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 GCopyright...

Congress has no interest in helping AmericansFrom your Oct. 5 article, "Bernanke warns recovery is close to faltering," he spoke about protesters who are rallying against corporate greed and are fr...

“The sun will come out tomorrow!” Wild Horse Children’s Theater presents the musical Annie, Jr.! Based on the Broadway favorite and well-known comic strip, Annie, Jr. recounts the adventures of a spunky Depression era orphan (Annie) determined to find her parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage, run by the sinister Miss Hannigan.

Performances of Annie, Jr. will be held December 2 & 9 at 7 pm, December 3 & 10 at 4 pm and 7 pm and December 4 & 11 at 4 pm at the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada, 813 N. Carson Street. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students and $5 for ages 12 and under and can be purchased through our website at www.wildhorsetheater.com or by calling 887-0438.

A Winter Fundraiser for Food For Thought at the Carson City Nugget On November 5th, 2011. Doors Open at 5:30 pm, Dinner at 6:00 pm. Featuring a performance by the Brewery Arts Center Back the Broadway Kids.

Tickets $50, No Host Bar. For Tickets and Information Call Food For Thought at 775 885-7770

Proceeds from this event will be used to feed in-need children

Dayton lost the first game before rallying to beat Fallon Friday night in 3A volleyball action.The Dust Devils prevailed 25-27, 25-18, 25-16 and 25-20. Leading Dayton was Madison Foley with four ac...

Sadly, we were reminded once again last Sunday that no matter how safe we try to make racing, it is still a dangerous and sometimes deadly sport. The death of Dan Wheldon at Las Vegas Motor Speedwa...

I have an excellent GP. He's been my doctor for 26 years. He's great, but I won't mention his name because I might embarrass him. In addition to treating my various maladies, he also likes to talk ...

A fundraiser Sunday will help a Carson City family pay for the funeral of its 19-month-old son, who was found dead from apparent natural causes in his crib on Thursday. Police were called to the Mu...

Soroptimist International of Carson City is seeking applicants to recognize young women between the ages of 14 and 17 engaged in volunteer activity that makes the community or world better place. T...

While the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was steady from August to September, the unadjusted rate fell a half percent to 13.3 percent statewide.That improvement was driven by decreases in th...

The Douglas football team has only been a handful of plays from being a standout football team this season.That's been the general feeling at least. Friday night, they put it all together and playe...

If Carson High was one thing Friday night it was opportunistic.The Senators took advantage of a short field to score 24 of their points en route to a 57-14 win over visiting Spanish Springs in a...

Due to celebrations for Nevada Day, the following road closures are expected for Saturday, October 29:

· Carson Street between Winnie Lane and Stewart Street and Stewart Street from its southern end to Little Lane will be closed beginning at 6:30 a.m. and will reopen at approximately 3:00 p.m. following the completion of the Nevada Day parade.

· Side streets along Carson Street between William Street and Winnie Lane will be closed for parade staging in the morning.

· Curry Street will be closed between Robinson and Musser Streets from 6:30 a.m. until 11:00 p.m.

by Guy Rocha, former Nevada State Archivist
Why all the fuss about Nevada's birthday on October 31? The battle lines were drawn between "traditionalists", and the "grinches" who would steal Nevada Day by calling for the last Friday of October to be the state's official holiday. The parade and other festivities would follow on Saturday; thus making for a three-day weekend for some Nevadans as well as state and local government employees. With the passage of AB396 by the 1997 legislature, Nevada voters, on November 3, 1998 advised the 1999 legislature they wanted to celebrate Nevada Day on the last Friday in October beginning in 2000. The legislature, after much heated debate, complied.

By Chuck Allen, NHP
Last evening at approximately 9:48 pm, a law enforcement officer assigned to Department of Public Safety-Investigation Division observed a moving violation by the driver of a silver Chevrolet 4-door sedan on US 395 in Pleasant Valley. The officer was not wearing a uniform and was driving an unmarked police vehicle. He requested assistance from a trooper and provided our DPS-Communications Center with the information which included the Nevada license plate displayed on the sedan. The dispatcher informed him that the vehicle was recently reported stolen. There were four occupants riding in the vehicle. The officer and several other troopers initiated a felony traffic stop on US 395 just south of Lakeview Hill on the north side of Carson City. All four occupants were ordered out of the vehicle, placed into handcuffs and detained.

Get a jump start on Nevada Day weekend by celebrating the history of the West. The Brewery Arts Center will host an evening of storytelling, singing and dancing that captures the spirit of the Wil...

Sports fodder for a Friday morning ... What other NFL organization other than the Oakland Raiders would acquire a quarterback in a trade on Tuesday - a quarterback that hasn't played a game in 10 m...

Brock Pradere wears many hats for the Carson High football team. Besides starting at wide receiver, he holds on extra points and field goals for Austin Pacheco, and because of injuries he's been pr...

LAS VEGAS - Carson High's Megan Justice shot a second consecutive 98 on the Bear's Best Golf Course Thursday at the NIAA 4A State Golf Championships.Justice's 198 put her well behind individual win...

DAYTON - Dayton High's football team can clinch one of the last two 3A playoff berths tonight when it hosts Spring Creek.Kick-off is set for 7 p.m.Dayton is 5-3 overall and 3-3 in Northern 3A play ...

Trick-or-treaters will take to the streets in the capital city like everywhere else in the U.S. - on Halloween. For the last decade, Halloween has been celebrated on the traditional Oct. 31.Before ...

Every October for the past 14 years during Earth Science Week, hundreds of Northern Nevadans join the University of Nevada, Reno, and Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology for a free field trip to ...

The desert tortoise is not native to Northern Nevada, but those that are here are thriving in the care of dozens of tortoise lovers.To help preserve tortoises, the Douglas-Carson-Reno Desert Tortoi...

Elimination of estray manager has hurtwild horsesI want to voice my disagreement with a statement by Ed Foster of the Nevada Department of Agriculture, who was quoted in a story in the Oct. 16 edit...