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Carson City Supervisors, on a four to one vote Thursday night, decided to proceed with further negotiations with the Nugget Casino and its project team to help economically re-vitalize Carson City.

by Scott Schrantz

More than 6,000 Nevadans who have exhausted their unemployment benefits can expect to receive their first payment of the recently passed TIER III extension by Saturday afternoon, December 12th.
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That small casino, just north of Harrah’s South Lake Tahoe is closing. “Bill’s” Lake Tahoe Casino is closing its doors after a long revenue slide.

It appears that Lt.

An alert Carson City Public Works employee has uncovered a gas tax collection snafu that has sent hundreds of thousands of Carson City gas tax dollars mistakenly to Douglas County.

Carson City’s Board of Supervisors this evening is taking a closer look at an economic proposal from the Carson Nugget and the City’s Redevelopment Department that suggests a brighter future for the t

A reminder that the Carson High School Ski and Snowboard Team needs our support to keep them up there on the slopes, and doing their best in various competitions.
Their community fundraiser is this

The economic recession continues to pull down gaming wins throughout Nevada, and therefore less revenues to the state for vital public services like health care, emergency services, schools and univer

While on their way to a Sheriff’s and Police Chief’s meeting in Mesquite, Sheriff Ken Furlong and his wife Phyllis earlier this week found themselves looking out their windshield at the world stood on

The Weather Service says we will see snow through Sunday but in amounts that will probably only maintain or slightly add to what we’ve already got on the ground.

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An $80 Million proposal to create jobs and boost Carson City’s economy is on the table before the Board of Supervisors, Thursday, 6pm, at the Community Center.

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The Obama Administration, with a bit of guidance from Senator Reid, has awarded a huge grant to Nevada’s 30 year tradition of offering affordable medical care to Nevada fam

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University Chancellor Don Klaich is just as adamant as his predecessor. He’s not even going to consider future cuts to their budget.

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Marijuana supporters are hoping another at bat at the polls with voters will make marijuana use on par with drinking a beer.

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Yup, it’s cold. However, relief from the deep freeze should arrive by Saturday.

President Obama today released a list of low income rural communities around the country that will be receiving huge economic recovery grant funds for expansion of their health care facilities.
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No….they’re not going to close. They’re just re-arranging things. In fact they say they expect 2010 to be a very good year for the chain.

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The inappropriate use of a flaming space heater to keep water pipes thawed took down a mobile home/office Tuesday afternoon off Highway 50 East Tuesday afternoon.

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Declining revenues are tearing the Economic Forum’s earlier forecast to to shreds.

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Snow accumulations were quite variable. Reno got 7″ while Carson City got more than twice that.

by Stacey Rahr

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An accident with injuries has just occurred on Highway 50 East, just west of Nye Lane. Lanes are blocked and sheriff’s units are enroute for traffic control.

Governor Gibbons today told reporters that he would reconvene the Economic Forum to give him advice on how much revenue the state can expect to take in through the current two year budget cycle.

An office for a mining company went up in flames at 1pm today on Brick Road, just south of Highway 50 and Nye.
Arriving firefighters saw smoke billowing out from under the crawl space under the mobile

On a 3-2 preference, local aerospace consultant Randy Carlson won a seat on the CC School Board, besting co-candidate.Deonne Contine, a deputy state attorney general.
Carlson touted his managerial exp

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Autopsy and full investigation has been launched into the death of an inmate at NNCC over the Thanksgiving weekend.

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Jay Fontaine was thought to be enroute from Boomtown to Death Valley. He never showed up,and no one’s heard from him. Can anyone help track him down?

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Lt. Governor Brian Krolicki called it an early Christmas present that, in fact, was long overdue. But he’ll take it.

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It’s been a while since Carson City had a good snow dump. But we got one Sunday and Monday! And there may be more snow on the way later in the week.