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Law enforcement agencies from around Nevada convened in Reno this week for a conference on gangs. The event, which wraps up Wednesday, was hosted by the Tri-County Gang Unit that represents Carson City, Lyon County and Douglas County.

A Fallon man was arrested Thursday on multiple felony charges after a traffic stop in the area of Stanton and Woodside Drive, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

"These are always tough cases," said El Dorado County Judge Suzanne Kingsbury Friday as she handed down an unexpected sentence to the 78-year-old man who killed a bear near his South Lake Tahoe home on July 10, 2015.

Gilbert Alan Wetenkamp pleaded no contest on March 11, 2016 to the misdemeanor charge of unlawfully taking of a bear.

The first-ever symposium on the uses of aerial robotics systems and autonomous vehicles for emergency first responders is being hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno April 6-8.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Carson City’s mayor, Robert “Bob” Crowell, filed for re-election Monday, March 7, at the Carson City County Clerk’s office.

Crowell said Carson City is realizing a momentous achievement 10 years in the making as the city marked the groundbreaking of the downtown corridor and infrastructure improvement project as was approved by the voters in Envision 2006, the Carson City master plan, also on Monday, March 7.

UPDATE: According to Melanie Porter, Carson City Deputy District Attorney, the suspect has been charged with the following: Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Battery. The District Attorney's Office has not charged him with possession of drug paraphernalia.
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A 20-year-old South Lake Tahoe man was arrested Monday on felony drug charges after he allegedly used pepper spray on a homeless man and then called 911 dispatch to report what he had done, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

UPDATE: According to Melanie Porter, Carson City Deputy District Attorney, the suspect has been charged with the following: Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Battery. The District Attorney's Office has not charged the suspect with possession of drug paraphernalia.
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A 20-year-old South Lake Tahoe man was arrested Monday on felony drug charges after he allegedly used pepper spray on a homeless man and then called 911 dispatch to report what he had done, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

UPDATE 4:33PM: The owner of Lake Tahoe Brewing Company was arrested Monday on a felony theft warrant involving brewing equipment sold to a man in British Columbia in which he paid the suspect $45,000 for equipment he never received, a Carson City sheriff’s detective said.

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.

We have a windy Wednesday ahead. A storm is blowing in, so I hope you got your fill of the unseasonably warm weather while it was here. Get over the weekday hump with some line dancing at Carson Lanes. Or get your fill of some jazz at Living the Good Life. The Carson Library has a presentation on photography copyrights. Capital City Arts Initiative brings back it’s Nevada Neighbors Series with a talk by artist Zoe Bray inside the former BRIC building on East Proctor Street.

WEDNESDAY:

Sometimes folks ask "is IRS really trying to collect from those who try to cheat on their taxes-not report all the income"?

On Jan. 29 Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline Ciraolo gave some information on what is being done on folks and banks that try to hide foreign bank accounts and not report the income earned.

More registered voters have been recorded in Carson City so far this year than at the same time two years ago during the last election season, according to January 2016 voter registration data collected by the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office.

More than 27,600 registered voters were recorded in Carson City as of January 2016, the Secretary of State’s Office reports.

Increased voter registration, in fact, appears to be a statewide trend, too, the Secretary of State’s Office also reports.

Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve, a nonpartisan who rarely endorses, has embraced her longtime friend, Devon Reese, the Democratic attorney seeking Greg Brower's state Senate seat.
Schieve is at the top of a fundraiser next month for Reese, who is considered an underdog to Heidi Gansert, the GOP hopef ...

Obtaining a divorce is often not only traumatic, but expensive and time consuming. In an effort to help streamline the process and reduce costs, Nevada permits parties to obtain a divorce by use of a Joint Petition rather than the traditional adversarial process of Summons, Complaint, and Answer.

Carolyn Wright, a nationally recognized copyright attorney, will speak at the Carson City Library 6 p.m. Feb. 17.
“Everybody has a camera in their hand everywhere they go,” she explained. “I will let people know where you can take a picture and what you can do with it and when you need to permission.”

No matter how well you and your family get along, you can help reduce or avoid family conflicts over inheritances by taking action now. "Do it now" concept.

Early and good communication can help avoid misunderstandings, surprises and conflicts over inheritances. It may be best to start talking about your goals and plans with your family members (including in laws in some cases).

In an effort to not leave the county without a leader, a contract for Larry Werner to be the Douglas County Manager for one year will be voted on by commissioners Thursday.

Lenny Chappell, a longtime Carson City businessman and former chairman of the Carson City Downtown Business Association (DBA), waived his right to a preliminary examination in Carson City Municipal Justice Court Friday, pleading guilty to charges of embezzlement and theft.

The Cruz campaign for president has accelerated beyond cruise control and ahead of the state’s First in the West caucus on Feb. 23 as a handful of informal meetings led by Nevada Attorney G ...

Michael Fondi, a former Nevada First District Court Judge in Carson City, died at his home this morning, according to Fitzhenry’s Funeral Home. He was 78.

Fondi had been in home hospice care when he died, said Fitzhenry’s General Manager and Funeral Director Jim Smolenski. No funeral arrangements have been made at this time and will be forthcoming.

Tickets for TEDx Carson City 2016 with the theme, Creating the Community you Want to Live In, will go on sale Monday.

Organizer Gina Hill said the goal for Carson City’s TEDx is to unite listeners in a common vision of creating a community that all would want to live in. She hopes it is transformational.

Attorney General Adam Laxalt — and his opponents — could get more than bargained for in his appeal of Carson District Judge James Wilson’s preliminary injunction blocking the release of school voucher ...

Attorney General Adam Laxalt and Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison issued a joint statement on Thursday effectively agreeing to bury the hatchet in their dispute over Hutchison’s lawsuit seeking dismissal of ...

In a survey by the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, "71 percent of care managers surveyed said financial abuse and/or exploitation of the elderly is a growing problem."

It seems about 1 in 5 folks age 65 or older have been victimized by financial fraud. The National Council on Aging said "over 90 percent of reported elder abuse is committed by the older person's own family members."

The Nevada Attorney General‘s office has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit by Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison’s law firm on behalf of parents who Hutchison says have been left in limbo by challenges to the ...

In an astonishing legal brief filed today, Attorney General Adam Laxalt accuses Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison of lawyerly misbehavior and asks a judge to dismiss a school choice lawsuit Hutchison filed over the holidays.

A day after reports surfaced of a telephone scam hitting Carson City residents involving a "local" firefighter's association collecting money for charity, the Nevada Attorney General warned of yet another scam on Tuesday, this time where callers pose as representatives of the “state” attorney general or U.S. Department of Treasury.

Another phone scam is making its way around Carson City. The latest involves a telephone number with a 775 area code and an Incline Village prefix in which the perpetrator says he’s collecting money on behalf of the association of firefighters.

The last legislative session provided for changes in the Nevada trust laws and the governor signed the bill June 10. The main goal was to change the basic estate planning trust so the ultimate beneficiaries pay less income tax.

A trust is decanted when the trustee distributes assets from the first or original trust to a new, different trust, with different terms. You can decant wine by pouring the wine from the old, original bottle to a new bottle, leaving behind any sediment in the old bottle.