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Sunny Spencer's hoop skirt rustles as she walks along the boardwalk at the Nevada State Railroad Museum and chats politely about days gone by.Spencer, of Carson City, was among the members of th...

Flipping the calendar from June to July ushers in a new era in state government and essentially launches the administration of Gov. Brian Sandoval, a first-term, no-new-tax Republican whose adminis...

Soroptimist International of Carson City recently honored Avery Hudak and Caitlin Sinclair, winners of the Violet Richardson Award.This award is bestowed upon Carson High School seniors who exem...

Primary Children's Medical Center Foundation has received a $1 million donation from Smith's Food & Drug Stores. The contribution is a result of fundraising efforts with customers in 56 stores in U...

Agricultural producers and manufacturers of food products in Northern Nevada looking to expand export sales will learn next month about free marketing assistance that's available through a federall...

You can be right or you can be ready. I am talking about those still in denial about the current condition of the Social Security trust funds. Fighting about this issue rages on, but no matter what...

The Capital City Center, a strip mall on East William Street, is shining a little brighter this week after having just undergone an exterior remodel.Property manager Vicki Hone, president of the...

Reno American used a four run inning to top the Carson City 10-11s Little League All-Stars, 5-3, Saturday night at Governors Field in a winner's bracket game.Carson took a 2-0 lead in the fourth...

RENO - Scott Greene picked an opportune time to throw his best game of the summer.Greene, the former Wooster High star and a member of the Chico State baseball team, tossed a three-hitter as the Ne...

June 21: Cave Rock Landing at Lake Tahoe: 3,936 rainbow trout: 10.4 inches in length.
June 22: Wilson Common in Washoe Valley: 500 rainbows: 10 inches.
June 22; Davis Creek Pond in Washoe Valley: 500 rainbows: 10 inches.
June 22: Marilyn’s Pond in Washoe County: 500 rainbows: 10 inches.
June 24: Desert Creek in Lyon County: 788 rainbows: 10.4 inches.
June 24: Desert Creek in Lyon County: 584 brown trout: 10.7 inches.
For information, call the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) Headquarters in Reno at 688-1500 during regular business hours.

July 01 – Sept. 30 – Pyramid Lake (north of Reno) is closed to fishing for Lahontan cutthroat trout.

July 04 – Fourth of July Holiday.

July 15 – Opening day of the 2011 fishing season at Marlette Lake.
This season will close on September 30.
Call the Nevada Department of Wildlife at 688-1500.

July 15 – Second Wednesday of the month:
Regular monthly meeting of the Clear Creek Bowmen at Fire Station No. 1 on Stewart Street at 6:30 p.m.
Call Jim or Carol Davis at 883-0389.

July 19 – Third Tuesday of the month:

By the Nevada Department of Wildlife
With the passage of AB167, signed by Governor Brian Sandoval, the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) will develop a coordinated statewide aquatic invasive species (AIS) management plan to control and prevent species like quagga mussels, Didymo (rock snot), Asian clams, curly leaf pondweed, northern pike and may others.
The bill’s main sponsor was Assemblywoman Irene Bustamante Adams
(D - Las Vegas).

By the California Department of Fish and Game
The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) conducted two abalone checkpoints on California’s north coast on June 16 and 17.

Both checkpoints were slower than usual due to rough ocean conditions.

One checkpoint in Navarro, Mendocino County, was conducted by 21 game wardens and one State Parks ranger. Members of the Mendocino Abalone Watch Group assisted with game bag checks and directing traffic.

By the California Department of Fish and Game
California game wardens served two search warrants on members of a deer poaching ring early Thursday, resulting in the arrest of three Stockton men.

The wardens arrested Thongseuth Khounchanh, 58, Ti Sila, 51, and Bounleuna Sysenglath, 59, as they returned from an all-night poaching trip in El Dorado County.

The men were charged with killing deer and selling deer meat for profit.

