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CASA of Carson City will begin a training of CASA volunteers on May 10, 6-9pm, at the Carson City Juvenile Court, 1545 E. 5th St. in Carson City.

CASA volunteers are appointed by Carson City's Juvenile Court as guardian ad litem for children in child welfare court cases.

The CASA volunteer speaks up for the best interests of the child.

Being a CASA volunteer requires patience, caring, research, writing, good communication skills and a commitment.

There is a background check, an interview and 30 total hours of training.

Bankruptcy filings nationwide dropped 7 percent in April, continuing a downward trend that began at the start of the year - though Nevada still had the highest rate despite a 15 percent decline sin...

The combined Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means committees Wednesday rejected the governor's plan to consolidate the Mining Division into the Department of Conservation and Natural Resource...

State Director of Administration Andrew Clinger has been asked to apply for the Reno City Manager's job and says, if the council wants him, he'll take the post.Mayor Bob Cashell recruited Clinger f...

Feral cats that might otherwise face a death sentence, are getting another chance at life through a prison work program.Susan Paul, president of the Carson Tahoe Society for the Prevention of Cr...

For Robert Williams, the owner of Tommy's Neighborhood Bar, recasting the long-time Carson City watering hole has been a priority since he bought the business in 2009. Williams, 59, started work...

Wild Horse Children's Theater presents "Honk! Jr.," beginning Friday. The award-winning musical, written by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, transforms Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale of ...

Here we are less than a month from the scheduled end of the Legislative session and we still are searching for the elusive alternative to the Sandoval austerity budget. The governor's opponents hav...

Carson City firefighters are battling a brush fire at the Carson City dump tonight. Multiple engines responded to the initial call that came in shortly before 10 p.m. Additional fire personnel have been called in from outside the city, including a Lyon County fire engine.

Though the fire is reportedly burning, the size hasn't been determined or reported on, or whether there are structures threatened in the fire's path. The dump is located in the 3600 block of Flint Drive.

According to a firefighter on the scene via scanner dispatch, crews may be there for "an extended length of time."

Two bicycle events going on today at the Bike Habitat in Carson City, reports Jeff Moser at BikeCarson.com. From 3 to 6 p.m. is the Felt Bicycles demonstration. And at 6:30 p.m. is the Women's Bicycle Repair Clinic taught by Jennie Hamiter. Both events are FREE and open to the public. Bike Habitat is located off Topsy Lane next to Best Buy.

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It’s that time of the year for a widely-distributed and widely-read annual publication, Fishing The California Alps. Do yourself a favor and pick one up.

The outdoor newspaper is your personal guide to the fishing, camping, sightseeing and vacationing world in our general area and it has 56 pages of detailed, in-depth information provided by lots of experts in their specific areas of knowledge and experience.

Here is the Nevada, Northern California, Sierra and Southern Oregon fishing report for the week of May 4-11.

ALMANOR LAKE, CALIF:
Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association (530-365-7500) www.shastacascade.com) reports:
Water surface temperatures are at 44.7 degrees and water clarity has improved in most areas to 6.5 to 7.5 feet.
Lake Almanor looks great, and the bite has really picked up.
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This column appears in the - Wednesday health pages. It addresses topics related to the health of our community.As the weather in our area begins to warm, thoughts turn to summer recreation activit...

Rejecting several major changes to the governor's proposed education budget, legislative money committees on repeated party-line votes Tuesday opened a more than $650 million hole in the budget.The...

The former associate pastor of a Silver Springs church remained jailed Tuesday on child molestation charges. Raymond "Bud" Mosley, 69, was booked Thursday into the Lyon County Jail on suspicion ...

As part of the Carson Ranger District Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project, Forest Service fire crews will begin prescribed fire burning operations both north and south of Carson City today. The burns...

A joint session of the Senate and Assembly money committees voted Tuesday to pull the state out of both the Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center in Minden and the historic Dangberg Ranch.Ending...

RENO - A Nevada irrigation district's tentative agreement to pay $10 million to victims of a 2008 flood caused by the failure of a century-old irrigation canal was put on hold Tuesday when a U.S. j...

This is a final reminder that the Clear Creek Bowmen, an archery organization in Carson City, will hold a 3-D “Fun Youth” archery shoot on Saturday, May 07 for local youths, ages 12 and under.

That youth shoot will be held at the Centennial Park Archery Range (east of the Eagle Valley Golf Course), just off U.S. 50.

By the California Department of Fish and Game
The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) held another successful opening of the general trout season in the eastern Sierra last weekend. Department and local officials said that although the overall number of fishing enthusiasts was down from last year, the quality of the fish caught was outstanding.

Here are the most recent fish plants in the western part of the Silver State by the Nevada Division of Wildlife:

April 25: Paradise Pond in Reno: 500 rainbow trout: 10.2 inches in length.
April 25: Rancho San Rafael in Reno: 1,000 rainbows: 10.2 inches.
April 26: East Carson River in Douglas County: 1,450 brown trout: 10.4 inches in length.
April 26: East Carson River in Douglas County: 3,100 browns: 10.4 inches.
April 27: East Walker River in Lyon County: 16,088 fingerling brown trout: 3.3 inches in length.
April 28: Cave Rock Landing at Lake Tahoe: 5,015 rainbows: 9.5 inches.

Tim Baugh of Bridgeport, California and his publisher, Companion Press of Bozeman, Montana, have received a design award for Spirit of a Hunter, published in June of 2010.

PubWest, the leading trade association of independent publishers in North America, has announced the winners of its 2011 Book Design Awards contest, in which Spirit of a Hunter won a Silver Award in the Sports/Fitness/Recreation category.