Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 9:45am
This is a story that has been flying under the radar for a few months now, told to me in confidential discussions with city officials. But it looks like a newspaper in Twin Falls, Idaho has put the story out in the open, since that community is also vying to land the facility.
"Chobani, a New York-based manufacturer of Greek yogurt, has visited Twin Falls as well as Carson City, Nev., in recent months in...
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 3:00am
Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong will be recognized by public relations specialists next month for his availability and openness during the IHOP shooting. Furlong will receive the Mark Twain Communi...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 10:52pm
Yes, the earth was moving last night. Looks like a 4.7 earthquake struck at 11:37 p.m., 23 miles north of Truckee, but we felt it down here, too. The quake originally measured 5.2 by U.S. Geological Service, but was downgraded to 4.8 shortly afterward, and they now say it was 4.7.
There were a few aftershocks, including a 2.5 and 2.4 soon after the main quake, and this morning there was a 1.4 aftershock.
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 3:00am
Over the objections of nearly a dozen who oppose creation of a permanent bear hunting season, the Legislative Commission on Wednesday approved the regulation designed to do so.The protests have gro...
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 7:03am
Carson City video production company We Shoot Video (WSV), in conjunction with the Brewery Arts Center and Access Carson City television (ACCtv), will broadcast the Nevada Day Parade LIVE over the internet on Saturday, October 29th, 2011 at 10:00 am PDT. The LIVE webcast will be available at NevadaDay.com, ACCtv.org, and WeShootVideo.net. “This will be the third consecutive year WSV has webcast this unique event” says company owner Keith Barnett.
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 3:00am
About the same time that Nevada became a state on Oct. 31, 1864, American carnivals were coming into their own as the newest and most exciting entertainment around using horse-powered "ups and down...
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 3:00am
A 2007 Carson High graduate and his shipmates have been presented with the 2011 Coast Guard Foundation Heroism Award at a ceremony in New York City."In boot camp, the company commanders told me ...
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 3:00am
The Brewery Arts Center, Carson City's arts community hub, is getting a facelift this month using a specialized process known as repointing."Repointing is the process of removing deteriorating m...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 5:29pm
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 12:17am
On Wednesday morning Oct. 19 Elaine and I went fishing at Lake Tahoe for Mackinaw lake trout with our longtime good friend and sport fishing guide, Gene St. Denis of Blue Ribbon Charters outfitted South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
“Gino” has fished Tahoe for some thirty years (the last 13 years as a fishing guide) and is one of the top, if not the top, guides at that lake.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 3:00am
A Carson City woman waived her preliminary hearing Tuesday and is expected to plead guilty in District Court next month to the armed robbery of Nevada State Bank on Oct. 11. Rachel Darlene Barre...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 3:00am
The state has picked Carson City to develop a pilot program designed to make insurance companies cover some of the cost of immunizations. The legislative Interim Finance Committee on Tuesday appro...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 3:00am
While other parties in the case were generally OK with the congressional and legislative district maps drawn by a team of "special masters," the Republican Party's legal brief charges that the maps...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 11:51pm
Here is the fishing report for the week of Oct. 26 to Nov. 2. This report covers rivers, streams and lakes in Nevada, the Sierra, Northern California and Southern Oregon.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 11:17pm
On Saturday, Oct. 1, four of us (Bob and Lorraine Scholes of Dayton, Nev. and Elaine and I had the opportunity to visit a small vineyard called Corte de Valle in the Tuscany Region of Northern Italy.
It is one of a number of Bed & Breakfast vineyards (large and small) that are located along the Chianti Road between Siena and Florence.
