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Nevada System of High Education’s Board of Regents recently recognized a Western Nevada College student and professor for distinguishing themselves academically.

Following his re-election for a third and final term, Carson City Mayor Robert Crowell is optimistic about what's ahead for the Nevada state capital in 2017.

He delivered his State of the City speech Monday night to dozens inside the Bob Boldrick Theater at the Carson City Community Center, reviewing the city's successes and challenges from 2016 while also reassuring residents about the future.

The formation of a simple coffee stain has been the subject of complex study for decades, though it turns out that there remain some stones still to be turned. Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno have modeled how a colloidal droplet evaporates and found a previously overlooked mechanism that more accurately determines the dynamics of particle deposition in evaporating sessile droplets, which has ramifications in many fields of today’s technological world.

Surf Thru Express Car Wash is pleased to announce the opening of their newest location at 1300 E. Williams St. in Carson City. This is Surf Thru Express Car Wash’s first location in northern Nevada and a second location in Reno, NV is under construction.

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Actual text:
http://carson.org/home/showdocument?id=51140

Electric and natural gas rates may be lowered for NV Energy customers beginning Jan. 1, 2017 following a settlement agreement reached with state regulators, consumer groups, a coalition of local governments, Nevadans for Clean Affordable Reliable Energy and Vote Solar.

(Reno, Nev.) – The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) has elected Michael J. Brown, Barrick Gold USA president, to the Board of Directors.

Just days before the Public Utilities Commission meets to vote on letting existing rooftop solar owners keep their existing rates, Carson District Judge ...

Hello fellow anglers, many have been asking, where is the Naw report? I have been fishing in Oregon for the last couple weeks and did quit well. We caught green and blue ling cod and a few black sea bass out of Brooking's.

The kids deserve some fun for surviving their first week back at school, and Carson City delivers. The first annual Northern Nevada Family Fun Day takes over Mills Park with music, a kids zone, activities, food, raffles, and much more. Check out the Bowling Blast Off at Carson Lanes for a Car Show, bowling specials, and fun. Once the sun sets, Washoe Lake State Park offers a basic astronomy lesson and some celestial viewing. Keep reading: there’s something for everyone this weekend.

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Unprofitable companies often eventually go out of business. Tesla Motors is very unprofitable.

The electric-car maker scored a big win in 2014 when Gov. Brian Sandoval and Nevada lawmakers passed a $1.3 billion subsidy package to entice Tesla to build in Storey County a huge battery manufacturing facility that’s a key part of its business. The package also forgave sales taxes for 20 years, property and payroll taxes for ten years, and provided discounted electricity rates.

Despite the widely criticized gridlock in Congress, Sen. Dean Heller says he’s making progress on issues important to Nevada.He cited his legislation to restore solar energy tax ...

The Nevada Supreme Court has decided not to allow a measure about rooftop solar electricity rates to appear on the statewide ballot in November.

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Secretary of State of Elections Deputy Wayne Thorley said Thursday the petition seeking to restore net metering rates for solar customers wouldn’t be on the November ballot until the Nevada Supreme Co ...

Secretary of State of Elections Deputy Wayne Thorley said Thursday the petition seeking to restore net metering rates for solar customers wouldn’t be on the November ballot until the Nevada Supreme Co ...

Shortly before solar companies were poised to file signatures this week for a petition to undo a controversial regulatory decision, Gov. Brian Sandoval had a news release on his desk. 

The gaming industry and solar companies are popular in Nevada. The Public Utilities Commission and Cliven Bundy? Not so much.

Western Nevada College is offering the college and community the opportunity to witness a rare celestial event on Monday, May 9. From sunrise, around 5:50 a.m. to noon, the planet Mercury will transit across the Sun, passing between Earth and the Sun.

The project called The Vintage At Kings Canyon was presented by the managers in an open meeting at the Fritsch School on April 7th to a crowd estimated at 250-400 people.

On April 25 it was again the topic of another public meeting at the school. This time the meeting was called by the neighbors, and drew over 200 highly interested people, along with the mayor, two candidates for mayor, a supervisor, a candidate for supervisor, a reporter, a retired reporter, and other retired reporter also a candidate for supervisor.

LAS VEGAS — A judge in Carson City was set to hear arguments Monday on whether a proposed ballot referendum involving a rooftop solar rate hike can move forward. The ballot proposal was filed by the group No Sol ...

LAS VEGAS — A Carson City judge dealt a setback Monday to a proposed ballot measure that aimed to reverse a recent rate hike for Nevada’s rooftop solar customers.Judge James Russell ruled that the proposal filed ...

Just what is a comet, and how does it work? The Western Nevada College Jack C. Davis Observatory invites the public to a free lecture about comets on Saturday, March 12, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Just what is a comet, and how does it work? The Western Nevada College Jack C. Davis Observatory invites the public to a free lecture about comets on Saturday, March 12, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Wendy Calvin has been working on Mars for 12 years. She is the Science Operations Working Group Chair on a team that has been exploring the Martian landscape with the rover Opportunity.

“No pain, no gain!” For years, exercise buffs have encouraged people to hit the gym with this phrase.
Would as many have been eager to get off the couch if the rallying cry had been, “All pain, no gain”?

The solar companies have marketed themsleves aggressively to folks, promising lower rates and more.
Now, one couple has filed a complaint and is seeking class action after the net metering flare-up.
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After putting out a news release last month implying the utility supported a 20-year hold harmless period from new rates for rooftop solar customers and then presenting a filing that essentially argued that regulators should not do so, NV Energy has filed supplemental testimony indicating it bac ...

A survey paid for by the solar industry indicates voters are angry about the Public Utilities Commission decision on rooftop solar and want a special session of the Legislature to reverse it.
The statewide poll, paid for by the umbrella group Bring Back Solar Alliance and conducted in late Janua ...