The Department of Justice now is investigating Cliven Bundy and the dozens of militiamen who traveled from across the country to defend him. But it’s not clear what prosecutors will decide to do with the case, or when they will make a decision. In the meantime, some say the government’s inaction ha...

In some ways Tuesday’s municipal primary election looks like it did in 2011, at least in Las Vegas....

Rick Santorum says he’d hoped Indiana Gov. Mike Pence would veto the “fix” to his state’s religious freedom law rather than limiting its scope....

Snow showers in the Sierra will continue through Sunday night, with breezy conditions in the Carson City area tapering off later in the evening, according to the National Weather Service.
After a break Monday, another spring storm system will push into the region Tuesday with the heaviest snow expected in the Lake Tahoe area during the daytime hours.

In a surprise move, Nevada’s fourth most populous city is looking at outsourcing its human resources department....

A 24-year-old inmate in the Carson City Jail faces a felony charge of battery by a prisoner after a fight inside the detention facility, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

According to the arrest report, Stig Corrin Strong of Minden fought with another prisoner with Strong determined to be the primary aggressor. Video footage showed that he pushed, punched and choked another inmate.

Nevada is facing a $26 billion shortfall in transportation funding during the next 20 years. Transportation planning, improvement, maintenance and transit agencies throughout the state are coming together to urge everyone to Stand Up 4 Transportation.

Nevada’s 63 lawmakers took a pay cut Friday as the session passed its 60th day.Under the state constitution, legislators are only paid their salary for the first 60 days of any regular session. Friday was day 61.That ...

It’s not too early to stard handicapping the field in the 2016 U.S. Senate race....

Home runs and dominant pitching in the circle propelled fourth-ranked College of Southern Idaho to 12-1 and 12-4 softball victories over Western Nevada College on Saturday in Twin Falls, completing a four-game sweep of the Wildcats.

CSI blasted three home runs that brought home eight of its 12 runs to win the opener in five innings. Kami Merrill (15-3), a sophomore right-hander from Calgary, Alberta, limited the Wildcats to two hits.

Las Municipal Court has a “money hungry” approach to misdemeanor warrants that prioritizes revenue collection above public safety and pressures marshals to take a credit card payment in lieu of locking up violent offenders, according to several current and former city employees and lawyers and d...

Local author Nancy Scott will be at the Browsers Corner Book Store on Thursday, April 9th at 6:30 pm. Ms. Scott is a retired teacher who is now writing children’s books and will highlight “Rabbit’s Desert Adventure”. Please bring your children to hear Rabbit’s story and meet the author.

Everyone is welcome to join us for this free event at the book store - 711 East Washington Street, just across the street from the Carson City Library. Light refreshments will be served.

The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2015 the International Year of Soils to raise the awareness of the importance of soils for food security, clean water and other essential ecosystem functions. Soils are a hidden resource that we too often take for granted.

It takes between 100 years to 1,000 years to form one centimeter of healthy soil and only one to 10 years to destroy it. This valuable, but often unrecognized, resource is threatened by erosion, natural disasters, salinization, compaction, acidification and nutrient decline.

Senate Republicans pushed legislation through the upper house Friday opponents say weakens overtime laws and takes money away from those making the lowest hourly wages in Nevada.SB193 changes the rules for workers at ...

The Nevada Senate on Friday approved a bill designed to increase transparency in local government collective bargaining agreements.SB158 requires collective bargaining agreements be posted publicly for all to see for ...

During the nights of Wednesday and Thursday approximately 40 incidents of vehicle vandalism occurred in the communities of Dayton, Silver Springs and Fernley, according to Lyon County Sheriff's Office. One adult male and three juveniles have been identified in connection with all of these.

UPDATE: One person was taken to the hospital following the accident Friday just before 5 p.m. on Highway 50 at Spooner. Their condition is unknown at this time.
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Westbound traffic on Highway 50 on Spooner will be delayed as Carson City fire and ambulance respond to a vehicle rollover. The injury accident was reported at 4:50 p.m., with initial reports of a VW that had flipped with a victim possibly trapped in the vehicle.

It’s a good weekend to be a kid in Carson City. Easter egg hunts, bounce houses, fun and games abound: I’ve made family friendly events easy to find by putting them in bold in the list. It’s a good weekend to be an adult, as well, with the Downtown Business Association wine walk and a few adults-only egg hunts.

Carson Tahoe Health is pleased to announce that Sierra Surgery Hospital is now formally integrated into the Carson Tahoe Health System. Sierra Surgery was the first facility to open 10 years ago on the Carson Tahoe 80-acre master-planned medical campus. It is located next to the Regional Medical Center in North Carson City and has earned numerous industry accolades for patient care and satisfaction.

Nevada game wardens are seeking any tips or information on a poached bull elk found on the south side of the Meadow Creek-Jarbidge road in Hunt Unit 071, 10 miles west of the Diamond A Ranch in northern Elko County.

“The bull was shot through the heart and left to rot only 50 yards from Forest Road 071,” said Jason Jackson, game warden for the Nevada Department of Wildlife. “We really want to catch the criminal that stole Nevada’s resources by poaching and wasting this animal.”

WINE WALK! Are you excited? Of course you are. Last month broke records with the number of participants at the Downtown Business Association wine walk, so let’s keep up the momentum and head downtown for Carson City’s best monthly event. The flowers are blooming and that makes our capital city that much more beautiful to meander through. Fun fact: It’s National Walk Around Things Day, so downtown is the perfect destination. Grab your friends and family and plan on a great afternoon.

A Republican-backed bill to overhaul Nevada’s overtime law and raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour was approved Friday by the state Senate on a party-line vote....

Sponsors of the bill in Carson City say outrage and a boycott call following passage of a similar law in Indiana have dampened their desire for legislation seen by many as enabling discrimination...

The rainbow flag, a symbol of gay rights, flies prominently on the Visit Indy website and Indiana’s Republican Governor Mike Pence personally phoned the head of a Seattle company that gathers 56,000 gaming nerds in the heartland each year....