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New Hampshire Insurance fraud director Barbara Richardson has been appointed as Commissioner of the Nevada Division of Insurance, officials announced Friday. She will join the agency in March.

As the city prepares to raise the bar by creating a new, improved, walkable and bicycle friendly downtown, it will not be business as usual for the businesses now located in the downtown core or anywhere in Carson City.

Nor will the current mindset be suitable for the vibrant new community now in the planning stages. Raising the bar on anything and everything in Carson City will be the topic of the Chamber’s February Soup’s On luncheon open to the public.

Ten years ago, a group of teachers started a little club at CHS for staff called Senator Pride. One of our projects was to expand the news to our community of all the great things happening at Carson High School.

Street construction and maintenance finance bedeviled Carson City’s Board of Supervisors with the old problem raising past issues and future hopes Thursday.Future hopes came duri ...

TravelNevada has hired Yennifer Reyes Callen as its international sales and public relations specialist, handling several of the state’s key international outreach programs.

The University of Nevada, Reno’s College of Business received recognition this week from U.S. News & World Report as offering a top online graduate program in the country.

The College of Business’ Online Executive MBA, offered in partnership with Extended Studies, was ranked No. 31 of 163 schools in the “Best Online MBA Programs” category.

Can you name the vital roles public relations professionals practice within the trade? Beyond the the well-known press release and pitching efforts lie vast strategic communications systems related to emergency response, community relations, political positioning, and reputation management.

The recently-elected 2016 Public Relations Society of America Sierra Nevada Chapter Board of Directors aims to educate the community on the field of public relations, showcasing how any business or organization can benefit from the industry’s best practices.

The legislative Interim Finance Committee on Wednesday approved using $3.68 million in federal and civil settlement money to begin testing the state’s huge backlog of untested rape kits.The kits conta ...

Supporters of action on climate change took to public venues and social media throughout Thanksgiving weekend about the need for bold global action at the Paris Climate Talks.

Activists from organizations including the Sierra Club, Peoples Climate Movement, Avaaz and others took part in public Sunday strolls and rallies at two key venues, the Reno-Tahoe International Airport and public sidewalks near Meadowood Mall, as part of global climate actions coordinated by 350.org.

CHS competed at the Spanish Springs tournament last weekend for speech and debate. Twenty-one Carson High debaters competed on Friday and 16 students competed Saturday. Several students brought home top honors at this tournament which had roughly 470 entries. Competing in senior level debate for the first time Evan Cherpeski took tenth place in Public Forum speaking point.

Aqua Metals, Inc., which is commercializing a non-polluting electrochemical lead recycling technology called AquaRefining, announced Friday a $10 million loan from Green Bank in conjunction with a 90 percent loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Agency for the development of its first AquaRefinery.

Last weekend HOSA members, also known as Future Health Professionals, volunteered at the RAM medical event held at Carson High School. HOSA students served as interpreters, place holders, registration assistants, dental scribes, and vision care assistants.

The students were able to put the skills that they learn in class to use. They also gained valuable experience by working alongside dentists, doctors, nurses, and optometrists. The RAM event served more than 900 people in the Carson City area.

Carson City attorney Kevin Benson is using his experience in litigation, appeals, and election law to open his new law office, White Hart Law.

White Hart Law will focus on assisting individual and business clients in civil litigation, appeals, and dealing with government and administrative agencies. White Hart Law will also assist candidates and campaigns with election law and campaign finance matters.

All 2,300 Carson High School students will each receive a laptop during the week of Oct. 5-9 to be used at school and at home to enhance their learning opportunities. Beginning Monday at 7:45 a.m. and going throughout the day, all students will go to the library to receive their laptop. This process will be repeated again Tuesday through Thursday.

After a 10 year battle with Alzheimer’s Disease, the heavens above gained a new star. Richard Jay Griffin, Sr., 76, passed away on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 in Carson City, Nevada surrounded by family at home. He passed peacefully with his favorite music in the background as he was read to.

Carson City based Miles Construction has hired Victor Mejorado as a project engineer to support project management teams on two large regional projects, the AquaMetals lead battery recycling AquaRefinery and the Fulcrum BioEnergy Sierra feedstock processing facility.

This week is the official Nevada Week of Respect. The purpose of this week is to promote respect as an antidote to bullying and cyberbullying. Here is what is going on at CHS to celebrate the Week of Respect:

• The American Sign Language club is going to be signing songs at lunch on Thursday.
• The Gay-Straight Alliance is going to be putting up a respect wall - a giant poster for people to write what they respect about someone else.
• There will be a daily announcement with a tip on being an upstanding young adult.

Members of the Interim Finance Committee peppered the treasurer’s chief of staff with questions about how the Education Savings Account program — essentially school vouchers — will work.The issue was raised as Chief o...

Members of the Legislative Interim Finance Committee were told on Wednesday with all the tax hikes and tax credit calculations, the state ended up with $7.34 billion in General Fund revenue to spend over the current t...

Nevada JobConnect will hold two job fairs this week, Wednesday, in Reno and Thursday in Carson City. The job fairs are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day.

The job fair on Wednesday will be held at the Summit Mall at 13945 S. Virginia Street, Suite 636 in Reno and the Thursday job fair will be held at the Carson City Fuji Park Exhibit Hall at 601 Old Clear Creek Road.

Doing the right thing is not determined because one consistently votes with the majority. One should always vote on the principle of what is right and fair. A vote may be a lone vote, if so, just say and repeat as needed: You can't break me. I don't have a breaking point.

From the Board of Supervisors meeting held on July 16. Agenda item No. 11. This item dealt with directing staff to examine the feasibility of Carson City joining the Nevada League of Cities (NLC). This is somewhat problematic, how could any Board member not consent and give the go-ahead to a feasibility study?

Sen. Ben Kieckhefer says he went into the 2015 Legislative session focused on the state budget and its emphasis on education reform.As the new chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, along with...

Several lawmakers on Thursday questioned whether a federally funded nutrition study would generate any useful data.But the majority of the Interim Finance Committee approved the Healthy Hunger Free Kids A...

Open letter to Board of Supervisors: You will meet on June 18, 2015 to determine if you will provide an additional $600,000 to construct a new animal services facility.

The Board approved a plan of expenditure and imposed a 1/8-cent sales tax increase to finance the $4 million bond to construct a new animal services facility. The Board embraced CASI’s design of a new facility despite unanswered questions from the community. However, only now, is the design’s cost being questioned by the Board.

The Senate Finance Committee on Monday approved the bill making dramatic changes to the historic Nevada Plan that funds K-12 education in the state.SB508 sets up a system in which children with different needs get dif...

The joint Senate Finance/Assembly Ways and Means committees held their second extended hearing into the compromise business tax plan proposed by the governor.The plan is a combination of the flat business license fee,...

The joint Senate Finance/Assembly Ways and Means committees held their second extended hearing into the compromise business tax plan proposed by the governor.The plan is a combination of the flat business license fee,...

The Senate Finance Committee on Monday approved the bill making dramatic changes to the historic Nevada Plan that funds K-12 education in the state.SB508 sets up a system in which children with different needs get dif...

Sen. Harry Reid and Sen. Dean Heller are millionaires, and details of how they stay that way are contained in personal finance reports that lawmakers are required to file each May 15 with Congress....

Do you enjoy Saturday Night Live? Then don't miss CHS's very own Monday Night Live! Glowsticks, hilarity, and dancing teachers at the Carson City Community Center on Monday, May 18 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $3 with student ID and $5 general admission.