Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman reacted to Monday’s news that the Department of Energy will start shipping low-level nuclear waste from Tennessee for disposal in Nevada....

Carson City Ward 2 Supervisor Brad Bonkowski will hold his monthly “Breakfast with Brad” on Friday, May 8, at 7:30 am at the Cracker Box restaurant. All Carson City residents are welcome to stop in and have a cup of coffee with Bonkowski and talk about city related issues.

Pres. Barack Obama stopped by the set of the “Late Show with David Letterman” Monday night, for his eighth and what is expected to be his final guest appearance....

Don’t know if they are going to need many podiums, but Democrats on Tuesday said one of their presidential primary debates will be held in Nevada....

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will continue a project to eradicate, control, and contain known infestations of invasive plants in the Lake Tahoe Basin using chemical treatment. Work will occur at approximately 70 infestation sites beginning May 15 and continuing through September 2015.

Larry Loren Small of Fallon, Nevada passed away suddenly on Monday, April 20th. Larry was a...

Alyce Potterton Albus was born in 1926 and raised in Phildelphia, PA, graduating from Germantown High ...

Republican Mike Huckabee entered the race for his party’s presidential nomination in 2016 on Tuesday, looking to break out from an ever-widening field by drawing on the support of social conservatives attuned to his culture-warrior message....

Scientists have been trying to make sense of out of what makes the earth move for centuries. The earthquake disaster in Nepal on April 25 brings attention to human frailty in the face of Mother Nature. In spite of and because of these disasters, scientists continue to work to solve the geologic and seismic puzzles around the globe.

Hillary Clinton will call in Las Vegas for "fixing our broken immigration system by passing comprehensive immigration reform that provides a path to citizenship," according to a campaign official....

The Evening Conditioning hike for May 26 covers Conestoga on the north end of town. At 5:30 p.m. meet at the corner of Imus Road and Conestoga Drive.

Muscle Powered, Citizens for a walkable/bikeable Carson City, sponsors a different hike every week. Hikes are moderately paced, usually with some elevation gain, of 1 ½ to 2 hour duration. Participants are responsible for their own transportation and leader may request physician’s release if needed. Please check out our website www.musclepowered.org

First event is Centennial Park North. Meet at the back of Centennial Park across from the ballfields on Heritage Way.

Muscle Powered - Citizens for a walkable/bikeable Carson City sponsors a different hike every week. Hikes are moderately paced, usually with some elevation gain, of 1 ½ to 2 hour duration. Participants are responsible for their own transportation and leader may request physician’s release if needed. Please check out our website www.musclepowered.org.

Leader Donna Inversin 775.315.6763 donnanv1@gmail.com

SInce Kelly Burton, a nurse practitioner at Carson Medical Group, began counting calories and walking in November, she has lost 65 pounds. Thirty of them came since the medical group hosted a weight loss challenge beginning in January, making her the biggest loser of the group.

A Senate committee Monday agreed with the concept of a bill cracking down on candidate residency violations but disagreed on how vacancies should be handled if a person deemed ineligible should win at the ballot box....

Nevada Staffing has agreed to charter a new Optimist Club in Carson City to support kids programs and "Bring out the best in Kids" This program is to support developing optimism as a philosophy of life.
Some other Optimist Club purposes are: "To inspire respect for the law, aid and encourage the development of youth in the belief that giving of ones self in service to others will advance the well being of humankind, community life and the world"
Programs that will be worked on in our community will include:

Youth Safety program
Internet Safety program
Tri Star Sports Program

In his hometown of Detroit on Monday, retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson announced his presidential bid, vowing to “fix” America. But his bid isn’t without controversy....

Ronald McDonald House Charities® Northern Nevada (the Reno Ronald McDonald House® or RMHC® Northern Nevada), a home-away-from-home for families living 30 miles outside of Reno that have a child receiving critical treatment at an area hospital, has selected the winning applicants for its RMHC® U.S. Scholarship Program and will recognize them at a ceremony at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa Friday, May 8, 2015. Of the 38 students, 64 percent are the first in their family to attend college and several have overcome challenges such as severe illness, family depression and financial hardships.

Carson Now reader Lisa Fisher contributed these wildlife photos from Davis Creek Park in Washoe Valley.

The Carson City Christian Ministers Fellowship is excited about the upcoming opportunities the community has to gather together in prayer. Beginning early Thursday, May 7 at 7:30 a.m., a room has been set aside in the legislature building, room 3100, for a time of prayer preparing our hearts for the National Day of Prayer.

Jeb Bush is going to play in Nevada.
I've learned that the former Florida governor's Right to Rise PAC has tapped seasoned, successful GOP operative Ryan Erwin as a senior adviser and Erwin's Red Rock Strategies staffer, Scott Scheid, as the state director. ...

CARSON CITY — Nevada senators have passed a bill backed by Gov. Brian Sandoval that would implement a broad anti-bullying initiative throughout Nevada’s school system.

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson slammed “slick politicians” in both parties as he launched his bid on Monday for the 2016 Republican nomination for president, casting himself as a problem-solver whose experience sets him apart from the field....

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will resume work on the Carnelian, Incline and South Shore Hazardous Fuels Reduction and Healthy Forest Restoration projects in early May. These projects authorize thinning of trees and brush on National Forest System lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin to reduce the risk of severe wildfire and create healthier forests.

Former Hewlett-Packard Co Chief Executive Carly Fiorina on Monday announced she is running for president, and took a shot at Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, who she said represents a political class that Americans are “disgusted” with....