We saw their small sign as we drove past, and on the spur of the moment, decided to turn around and visit there. It was a great decision.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 3:00am
Several of Carson City's hotels have taken a rare step of reaching out to those who bring in the potential patrons: sports tournament directors.Representatives of five hotels, along with Carson Cit...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 3:00am
Violet, a pit bull mix puppy at the Carson City Animal Shelter was so timid, the folks at the shelter had to carry her to Anita Habberfield's truck.Today you wouldn't recognize her. After only t...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 3:00am
The horrific Sept. 6 shooting at Carson City's IHOP in which five people, including the assailant, died and and 11 others were wounded, continues to attract media attention. But little, if anything...
Monday, October 24, 2011 - 6:26pm
CARSON CITY – Attorneys for the Nevada Republican Party today filed a brief with the Nevada Supreme Court opposing Secretary of State Ross Miller’s emergency petition seeking to intervene on the question of the authority of the courts to decide the state’s political boundaries instead of the Legislature.
Monday, October 24, 2011 - 10:46am
LAS VEGAS – President Obama will today announce he is expanding a federal aid program to allow more homeowners to refinance their mortgages at today’s low interest rates, said White House officials this morning.
Monday, October 24, 2011 - 9:10am
Shaun Nicholas Day, 29, was arrested Friday night after allegedly firing a .357 revolver at another man in the 900 block of South Carson Street.
According to the arrest report, the victim said Day was a passenger in a car driven by Chandy Atkins, when the car pulled up alongside, and he and Day exchanged words. The victim then said Day pointed a gun at him and fired once, missing him.
Monday, October 24, 2011 - 3:00am
(AP) - A panel of experts chosen to spend two years generating the definitive study on wild horse management in the West is kicking up controversy before it even gets out of the chute.Mustang prote...
Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 11:36am
The brother of the Carson City man responsible for the a mass shooting at the IHOP last month, was jailed early this morning on domestic battery charges in South Lake Tahoe.According to South La...
Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 8:17am
"The Three Musketeers," currently playing at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City, is the umpteenth version of the Alexander Dumas Pere's novel. Like most of its predecessors, the best parts don't really fit together. Things are sort of pasted into a film with its bright spots and plodding moments.
D'Artagnan is a country youth out to join the famed three musketeers in the France of Louis XIII. He finds them by accidentally challenging them to duels on the same day. Somehow he works it out.
Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 3:00am
The Carson City Planning Commission meets at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center. Commissioners will discuss and/or take action to:* Consider a request from Yesc...
Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 3:00am
Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 3:00am
In 2004, right in the middle of the state's economic boom, an estimated 4,000 Nevadans without high school diplomas were looking for work, a figure that translated into a 3.8 percent jobless rate f...
Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 3:00am
Alberto Garcia appears to be one of the last of his breed, at least in the Carson City area.The cobbler and leather worker runs Alberto's Boot and Shoe Repair, 1987 N. Carson St. No. 25, where h...
Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 3:00am
While the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was steady from August to September, the unadjusted rate fell a half percent to 13.3 percent statewide.That improvement was driven by decreases in th...
Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 12:28am
Carson High School defeats Spanish Springs 57-14.
Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 3:00am
A fundraiser Sunday will help a Carson City family pay for the funeral of its 19-month-old son, who was found dead from apparent natural causes in his crib on Thursday. Police were called to the Mu...
Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 3:00am
Court Appointed Special Advocates is hosting a dinner Nov. 4 to raise money for the nonprofit group and recognize its volunteers. The Volunteer Recognition Dinner will be from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Go...
Friday, October 21, 2011 - 8:57pm
Due to celebrations for Nevada Day, the following road closures are expected for Saturday, October 29:
· Carson Street between Winnie Lane and Stewart Street and Stewart Street from its southern end to Little Lane will be closed beginning at 6:30 a.m. and will reopen at approximately 3:00 p.m. following the completion of the Nevada Day parade.
· Side streets along Carson Street between William Street and Winnie Lane will be closed for parade staging in the morning.
· Curry Street will be closed between Robinson and Musser Streets from 6:30 a.m. until 11:00 p.m.
