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Live: Carson City Board of Supervisors at 8:30 a.m.

Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 7:20am

The Carson City Board of Supervisors meeting kicks off at 8:30 a.m. The full agenda is here, and you can watch the live video here.

Among the issues up for discussion is a proposal to change the lease agreement for the Eagle Valley Golf Course to reduce the annual payments due to the city by Carson City Municipal Golf Corporation, the entity that runs the facility. Instead of the current $120,000 annual payment, the reduction would call for CCMGC to pay $30,000 this year and 2012, $60,000 in 2013, and return to paying $120,000 per year through 2029.

In the recent past, operators of two privately owned golf courses have expressed their displeasure with the city for subsidizing the operations at Eagle Valley, creating what they view as unfair competition.

Also on the agenda is approval for distributing $108,623 in Redevelopment funds for a variety community events including Nevada Day and the downtown farmers market.

Leading GOP Candidates For Heller Congressional Seat Face Off In Tame Debate

Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 5:26am

RENO – For the three leading Republican candidates seeking the Congressional District 2 seat vacated with the appointment of Dean Heller to the U.S. Senate, it was all about qualifications and experience in a debate held here Wednesday.
State Republican Party Chairman Mark Amodei, a former state senator, state Sen. Greg Brower, appointed to fill the seat formerly held by retired Sen. Bill Raggio, and retired Navy commander Kirk Lippold, faced off ahead of a GOP meeting Saturday in Sparks that could determine which candidate will get the party nod.

Carson firefighters help Arizona crews fight massive fires

Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 4:01am

Carson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi said he has sent four firefighters and an engine to Arizona to help with wild fires there."This is not uncommon," Giomi said. "The last three years have been ...

Fulstone Wetlands project blends parks, trails, open space

Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 4:01am

Being billed as a place where parks, trails and open space meet, the recently completed Fulstone Wetlands project offers a .6-mile path around the site, through the wetlands observation area."We...

OurTown: Taste of Downtown

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 10:27pm

Lisa Lee from Advocates to End Domestic Violence talks about the Taste of Downtown event happening on June 18 in Carson City.

Yosemite National Park entrance at Highway 120 Tioga Road opens Saturday

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 9:31pm

Tioga Road will open for the season on Saturday, June 18 at 8 a.m. for all vehicle traffic, Yosemite National Park officials announced Wednesday.

Tioga Road, which is accessed by Highway 395 at Lee Vining in Mono County, Calif. and is bound by both sides by State Highway 120, is the popular east-west crossing of the Sierra Nevada.

Humane Society Says New Laws Mean Nevada Is Now Nicer to Animals

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 2:05pm

CARSON CITY – The Humane Society of the United States says Gov. Brian Sandoval and the Legislature enacted several important measures to strengthen Nevada’s protections for animals in the just-ended 2011 session.

Gov. Sandoval Signs Education Reform Bills Into Law

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 12:01pm

CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval today signed four public education reform bills into law, saying Nevada has “made great advancements on behalf of our schoolchildren.”
Sandoval signed Assembly Bills 225 and 229, and Senate Bills 197 and 212 into law.

Fishing Report for the week of June 15-21

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 12:00am

CARSON CITY — Here is the fishing report for Northern Nevada, Northern California, and the Sierra for the week of June 15-June 21.

Longtime Nevada civil rights leader Mary Valencia Wilson dies at 66

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 5:03pm

By Andrew Barbano
RENO, Nev. — Longtime Nevada civil rights leader Mary Valencia Wilson, 66, died at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno shortly after midnight of Friday, June 10. She suffered from complications after a long battle with cancer.

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