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CARSON CITY – As Gov. Brian Sandoval today said it is premature to speculate on who he will appoint to replace GOP U.S. Senator John Ensign, Democrats in the Nevada Legislature said they will seek a resolution urging a “fair, open, and transparent process for appointing a temporary replacement.”

By the first day of school next year, Silver State Charter School should be operating at its new location on Mallory Way."We're delighted," said Steve Knight, superintendent and founder of the scho...

The head of the Nevada Corrections Association has called for an audit of the Nevada Department of Corrections over the plan to shut down Nevada State Prison in Carson City.Gene Columbus sent a let...

Carson City water and sewer customers will likely see a hike in their bills this summer.Sewer rates are expected to go up 14 percent, and water rates will rise 5 percent, said Finance Director Nick...

From left: Tim Milligan, the general manager of Capital Ford, Heidi Fettic, president of Carson City Little League, and Dana Whaley, general manager of Dick Campagni's Carson Toyota and Scion st...

RENO - Backers of a broad proposal to expand a nuclear-waste dump site in Nevada criticized the Obama administration Thursday for paying lip service to the nuclear industry while ignoring the ne...

A former Storey County Sheriff's deputy has filed a lawsuit against Storey County and former Sheriff Jim Miller alleging he was fired for refusing to falsify paperwork, engage in horseplay and for ...

The Carson City Fire Department started conducting training exercises inside the old, abandoned home on Stewart and Telegraph streets Thursday. The training will continue today and next Monday a...

Carson City will continue to use a cost-allocation process - although slightly modified - for charging indirect costs to the city's Quality of Life special revenue fund, officials decided in a spli...

The Capital City Arts Initiative Board of Directors announced Thursday that long-time Carson City economic development leader Joe McCarthy will become the organization's executive director begin...

The head of the Nevada Corrections Association has called for an audit of the Nevada Department of Corrections over the plan to shut down Nevada State Prison in Carson City.Gene Columbus sent a ...

A donated old home across from the Carson Nugget became an ideal training and staging area for Carson City firefighters today.
The Carson Nugget provided fire personnel an opportunity they seldom get, which is to train inside a home that is already set to be destroyed. In the Nugget's case it was a old gray outbuilding located at the southeast corner of the casino’s property.
Over the next few days firefighters will be given the opportunity to work though training exercises that involve both smoke and fire, including stints like this afternoon's that involve life-saving measures.

By Andrew Doughman
RENO – President Barack Obama highlighted Nevada’s renewable energy sector today with a visit to the heat-to-energy company ElectraTherm, in northern Nevada.
In front of a backdrop of “green machines” Obama touted plans to end $4 billion in subsidies for oil companies in favor of providing incentives for renewable energy companies.

(AP) - Rep. Shelley Berkley said "jobs, jobs, jobs" is her top priority in Congress and that creating them will take investments in education, infrastructure and renewable energy."These are not ...

Like any 16-year-old girl who has just lost a pet, Megan Conroy was devastated when her cat Zeppelin went missing more than six years ago.Megan, now 23, suspects someone stole the cat from her f...

A Carson City man was killed and another man injured in a vehicle rollover early Wednesday morning in Ash Canyon. Eric Kvam, 23, was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck 1.5 miles from Well...

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LAS VEGAS - America's multibillion-dollar run at the online poker tables has been interrupted by what could be a killer hand: federal prosecutions of the three biggest websites.The government has b...

The Nevada Commission on Economic Development approved on Tuesday the tax incentive packages for three companies opening distribution centers at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center this year. Among th...

When Cathy Greene graduated from college, she headed for career in corporate sales. The job meant a lot of traveling, but after a couple of years on the road Greene's career took an unexpected t...

DAYTON - No one expected a crosswalk enforcement operation Wednesday on Dayton Valley Road to be so lucrative. But its success - 60 citations issued in four hours - proved that pedestrians risk ...

Live video coverage of the Carson City Board of Supervisors begins at 8:30.

Carson City leaders today will review the 2012 fiscal year budget, with overall spending down about 1 percent from 2011 figures.

Looking ahead to 2012, the Board of Supervisors will see a budget that serves 21 government funds with estimated expenditures of $80.5 million and 10 proprietary funds at $39.2 million, City Manager Larry Werner reports.

CARSON CITY – Recently announced U.S. Senate candidate Shelley Berkley spoke to the Nevada Legislature today, stressing education, infrastructure and energy independence as ways to create jobs and get the state back on track.

CARSON CITY – The debate over Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposed cuts to public education shifted to the state Senate today, with members of the upper house getting the details of the reductions that the Clark County schools chief said would mean the loss of $400 million for a 19 percent cut in funding.
But there was no effort by Democrats, who control the Senate with a narrow 11-10 advantage, to force a vote on the schools budget as occurred yesterday in a more contentious Assembly hearing. There were no fireworks either.

The identity of a man killed while riding an ATV across Highway 50 East in Stagecoach was released this morning. According to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Dan Lopez, 61-year-old Donald Anderson wa...

An early morning rollover accident took the life of a 23-year-old Carson City man, authorities report.

The man was found dead after being thrown from a van after it had rolled down an embankment in Ash Canyon about two miles up a narrow road, said Carson City Sheriff's Office Sgt. Jim Primka. The accident was reported at about 12:45 this morning.