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."

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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.

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!

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.

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.

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 ...