By the Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
We have finally had some significant snowmelt and can now update access and trail conditions into Marlette-Hobart Backcountry.
North Canyon and Marlette Lk Basin
North Canyon is free of snow until one reaches Marlette Saddle at the 4 mile mark. The saddle still has a 150-200 ft long snowdrift blocking the road. The rest of the road down to the lake is clear for hiking/biking with a few remaining drifts on over to the dam and Flume trail.
Marlette Trail

RENO (AP) - Authorities say they will use DNA to identify what they think is the sixth and final victim of a crash between a big-rig truck and an Amtrak passenger train in Nevada.Nevada Highway Pat...

The July Fourth weekend will be a scorcher with the highs in the mid to upper 90s throughout the Monday holiday, according to the National Weather Service. Today will be sunny with a high in the...

Utility work along the east side of Fairview Drive includes an access road that will double as a bike path for Carson City, officials said this week.The Public Works Department's Water Utility Mana...

The Fourth of July weekend is the busiest time for boating in Lake Tahoe. The Tahoe Resources Conservation District is expecting 1,500-2,000 boats to come through its five inspection points thro...

Washoe County is demanding a $21.5 million refund from the state for diverting property taxes from the local government over the past three years to pad state coffers - a practice that was common u...

After being no-hit by Washoe on Thursday night, Carson City's 9-10 all-star team came out swinging Friday night.Carson scored seven runs in the first three innings, but Reno National tied the game ...

RENO - When Nevada Bullets manager Jim Blueberg sent assistant coach Jeremiah Libke out to start Friday's Sertoma Baseball Classic opener against RBI Baseball, he had an ulterior motive.He wanted t...

Kurt Busch's string of poles was broken at Infineon last weekend, but I'm pretty sure Kurt didn't mind when he saw the checkered flag on Sunday.Busch became the 11th winner in 16 races this season....

One should always reflect on acts of faith. It's difficult, but I recently witnessed three.The first concerns my brother-in-law, Dan. He's a gentle giant - 6-feet tall, 300 pounds with a fierce fac...

Detectives of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office are investigating the death of a Placerville woman who fell from a 14th floor balcony at the Horizon Casino Resort in Stateline on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe.

The body of the woman, later identified as Loretta Sangara, 68, of Placerville, was discovered by Horizon Casino security officers at about 10 a.m. on Friday, said Douglas County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Jim Halsey in a news release.

Students and family members from Kinderland Nursery School participate in the annual 4th of July parade in downtown Carson City, Nev., on Friday, July 1, 2011. Click here to see the entire gallery.
Photo by Cathleen Allison / www.NevadaPhotoSource.com

An motor home fire has shut down the Carson City bypass and the Highway 50 east entrance to the freeway this evening. According to witnesses on the scene and police scanner traffic, the motor home, parked on the freeway between Fairview and 5th Street near the bridge, went up in flames at around 5:33 this afternoon. It was extinguished at around 5:50 p.m.

A motor home engine fire that has spread to the living compartment has shut down traffic on the freeway between Fairview Drive and Highway 50 East. The vehicle fire is in the southbound lanes near ...

CARSON CITY – Officials with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services put out the word today that a new affordable health insurance plan is available for Nevadans with pre-existing medical conditions.
The plan, offered through the new federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will serve as a bridge to cover this group of people between today and Jan. 1, 2014, when the major provisions of the law take effect, said Herb Shultz, regional director of HHS for Nevada.

CARSON CITY – Nevada ranks 46th among states in the total amount of federal subsidy payments to farmers and ranchers over the past 16 years, with 89 percent receiving no payments at all, according to information from the Washington, DC-based Environmental Working Group.

On Monday, July 4, several Northern Nevada law enforcement officers will team up for a sobriety checkpoint at Lake Tahoe. Personnel from the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, Sparks Police Department, Washoe County School District Police Department and the Nevada Highway Patrol will be staffing the checkpoint on July 4, said NHP Trooper Chuck Allen in a news release.

