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According to Gerie Stanko, director of development for F.I.S.H., "A smoldering electrical fire was discovered at 7:20 this morning at FISH's men's shelter, Focus House, on State of Nevada property in Carson City.

"Twenty-one male residents in the shelter have been displaced. Red Cross will provide 2-4 days of lodging. The fire inspector said that the building has to be re-wired which could exceed 30 days.

Written by NV Energy Public Information Officer Karl Walquist:

The effort to reconstruct the historic Virginia & Truckee Railroad is receiving a boost from NV Energy with a $100,000 grant to the Northern Nevada Railway Foundation, the fund-raising arm of the Nevada Commission for the Reconstruction of the V&T Railway.

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WNC finished off a four-game sweep at Colorado Northwestern Community College on Saturday by winning both games of a doubleheader. The Wildcats won the opener 15-0 and then in a scheduled nine-inning game, had to score four runs in the ninth inning to pull out an 8-4 win.
The Wildcats (26-9) moved into second place in the Scenic West Athletic Conference after College of Southern Nevada took three of four games from Salt Lake Community College this weekend. WNC is 14-6 in the SWAC and trails CSN (17-3) by three games. Salt Lake fell to 12-7 in the SWAC.
  
 

Media release: updated April 3, 2010
Contact: Elinor Bugli 775-883-4154

Carson City Symphony Concert "Spirit of Exploration" April 24 and 25
Features World Famous Horn Soloist Gail Williams
and McAvoy Layne, the Ghost of Mark Twain

While nothing can be taken for granted, there's no away around it. These are four wins the Western Nevada College baseball team is expected to pick up.
So when snow threatened to postpone one or both games on Friday at Colorado Northwestern Community College, the Wildcats had to be worried. These are wins that WNC needs in the Scenic West Athletic Conference and any games that are lost and not made up could obviously be costly in the SWAC race.

It was a frustrating day for the Western Nevada College softball team, which dropped a doubleheader on Friday at Colorado Northwestern Community College in Scenic West Athletic Conference action.
 
WNC (4-28, 3-23) lost the opener 4-3 and the nightcap 7-5. The Wildcats fell in the nightcap when Colorado Northwestern hit a two-out, game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to break a 5-5 tie.

The Buddy Holly Sock Hop upcoming at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson Ceity will bring out the Big Bopper or Peggy Sue in you The fundraising event is set for Saturday evening, April 10, featuring the music of 1950s legend Buddy Holly and contemporaries of his rock ‘n roll era.

Bob Reid and the Rave-Ons will provide live music in the Buddy Holly tradition, including such mega-hits as Rave On, That’ll Be the Day and Peggy Sue. The 7-to-10 p.m. dance will offer not only live music and era recordings, but also has on tap food and beverages from malt shop favorites down to today.

A dozen community and labor groups from Nevada have signed onto a letter to Attorney General Catherine Cortez-Masto urging her to support, not file suit, over federal health care reform.
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons this week demanded the Attorney General join a lawsuit filed by 14 other Attorneys General to block implementation of federal health care reform, a package of changes that critics of the lawsuits claim are needed in Nevada, where an estimated 400,000 men, women and children lack health insurance coverage.

Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong says his department has launched a new website that all Carson City internet users can use to track crime trends throughout Carson City. Just go to CCSheriff.com and scroll down to: CrimeMapping for your neighborhood: Click here .

In the Scenic West Athletic Conference, where three of the seven softball teams are ranked in the top 20 nationally, wins have been hard to come by for the second-year Western Nevada College squad.

CARSON CITY — An Arizona man is due in court April 7 and faces multiple felony charges after allegedly making terrorist threats to citizens and public officials in Nevada, according to the Department of Public Safety.

The Nevada Department of Public Safety – Investigation Division obtained an arrest warrant on March 9 for Douglas Hoffman, 63.

Nevada is preparing to compete in round two of the federal Race to the Top grant program. Only two states that applied, Tennessee and Delaware, received funding from the first phase of the competition.

