July 2011
'Everything's gone'
Submitted by admin on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 4:01amEleanor Muscott's Sunday was filled with chores. In the morning she fed the chickens and rabbits and hung three loads of towels on the line to dry.By 1:30 p.m., when she was beginning to wash di...
Commentary by Paslov: Schools: It takes vision, planning to navigate 21st century challenges
Submitted by admin on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 4:01amSchool districts and their governing boards are under enormous pressure. There is less money to operate the schools, more demands and greater expectations for teachers, with a corresponding lack of...
Rain helps control fire
Submitted by admin on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 4:00amFirefighters work in the rain to extinguish a fire near Territory Road in Storey County on Friday evening. As of 8:15 p.m. the fires in the county had mostly been put out, according to Storey Co...
Road report for August 1-7
Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 9:44pmSaliman Road remains closed at Robinson Street due to construction of a water transmission line. Detours are marked. The road is expected to remained closed until August 21.
One lane will be closed in each direction on the Carson City Freeway between the US 50 and Fairview Drive interchanges due to maintenance.
Work will continue on a NDOT project to mill and overlay a section of US 395 from the junction with US 50 (Spooner) in Carson City to south of Waterloo Lane in Gardnerville. There will be nightly lane closures occurring from 8:00 p.m. through 6:00 a.m.
Nevada Democrats Call On GOP Presidential Candidates To Disclose Major Fundraisers
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 6:15pmCARSON CITY – Nevada state Democrats today called on Republican presidential candidates to disclose the names of their campaigns’ major fundraisers – known as bundlers – in the name of transparency.
President Barack Obama on July 15 released his list of major fundraisers, which he also did in 2008. The disclosure is not required by the Federal Elections Commission.
Carson City man arrested for allegedly beating, strangling woman
Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 5:36pm
Carson City Sheriff deputies arrested Terry David Vickers, 45, Thursday evening after a woman reported that he had beat and strangled her into unconsciousness, and assaulted her with a screwdriver.
According to the arrest report, the victim told deputies that Vickers began the assault Wednesday night when he slapped her at a restaurant on North Carson Street. She said after leaving the restaurant she made contact with some friends and left with them, not returning to the motel room she shared with Vickers until Thursday morning.
Fernley to pay $5M, Lyon County $1.3M in '08 flood
Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 2:26pmRENO (AP) - Lyon County and the city of Fernley will pay the bulk of an $11 million settlement to about 600 victims of a flood caused by the failure of a century old irrigation canal three years ag...
Federal Jobless Report Shows Slight Improvement For Nevada Through Second Quarter
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 1:37pmCARSON CITY – Nevada’s official jobless rate may have jumped three-tenths of a percentage point to 12.4 percent in June, but a broader measure of the state’s unemployment picture showed some slight improvement through the second quarter of this year.
Bears in the hood
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A mother bear and cub, standing next to a trap that held another cub, before all three were captured and taken away from this westside Carson City neighborhood on Monday. Photo by Andrew Peckham.
Train Ride: annual Soroptimist benefit
Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 4:01amSoroptimist International of the Comstock will host the second annual Train Ride event on Tuesday, with proceeds benefiting the lives of local women and children.The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. at ...
