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Suspect in Reno killing of Carson man arrested in California
Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 4:59pmArturo Bolanos was arrested in Shasta County, Calif., today on a Nevada warrant charging murder and three counts of attempted murder in the killing of Macario Ortiz Jr., 28. Bolanos, 25, alleged...
Birth Announcements Oct. 9
Submitted by admin on Sun, 10/09/2011 - 4:01amCarson Tahoe Regional Medical Center:To Bailey Wilson and Irvin Jim Jr., of Carson City, a son, Dylan Gene Wilson, born Sept. 21, 2011, weighing 9 pounds, 7 ounces.To Leanne and Todd Bishop of Cars...
The Music Man, Jr.
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 8:03amJoin the Brewery Arts Center’s, BAC Stage Kids, for a heartwarming presentation of Music Man Jr. With some of our community’s established and up and coming young talent, this production is sure to offer an entertaining and energetic experience for audiences of all ages, in just the right length. Two shows, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are available at www.breweryarts.org or by calling 775-883-1976.
The Music Man, Jr.
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 7:57amJoin the Brewery Arts Center’s, BAC Stage Kids, for a heartwarming presentation of Music Man Jr. With some of our community’s established and up and coming young talent, this production is sure to offer an entertaining and energetic experience for audiences of all ages, in just the right length. Two shows, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are available at www.breweryarts.org or by calling 775-883-1976.
The Music Man, Jr.
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 7:55amJoin the Brewery Arts Center’s, BAC Stage Kids, for a heartwarming presentation of Music Man Jr. With some of our community’s established and up and coming young talent, this production is sure to offer an entertaining and energetic experience for audiences of all ages, in just the right length.
Tickets are available at www.breweryarts.org or by calling 775-883-1976
Fishing report through Sept. 6
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:46pmBy Don Quilici
Here is the fishing report for the week of Aug. 31 through Sept. 6. The report covers rivers, streams and lakes in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon.
Tahoe planning agency charts clear path for regional update
Submitted by editor on Fri, 08/26/2011 - 2:42pmBy Jeff Cowan
To streamline the review and deliberation of items crucial to the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board on Wednesday chartered a new committee to focus on update of the Plan.
The formation of this committee comes on the heels of the annual Lake Tahoe Summit where federal and state representatives urged swift completion of the plan update.
Pilot Hero 'Sully' Sullenberger to Discuss Thunderbird Preservation; tickets now available
Submitted by editor on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 4:00amCaptain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot who calmly and heroically landed his jetliner on New York’s Hudson River saving all 155 passengers and crew on board, will speak in Incline Village at a benefit for the Thunderbird Preservation Society on Saturday, Sept. 3.
The man who redefined “hero” on January 15, 2009, will discuss the importance of core values, including the preservation of vintage Americana – specifically Lake Tahoe’s historic Thunderbird Lodge and Yacht.
Summer transition to fall at South Lake Tahoe with events beginning Labor Day weekend
Submitted by editor on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 5:08pmBefore summer segues to fall, Tahoe South will celebrate a Labor Day last call: an amped-up holiday weekend of non-stop activities on and off the water including a food and wine festival, sternwheeler race, outdoor and showroom concerts and a fireworks extravaganza.
LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Man guilty in misdemeanor manslaughter case
Submitted by admin on Sat, 08/13/2011 - 4:01amA Carson City man was found guilty Friday of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a September 2010 wrong-way fatal accident on South Carson Street. Kevin Ward Massey Jr., 19, was given a suspended...
High school rock band regroups after connecting on Facebook
Submitted by editor on Fri, 07/22/2011 - 11:39amBlackbane, a nine-member Lassen High School alumni rock band who began the group's first incarnation nearly 30 years ago, will play together again this weekend at Black Tangerine in Reno, after reconnecting on Facebook.
"None of this would have happened if it weren't for Facebook," said Joe Moody, drummer and one of three members of the original band, Rocksalt. "I stayed in touch, playing over the years with a couple of the guys, but there were other members who had fallen off the face of the earth."
Ghost walk among the haunted in Carson City on Saturday
Submitted by editor on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 5:51pmBy the Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau
Aberrations await and spirits linger during a two-hour walking tour July 23, Aug. 20 and Sept. 24 through the historic district of Carson City.
History and storytelling are the orders of the day on this tour through Victorian-style homes and neighborhoods, where reality and legend come together, leaving ghost walkers to wonder what is truth and what is fiction.
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park extends tour schedule through June 30
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 7:46pmBy the Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
This is a final reminder that the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park is extending its tour schedule through June 30. After that date, Nevada State Parks will discontinue its operation of the park.
Moview Review: 'X Men: First Class' a hot and heavy fantasy film
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sun, 06/12/2011 - 1:23pmI missed a couple of the "X Man" interations so I can't offer much in the way of comparisons, but world opening audience size was down from the last version. That said, 'X Man: First Class," now screening at the Fandango Galaxy multiplex in Carson City, is a film of its times, a melange of fast cuts, amazing technology which reveals its comic-book birthright with fantasy and some fact.
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park extends tour schedule
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 06/07/2011 - 9:49pmBy the Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
This is a reminder that the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park is extending its tour schedule through June 30. After that date, Nevada State Parks will discontinue its operation of the park.
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park tours extended through June 30
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 9:22amBy the Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
The Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park is extending its tour schedule through June 30. After that date, Nevada State Parks will discontinue its operation of the park.
NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet May 14 in Reno
Submitted by editor on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 3:14pmBy Andrew Barbano
Rev. Onie Cooper and Dr. Milton Glick will be remembered at the Reno-Sparks NAACP's 66th Annual Freedom Fund Awards Banquet on Saturday, May 14, 2011, at the Atlantis Resort in Reno. Reception begins at 6:00 p.m. with dinner at 7:00 p.m. in the hotel's Grand Ballroom.
The keynote address will be delivered by retired City of Reno Assistant Chief of Police Ondra (pronounced like the French "Andre") Berry. He currently serves as a colonel in the Nevada Air National Guard and is a partner in a consulting firm.
Wild Horse stages musical version of 'Ugly Duckling'
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 05/05/2011 - 4:01amWild Horse Children's Theater presents "Honk! Jr.," beginning Friday. The award-winning musical, written by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, transforms Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale of ...
DIEZ: Carson City racer wins at Reno-Fernley Raceway
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sat, 04/30/2011 - 4:01amLocal drivers fared well at Reno-Fernley Raceway's season opener last Saturday night. Vuki Wilson Jr. of Carson City took the checker in the Hardtop Meteor (the division formerly known as Dwarf car...
Poachers Plead Guilty
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 04/19/2011 - 7:00pmBy Joe Doucette
In late March, Donald Lee Scarrow Jr. and Roger Lynn Sievers, entered a plea agreement for one count each of unlawful possession of big game animal (mule Deer), a gross misdemeanor as defined by NRS 501.376(4) and NRS 501.376 (5).
The two men had 2009 mule deer tags for hunt units 071-079,091.
A picture was obtained by Idaho Game and Fish of Scarrow posing with the Trophy class mule deer buck that he had harvested.
This photo was circulating on the internet in November of 2009.
OurTown: Wildhorse Children's Theater Company
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 10:52amDirector Carol Scott talks about their new show, Honk, Jr. at the Northern Nevada Children's Museum, premiering May 6.
Fishing report for the week of April 6-13
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 04/06/2011 - 6:00amHere is the Northern Nevada, Northern California and Sierra Fishing Report
For the week of April 6-13:
California attorney Clement Shute appointed to TRPA board
Submitted by editor on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 6:03pmAlameda attorney E. Clement Shute, Jr., was appointed today by California Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board.
Shute is a founding partner of Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP where he has represented numerous environmental organizations, including the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, since 1980, according to the governor's office.
Previously, Shute was a deputy and assistant attorney general for the California Attorney General’s Office from 1964 to 1980 and was in charge of the Environment and Consumer Protection Section from 1975 to 1980.
Pair sought on child luring charges arrested in Oregon
Submitted by editor on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 3:47pmUPDATE 8:10PM: Two suspects wanted by Douglas authorities on three counts of Luring a Child under the age of 14 were arrested in Oregon tonight.
Angela Koontz, 26, and her 34-year-old husband George Redmon Jr. were arrested and will be extradited back to Nevada, said Douglas County Sgt. Jim Halsey.
Douglas authorities had suspected the couple learned of warrants for their arrest and fled the county. A Secret Witness alert had been issued earlier this afternoon.
Workers, students rally Monday at Western Nevada College in Carson City to remember Martin Luther King Jr.
Submitted by editor on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 11:24pm(Press Release) College campuses in Carson City and Las Vegas will host Nevada's portion of a national unity rally on Monday, April 4, the 43rd anniversary that marks the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The northern Nevada event begins at 4:30 p.m. at Rotary Plaza on the campus of Western Nevada College in Carson City.
Carson City man arrested; allegedly attempts to cash fake checks
Submitted by editor on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 11:45pmA Carson City man faces felony fraud charges after he was arrested for allegedly attempting to cash counterfeit checks at a casino on Wednesday.
Donald Paul Jackson Jr., 27, is being held in Carson City Jail on $27,500 bail. According the arrest report, officers were called to a casino in the 3800 block of Highway 50 East in reference to a suspicious subject attempting to cash counterfeit checks.
Wild Horse Children's Theater Presents 'Honk! Jr.'
Submitted by editor on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 3:50amWild Horse Children’s Theater presents 'Honk! Jr' the award-winning musical that transformed Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale of the Ugly Duckling into a modern musical comedy appropriate for everyone in the family.
Final reminder of elk calling championships
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 8:41amBy the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
This is a final reminder that amateur and professional elk callers from across the United States will converge on Reno for the RMEF/Leupold World Elk Calling Championships, March 4-5, 2011.
Preliminary rounds begin March 4 at 9:00 a.m., and championship rounds begin March 5 at 9:00 a.m., at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center. The championships are a centerpiece of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s annual Elk Camp & Hunting, Fishing and Outdoor Expo.
Reminder of World elk calling championships on March 04-05
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 02/23/2011 - 4:14pmBy the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
This is a reminder that amateur and professional elk callers from across the United States will converge on Reno for the RMEF/Leupold World Elk Calling Championships, March 4-5, 2011.
Preliminary rounds begin March 4 at 9:00 a.m., and championship rounds begin March 5 at 9:00 a.m., at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center.
The championships are a centerpiece of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s annual Elk Camp & Hunting, Fishing and Outdoor Expo.
World elk calling championships on March 4-5
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 1:08amBy The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Amateur and professional elk callers from across the United States will converge on Reno for the RMEF/Leupold World Elk Calling Championships, March 4-5, 2011.
Preliminary rounds begin March 4 at 9:00 a.m., and championship rounds begin March 5 at 9:00 a.m., at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center. The championships are a centerpiece of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s annual Elk Camp & Hunting, Fishing and Outdoor Expo.