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Hillary Clinton won the Nevada Democratic Caucus today with approximately 52% of the vote. With 35 delegates at stake, supporters for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders showed up in numbers at caucus sites throughout the state to show support for their favorite presidential candidate. At the time of this report, with 78% of precincts reporting, Hillary Clinton has 52.1% of the vote against Bernie Sanders' 47.8%.

The Republican Caucus is February 23, 2016.

A 21-year-old man was arrested early Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge of battery after allegedly punching his neighbor after the two began to argue about presidential candidate Donald Trump, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Come enjoy an evening of free Hors D'oeuvers and good company at Glen Eagles Restaurant in north Carson City! All are cordially invited to Meet and Greet Carson City's Chris Forbush, candidate for Nevada State Assembly, District 40, representing Carson City and Washoe Valley. This public event will be held on Thursday, February 18th, from 6-8pm.

Come enjoy an evening of free Hors D'oeuvers and good company at Glen Eagles Restaurant in north Carson City! All are cordially invited to Meet and Greet Carson City's Chris Forbush, candidate for Nevada State Assembly, District 40, representing Carson City and Washoe Valley. This public event will be held on Thursday, February 18th, from 6-8pm.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, candidate for the Republican nomiation for president, will speak in Carson City on Feb. 23. Cruz will speak at the Brewery Arts Center, 449 West King St., just hours before the Ne ...

Does Hillary Clinton think Barack Obama is a "great" president?
Does Bernie Sanders have any litmus tests for Surpeme Court nominees?
Does Hillary Clinton disagree with the president on anything besides trade?
Does Bernie Sanders think he is a one-issue candidate, as Clinton says?
Both candidate ...

A blimp bearing the banner of a presidential candidate encircled Carson City Sunday morning.

One side of the blimp displayed the political message in English, and the other side was printed in Spanish.

The presidential race notwithstanding, there are several statewide and local elected offices that are going to be put to the vote in 2016, according to Aubrey Rowlatt, Chief Deputy of Elections with the Carson City Clerk’s Office.

The most notable of the statewide races is the United States Senate seat being vacated by incumbent Harry Reid at the end of this year.

Both the Democrat and Republican parties have already posted leading candidates for this seat.

More registered voters have been recorded in Carson City so far this year than at the same time two years ago during the last election season, according to January 2016 voter registration data collected by the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office.

More than 27,600 registered voters were recorded in Carson City as of January 2016, the Secretary of State’s Office reports.

Increased voter registration, in fact, appears to be a statewide trend, too, the Secretary of State’s Office also reports.

Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve, a nonpartisan who rarely endorses, has embraced her longtime friend, Devon Reese, the Democratic attorney seeking Greg Brower's state Senate seat.
Schieve is at the top of a fundraiser next month for Reese, who is considered an underdog to Heidi Gansert, the GOP hopef ...

U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez came to Carson City Monday to give a pep talk to Hillary Clinton supporters, describing her as far and away the best prepared candidate to assume the presidency.“In this ...

How do you Caucus? State Senator James Settelmeyer will be the speaker at the Carson City Republican Women’s Club monthly luncheon to discuss the upcoming caucus process and how to participate.

The public as well as members are encouraged to join us for lunch at the Casino Fandango, 3800 S Carson St. at 11:30am (11:00 social). Attendees will have the opportunity to fully understand how the caucus works, how they can support their favorite candidates and ask questions.

The Western Nevada College 2016 softball team is poised to accomplish what no other Wildcat team before it has done: post a winning season and compete on equal footing with the Scenic West Athletic Conference's top teams.

By the end of last season, the Wildcats were capable of beating any team in the SWAC with a predominantly freshman lineup. They won a program-best 23 games, posted their first winning record at home and won two games in the Region 18 tournament.

When Hillary Clinton's campaign came to Nevada in the spring of 2015, when it hired a well-connected Latina to helm her campaign here and when the candidate arrived to get to the left of the president on immigration reform, the message was clear: I own the Latino vote.

How do you raise $1.8 million in on one year in Nevada if you are a local government official?
If you are Steve Sisolak, the chairman of the Clark County Commission (up this year) and a potential candidate for governor in 2018 (when he would be at midterm), you do this:

It’s pretty difficult to go anywhere in Nevada these days without running into a presidential candidate. In the past few months, one Republican and one Democratic debate have been held in L ...

The Nevada Supreme Court has dismissed as moot the appeal by a Las Vegas candidate challenging an order barring him from running in the 2014 election.Jesse Holder’s candidacy was challenged by Shelly Shelton on gr ...

It’s pretty difficult to go anywhere in Nevada these days without running into a presidential candidate. In the past few months, one Republican and one Democratic debate have been held in L ...

With the exception of the Judicial candidate filing period, the first official event of the 2016 election season will happen in February when the two major parties hold their Nevada precinct caucuses. ...

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson made an appearance in Carson City Wednesday to discuss his political platform in a “Meet Ben Carson” rally.Nearly 400 ...

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s campaign swing through Nevada during the past five days renewed a long-standing friendship with a Fallon pastor.Sam Stanton, pastor of the ...

Former Arkansas governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will make a short swing through western Nevada early next week including a stop in Fallon on Monday morning ...

Dr. Ben Carson, Republican presidential candidate, will visit the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St., on Wednesday, Dec. 16. Doors will open at noon. Seating is limited and on a first ...

The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation will hold a business lunch, discussion and orientation in Reno this month to officially launch Platform to Employment, a nationally recognized program addressing the specific needs of long-term unemployed workers.

Veterans Day, in my mind, is the most important day of the year. Even before “We” had a country, our military personnel and their families were making great efforts to secure our freedoms and safety. Without Veterans we would not have a country. For that we owe a debt of gratitude beyond any other.

Newly minted congressional candidate Michele Fiore, who has had run-ins with the state over her home health care business and owes the IRS hundreds of thousands of dollars ...

We are looking to expand our staff at Carson Now. The preferred candidate would be someone with a nose for local news, and who enjoys getting out in the community to find out what's happening.

This person will be responsible for writing news and feature stories, taking photos and video, and editing reader submissions. Ideally, we would like to have someone who knows the area, but a newcomer who is motivated to discover all the things we locals love about Carson City would be great, too.

Successful conservation actions from a collaborative Lake Tahoe partnership spanning the past 15 years have helped the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decide Wednesday that Tahoe yellow cress, a flowering perennial plant in the mustard family found only along the popular lake’s sandy shoreline, does not warrant federal protection under the Endangered Species Act.

In its first entry into the Nevada Press Association‘s annual awards competition the Gold Hill-based Nevada Travel Network was awarded first place in two of the three categories it entered.

The blue ribbon for ‘Best Writing Online’ was awarded to the monthly NevadaGram and First Place in the ‘Best Feature Story Online’ category went to David Toll for “A visit to the Belmont Mill and Hamilton."

Basque language, food, music and play for the whole family are all part of a very special event at the Nevada State Museum, Carson City from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 10.

The monthly Family Fun Saturdays series gets kids involved in many aspects of the museum, from Nevada history to cultural and nature studies. October’s event features Xabier Irujo, co-director at the Center for Basque Studies at UNR, his five young children and several special guests who will entertain and share culture and heritage.