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Smokers in Nevada can get free medications gum, patches and lozenges from the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program of the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health between June 20 through July 1 or while supplies last.

Law enforcement officers across Nevada will be on heightened alert for those violating boating under the influence laws during the annual Operation Dry Water weekend, June 25-26.

Operation Dry Water is a nationally coordinated heightened awareness and enforcement campaign, focused on deterring boaters from boating under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

As a voter like you, I am listening to, viewing, and reading much on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. One is well known in Washington politics and the other also well known but outside the Washington beltway in terms of political experience. Both Clinton and Trump are the presumptive Democratic and Republican candidates for president of the United States respectively. Both have fought very contentious campaigns, Both do not carry a high degree of trust with the American voting public, but for different reasons.

Note to P.K. O‘Neill, Chris Forbush, Sam England, Jerry Cinani and Kurt Meyer: You remember all those campaign signs you spent days and weeks putting up all over town?Well they’ve all got to be taken ...

Last week’s crosswalk safety operation was a wakeup call for Carson City. In just under 8 hours on June 9, 62 citations were issued to motorists who failed to stop for a Carson City Sheriff’s Office employee, clad in bright orange, who crossed area crosswalks.

Thursday, however, was a completely different story.

June is wildfire awareness month at Lake Tahoe. And nine years later, the 2007 Angora Fire remains a vivid remember that wildfire is one of the greatest threats facing our environment, our homes, and our businesses. We must prepare accordingly.

Nevada Republican voters spoke loudly last night. Again.

They spoke loudly in November 2014, voting down a proposed gross receipts tax (GRT) 4-to-1 and sweeping Republicans into control of Nevada’s executive and legislative branches for the first time in generations.

That was a mandate to hold the line on taxes, reform collective bargaining, stop the bleeding in the Public Employees Retirement System, improve schools through choice and other reforms, and especially to oppose the kind of tax 79 percent of voters rejected.

Others saw things differently.

One Nation, a Mitch McConnell-linked PAC, wasted no time after the primary trying to help Rep. Joe Heck win Harry Reid's Senate seat, laying down a ...

Carson City has had many pedestrian involved crashes in recent years, with some of those resulting in tragedy. So far this year, there have been three pedestrian related fatalities in Carson City. In 2014 there was one fatality and in 2015 there was one.

Republican United States Senate Candidate is hosting an Open House and Meet and Greet for Local Republican Candidates.

Come meet United States Senate Candidate and Veterans Advocate D'Nese Davis at the Empire Ranch Golf Course this Wednesday at 6:00PM-10:00PM for a meet and greet. Several Republican candidates from Carson City, Lyon County, Washoe County, Lyon County, Story County and Douglas County will be there and a few will be speaking.

TO: Whom it May Concern
FROM: Campaign to Elect Chris Forbush
DATE: June 2, 2016
RE: Eligibility to Run for Assembly District 40 – Residency

The south shore at Lake Tahoe is continuing its revitalization to the tune of $500-plus million with new accommodations, retail space, restaurants, and area attractions that reinforce authentic experiences.

The investments, improvements and a confident, singular vibe from locals and adventure seekers has coalesced with the spectacular natural beauty and outdoor recreation to create one of the country’s most desirable destinations, with Lake Tahoe at its center.

"I’m Alexia. I’m an Angel Pet.” This statement is just the beginning of a special adoption campaign at Nevada Humane Society in Carson City.

Featuring nearly two dozen cats and dogs with unique conditions, Angel Pets highlight those who are in need of a loving home even more than anyone else — and from June 2 through June 12, you can visit with these precious pets and fall in love yourself, thanks to a grant provided by the ASPCA.*

Assembly candidate Chris Forbush has filed a complaint with the Carson Sheriff's Office asking it to investigate the disappearance of some of his campaign signs.

It’s an energy that’s being felt in nearly every city. Emotions are high. The tension is thick. The weather is getting warmer and patience is wearing thin.

