by trail builders from the Carson Valley Trails...
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 5:12am
By GEOFF DORNAN gdornan@nevadaappeal.com
Former Assemblyman Wendell Williams of North Las Vegas is again getting letters from the secretary of state's office demanding that he resume making payments on his campaign violation fines.Electio...
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 5:12am
By Elliott Parker For the Nevada Appeal
Twelve members of Congress have been asked to come up with a way to reduce the federal budget deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next decade, an average of $150 billion per year. How much is this, a...
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 5:12am
By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent
LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's doctor was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star's death for supplying an insomnia-plagued Jackson with a powerful operating-room anesthetic t...
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 5:12am
Special to the Nevada Appeal
In honor of Veterans Day, the Carson Valley Inn is serving a free spaghetti lunch Friday for all veterans and active military - plus one guest - from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Valley Ballroom. Vete...
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 5:12am
Special to the Nevada Appeal
Geographical Divides: Finding Common Ground, featuring 16 Nevada printmakers, is on display through Dec. 2 at the OXS Gallery in the Nevada Arts Council's Carson City office at 716 N. Carson St., S...
Sports - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 6:08am
SCHOOL: Dayton High SchoolYEAR: SeniorSCHOOL: VolleyballQ; What are your favorite sports and why?A: Volleyball and basketball. They bring me happiness.Q: Who is your favorite pro athlete and why?A:...
News - Last Update Tue, 11/08/2011 - 10:26am
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News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 10:40am
By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent
LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's doctor was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star's death for supplying an insomnia-plagued Jackson with a powerful operating-room anesthetic t...
News - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 11:14am
By Teri Vance tvance@nevadaappeal.com
Anyone who knows Maria Gonzalez knows her dream. "She always talks about cheerleading," said her teacher Karen Bianchi. "She even makes up cheers in class."But it was unlikely the 16-year-old wi...
By Sam Bauman
Stephanie Arrigotti has been directing and producing shows for the Western Nevada Musical Theater Company at WAC for several years and every year she brings greater casts and more entertaining shows to the Community Center in Carson City. Friday night she opened "The Phantom of the Opera" to an enthusiastic audience with possibly the biggest first-night numbers in the theater group's history.
And the audience got what it came for — a beautifully staged and directed show with a cast of very talented actors.
Sports - Last Update Wed, 11/09/2011 - 7:55am
By Nick Durst
I'm Nick Durst. I have been filming allot of the games for Carson Now. I am just curious about how come on Nevada Day schools play on that Thursday. But this Friday is Veterans Day and there will be high school football on Friday night instead of Thursday night. It just doses not make sense. Any way if you go This Friday night at 7:00pm Carson Plays Damonte Ranch High School. This will be at Carson high school. Last time the two teams played it was at Damonte ranch for the regular season. Which Carson won 28-21. Now they play for round one of the regional playoffs.
By Emily Morris
I am so excited to invite you to this very special event I have been working on. This is a collaboration of both music and poetry coming together to raise awareness about the famine sticken areas of Somalia and Kenya. Young performers from Douglas County, Carson City and other local areas will be showcasing their talent in hope to raise money donations for the World Food Program, along with awareness. The event is a way to show the community that we can help and make a difference. I hope you can attend!
By Sam Bauman
Joe Conforte is unquestionably one of the originals who made Nevada what it is, for better or worse. His book "Breaks, Brains and Balls," written with the help of local author David W. Toll, is a truly amazing report of how he turned a seedy brothel the Mustang Ranch just off I-80 east of Reno into a Midas machine, and in the process subverted Nevada law or made new Nevada law.
News - Last Update Mon, 11/07/2011 - 4:03pm
If you have recently noticed that some of the traffic signals in town don't seem to be giving you enough time to get through them, help is on the way.
The city implemented a new coordinated traffic signal system two weeks ago, and have been making adjustments to it since then to work out the bugs, according to Transportation Manager Patrick Pittenger.
Pittenger said they have had many complaints from citizens during that time about problems with traffic signal timing, especially being able to cross main thoroughfares from side streets.
News - Last Update Mon, 11/07/2011 - 3:08pm
Carson City will be utilizing the CodeRED Emergency Notification System on Wednesday, November 9th to call the entire community. This exercise is being held in conjunction with the first national wide Emergency Alert System test and encourages citizens of Carson City to establish emergency contact information.
The calls will be in the morning and will continue until the entire database has been attempted. This call will give Carson City emergency personnel the chance to operate the system as if there has been a community wide disaster.
News - Last Update Mon, 11/07/2011 - 11:26am
by T. Costa
The following are some of the incidents Sheriff's deputies responded to this weekend:
Erick Leroy Rogers, 46, a construction worker from Carson City, was arrested in the 1900 block of N. Carson St. around 2:30 p.m. Friday after officers responded to a call regarding a tip about several previous burglaries at laundromats in the Carson and Douglas area. Bail is set at $25,000.
News - Last Update Mon, 11/07/2011 - 10:28am
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News - Last Update Mon, 11/07/2011 - 5:06am
By HOPE YEN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that has wiped out job opportunities for young ...
News - Last Update Mon, 11/07/2011 - 5:06am
By MARTIN GRIFFITH Associated Press
(AP) - Animal advocates and trappers are at odds over a plan to restrict trapping of fur-bearing animals in Clark and Washoe counties.A special committee of state wildlife commissioners will hold m...
News - Last Update Mon, 11/07/2011 - 5:06am
By MARTIN GRIFFITH Associated Press
RENO (AP) - With a rural county's blessing, Nevada's congressional delegation has introduced legislation to protect 26,000 acres of a scenic mountain range north of Winnemucca as a federal wilderne...