WNC Offers Class to Help Substitute Teachers
Western Nevada College Substitute teachers can learn insight into providing a more successful classroom environment for their students through two hands-on classes offered this spring at Western...
View ArticleCarson Middle School Jazz Band Headed to Festival
By Lee Weber Koch More than 300 middle and high school musicians will perform during the 14th annual Jazz in the Schools program on Saturday, February 1, 2014 in Nightingale Concert Hall at the...
View ArticleFire at Lake Tahoe's north shore concerns Carson City fire officials as...
By Jeff Munson Hours after an early morning fire at Lake Tahoe's north shore chewed about a half-acre on Forest Service land, a man in the Prison Hill area of Carson City lit some paper on fire to...
View ArticleCarson City fire and rescue respond to three car accident with injuries
Four people suffered non-life threatening injuries in a three-car accident early tonight in 2600 block of South Edmonds in Carson City. Air bags were deployed on all three vehicles. Ambulances were...
View ArticleCarson City Sheriff's Office holds on-air morning training exercise
The Carson City Sheriff's Office will hold a Communications Division exercise between 7 and 8 a.m. this morning. The radio transmissions that will go out over Carson City radio frequencies will be...
View ArticleFree workshop in traditional Chinese dance with Nevada Arts Council artist
There will be a free workshop in traditional Chinese dance with Nevada Arts Council artist Xian Na Carlson on Monday, Jan. 27, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, 511 West...
View ArticleCarson City road report for week of Jan. 27 to Feb. 2
Carson City Public Works provides this road report weekly. The following information applies to the period of Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, 2014.Utility work will continue in the shoulder of the east side of...
View ArticleNevada leads nation in secondhand smoke exposure
Steve Timko, Reno Gazette-Journal More than two-thirds of adult Nevadans are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke, the highest rate in the nation, according to a federal study.In fact, the No. 2 state...
View ArticleColumn: Keeping cool when it comes to aggressive tailgaters and road trolls
Sgt. Scott McDaniel As our roadways become more and more congested, it seems that some drivers become more aggressive in their driving habits. I am sure everyone has come across an aggressive driver....
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Change in the weather coming? Forecasters say maybe
By Jeff Munson While we've enjoyed sunny skies and warm temperatures thus far this winter, the dry conditions are a concern among many, especially water surveyors and firefighters. Ski resorts at Lake...
View ArticleNevada jobless figures fall to 8.8 percent in December, Carson City sees...
While unemployment fell to 8.8 percent statewide in December, the lowest since November 2008, the jobless rate in Carson City climbed from 9.1 to 9.3 percent, according to Nevada’s Department of...
View ArticleWNC offers class to help substitute teachers
Western Nevada College Substitute teachers can learn insight into providing a more successful classroom environment for their students through two hands-on classes offered this spring at Western...
View ArticleNevada workers’ compensation loss costs see small increase in 2014
CARSON CITY – Many Nevada employers will see a small increase in the premiums they pay for workers’ compensation insurance this year. The average premium increase in the voluntary market will be about...
View ArticleIt's Your City with FISH director Jim Peckham
This week's It's Your City is with Jim Peckham, executive director of Friends in Service Helping, otherwise known as FISH, located in Carson City.FISH provides food, shelter, clothing and access to...
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Outdoors with Don Q: Drought poses serious problems this summer if snowpack...
By Don Quilici While the short-term forecast shows a change this week from the overall stubborn pattern of warm and dry conditions over the region, the drought for this part of the far west is severe...
View ArticleCarson City deputies make felony battery, drug arrests during weekend patrol
A Carson City man was arrested Sunday and faces a felony charge of domestic battery with strangulation. Jermaine Jordan, 28, is being held on $18,137 bail. According to the arrest report, Carson City...
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WNC Wildcats baseball ranked 14th by NJCAA; season opener Friday in Phoenix
Western Nevada College The National Junior College Athletic Association has named Western Nevada College to its Top 20 preseason baseball poll.WNC's Carson City team is ranked 14th in the poll, which...
View ArticlePrescribed fires at Lake Tahoe to begin ahead of coming storms
If predicted rain and snow arrives this week, U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will resume prescribed fire operations in several locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin beginning Tuesday....
View ArticleSchool shootings, gun control and you
By Gary Brady-Herndon Thirteen months ago, Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and killed twenty students and six members of the school’s staff. Earlier, Lanza shot...
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Search continues for armed burglary suspect following Monday night car chase
UPDATE TUESDAY 9AM: The search continues this morning for a man who led Carson City sheriff's deputies on a vehicle chase near the Prison Hill area. Both detectives and deputies continued the search...
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