RENO, Nev(AP) - The U.S. Forest Service says it is not required to make sure there's enough black-backed woodpeckers to keep the rare bird from going locally extinct at Lake Tahoe as a result of a ...

A home was destroyed in the 400 block of Wialaki Street near Mono and South Curry streets in Carson City on Sunday afternoon. One Carson City firefighter was injured in the blaze, officials said.
The fire was reported at 2:24 p.m. and burned the house and about a tenth of an acre of sagebrush on tribal land. It was ignited when slag from a grinder sparked brush during a welding operation, said Bob Charles, Battalion Chief for the Carson City Fire Department. The extent of injuries to the firefighter are not known at this time, but Charles did indicate the firefighter was going to be OK. He was taken to a hospital. The fire forced the evacuation of nearby homes in the immediate area.

By Jeff Cowen
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has added two experienced staff members to key positions who will help keep the agency on course to build the partnerships needed to deliver environmental gains and to raise the focus on efficiency and community engagement.

Whether it was for the competition or just for fun, about 150 children and their families turned out Saturday for the eighth annual Kids Triathlon at Mills Park and Carson Aquatic Center. "Our k...

Diane Steele makes 30 different varieties of jelly, and throughout the years, each and every one of them has eventually won a state fair ribbon for flavor.Steele and her husband Al, who make the...

The STS Foundation, a non-profit student exchange organization, is looking for host families in the Carson City area for two students. International high school exchange students are coming to stud...

LAS VEGAS - Court records paint a picture of Arthur Gerald Jones as a powerful Chicago financier who was tormented by snowballing gambling debts and a troubled marriage when he left home to run an ...

The Carson High Football Boosters Club is gearing up for its annual Senator Football Kickoff Dinner on Aug. 13. The dinner is at 6:30 p.m. and hosted by Mo & Sluggo's on Curry Street between Telegr...

RENO - Skiers and snowboarders enjoyed a final fling on the slopes Saturday as the Sierra Nevada skiing season came to an official close after one of the snowiest winters in more than six decades. ...

Various faiths are coming together to have a picnic in Nevada’s capital Carson City at the end of the month.
Christians of various denominations, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Baha’is, and others, besides sharing food, music, games, prayers, a “Peace Cake”, etc., will also try to find similarities between their diverse traditions at second annual “Heal the World Interfaith Picnic of Nevada” on July 31, said Adina Richman Karst, vent coordinator.

We must solve the immigration problem and get on with growing our economy and creating jobs. Immigrants and growing the economy are indeed related. Instead, many so-called political leaders spew an...

CARSON CITY – Lawmakers from 13 western states, including some from Nevada, will converge on Hawaii at the end of the month.

By Jake Sunderland
CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Division of Insurance is pleased to announce that it recovered $1.8 million for Nevada consumers in the first half of 2011. A recovery is the amount of monetary compensation or relief received by a consumer as a result of a filed consumer complaint.

A former Chicago commodities broker, missing for more than three decades and declared legally dead, was discovered working as a sports book writer in Las Vegas and arrested on false identity charges, the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles reported today.
Arthur Gerald Jones, 72, was arrested July 19 and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on four felony charges relating to identity theft and fraud. Bail was set at $20,000 following an initial appearance July 21.

Investigators from the Secretary of State’s office today arrested Hans Seibt at his Las Vegas residence on 25 counts of securities fraud and six counts of theft. The criminal complaint filed by Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto charges that Seibt was essentially operating a Ponzi scheme that victimized investors in Nevada and several other states.

RENO - Conservationists have asked a federal appellate court to keep the Forest Service from starting logging operations next week in an area near Lake Tahoe where a wildfire destroyed 250 homes...

Republicans, Democrats and Nevada's secretary of state took very different approaches in recommending who should be named special masters to draw legislative and congressional districts for the com...

Nothing strikes fear into the political left and mushy GOP moderates the way the 25-year-old Taxpayer Protection Pledge does. And the fact that the pledge has been signed by enough House Republican...

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s skilled nursing homes avoided the deepest cuts initially proposed by the Sandoval administration to pay for serving Medicaid clients, but the reimbursement rate is still inadequate to cover actual costs, an industry official said today.
The industry is also concerned that any resolution to the federal deficit discussions under way in Washington, DC, could further exacerbate the economic challenges facing it, said Daniel Mathis, chief executive officer of the Nevada Health Care Association.

Whether it's for a large gathering or just an inside joke, the staff at Going Places, Ink can customize the perfect T-shirt - or any other item - to commemorate it."We do a lot for teams and fam...

The first day of school is Aug. 22, and an area business is hoping to help youngsters at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada get off to a good start.Springleaf Financial Services wanted to do ...

The Board of Examiners on Wednesday approved joining an interstate agreement to share tax revenues from insurance premiums paid by multi-state businesses.Insurance Commissioner Brett Barratt told t...

The state treasurer's office in fiscal 2011 returned $32.8 million in unclaimed property to its rightful owners.Treasurer Kate Marshall said that is $7.5 million more than was returned to people in...

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Wednesday that failure to raise the federal debt limit would endanger benefits for thousands of Carson City seniors and more than 400,000 Nevadans statewide who rely o...