Highway 50 repaving project east from Carson City to Moundhouse begins
Road work has begun on Highway 50 between Carson City and Moundhouse as part of a Nevada Department of Transportation project to repave and enhance the highway.The approximately $6 million project by...
View ArticleWhat Is Common Core, and Who Cares?
By Ron Knecht What is Common Core (CC) and why should you care?Its proponents say CC is merely a set of standards for kindergarten through twelfth-grade education developed by disinterested and...
View ArticleFive Things to Know About the Nevada Primary
By Associated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada voters have one final chance, after two weeks of early voting, to narrow the field ahead of November's general election. Polls open at 7 a.m. and...
View ArticleFAA Clears Nevada for First Drone Test Site Flight
By Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Nevada to begin flying drones at a southern Nevada airport as part of nationwide research into unmanned aerial...
View ArticleTight GOP Race for Lt. Governor Tops Nevada Primary
By Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Republicans are heading to the polls to pick nominees in hotly contested primary elections for lieutenant governor and the 4th Congressional District.Read...
View ArticleSandoval Names New Chief of Staff
By Sean Whaley, Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Monday that Mike Willden, director of the state Department of Health and Human Services, will be his new chief of staff...
View ArticleCafe at Adele's Receives Two Top Honors, Other Carson Businesses Also Recognized
By Karel C. Ancona, Photo Courtesy of Nevada Business Magaz Café at Adele’s in Carson city recently received a Certificate of Excellence as one of TripAdvisor ‘s 2014 winners and was also recognized...
View ArticleAccomplished swimmer, NCAA All American Hardt named Carson Tigersharks head...
Dr. Julie Hardt has been named the new head coach of the Carson Tigersharks. A Carson City resident, Hardt graduated from Carson High School and was a Tigersharks team member for years. An accomplished...
View ArticleColumn: 'Rich' folks paid more tax in 2013
By John R. Bullis Some high earning individuals were surprised when they got their 2013 Individual Income Tax Return. They paid more taxes in 2013 than they did on the same income in 2012. Several...
View ArticleMan with felony warrants jailed for giving Carson City deputy the wrong name
A 20-year-old man was arrested Monday on multiple felony charges including two warrants, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said. Cahner Stephen Yews, of Gardnerville, was taken into custody at 11:16 a.m....
View ArticleForest Service veteran Irene Davidson named Carson District Ranger
Irene Davison, a 23-year veteran of the U.S. Forest Service, has been named Carson District Ranger of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest."Davison will be a tremendous addition to the Carson Ranger...
View ArticleDowntown 2020 Meeting Planned; Everyone is Invited
By Doreen Mack/Downtown 2020 President Wednesday June, 18, 5:30 p.m. at Sassafras in plan B, the Downtown 2020 group is having a membership meeting and you are invited. We are all about creating a...
View ArticleCarson City voters take to the polls
Today is Primary Day in Carson City and it is also Carson City Clerk-Recorder Alan Glover's birthday.The 65-year-old elections chief, former five-term Nevada Assemblyman and later a Nevada State...
View ArticleCome Be a Part of Continuing the Legacy of Two Community Leaders
Event Date: June 18, 2014 - 5:30pm Doreen Mack, Downtown 2020 president There is no one in this world that is going to get out alive, and every now and then we are hit in the gut with this reality.In...
View ArticleWestern Nevada College Peace Officer Academy honors 19 cadets
By Steve Yingling The Western Nevada State Peace Officer Academy at Western Nevada College honored 19 students Tuesday, preparing them for careers in law enforcement and other criminal justice...
View ArticleServices for former Carson City Mayor Marv Teixeira will be Friday, June 20
A celebration of life for former Carson City Mayor Marv Teixeira will be Friday, June 20, 11:30 a.m. at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church, 3000 North Lompa Lane in Carson City. Teixeira died June 5,...
View ArticleCarson City primary election results
9 p.m.: Results for contested local races. Carson City results are final. Still awaiting results from Washoe and other counties for Assembly and Senate races. Carson City SheriffKenny Furlong - 5,320...
View ArticleSchmidt files countersuit against Kieckhefer, seeks in excess of $10K
State senate candidate Gary Schmidt has filed a countersuit against his opponent in today's Republican primary, state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno.Kieckhefer first moved their campaign into the...
View ArticleNevada Incumbent Legislators Survive Challenges
By Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Incumbent Nevada statehouse Republicans beat back challenges from the party's right wing in Tuesday's party primaries, even as one controversial conservative GOP...
View ArticleNevada Congressional Primaries Set Up Fall Battles
By Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Establishment-backed Cresent Hardy defeated former tea party strategist Niger Innis in the Republican primary Tuesday, ending Nevada's liveliest congressional...
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