Drivers around Carson City have been buckled up for the most part as law enforcement agencies across Nevada wind down the "Click it or Ticket" campaign that began May 16 and ends Wednesday.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office participation in the Joining Forces Seat Belt “Click it or Ticket” event resulted in the following:

On the Moses Syndrome

By Karl Edward Neathammer

The “Moses Syndrome”: By observation, can be defined as: “A delusion characterized by the uncritical belief in the promises of “the One” to lead the “Others” to the Promised Land!

The Nevada Division of Tourism’s annual “Discover Your Nevada” program has officially kicked off with a new incentive for Nevadans to explore their state, Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison announced earlier this month. That incentive is a Field Trip Fund benefitting Silver State students.

A new campaign is encouraging residents to see Carson City in a new way — then share it with the rest of the community.

“Ride Carson City is more than just a campaign,” said Kyle Horvath, social media manager for the Carson City Visitors Bureau. “It embodies the Carson City lifestyle. It celebrates a community that is active at all ages.”

PK O’Neill vs. the facts (excepts from his newsletters)

Issue 1: Representation; Leadership vs. Serving the People

PK O’Neill’s candidacy for reelection raises serious questions about pragmatism, principles, integrity, the role of a representative, what it means to be a Republican, what it means to be conservative, what it means to represent your constituents and what it means to govern.

Residents of Carson City, and across Northern Nevada, are encouraged to donate a Barbie doll to help brighten the day of a foster child.

The doll collection effort is spearheaded by Hearts for Girls, a project group affiliated with Harvest Fellowship Church, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which started the campaign to help children in foster homes understand they are supported by the greater community. Organizers hope to collect 500 Barbie Dolls.

The state Democratic Party has filed a stinging complaint with national Democrats over the "explosive situation" and "paranoid fantasy of fraud and delegate theft" created by Bernie Sanders supporters at Saturday's state convention, warning it could be a harbinger of what's to come in Philadelph ...

Save Mart stores in Carson City have partnered with the Ron Wood Family Resource Center for the annual "Peanut Butter Roundup" to provide local children access to food through the summer months.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office along with other law enforcement agencies throughout the state will be participating in Joining Forces through the month of May with a focus on seat belts.

Troopers, deputies, and officers will be stopping drivers for different traffic offenses and issuing citations for seatbelt violations beginning Monday and lasting through June 1 throughout Northern Nevada.

The Nevada Appeal had a letter-to-the-editor (dated May 1, 2016) stating:
The Downtown Project is more than aesthetics and declared: “Seventy percent of the total expenditures of the downtown project, currently underway, are for vital infrastructure improvements that are failing and run right down the middle of Carson Street under the medians.”
Here are the most up-to-date facts on funding amounts presently available for this project.

Downtown Streetscape Funding
Description Funding
Water $2,029,000.00
Sewer $637,000.00

What do you want from your local Government ? Generally we answer that question with: Provide Fire and Police first. I suggest we have a more elemental need. We want the TRUTH. The residents of this community will see the wisdom of any service or project if it is based in the truth. The more the truth is shaded the more the residents will resist. Without truth there is no trust.

The Carson City area BMX community has launched its annual Race For Life campaign to help raise money in the fight to find a cure for blood-related cancers.

Racers and their families can pick up collection envelopes and begin collecting donations from friends, relatives, neighbors and businesses in the community. Helping others is one of the finest things anyone can ever do in life.

Education activist Susie Lee essentially has pulled even with frontrunner Lucy Flores, the former assemblywoman, according to a poll taken for her campaign last month.
Flores is at 26 percent, Lee at 23 and state Sen. Ruben Kihuen well back at 11 percent. The survey, taken by the well known nati ...

Elected officials, lobbyists, political candidates, activists, and media pundits - the political class - far too often project little more than self-interest-based opinion. The balance of so many lay people's opinions are too often just that - opinion - uninformed, but strongly held. Now is the time for Isaac Asimov's observation: Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them every once in a while, or the light won't come in."