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Silver Legacy Resort Casino is home to top entertainment and has been voted Best Entertainment, Best Concerts and Best Comedy Club by Casino Player Magazine. Watch headline entertainment from

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A distraught woman on alternative sentencing this week decided she’s had enough of the hard life. She just wanted out.

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A plea for help has gone out for more Toys for Tots donations. There are numerous drop- off locations around town to receive this inexpensive gifts.

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If you’d like to help our men and women in uniform brighten Christmas for some less than fortunate kids, sign up to be a volunteer for “Christmas with a Cop.”

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Governor Gibbons has made it clear that he would like state employee opinion to weigh in on how to cut the state’s budget, brought on by the worst recession in Nevada’s his

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Douglas County planning staff has been studying Walmart’s latest desired addition to the local retail sales realm.

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McDonald’s appears to be broadening their horizons a bit with a dash of gourmet coffee and a pinch of wi-fi.

The Carson High boys basketball team didn't have long to iron out the kinks that plagued it during its Sierra League opening 49-38 win at South Tahoe on Tuesday.

MOVIES
Ang Lee’s “Eat Drink Man Woman”

Taking a page from Jurasic Park, new research being conducted by Aloha Medicinals Inc.

It is a week and a day ’til Christmas, and the Toys for Tots holiday gift drive is out of toys!

SOUTH TAHOE – In baseball, it's said that hitting is contagious. The same can be said about shooting in basketball.

The “Christmas with a Cop” Shopping Spree needs volunteers to guide needy children through the aisles of Walmart Thursday, December 17th to help them pick out gifts for their family.

Authorities say a 49 year old woman on “alternative sentencing” tried to take her own life at her California Street apartment Tuesday night, but instead wound up getting a quick trip to the Reno Traum

Like so many local restaurants stuggling with the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, D’Vine Wine had thrown in the towel a month or so ago.

SOUTH TAHOE – Post play. Not much to speak of. Playing under control. Not really. Not turning the ball over. Nothing to brag about.
Still, a league win on the road. Priceless.

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Dark and ominous budgetary clouds have settled over the Governor’s Office in downtown Carson City.

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Governor Gibbons, with all his personal and political problems, has all but been abandoned by the bulk of the Nevada Republican Party.

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Open Space officials say that after months on end they are still trying to come to an agreed-to price for the 400 acre Garrard Ranch off Carson River Road.

Dear CarsonSports.com readers,

There is an Angel Tree at SlotWorld at the cashier of the Caravan Cafe (Highway 50 East).

Just heard a tip the city might be doing some serious emergency budget cutting to make up for projected revenue shortfalls in 2010.

When I heard about the Nugget development project, my first thought was, here we go again.

The Carson City Raiders Booster Club recently held its annual Christmas Commitment fundraiser and through the efforts of its members and generosity of the community were able to adopt 15 homebound sen

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Individuals, organizations, and businesses who help strengthen Carson City Parks, a big thank you was awarded over the weekend down at the PEP at Mills Park.

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Another snowmaker is on its way to us starting late Tuesday. Rain late in the day giving way to possible snow Tuesday evening, then snow overnight into Wednesday.

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Rain on snow, ice on snow, causing instability at the higher elevation, especially on north and northeasterly slopes.

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Claiming that the BLM is traumatizing horses, even inadvertently killing some, animal rights groups have filed suit in federal court to try to stop blm’s big gathering of w

The weather service is forecasting more heavy snow in the Sierra and Carson Range Tuesday into Wednesday.

Eighth grade

On Better Government-The Illusion
By
Karl Neathammer
A historical analysis will show that the American people have chased the political pipe dream of “better government” (whatever this amorphous and i

“Something’s Gotta Give’ — superior romantic comedy

Sometimes movies based on real-life stories work well; sometimes not. “Valkyrie,” starring Tom Cruise, is one that is flat and lifeless.

Sometimes movies based on real-life stories work well; sometimes not. “Valkyrie,” starring Tom Cruise, is one that is flat and lifeless.

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ICE SHOW AT ELDORADO

ICE SHOW AT ELDORADO

A series of snowmakers has come and gone leaving 12-18″ of snow on the valley floors in Carson City and Reno. Higher amounts fell in the foothills like Timberline and Lakeview.

Running under frigid weather conditions, Carson City's Katie McFarren placed 13th and Blanca Sosa 20th in their respective age group divisions during the USATF Junior Olympic National Cross Country

Monday, December 28, 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, December 22, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 19, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Santa Claus is coming to Tumbleweeds Gymnastics, photos with Santa; bake sale, drop-n-shop and raffle prizes. (Call (775) 841-4962.

Saturday, December 19, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, December 17, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kenwood Vineyard, Orin Swift Cellars and Valley of the Moon Wine Tasting at Bella Fiore Wines. Cost is $15 per person. Call 888-Wine (9463).

Thursday, December 17, 5:30 p.m.
Annual Chamber Holiday Fete for the ENTIRE family at the The Nevada State Railroad Museum.

Monday, December 14, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 13, 2009, 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 13, 2:00 p.m.

The two major entities working to build and support the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Reconstruction Project are being asked to cough up extra money to keep the project loans current.

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