While Gov. Brian Sandoval will reveal his plans for Nevada for the biennium Thursday during his State of the State speech, the deans for the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and Colleg...

The annual Carson City / Storey County 4-H Fabulous Fabric and Rummage Sale will be held Saturday and Sunday February 14 and 15, 2015 at Fuji Park Exhibition Hall in Carson City.

The sale is a project of the Carson City/Storey County Leaders Council. All sale proceeds benefit the council’s scholarship fund.

The South Lake Tahoe Humane Society has advised of an outbreak of parvovirus at South Shore. The Humane Society notes 11 cases of Parvovirus have been identified in the past 10 days.

As a precaution, the South Lake Tahoe Parks Department has closed the Dog Park located on Al Tahoe Boulevard to thoroughly clean the park as a precautionary measure to prevent further outbreaks under the recommendation of the South Lake Tahoe Humane Society. The park will remain closed for 7-10 days after cleaning as recommended.

Sep. 20, 1926 - Dec. 18, 2014 Elwood Russell Snyder Jr., a long-time resident of Gardnerville, has passed away j...

Jeff Stevens hosts Karaoke every Saturday at The Spoke Bar and Grill, 3198 N. Deer Run Road, Carson City. Singing starts at 8pm. Call for questions or directions: 775-887-1117.

Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Scroggins discovered that the form 1099-R they received for year 2010 was correct. Mr. Scroggins got a loan of $29,700 from his employer’s 401(k) plan in 2007.
He made monthly payments to repay the loan until October 2010. He lost his job because of an undescribed disability and stopped making the monthly payments.

Carson Tahoe Health and Sierra Surgery Hospital have earned a three-year accreditation by the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality, officials announced Tuesday.
The accreditation process is voluntary and includes a rigorous, unannounced on-site survey administered by CIHQ.

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Gov. Brian Sandoval said Monday there’s no way he can respond to the president’s community college proposal until details of the plan are released. President Barack Obama on Friday proposed a program that would provi...

I acknowledge that I had low hopes for Monday morning’s Las Vegas Metro Chamber/Las Vegas Review-Journal forum with the four legislative leaders.
I expected evasions, platitudes and mush. News? Not a chance.
I was wrong....

Mired in a three-year-long drought, 2011-present, Californians might have been confused at the strange liquid substance that was falling from the sky during the first two weeks of December. Precipitation had been in short supply across the state, with reservoir levels remarkably low and “exceptional drought” (the worst level of drought) existing over 55 percent of the state as of the first week of December.

"Libelous personal attacks shouldn’t be part of politics"
That's the headline on a piece that the Las Vegas Review-Journal published today by Assemblywoman Michele Fiore. I assume the RJ doesn't let its "special" contributors write their own headlines, so the use of the word "libelous" by a news org...

In this week’s Nevada Wild podcast, hosts Edwin Lyngar and Teresa Malloy talk about the recent case that caught three poachers who were systematically killing wildlife out of Southern Nevada. The poachers were found by wildlife wardens in part after they had posted their kills on Facebook. The story made headlines around the nation.

The City of South Lake Tahoe’s snow removal policy is to deploy snow plows when three inches of snow accumulates on roadways. Clearing of snow on roadways and City owned buildings and facilities is the primary purpose during a significant snow event.

This winter the City has launched a pilot program to include snow removal on Class 1 bike paths as a secondary feature during a significant snow event.

A man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of stabbing his daughter three times in the arm with a fork that was used to stoke a fire, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

Arrested was Brett Later, 44, of Gardnerville who was booked into Douglas County Jail on suspicion of domestic battery and battery with a deadly weapon. Bail was set at $30,000.

Nevada's culinary scene is full of fine dining and local food options. Website Theculturetrip.com named four area restaurants to its "10 Best Restaurants in Nevada: Local Food & Fine Dining" list. They are: The Basil in Carson City, Cafe Del Rio in Virginia City, Brooks' Bar & Deck at Edgewood Tahoe in Stateline and Le Bistro in Incline Village.

The last couple of times Barbara Cegavske backed bills in the Nevada Legislature to require voters to show photo identification to cast ballots, the proposed legislation didn’t make it out of committee.
Democrats blocked voter ID legislation in 2007 and in 2009, when Cegavske supported such bills, and beyond.

This Thursday is both National Strawberry Ice Cream Day and National Hat Day. You may want some ice cream for your vocal cords after you hit the Karaoke circuit; Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar, Caterpillar’s Hookah Lounge, and the Feisty Goat Pub all want to see you wearing your performing hat tonight. On a more local level, today also brings the annual State of the State address delivered by our Governor, Brian Sandoval.

THURSDAY:

It’s National Rubber Ducky Day! I have no idea how that is relevant to anything, but now I've got the ‘Rubber Ducky’ song from Sesame Street in my head. It’s also Stephen Foster Memorial Day, so feel free to sing ‘Camptown Races’, one of the prolific song-writer’s most famous songs, instead. Keep the musical theme going today with the Carson Feet Warmers during lunch and the Mile High Jazz Band playing this evening, both at Comma Coffee.

The Carson Nugget presents Justin Rivera in their upstairs ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 17. Tickets are now available for the two showings, one at 7 p.m. and one at 9 p.m.

Justin Rivera is a full-time professional magician and comedian from the Magic Castle in Hollywood. Justin was recently named a judges' favorite on NBC's America's Got Talent. Justin has been seen on Fast Track to Fame on the Speed Channel and The Gong Show on Comedy Central with Dave Attell and Adam Corolla.

Swing into the New Year with the Mile High Jazz Band at "Cool Jazz in January," a big-band event with vocalist Cindee LeVal, at Comma Coffee on Tuesday, January 13, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door: free for age 18 and under.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Jan. 12-18, 2015. On Tuesday, Jan. 13, the northbound left turn lane at Carson Street and Hot Springs Road will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

There will be restricted lanes on East Fifth Street between Linda Kay Court and Parkland Avenue from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Two-way traffic will be maintained. Please use caution.

Though not striking in terms of bringing significant precipitation to the area, a low pressure system will move into the Carson City today, bringing a very slight chance for rain and snow showers to western Nevada and the Sierra through Monday, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office will be conducting saturation patrols in the Carson City area for the rest of this month. The focus of these patrols will be to reduce crashes by enforcing traffic violations, said Sgt. Scott McDaniel.