From eating cookies, cabbage soup and baby food to drinking lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne concoctions, dieters have tried their fair share of wacky weight-loss plans. One of the newest fad d...

The -'s "Silver Dollar" and "Wooden Nickel" feature recognizes positive achievements from the capital region and, when warranted, points out others that missed the mark.SILVER DOLLAR: To NV EnerCop...

Justice was served last Tuesday when a Reno jury found 45-year-old John Gillane guilty of attempted murder and related charges for opening fire at a Reno Walmart on Nevada Day 2010, wounding three ...

Instinctively, Jeremiah Mock reached down for the tourniquet he kept in the left cargo pocket of his Army uniform. But it wasn't there. This wasn't war - he'd been to war three times and survive...

Editor's Note: Lahontan Valley News editor Steve Ranson is in Bahrain to report on the training pilots receive at Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center In Fallon and how it is applied aboard the airc...

WASHINGTON (AP) - One year to go until Election Day and the Republican presidential field is deeply unsettled, leaving President Barack Obama only to guess who his opponent will be. But the race's ...

WASHINGTON - The jobs crisis has left so many people out of work for so long that most of America's unemployed are no longer receiving unemployment benefits. Early last year, 75 percent were receiv...

The Carson City Redevelopment Authority Citizens Committee is scheduled this week to nominate and select a person or business for the 2011 Main Street Miracle Worker Award for efforts that improved...

First Nevada Broadband Summit heads to Dayton on Nov. 19DAYTON - A partnership between the governor's office and nonprofit group Connect Nevada will hold the first Nevada Broadband Summit in Day...

Nevada's oldest settlement is set to get a facelift next summer.Douglas County community leaders are working through a plan to make Genoa's downtown more pedestrian friendly with improvements desig...

You spent hours dreaming over it, researching it, and, finally, setting foot into it.Like it was yesterday, you remember the color, the way it smelled, and, particularly, how it made you feel. And ...

This continues RSVP's regular Sunday column of outstanding volunteer opportunities. Be sure to look it over and see what you would like to do to put some fun in your life.* Your Carson City Fire De...

Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center:To Latosha Edmonson and Shawn Thompson of Carson City, a son, Dustin Blake Thompson, born Oct. 16, 2011, weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces.To Lisa Vallalba and Raymo...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nine card players from seven countries are returning to Las Vegas this weekend in search of life-changing riches, the spoils of winning as much as $8.71 million at the World Series...

TOCCATA - Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus announces its sixth annual production of Handel's Messiah with performances in five locations.Messiah was first performed in Dublin, Ireland on March 2...

With a heavy heart and a third straight league title within reach, Dylan Sawyers was not going to be denied Friday night.

The Carson senior rushed for 333 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Senators to a 47-28 victory over visiting Reno High, clinching a share of the Northern 4A title for Carson and etching his name in the state record book.

Local Author, Sandie La Nae, is having a signing for her new "Silver Ghosts Haunted Places and Phantom Encounters in Northern Nevada" book, co-authored with pioneer paranormal investigator, Richard Senate, at the historical St. Charles Hotel.
Also for purchase, the accompanying "Video Journey" CD of the St. Charles Hotel - which has footage, pictures, EVP and stories of paranormal findings by Thin Veil Investigators, the Paranormal Investigative team Sandie is associated with.

Wayne Richard Cunningham, age 60, of Dayton, NV, passed away November 1, 2011. Fitzhenry's Funeral Home is caring for arrangements.--Death Notice: CunninghamNovember, 4 2011 2:39 pm MST...

Fresh off a team championship at last week's 4A regional meet, the Carson High girls' cross country squad shoots for its 10th state title today at Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno.The first of six ra...

Time will heal emotionsof IHOP accidentI live not too far from where the massive North Hollywood Bank of America shootout took place.Now, 14 years later, the BofA bank is still there. No evidence r...

The three-peat is complete.Carson High, thanks to a 328-yard rushing effort and five scores by Dylan Sawyers and pinpoint passing by Matt Nolan, hammered visiting Reno 47-28 Friday night to cap ...

(- Staff Report) - The public is invited to celebrate El Da de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, with crafts, food, dances, stories, video, lecture and songs for the family from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today ...

The Supreme Court denied the secretary of state's petition Friday for a writ demanding rulings from Carson City District Judge Todd Russell.In his ruling adopting the maps drawn by his three "speci...

Crafters are busily putting the finishing touches on their wares this week for the 17th annual Carson High Holiday Craft Fair, traditionally the city's biggest craft fair of the year. "We have 120 ...