Friday, October 21, 2011 - 5:10pm
Jorge Gomez-Dominguez, 37, was arrested Thursday for allegedly sexually abusing twin 11-year-old girls.
Carson City Sheriff's deputies interviewed the two girls Thursday morning, the day after one of the twins said the suspect had performed oral sex acts on her. The sisters said their he had been touching them inappropriately for the last year when their mother wasn't at home.
Friday, October 21, 2011 - 4:39pm
by Guy Rocha, former Nevada State Archivist
Why all the fuss about Nevada's birthday on October 31? The battle lines were drawn between "traditionalists", and the "grinches" who would steal Nevada Day by calling for the last Friday of October to be the state's official holiday. The parade and other festivities would follow on Saturday; thus making for a three-day weekend for some Nevadans as well as state and local government employees. With the passage of AB396 by the 1997 legislature, Nevada voters, on November 3, 1998 advised the 1999 legislature they wanted to...
Friday, October 21, 2011 - 11:17am
By Chuck Allen, NHP
Last evening at approximately 9:48 pm, a law enforcement officer assigned to Department of Public Safety-Investigation Division observed a moving violation by the driver of a silver Chevrolet 4-door sedan on US 395 in Pleasant Valley. The officer was not wearing a uniform and was driving an unmarked police vehicle. He requested assistance from a trooper and provided our DPS-Communications Center with the information which included the Nevada license plate displayed on the sedan. The dispatcher informed him that the vehicle was recently reported...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 10:08am
It was announced Monday that the Safeway supermarket on North Carson Street would be closing Nov. 23 after spending 38 years in their location at 2035 North Carson Street.
But what wasn't apparent at the time is that Safeway's closing would mean an end to the second-oldest continually operating business in Carson City, according to retired state archivist Guy Rocha.
(Editor's note 10/21: After further review, Rocha found one other business that has been in operation longer, the Carson Hot Springs Resort, which began as a business in 1879, operating under different names and...
Friday, October 21, 2011 - 3:00am
With no one willing to lead the effort, Carson High School's "sober graduation" celebration may not come to fruition this year.Volunteer Jane Brinson said the decision will be made at the Nov. 1...
Friday, October 21, 2011 - 3:00am
A seemingly obscure connection between two of Carson City's trails soon could make walking and mountain biking on the east side of town more enjoyable and, for some, a lot easier.The city's Open...
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 8:50am
By Claudene Wharton
The Department of Anthropology announces the publication of a new book, “An Archaeology of Desperation: Exploring the Donner Party’s Alder Creek Camp.” The book is a collaboration between anthropology scholars from the University of Nevada, Reno and other academics.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 8:17am
Here is this week's fishing report through Oc. 26 for Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 7:45am
Bob and Lorraine (my cousin) Scholes of Dayton plus Elaine and I just returned from a six week vacation trip to Italy, Sicily and Switzerland. It was the Scholes’ second trip to Italy and our first-ever trip.
Lorraine’s father was born in Ponte Buggianese and my Dad was born in Lucca, and we both wanted to visit where our roots began.
We left on August 30, flew from Reno to Denver to Montreal to Rome and then returned from Rome to Zurich to San Francisco to Reno on October 12. Here are a bunch of our memories:
The American Dollar and the European Euro:...
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 3:01am
SPANISH SPRINGS (3-4, 2-3) AT CARSON (5-1, 5-0)Friday, 7:30 p.m.OFFENSE: This will be another tough one to call. Spanish Springs averages about 29 a game thanks to quarterback Hunter Fralick, who h...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 1:03pm
Carson City Sheriff deputies arrested Ronald James Taylor, 40, on a felony warrant out of Iowa that alleges he had sex multiple times with an eight-year-old girl in 2009 and 2010.
Deputies found Taylor at his residence in the 1400 block of North Edmonds on Tuesday and took him into custody. His bail was set at $50,000.