By Trooper Chuck Allen / Nevada Highway Patrol
CARSON CITY — Senate Bill 140, which was passed this year during the 2011 Legislative Session and signed by Governor Brian Sandoval on June 17, goes into effect Oct. 1, 2011. This new law prohibits the use of a cellular phone or other handheld wireless communications device while operating a motor vehicle in certain circumstances. This is a primary law which means that officers do not need to observe a separate violation before initiating a traffic enforcement stop.

Here are some photos taken from the top of Ebbett's Pass last weekend, showing how much snow is still on the ground after our very long winter.

Dom Mariani, Carson City Little League 10-11 all-star coach, couldn't have asked for a better opening game from his team.Led by the hitting Brandon Gagnon and Abel Carter, and the pitching of Gagno...

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . The annual Sertoma all-star high school football game every June has definitely seen better days. A fight once again tarnished last week's game and, well, i...

A total of 229 new laws take effect today with the start of the new fiscal year.Among them are the five major and dozen or so smaller pieces of legislation which implement the state's $6.2 billion ...

Gov. Brian Sandoval moved Thursday to change the direction of Nevada's Wildlife Commission, replacing three controversial members of the board, and putting Ken Mayer formally back in as director of...

A 35-year-old man was jailed Thursday evening after allegedly punching a stranger in the face then announcing, "I'm from Reno!"Taylen Austin was booked into the Carson City Jail at 10:30 p.m. on su...

A Carson City man missing since Monday was found dead in Alpine County off Highway 89 west of Monitor Pass on Wednesday afternoon.Kurt Ernest Muench, 41, was reported missing to the Carson City She...

FALLON - A Fernley woman was killed Thursday morning on Highway 50 Alternate in Lyon County.According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, Michelle Marie Parsley-McClelland, 22, died as result of the 8...

Political pundit Jon Ralston recently wrote about conservative "disgust" over the budget deal, "as if there were some massive expansion of government that occurred." "I repeat the facts," Ralston -...

Molly Gingell, owner of Molly's Gourmet Catering & Take Out, announced late Thursday that after 11 years the business is closing on July 22. Molly's is closing so that Gingell can follow her husban...

Gov. Brian Sandoval moved Thursday to change the direction of Nevada's Wildlife Commission, replacing three controversial members of the board and putting Ken Mayer formally back in as director of ...

CARSON CITY –The state office created to help guide Nevadans through the complex maze of health care billing and access to care has a new director starting tomorrow.
Marilyn Wills has been named director of the Office of Consumer Health Assistance by Mike Willden, director of the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

Carson City Deputies arrested one man and another male they think might be a juvenile for
allegedly taking two girls, 11 and 12 years old, from MIlls Park and sexually assaulting near the Carson River Tuesday night.

Enrique Lopez-Cervantes, 24, and another male whose identification showed he is 17, were arrested Wednesday night after detectives found them at Mills Park.

ALPINE LAKE, CALIF:
It will be planted this week by the California Department of Fish and Game.

ANGEL LAKE, ELKO COUNTY, NEV:
The Nevada Department of Wildlife (www.ndow.org) reports: The road is open, but there is still a LOT of snow around the lake. The lake is about 80% ice covered with some fishable water. Unfortunately, there is enough snow on the ice, you can't tell what is safe and what isn't. With this week's warm temps and some wind, next weekend may be a different story.

BISHOP AREA, CALIF:

It doesn't matter how safe or sane the fireworks are, they still are illegal along the Sierra Front and in the Tahoe Basin for anyone who isn't doing a licensed community event."Anyone who possesse...

As the Fourth of July Weekend approaches, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe reminds visitors who are planning to spend the holiday weekend at the lake that all laws and regulations will be in effect.Py...

According to AOL news travel, The Star Spangled Fourth's Lights on the Lake beats out San Francisco and Seattle and I have seen both so I imagine the South Lake Tahoe Fourth fireworks show over the...

An array of music will fill the air over Virginia City as the third annual Americana Music Festival is staged at numerous venues throughout the town, July 8-10.Darrell Scott & Brothers headlines...

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