Mar 4, 1925 - May 12, 2015In Loving memory of Mary Jane Millazzo, born March 4, 1925 in Hol...

July 3, 1928 - May 16, 2015Mary Elizabeth Ayers Risi, long time resident of Churchill County, died at ...

Gov. Brian Sandoval says Yucca Mountain supporters in Congress should give it a rest, there’s no way Nevada can be persuaded to accept a high-level nuclear waste site....

The last Friday of May and Carson City is hopping. Catch some comedy at the Carson Nugget, the Sierra Nevada Ballet’s one woman show ‘Fancifool’ at the Brewery Arts Center, or some live music. The Trippin King Snakes are at Sassafras, Mo’z Motley Blues are at Living the Good Life, and Stereo Galaxy is ripping it up at Westside Pour House. I suggest you take a gander at the complete list for all the happenings.

FRIDAY:

• Reno-Tahoe Odyssey (178 mile relay race; begins at Wingfield Park in downtown Reno; legs 25-28 run through Carson City)
• ‘Forevermore’ by artist Su Limbert at the LXS Gallery in the Legislature Building

Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed a series of bills including Assembly Bill 273 mandating former lawmakers take a “cooling off” period before they take a job as a paid lobbyist.Under the bill, lawmakers would have to mis...

Former House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert was indicted on Thursday on federal charges, including for lying to the FBI, relating to an alleged effort to hide $3.5 million in payments he was making to a person to conceal past misconduct....

We live in a small, comfortable home built in the late 1940's in a quiet neighborhood on the older west side of Carson City. Through some 13-plus years of steady improvements, our home has seen a multitude of changes, both inside and outside.

‘Sunset bill,’ a big element of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $1.1 billion tax package, cleared a key legislative hurdle Thursday, winning endorsement from an Assembly committee....

Oct. 18, 1962 - Apr. 11, 2015On April 11, 2015, Walter Lee Hawkins, Jr. passed into the hands of God. ...

The Department of Interior on Thursday proposed added controls across 17 million acres in rural Nevada and northeastern California in a bid to preserve habitat and avoid an endangered species listing for the imperiled sage grouse....

Apr. 22, 1940 - Aug. 9, 2014Robert Bob Wayne Hollingsworth passed away Aug. 9, 2014 at the Hilo Medica...

June 28, 1934 - May 09, 2015Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Koeckes, 80, passed away May 9, 2015 at h...

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio paid his first campaign visit to Nevada on Thursday, presenting a 20-minute press conference outside downtown Las Vegas’ famed Gold and Silver Pawn Shop that was short on Nevada issues and long on criticism of Democratic policies....

July 23, 1918 - May 2, 2015Lilian C. Gandolfo, age 96, passed away on May 2, 2015 in Carson City, Neva...

Oct. 16, 1948 - May 12, 2015Norman L. Snyder, age 66, of Wyomissing, PA passed away on May 12, 2015 in...

One of North Shore’s most popular summer events is the Bluesdays concert series. It takes place every Tuesday evening, June 16 – September 8, from 6 p.m-8:30 p.m. in the Village Events Plaza in Olympic Valley, California.

Blues musicians from around the country take center stage and perform free concerts for guests and, in addition to the live shows, there are also a variety of food and drink specials available.

The Nevada Department of Agriculture says it has tested positive for the first laboratory-confirmed rabid bat found in Washoe County. Bat rabies is endemic throughout Nevada. The agency's Animal Disease Laboratory notes that between six and 20 bats annually test positive for rabies, usually between the months of May and October. However, in recent years positive bats have been confirmed as early as February.

Aug 23, 1931 - May 16, 2015Rosemary Nebesky, a longtime resident of Carson City, passed on ...

Nevada Cooperative Extension's JoAnne Skelly is retiring as of June 1 as Associate Professor, Extension Educator for Carson City and Storey County with University of Nevada Cooperative Extension. The staff wishes her the very best. She has been with Cooperative Extension for 23 years. JoAnne tells us she will continue to write her weekly columns.
Congratulations, JoAnne!

The warmest temperatures for the year thus far will begin arriving Thursday and peak Saturday, with widespread highs in the 80s and possibly low 90s expected around Carson City, Dayton and Western Nevada, according to the National Weather Service.

Two years after passing a law to set up medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada, state lawmakers are trying to massage the rules to fix unintended consequences of the process....

Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, and it is ranked among the top three health issues in Northern Nevada according to the latest community health needs assessments. As the number of individuals suffering with lung disease continues to escalate, the challenges of early diagnosis and treatment are more critical than ever before.

A 49-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of child neglect after leaving two children inside a parked vehicle while she shopped inside a store, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.
Arrested was Lilia Gutierrez. She faces two felony charges of child neglect and endangerment with a bail of $5,000.

Former New York Gov. George Pataki entered the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, positioning himself as a Washington outsider and moderate who won three terms in a heavily Democratic state....