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The following people appeared in Carson City District Court on Monday: * Laurie Ann Hancock: 43, pleaded guilty to eluding an officer. Hancock, wanted for failing to appear for sentencing on drug c...

By Steven R. Lasco
As many of you know, May is National Bike Month. Here in Carson City, several events and rides were held, capped by Bike To Work Week from May 16-20 and the celebration on the 20th outside the Firkin & Fox. As reported, about 150 people came by to visit, enjoy others’ bikes, and get a chance to win a raffle prize. The Nevada Legislature passed two bills in its current session that benefit cyclists (see sidebar below).

"Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable," John Kenneth GalbraithBeing the "father" of sales tax on services a far as Nevada is c...

(AP) - Nevada lawmakers are pressing on with a bill to extend temporary taxes that are crucial to their budget plan, while negotiations to win over the Republican votes critical to its passage c...

Don't miss this signature lecture of the Jack C. Davis Observatory. Mike Thomas will take you on a trip from the Sun, outward through the plantes, to deep space objects in our galaxy,and on to infinity. The topics cover many amazing facts, and astonishing Hubble Space Telescope images.

This lecture by Mike Thomas covers the life and accomplishments of this complex genius on June 4 at the Jack C. Davis Observatory at Western Nevada College. Leonardo was the acknowledged expert of him time in a wide variety of disciplines, from Science to the Arts. The presentation includes many images of Leonardo da Vinci's work.

A man whose body was found Saturday has been identified as 43-year-old Charles Michael Mose, a Washoe Tribal member, who has been missing since May 5.Mose, 43, was last seen in the Stewart Indian C...

By Mike Wolterbeek
RENO, Nev. – A new era of stargazing is beginning in Northern Nevada with the completion of the MacLean Observatory astronomy complex at the Redfield Campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.

“The gift of the MacLean telescope and dome in 2008 set a series of events in motion that has enabled us to build the complex and expand astronomy programs for the university, the community and for K-12 students,” Jeff Thompson, dean of the College of Science, said.

Gov. Brian Sandoval met with student protesters camped out on the Capitol complex Wednesday, bringing doughnuts and conversation but no softening in his stance that raising taxes to avoid deep c...

CARSON CITY — Since the governor did not like their last redistricting plan, Democrats are trying again with revisions to their redistricting maps.
Gov. Brian Sandoval earlier vetoed the Democratic plan for the boundaries of political districts, which must be redrawn every 10 years according to U.S. Census demographic data.

By Claudene Wharton

Teachers are college graduates many with a Master’s Degree who are in the trenches educating our K–12 students. Carson City School District salaries range from $33,106.70 to $64,699.98. The average is $45,000 a year.
Every time Nevada has a budget shortfall, there are people, usually males, who are negatively vocal regarding “all the money teachers make.” “Teachers work half a year.” “Our children are failing because teachers are not doing their job.” Blah Blah Blah…

Plated dinner, dessert & no-host bar. $100 per person or $800 tables of 8.
To benefit Wildcats Athletics, Jack C. Davis Observatory, Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company, and Fallon Campus scholarships.

By Sean Whaley
RENO – Texas Congressman Ron Paul said today he will decide “before June” whether to make another bid for president as a Republican candidate in 2012.
Paul, 75, in an interview before a breakfast at the Washoe County Republican Party office, formed an official exploratory committee on Tuesday in advance of GOP debates set for May.

Reno computer users will now be able to enjoy the refurbished computer products from Carson City based ComputerCorps starting April 29-30 when the nonprofit organization opens its doors at 3595 Airway Drive, Unit 407.

Grand Opening is Friday, April 29th from 9 am to 4 pm and Saturday April 30 from 9 am to 1 pm. Reno residents are welcomed to visit the new store and enter a daily drawing for a free computer system during the Grand Opening.


"Anybody that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office."- David BroderIt's time to take a curmudgeon's look --C...

The film "Water for Elephants" opened Friday night at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in a gala showing as a benefit for the V&T railroad group at $15 per head. Reason is that old No. 18 of the V&T more or less stars in the movie. More on the benefit later.

CARSON CITY – It was not until 30 minutes before midnight that a six-hour debate in the Assembly ended with a promise to talk more later.
After listening to presentations outlining more than $1 billion in “major reductions” to the K-12 budget, legislators debated their willingness to compromise or negotiate about Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposed general fund budget.

Three was the key number for the Western Nevada College Wildcats Friday afternoon.The Wildcats got a three-run homer in each game of the doubleheader en route to 7-4 and 10-0 Scenic West Athletic C...

As the sun sank behind the bleachers of the Carson High School football field Thursday, about 500 students and community members released blue and white balloons tagged with messages for their c...

CARSON CITY – The third of three campaign finance reform bills being pushed by Secretary of State Ross Miller this session passed out of an Assembly committee today, but an important provision regulating political action committees was removed.
Lawmakers say the deletion of a key provision of Assembly Bill 81 is only temporary.

Robert Montooth Aten, 87, died April 9, 2011, in Carson City. He was born March 30, 1924, in Illinois to Clarence and Bertha Aten. He is survived by son Randy Aten (Kory); daughters Pamela Hauck (C...

RENO (AP) - The chief executive of an airport in northern Nevada says a medical flight with at least three people aboard was forced to land without help from air traffic control after the lone c...

The hearing into Assemblywom-an Peggy Pierce's proposed corporate income tax revealed very little common ground between those for and those against.Assembly Bill 336 would impose a 4.5 percent c...

With the world and our country facing an uncertain future, there is no better time to learn how to lead a life of preparedness.

The Constitutional, Economic, Preparedness Fair Comes to Carson City, Saturday, April 30th from 9 am to 4 pm at the Plaza Conference Center.

Learn the ten principals of preparedness: Spiritual, Mental, Physical, Medical, Clothing/Shelter, Fuel, Water, Food, Financial and Communication.

At the request of Spread the Word Nevada, a local children's literacy nonprofit group, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval flew in from Carson City to Las Vegas on March 31 to read at Cambeiro Elementary School.

This was his last stop after visiting three other schools in Las Vegas, which concluded the governor's reading tour as part of Read Across America and Nevada Reading Month. During his first school visit in Reno on March 2 Sandoval signed a proclamation declaring March 2011 Nevada Reading Month.

Press Release — A leading national economic development executive who represents companies looking to relocate or expand throughout the United States, today told a group of more than 100 Reno and Tahoe businesses, community leaders and residents not to abandon current economic development initiatives, but to re-evaluate strategies and continue to fund them for future success.

(Press Release) — Business owners and residents will have an opportunity to participate in an economic development plan update for the Greater Reno and Lake Tahoe region at the Business BUZZ “Beyond Target2010” economic forum, Thursday, March 31 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. The program is sponsored by the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN).

Last month, the Carson City Board of Supervisors heard complaints from the owners of two private golf courses about the city subsidizing the operator of the city-owned Eagle Valley Golf courses by forgiving its $200,000 lease payment.

One issue brought up at the time was that the city needs the Eagle Valley courses to help dispose of effluent water from its sewage treatment plant. If Eagle Valley was not operating, then the city would be forced to spend more money to build more storage for the water.

By Elizabeth Crum / Nevada News Bureau
Mississippi’s sixty-third governor today visited Nevada, a state which has been called “the Mississippi of the west”* because of its largely unskilled workforce and poor public education system.