May 2021
Nevada lawmakers rush to finish session, scrap caucus for primary election, pass bill decriminalizing traffic tickets
Submitted by admin on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 4:56pm
Just a few hours remain before the Legislature is constitutionally required to adjourn the 120-day session at midnight, and lawmakers are racing against the clock to pass the remaining big-ticket items.
Student overcomes long odds to earn WNC Associate Degree
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 3:01pm
Stark historical data suggested that Victor Machuca would not go on and earn a college degree. After all, he’s male, no one in his family previously graduated from college, he didn’t have the money to pay for higher education and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder made it more challenging for him in the classroom.
Nevada lawmakers begin wrapping up 2021 session; ‘Right to Return’ passes, Death with Dignity fails
Submitted by admin on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 1:24pm
Crunch time has finally arrived for the Legislature, with lawmakers planning to work steadily through Sunday to work out compromises and pass scores of bills with less than a day and a half left in the 120-day session.
Agencies urge visitors, residents not to interfere with Lake Tahoe's bear cubs and yearlings
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 10:47am
Most people enjoy watching bears around Lake Tahoe, especially in spring when the little bears emerge from their winter resting places with their mothers. All cubs are born in January or February and known as the "cub of the year" if from the current year while the cubs born last season are "yearlings."
Pine Nuts with McAvoy Layne: Time Travel 2021
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 10:01am
So, are pandemics like Cicadas? Where Cicadas have a 17 year cycle, might pandemics have a 99 year cycle? Mother Nature does offer-up some intriguing specimens of symmetry. So do Cicadas and pandemics have built-in alarm clocks that go off on time every time? Or might climate change spring their clocks forward like we do with daylight saving time?
Nevada governor honors fallen soldiers on Memorial Day
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 9:07am
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak honored fallen soldiers on this Memorial Day as he provided remarks at Battle Born Memorial in Carson City.
Carson City area weather: Temperatures to climb into 90s during first days of June
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 8:50am
The first few days of June may feel like summer has arrived, with temperatures in the low to mid 90s expected around Carson City and western Nevada, and low to mid 80s at Lake Tahoe and Sierra, according to the National Weather Service.
Best of the best honored at Western Nevada College's ASWN awards reception
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 7:37amCarson Nugget Hall was brimming with excellence earlier this spring. With the Associated Students of Western Nevada presenting its annual Awards and Appreciation Reception, it was an opportunity to honor students, faculty and staff for their excellence and contributions in academics, instruction, leadership and service over the past year.
Memorializing our Veterans at Carson City's Lone Mountain Cemetery
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 1:25am
As we celebrate Memorial Day this weekend, a walk in our historic Lone Mountain Cemetery to pay respect to the soldiers and sailors who fought in wars near and far keeps us in touch with the reason this holiday has been so faithfully observed for 153 years.
Carson City Fire Department called to fire at landfill
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 9:10pm
UPDATE 9:20PM: A Carson City Fire Department battalion chief reports the fire at the landfill has been knocked down. Arriving water tenders will be dousing hot spots.
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Carson City Fire Department responded Sunday night to a fire at the landfill off of Highway 50 East and Flint Road.
