Susanne Beres passed away Thursday, February 5, following complications from cancer. She left this wor...

Lawmakers have introduced a bill allowing gun owners with concealed carry permits to bring their weapons to schools and portions of airports. Republican Assemblywoman Michele Fiore introduced AB 148 on Friday, and the...

Sen. Debbie Smith’s bill to bar those convicted of domestic battery or stalking from owning of possession guns was introduced in the Senate on Monday.Sen. Pat Spearman, D-Las Vegas, handled t...

Controller Ron Knecht says he and his staff are hoping a new electronic tracking system will help them collect at least some of the $92 million owed to the state.But his assistant controller Jim Smack admit...

Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., said he disappointed that Veterans Secretary Robert McDonald did not mention in a meeting Monday that he’d be apologizing the next day for lying about his special operations service....

Presidents of Western Nevada and Great Basin colleges told lawmakers on Tuesday the “bridge funding” is critically important to help them shift to the new system funding formula.Two years ago, the Board of Regents and...

President Barack Obama on Tuesday swiftly delivered on his vow to veto a Republican bill approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, leaving the long-debated project in limbo for another indefinite period....

There will not be a repeat of the drama that played out in the state Legislature two years ago over gay marriage now that a federal appeals court has ruled same-sex marriage is legal in Nevada....

The Capital City Community Band will present its annual "A Salute to Young Musicians" concert on Sunday, March 15th at 3:00 p.m., at the Carson City Community Center. This concert will feature three elementary choirs from Carson City. This concert promises to be a fun concert for all!

Physical education could be mandatory for students in kindergarten through 11th grade if a bill passes the Nevada Legislature. Members of the Senate Education Committee are meeting Tuesday to review SB178, which would close some loopholes that ......

A Scripps Institution of Oceanography-led study on how natural and man-made sources of nitrogen are recycled through the Lake Tahoe ecosystem provides new information on how global change may affect the iconic blue lake.

“High-elevation lakes, such as Lake Tahoe, are sentinels of climate change,” said Lihini Aluwihare, associate professor of geosciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. “Small changes in the lake’s chemistry can have big impacts on the entire ecosystem.”

The second in the Carson City Chamber’s Meet the Artist series will take place this Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Artisan Showcase located at 1900 S. Carson Street between 2-4 pm.

Featured artist will be Linda Ritter, owner of Pinyon Pottery, who will be using her portable potter’s wheel to demonstrate how she turns a lump of clay into a functional art piece. She will reveal how she came to love working with clay over the past year, embarking on her second career after retiring from government after 30 years of service.

The Brewery Arts Center in Carson City is holding a special free screening of the indie-movie “Lack of Cockery,” written and directed by Josh Mitchell, this Friday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. in the BAC Performance Hall.

The Elk’s National Foundation Hoop Shoot is a free throw contest held annually. The contest begins at the local lodge level. Children between the ages of 8 and 13 are invited to compete. Across the nation over a million children compete in this contest with the hope of making it all the way to the Springfield, Massachusetts to compete at the Basketball Hall of Fame and win the National Competition.

Burning Man festival officials are working with their online ticket provider to determine the size and scope of an alleged hack for event passes.

Grab your dance shoes and kick up your heels at a beginning swing dance lesson at El Charro’s tonight. The High Sierra Swing Dance Club hosts its monthly Swing Dance Party in the Ballroom of the Brewery Arts Center Saturday night. If you prefer to dance in cowboy boots, you can learn Country Line and Partner Dancing at the 11th Frame Lounge in Carson Lanes every Tuesday and Wednesday night.

Sen. Debbie Smith’s bill to bar those convicted of domestic battery or stalking from owning of possession guns was introduced in the Senate on Monday.Sen. Pat Spearman, D-Las Vegas, handled the...

The Carson Tahoe Health Auxiliary is sponsoring a Spring Book Fair and Sale in the lobby of the Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center. The sale will be held on Tuesday, March 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday, March 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come and shop the large variety of books, toys, CD’s and gifts. This is a great place to find a gift for birthdays, Easter, Mother’s and Father’s Day and graduations.

Assembly Bill 120 would allow students to sue if they believe their free exercise of religion rights have been violated....

The Carson City Parks and Recreation Department will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for the New Multi-Athletic Center, also known as the MAC, gymnasium project. The ceremony will begin at 8:30 a.m., headed up by the Carson City Board of Supervisors.

Conservative Assemblyman Ira Hansen wants to prohibit licensed Nevada contractors from hiring people who are in the country illegally....

The number of employers in Nevada set a new record, reaching 61,200 in the fourth quarter of 2014, the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation announced Monday. The previous record was set in the second quarter of 2008 at 60,600 employers.

Latino voter turnout fell in 2014 below both 2012 and 2010, accounting in part for the drop in Democratic votes and the rising Republican wave that gave the GOP control of the U.S. Senate and both houses of the Nevada Legislature....

Now that the highway through Gold Canyon has been closed to vehicle traffic, forcing us to use the much longer and quite dangerous truck route, perhaps it's time to question the value of CMI's presence on the Comstock.