The peaks and valleys of a season can take its toll on any team, so Western Nevada College baseball coach D.J. Whittemore is trying to make sure that his club doesn't become too high or too low.
Whittemore said he has told his team "not to ride the roller coaster." But Whittemore admitted his mood has improved after a four-game sweep of then first place Salt Lake Community College this past weekend in the Scenic West Athletic Conference. "Yeah, I'm feeling a lot better," Whittemore said.

Washoe County has the most transparent website out of all Nevada’s counties, according to the Sunshine Review.

CARSON CITY – A study showing how well Nevada’s students perform on achievement tests, released today by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, concludes they fare no better than mid-range, and often well below, students in other states.

Firefighters assigned to a structure fire at the Mattress King building on Fairview Drive in Carson City, apparently had problems with a water hydrant at the corner of Idaho and Industrial streets.

In fact witnesses watched firefighters trying to tap into the hydrant without luck as the fire raged on, growing hotter with the smoke becoming a dense black, a sign of rising temperatures within the building.

A 48-year-old Carson City man who reportedly works in security was arrested and faces charges of domestic battery and obstructing a police officer following an incident near the 2400 block of Poole Way in Carson City.

The man allegedly pushed his girlfriend of 11 years into a refrigerator after she asked him to turn down his music in their home.

The Carson City Symphony, directed by David Bugli, will perform a concert, "Spirit of Exploration" at the Carson City Community Center on Saturday, April 24, beginning at 4 p.m. The concert features soloist Gail Williams in Horn Concerto No. 1 by Richard Strauss.
Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 for seniors, students, and Symphony Association members and free for age 16 and under. www.ActivityTickets.com or at the door, (775) 883-4154. www.CCSymphony.com.

There is no more reality at John L. Harvey Field. Just rename the place Fantasyland and be done with it. Only the utterly impossible, the ridiculously implausible will ever be possible again.

It may not show up in the conference standings, but the Western Nevada College softball team showed some significant progress while losing both ends of a double header at Salt Lake Community College on Saturday.
The Wildcats took undefeated Salt Lake the seven-inning distance in both games before losing 7-1 and 6-1 during the Scenic West Athletic Conference twin-bill at Bruin Field in Salt Lake City. The outcome was different from Friday, when the Wildcats lost 19-7 and 19-1.

It may not show up in the conference standings, but the Western Nevada College softball team showed some significant progress while losing both ends of a double header at Salt Lake Community College on Saturday.
The Wildcats took undefeated Salt Lake the seven-inning distance in both games before losing 7-1 and 6-1 during the Scenic West Athletic Conference twin-bill at Bruin Field in Salt Lake City. The outcome was different from Friday, when the Wildcats lost 19-7 and 19-1.

Jaden Veiga just turned 5 and he was diagnosed last Christmas with a brain tumor. The family needs the communities help to continue his care. Go to any U.S. Bank location and donate to the account of "Jaden Veiga Donation Act. #153754034822" or come to Bouncerz Indoor Party Center on Saturday, March 27th from 2p.m. to 7p.m.

Thanks to a rejuvenated offense, Western Nevada College climbed back into the Scenic West Athletic Conference baseball pennant race on Friday

Thanks to a rejuvenated offense, Western Nevada College climbed back into the Scenic West Athletic Conference baseball pennant race on Friday.
The Wildcats produced timely hitting to pull out a 3-1 opening-game victory against conference-leading Salt Lake Community College, then held on for a 9-8 win in the second game to complete a double header sweep on a sunny and breezy afternoon at John L. Harvey Field.

Salt Lake Community College has been perfect so far this season en route to its No.

BAC Stage Kids Presents 'Really Rosie' at the Carson City Community Center.

BAC Stage Kids Presents 'Really Rosie' at the Carson City Community Center.

BAC Stage Kids Presents 'Really Rosie' at the Carson City Community Center.

Nevada property tax practices are still an issue of contention.

ATTEND A CASA INFORMATION HOUR ON ANY OF THESE DATES:
APRIL 6, APRIL 21, MAY 5, 5:30-6:30pm
at the Juvenile Court Building, 1545 E. 5th St.
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