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May 2013

Obituary: Roy Stuart Hargrave

May 26, 2013 Roy Stuart Hargrave, 76, a Carson City resident passed away on May 26, 2013. Memorial Service and reception will be held on Saturday June 1, 2013 at 1 p.m. at A...

Death Notice: Doris Jewell Robertson

Doris Jewell Robertson, 81 of Dayton, passed away on May 25, 2013. Autumn Funerals & Cremations is trusted with the arrangements, (775) 888-6800. …

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Death Notice: Peggye June Whitford

Peggye June Whitford, 87 of Carson City, passed away on May 26, 2013. Autumn Funerals & Cremations is trusted with the arrangements, (775) 888-6800. …

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Obituary: Mary K. Dreeson

Feb. 10, 1940 - Jan. 4, 2013 A memorial service will be held at Calvary Baptist Church on Flowery Ave. and US Highway 50 in Dayton, NV on June 1st at 1 p.m. …

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Obituary: Janice Paulsen Capucci

Aug. 5, 1926 - May 23, 2013 Janice Paulsen Capucci age 86 and passed away peacefully at her home on May 23, 2013. Janice was born August 5, 1926 to Andrew and Lea...

Watch it Live: Carson City School District board meeting

The Carson City School District board meets tonight, Tuesday, May 28, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William Street. See below for the agenda and go here to watch it live.

Washoe School Tax Bill Passes Assembly 32-8

by ALEX POMPLIANO

A bill that raises the sales and property taxes in Washoe County to fund its schools passed the Assembly 32-8 Tuesday afternoon. AB46 successfully passed its required two-thirds vote —from the initial proposal— in the Assembly. All who voted against AB46 were of the GOP party.

Shakespeare’s 'Taming of the Shrew' opens at the Brewery Arts Center June 14

Event Date: 
June 14, 2013 - 7:30pm

Shakespeare comes to the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City this June when the Proscenium Players, Inc. presents the Bard’s comedy “Taming of the Shrew.”

Directed by Jeff Fast and performed in traditional Shakespearean language and style, the play tells the story of a rich merchant who won’t allow his fair young daughter to marry until her shrewish older sister does.

March taxable sales in Nevada up 5 percent; Carson City sees 10.9 percent increase

Statewide taxable sales in Nevada for March increased by 5 percent over March 2012 and a 5.4 percent increase for the fiscal year, the state's Department of Taxation reports Tuesday. In Carson City, taxable sales increased by 10.9 percent, largely due to the Nevada Legislative session.

Nevada advocate for elderly, former Carson City Supervisor Janice Ayres dies

Janice R. Ayres, a tireless advocate for the elderly and the disabled, an unshakable Democrat and former member of the Carson City Board of Supervisors died Monday morning at Carson Tahoe Hospital after battling cancer. She was 92.

Ayres was the executive director of the Nevada Rural Counties RSVP Program, a position she held since 1979. RSVP Board member Charlie Abowd confirmed her passing and said directors will meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss arrangements.