December 2011

Celebrating their new location at the Carson Mall, Jamie and Sarah Johnstone of Bellissimo Boutique cut the ribbon with the help of Chamber board member Gil Yanuck. Looking on are (from left) Renee Plain, Clinton Clark and John Hoy.

At approximately 2 a.m. Friday, a Carson City Sherrif's deputy was dispatched to attend to a report of larceny, with the subjects - an 18-year-old Carson City man and a 25-year-old Carson City architecht - last seen heading east toward the north Wal-Mart on Market Street.

When the deputy arrived he sighted two men matching the description of the two larceny suspects sharing a large beer outside the west entrance of Wal-Mart. When the deputy stopped to ask the men what they were doing, the younger of the two attempted to escape.

The state's Interim Finance Committee questioned Corrections Director Greg Cox over contradictory plans for running the license plate shop at the Nevada State Prison once the facility closes down. The original plan was for the shop to stay where it is and be run by minimum security inmates. But Cox had also been looking at moving the plant to either the Northern Nevada Correctional Center on the south side of Carson City, or to High Desert State Prison near Las Vegas. He said they didn't currently have the money to make that move.

The IFC also got the final $521,904 bill for the special election to fill Nevada's Second Congressional District seat after Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed Dean Heller to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by John Ensign.

The IFC also approved funding for 20 of the 30 new positions for the Department of Motor Vehicles approved by the 2011 Legislature. The new positions are supposed to help cut the wait time at DMV offices, which have increased since 85 positions were eliminated due to budget cuts.

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A coalition of organizations is urging the Attorney General's office to reject a multi-state settlement with the banking industry over allegations of widespread falsifying loan documents and other wrongdoing in the wake of the mortgage foreclosure crisis. New York and California have already signaled that they will not sign onto the agreement, and the Attorneys General of Nevada and California recently announced that they will work together to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by the banks.

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The Carson City Board of Supervisors approved an agreement with the Nevada Small Business Development Center at UNR to work together to operate the city's Business Resource Innovation Center, under the leadership of its new director Michael Salogga.

Four Carson Senators made the Las Vegas Review-Journal's 4A all-state football team, including three who were named to the first team.

Running back Dylan Sawyers, kicker Austin Pacheco and linebacker Chance Quilling were named to the first team, while defensive lineman Logan Peternell made the second team.