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Other arrests:
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 9:42am
Several law enforcement officers from Northern Nevada and South Lake Tahoe will volunteer their time Thursday by participating in the annual Applebee’s “Tip-A-Cop” fundraiser benefiting Special Olympics Nevada. Officers and deputies will serve during the lunch and dinner-time hours shadowing the restaurant staff as honorary waiters and waitresses. A special envelope will be left at each table for those patrons wishing to donate.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 3:00am
The Carson City Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying two men, described as "persons of interest," in the burglary of a Carson Street jewelry store this month. Accordi...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 3:00am
Motorists soon may notice traffic flowing a little more smoothly around town once the Carson City Public Works Department upgrades the city's traffic signals."The traffic signal upgrade (will) i...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 10:24am
C-A-L Ranch Stores, an expanding ranch and home store chain, will open a new store in Carson City in April 2012. The new store will be located in the existing Safeway building on Carson Street, north of the Carson Shopping Center. Safeway announced on Monday that it was closing the store, which had been in operation for 38 years.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 5:32am
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 3:00am
Carson City District Attorney Neil Rombardo says an anti-gang symposium held last week at Stateline was "an amazing success."The fourth annual Northern Nevada Gang Symposium was held last Thursday ...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 12:37pm
The American Association of University Women, Capital Branch is pleased to announce that Tania Villanueva and Alexis Fallon are the 2011 recipients of Branch scholarships. Both young women are currently attending UNR.
Each year the Capital Branch presents scholarships to graduating high school seniors. The money is raised through annual Holiday Pecan Sales and A Feast of Chocolate, which is held each February. The women of the Branch thank all who assisted them by participating in these local fund raisers.
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 3:34pm
The Safeway supermarket that has operated on North Carson Street since 1973 will be closing on Nov. 23, according to notice sent out by the company today.
The notice reads:
This morning, we informed our employees of our intent to close this store permanently effective November 23rd.
We have approximately 50 employees (full and part-time). All will be offered positions - at our Reno, Fallon or Lake Tahoe stores, should they so desire to transfer.
We've operated this store in Carson City since 1973 and we have truly appreciated the support of the...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 3:00am
An outdoor park and a third-floor expanded teen science section are on the drawing board for one of Carson City's most popular children's attractions.The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada has...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 3:00am
Home improvement company Lowe's announced Monday that it is closing 20 "underperforming" stores nationwide - but the Carson City location is not one of them.The nearest store to close is in Central...
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 4:00pm
CARSON CITY – The National Governors Association (NGA) announced today that Nevada has been selected as one of six states to participate in a Policy Academy on strengthening post-secondary education performance measures.
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 4:56pm
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval commended Sierra Lutheran High School's strong academic program and its overall approach to education during his special address at the school's Campus Consecration & Open House event yesterday.
Before an estimated audience of over 400 students, parents, and community members, Sandoval traced SLHS's success to the words of Matthew 7:24, "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock."
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 3:00am
Leah Wegner remembers as a freshman watching the Homecoming Court parading at the football game."Oh, my gosh, I want to be one of those girls," she thought.On Monday, she was introduced to the C...
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 11:04pm
Probation was revoked Monday for a 30-year-old Carson City woman with multiple violations including failure to make restitution for credit card fraud totaling $2,400.
District Judge Michael Gibbons ordered Tibbi Z. Way to serve 32 months in Nevada State Prison, and gave her credit for 92 days in custody.
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 10:48pm
On Saturday morning Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested William Lloyd Bennett, 35, for felony burglary and home invasion, after a report that the suspect had broken into an apartment in the 1600 block of Stewart Street and "trashed" the place, including writing on the walls in blood.
Monday, October 17, 2011 - 2:54pm
CARSON CITY – A report from the Tax Foundation on unemployment insurance taxes says 34 states have had to borrow $37 billion from the federal government to pay jobless benefits, and employers around the country face the prospect of higher tax rates as a result.
