The Sierra Lutheran volleyball team captured the school's first regional win in any organized sport Friday night.The No. 2 seed defeated McDermitt 25-18, 13-25, 20-25, 25-23 and 16-14. The Falcons ...

Our public schools must change. We must rethink how teachers teach and students learn.Charter schools hold much promise for reinventing public school. Blended distance learning (a mix of online ins...

Cain accuser alleged several harassment incidents, lawyer saysWASHINGTON (AP) - One of Herman Cain's accusers alleged "several incidents of sexual harassment" in a formal complaint more than a deca...

The financially strapped state of Nevada is being hit with an unexpected $868,000 penalty by the federal government.It's a penalty imposed by the feds for states that invest and make a profit on bo...

Gov. Brian Sandoval said Friday that he will convene the state Gaming Policy Committee to focus on technology, including the potential legalization of Internet gaming.The full Gaming Policy Committ...

BILLINGS, Mont (AP) - Exxon Mobil Corp. said Friday it expects to incur costs of about $135 million from an oil pipeline break beneath Montana's Yellowstone River that triggered a massive effort to...

ABILENE, Texas (AP) - An Abilene Christian University bus veered off a Texas highway and overturned on Friday, ejecting several of those onboard, killing a 19-year-old student and critically injuri...

Your lazy Sunday will be an hour shorter this week - which makes your Saturday night an hour longer - when the clocks turn back at 2 a.m. for the end of Daylight Saving Time. Daylight saving time w...

Lonnie Karges, principal of Bethlehem Lutheran School in Carson City, shaved his mustache Friday.Though shaving is a routine task for most men, this marked the first time Karges had shaved his u...

A 15-year-old Carson High sophomore was arrested Thursday after four classmates became sick from a marijuana-laced cookie she'd allegedly given them.The students went to the school nurse just after...

Carson CityThe following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All suspects are innocent until proved guilty in court:* Spencer Angil Davidson, 35, a construction worker from Dayton, was ar...

Football: Douglas-Galena, Carson-RenoupdatesCopyright 2011 -. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.-Football: Live updates from Reno vs. Ca...

On Oct. 20, the Carson City Board of Supervisors awarded a contract to Horizon Construction, Inc. for various improvements to Carson River Park, located on Carson River Road at Lloyd’s Bridge. The construction is scheduled to begin on Monday, Nov. 7, and will take approximately three months to complete, depending on the weather.

Winner of the theatre tickets to see Phantom of the Opera is Paul Anderson! Thank you to all donors.

When I read last month that the Nevada Appeal planned to start charging readers to access their web content, a tune began playing in my head: "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..."

Since the first step of their paywall (as we in the industry refer to paid access systems) was erected on Wednesday, traffic for Carson Now shot up 50 percent. I expect that to grow even more when the first free trial period ends and they begin asking readers for their credit cards.

Look outside! It's the first snow of the year. Hopefully everyone's winter driving skills aren't too rusty. Be careful out there.

Here is the news summary for today:

• Carson City Board of Supervisors approved a resolution accepting $539,989 in funding for the Health Department to set up billing for immunizations. The money comes from the U.S. Center for Disease Control, and will be used to pay for one part-time and three full-time employees. They will be responsible for creating a strategic plan to implement billing within Nevada local health departments.
• The Board also approved funding allocations of approximately $1,975,106 to Douglas County and $1,625,422 to Washoe County from the voter-approved State Question 1 for the Tahoe Bike Path and allocated to Douglas County, Washoe County and Carson City.
• Those who remember the old Woody's Cafe on the south side of town will be happy to hear there will be a new restaurant in that location called the Red Hut Cafe, opening in December. Anyone who has been to South Lake Tahoe in the last 50 years might recognize the name. Red Hut Cafe has been a local's tradition at the lake since 1959. There are now three Red Hut Cafe locations in South Shore, plus an ice cream parlor.
• The Carson Senators (7-1, 7-0) play Reno High (6-3, 6-2) tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Carson. This is the final regular season game for the Senators, as they try to secure the top seed in the 4A playoffs.
• A man charged with accidentally killing his roommate in Brunswick Canyon has agreed to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Anthony Kelich, 60, shot his roommate in the face with a rifle while they and one other man had been shooting at targets while drinking off of Sedge Road. Guns and alcohol don't mix.

Carson High's freshman football team closed out its season with a 29-16 season-ending win over visiting Reno High Thursday night.The loss upped Carson's record to 5-4. The Senators closed the seaso...

GOP candidate Cain fights to overcome allegationsWASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain struggled to overcome the storm of controversy from sexual harassment accusations on T...

The Nevada Policy Research Institute has issued a report charging that Nevada's public employee retirement system has four times as much unfunded liability as system officials claim.The difference,...

Two low-on-moisture, high-on-cold storms are forecast to zero in on Northern Nevada this weekend, with a third eyeing the area around the middle of next week.Between a half-inch and an inch of s...

A Carson City man charged with the accidental shooting death of his roommate waived a preliminary hearing Thursday and has agreed to plead guilty.Anthony Kelich, 60, shackled and in a wheelchair...

Lyon County Manager Jeff Page addressed the Dayton Regional Advisory Council on Wednesday on the issue of the Dayton Community Center.Page explained that staff and community members have discussed ...

(AP) - The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a lower court injunction issued against a Las Vegas bar for violating Nevada's Clean Indoor Air Act by allowing smoking and providing ash trays and match...

OAKLAND, Calif (AP) - Occupy Wall Street protesters had just a few hours to celebrate what they saw as their biggest victory so far: the peaceful shutdown of the nation's fifth-busiest port. Then t...