All State Offices in Northern Nevada are CLOSED.
Submitted by on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 10:40amEmergency services offices like the NHP, fire protection services and National Guard are open as are State Welfare offices. State Welfare offices are open.
Snowbound
Submitted by Kirk Caraway on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 10:35amSchools are out, and we are staying home today. I do have to say that from our narrow neighborhood perspective, the city seems to be doing a good job of snow removal.
WNC IS CLOSED…NO CLASSES TODAY. Go to WNC.Edu. Top of home page.
Submitted by on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 9:00am8:30am WNC announced a short while ago that they are closed. No classes today
Northern Nevada choked with heavy snowfall. Chains or snow tires are required on all major Northern Nevada highways, according to the NHP. Another foot possible today, tapering off tonight
Submitted by on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 9:00amThe National Weather Service says heavy snow is still falling in the Sierra, and moderate snow is falling in the Northern Nevada Valleys.
Motorists getting stuck all over Carson City. Tow trucks running waaaaay behind. Don’t venture out without chains or snow tires!
Submitted by on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 9:00am6:31am: Carson City just closed the schools for today. CC Schools are CLOSED. NO SCHOOL TODAY!
Submitted by on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 6:55amWNC CLOSED! NO CLASSES! Nevada Appeal report of a 10am late start is incorrect. Go to WNC.Edu, top of home page.
Douglas County Schools (Minden-Gardnerville) are OPEN.
Carson City is not immune to painful budget cuts and service reductions
Submitted by on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 11:00pm(Click image to play video)
Shifting personnel and reducing service levels on building inspections was the order of the day, and will likely be repeated in departments city-wide in the near future.
The Peanut Cracker lives on, thanks to Redevelopment
Submitted by on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 11:00pm(Click image to play video)
Sierra Nevada Ballet’s “Peanut Cracker” will be appearing shortly at the Community Center Theater, thanks to a welcome financial boost from city redevelopment.
Governor Gibbons will call special legislative session
Submitted by on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 11:00pm(Click image to play video)
Governor Gibbons further acknowledged today the state’s very precarious budget situation caused by the recession.
More fines and a new way of trying to keep barkeeps in line…
Submitted by on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 11:00pm(Click image to play video)
A couple of local businesses were politely chastised today, and levied heavy fines for failing sting operations designed to determine who is following the rules on who to s
Governor Gibbons: There will be a special session of the Legislature
Submitted by on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 2:10pmSpeaking through his deputy chief of staff Lynn Hettrick, Governor Gibbons will convene a special session of the Legislature before June to address state budget problems and to seek further federal ai
Supervisors Update – Thursday
Submitted by on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 2:10pmA couple of local businesses were fined today for violating the law on selling alcohol to minors. Both stated it was accidental.
Silver & Snowflakes Tree Lighting
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 12:53pmTONIGHT! Thursday, December 3, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Talking Wall
Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 11:59amFrom Partnership Carson City:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaBbcoqDdfE
Fatal head-on crash closes 395 just south of Gardnerville
Submitted by on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 9:45am11:12am. Highway 395 has been re-opened.
9:15am
A head-on crash between a pickup and an SUV has shut down 395 three miles south of Gardnerville in Douglas County.
Governor Gibbons hints at more cuts in state government…more furloughs, pay cuts, etc.
Submitted by on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 2:05am(Click image to play video)
Governor Gibbons will meet with the news media next Tuesday morning to outline his major state budgetary concerns.
Reid singles out Bank of America for not helping families stay in their homes
Submitted by on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 1:25am(Click image to play video)
After negotiators for residents and mortgage lenders weighed in, the Bank of America came out with a lousy report card.
The BLM is getting serious about power transmission lines
Submitted by on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 1:55pm(Click image to play video)
It may not be long before the BLM gives the green light to the start of what may become Nevada’s next great economic boost.
Sen. Reid is judge shopping
Submitted by on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 1:55pm(Click image to play video)
Senator Reid is shopping for a replacement for the republican who wants to unseat Jim Gibbons.
Carson City appears getting very serious about recycling. Gotta some money in it, somewhere.
Submitted by on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 1:55pm(Click image to play video)
Carson City Supervisors this week exploring “recycling on steriods” as a way of extending the life of the landfill with an added benefit of a revenue stream for city hall.
Gibbons sword fights with legislature….again….
Submitted by on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 1:55pm(Click image to play video)
In yet another seemingly pointless battle of “he say, they say,” Governor Gibbons engages in another argument with legislative leaders over what in fact is a procedural iss
Sen. Ensign cites Reid re-election as reason for not resigning
Submitted by on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 1:55pm(Click image to play video)
Sen. Ensign says he can’t resign and add a race for his seat a distraction from what he calls the number one political goal next November: The defeat of Sen. Harry Reid.
Nevada families slide deeper into a financial black hole…
Submitted by on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 1:55pm(Click image to play video)
While Nevada’s gaming giants turn to overseas markets for expansion, many Nevada families are having to turn to federal bankruptcy courts just to survive…
CC Fire units enroute to a chimney fire at 1851 No. Nevada
Submitted by on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 4:45pm3:43pm
Fire units are enroute to a report of a chimney fire at a home at 1851 No. Nevada. Resident said he came home to find his home filled with smoke.
CC Firefighters enroute to a report of brush fire on Buzzy’s Ranch Road
Submitted by on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 8:55am8:16am: Fire found to be an illegal burn. Resident illegally burning brush on his property without a control burn permit from the fire department. Fire extinguished.
Monday Morning News and Musings…
Submitted by on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 7:45amNevada’s worsening economy is weighing heavily in Las Vegas with city workers there becoming more fearful by the day for their jobs.
Black Friday shopping is seen as “Day One” of a triple header at local stores
Submitted by on Sat, 11/28/2009 - 1:20am(Click image to play video)
Carson and surrounding communities appear to have gotten off to a good start on the the Holiday Shopping Season. But will it last?
Teachers back down. Want to help state get fed education money.
Submitted by on Thu, 11/26/2009 - 6:58am(Click image to play video)
Teachers have long fought the idea of their own job evaluations being tied to the scholastic achievement of their students, saying education also belongs in the home, and t
Armed gunman robs Frontier Market
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 11/25/2009 - 1:51pmThree men, one of them armed with a handgun, robbed the Frontier Market this morning at the motel located at 1718 N. Carson St.
