Cat lovers and bird lovers are taking opposite sides on a Nevada bill that would allow local governments to adopt no-kill programs to reduce the feral cat population. The Assembly Government Affairs Committee held a h...

St. Patrick's Day is Tuesday and green beer will be filling pint sized glasses in pubs and bars throughout Carson City, as is the tradition. Revelers can also count on a large presence of sheriff's office deputies and Nevada Highway Patrol troopers who will be targeting unsafe drivers on the road.

As the deadline for introduction of bills nears, the Nevada Legislature gives itself an extra day to come up with proposed laws. But some of the ideas to amend the Constitution should be cause for concern....

A Nevada lawmaker is introducing a bill that would allow industrial marijuana farming ......

The University of Nevada, Reno Police Services is planning a full-scale active assailant exercise from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, March 19.

The exercise will include agencies from across the region to test the Regional Active Assailant Response Protocol as well as the University’s Active Assailant Plan. With numerous community and regional partners participating, this drill will be the largest in the University’s history.

UPDATE: Traffic was allowed to proceed off of Center Street near the Stewart Indian School, the site of a brush fire adjacent to the old football field. Firefighters have doused the flames and begun mop up operation. The fire burned approximately 2 acres, said Carson City Fire Chief Bob Schreihans.

"We are trying to determine the cause of it," he said.

While structures were threatened at one point, firefighters were able to halt the spread. No structures were damaged. The location straddles Carson City and state property. The State Fire Marshal has arrived and is also investigating.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors is seeking community input as it revisits the City’s Strategic Plan, a blueprint to help guide future investments and priorities. The plan includes goals, objectives, and strategies that will help us to achieve our vision and mission.

The community is encouraged to participate by completing a brief online survey and/or by attending one of the community open houses. The survey is available online at the City’s website, www.carson.org. The community open houses are scheduled as follows:

I have been calling it the Business License Tax since it was released by the governor.
Why?
1. Because it is a tax. 2. Because BLT is acronymically funnier.
Now tax maven Carole Vilardo has revealed she agrees at the top of a line-by-line explanation of the tax bill that will have its first hearing ...

Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to run a primary campaign for the Democratic nomination that will be focused on the four traditional early-to-vote states. In doing so ......

Weak disturbances may bring isolated scattered showers at times Monday through Wednesday, mainly along the central Sierra and south of Lake Tahoe, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

Locally, we can expect above normal temperatures through the week, with the possibility of precipitation beginning Friday, with a slight chance of light showers for most of the Sierra and into Western Nevada.

The State Historic Preservation Office will distribute federal grant funds to nonprofit organizations and local and state agencies throughout the state to support historic building rehabilitation or restoration, public education, surveys, planning and National Register nominations. The funds, supplied by the National Park Service (NPS), come from off-shore oil and gas lease fees.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for free ice cream day at Dairy Queen. Hopefully that will take the edge off of Monday.

A weeklong St. Patrick’s Sale at Browser’s Book Store kicks off today. Everything is half off and benefits the Friends of the Carson City Library.

MONDAY:

• WNC Spring Break
• Alzheimers Advocacy Day at the Legislature

See the Reno Aces play Albuquerque opening weekend for only $12. Sit in right field at the Sunday, April 19 game at 1:05 p.m. and support the yet to be named Mark Twain Elementary School student selected to sing the National Anthem.

Save up to $10 per ticket and help Mark Twain Elementary School in Carson City raise funds for new playground equipment and snacks for national testing week in April. A singing contest will be held in the near future to determine which student will perform at the game.

Carson City would have done much better in total sales except the capital's largest sales tax generator, auto sales, actually fell 10 percent to $16.9 ......

A battle over fines, court costs and the fees used to pay them could provide the backdrop for Las Vegas’ only Municipal Court race this spring....

Forget the stadium. Cops, jobs, parks, sidewalks, grocery stores, even sewers — these are the issues many Las Vegas City Council hopefuls say will actually be on voters’ minds as they head to the polls this spring....

Mendy Elliott, whose father was among the first to get a heart transplant in the mid-’60s, testified last week in favor of Senate Bill 206, a measure supporters hope will nurture more organ donors....

With ever-lengthening lines of frustrated people waiting for service at Southern Nevada DMV offices, the agency wants to be ready for the day when the interminable waits might provoke someone to violence....

Friday night saw the beginning of Spring Fling Week at Carson High School with the Sadie Hawkins Dance. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported FBLA’s efforts to raise money for the March of Dimes. The next week is filled with events for student to celebrate springtime.

The Nevada Association of Counties and Farm Bureau Federation have objected to the federal court decision dismissing their lawsuit against the Interior Department over management of the state’s wild horse and burro po...

Education leaders will discuss the state of Nevada’s public schools and how that affects the Silver State’s business climate and workforce at the next NewsFeed breakfast at the Four Seasons Hotel on Tuesday....

Pea planting time is here. I love shucking peas and eating them like candy. I also like eating tender pods right off the vine. The good news is that peas are easy to grow. Garden or English peas are grown for their seeds (the peas) and snow peas, sugar peas and sugar snap peas are grown for their edible pods.

Garden peas can be either climbers that need the support of a trellis or low-growing varieties. Snow peas also come as climbing vines that need a trellis or as low-growing varieties. Sugar snap peas grow on tall vines and require a trellis for support.

Tickets for the April 17 inaugural Carson High School Father-Daughter Cinderella Ball, a fundraiser for four school clubs, are on sale today, Saturday, through noon at Carson High on the north foyer of the big gym, said nglia Golik, CHS teacher, organizer and Senator Square columnist. She will be at the high school next Saturday as well from 9 a.m. to noon.

The enchanted evening will held at Senator's Castle, Carson High School, on April 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

A Carson City man broke a world record Saturday morning for continuous public speaking and raised $25,000 for a youth soccer program.

Ian Hill finished at 8 a.m., some 50 hours from the time he began speaking Thursday morning at the Brewery Arts Center. With his voice raspy, and obviously showing signs of exhaustion, Hill was grateful for the contributions made from Carson City and across the country.