November 2013
Christmas Eve Santa visit signups now being taken by Carson City Sheriff's Office Reserve
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sat, 11/30/2013 - 11:27pmArrangements for a visit from Santa on Christmas Eve can now be made, thanks to the Carson City Sheriff's Office Reserve Organization.
For more than 20 years, good cheer and the giving of presents will be the order of the special evening, including plenty of keepsake photo opportunities of Santa and kids for those moments to remember.
Bosco the black Lab missing for three weeks returns safe to Carson City home
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sat, 11/30/2013 - 12:38pm
Bosco, a seven-year-old black Lab who had been missing since Nov. 8, made it back to his Carson City home and family early Saturday morning.
Mock Teen Party to raise awareness about dangers facing teens
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sat, 11/30/2013 - 12:01pm
Event Date:
December 14, 2013 - 3:00pm Here is your opportunity to be a fly on the wall and see what a teen party can look like; it’s your chance to tour a mock teen party and witness what happens when the party gets out of control and the police bust the party! If you have a teen, know a teen or care about a teen… you must attend and bring a friend!
Date: December 14,2013
Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Address: 50 Morris Circle
Carson City,NV 89701
Contact(775)671-5660 for more information
Carson City motel manager faces additional charge of felony strangulation in Friday attack
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sat, 11/30/2013 - 10:58amAn assistant motel manager arrested early Friday morning on suspicion of battery and intimidation now faces a felony charge of domestic battery with strangulation.
Carson City Fire Chief: Levi Gulch Road home sees significant damage in Saturday morning blaze
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sat, 11/30/2013 - 9:54amUPDATE: 10:15AM: A fire Saturday morning at a Levi Gulch home has been extinguished, according to Carson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi. No injuries were reported. The owners were home at the time of the fire.
About 40 percent of the home was damaged. The size of the home is estimated to be between 3,000 to 3,500-square foot. Another 20 to 30 percent of the home received smoke damage.
Carson City road report for Dec. 2-8; traffic re-routed during Festival of Lights tree lighting
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sat, 11/30/2013 - 7:26amHere is the Carson City road maintenance and construction report for the week of Dec. 2-8: On Friday, Dec. 6, Carson Street will be closed between Fifth Street and Robinson Street from 4:30 p.m., to approximately 8 p.m. for the Silver and Snowflakes Festival of Lights in downtown Carson City. Detours will be signed.
Doug Busey's fishing report for Lake Tahoe and Carson area waters
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sat, 11/30/2013 - 6:50amHello fellow anglers: I hope your Thanksgiving was a grand memory. I spent my Thanksgiving day, fishing in the morning and enjoying family the rest of the day.
I do have a special early Christmas present for you all later in this report. But first I would like to say thank you, to all the anglers that have called the Naw line or have shared their fishing adventures over this last year. I hope I have answered all your questions, and as well you have educated me.
We all like to brag about our fishing adventures.
Column: Installment sales are useful
Submitted by editor on Sat, 11/30/2013 - 6:38am
Installment sales are a useful tool in solving a number of problems such as business continuation, income tax deferral on transfer of appreciated assets and estate and gift tax management.
As you probably know, an installment sale is a seller-financed, deferred-payment sale that allows a deferral of the taxable gain recognized by the seller.
Northern Nevada man dies in pedestrian accident after being struck by semi on Interstate 80
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Fri, 11/29/2013 - 4:18pmA 26-year-old Wadsworth man died Thursday night in a pedestrian accident after being hit by a tractor-trailer while attempting to cross Interstate 80 two miles west of Fernley in Storey County, the Nevada Highway Patrol reports.
Jason D. Gonzalez died after he was struck while being on the right shoulder of the freeway, attempting to cross the eastbound lanes directly in front of the tractor trailer driven by a 57-year-old El Grove, Calif. man, said NHP Trooper Chuck Allen.
Domestic abuse survivor is featured guest on this week's Women to Women Nevada
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Fri, 11/29/2013 - 3:42pm
Leslie Wilkerson, a mother of three, and a survivor of domestic abuse is this week's guest on Women to Women Nevada. Wilkerson has a riveting personal story about surviving abuse because of post traumatic stress disorder.
