Carson City's Cracker Box restaurant honored for the second year by Trip Advisor
Carson City’s Cracker Box has received the Tripadvisor.com Award of Excellence for 2014. The award recognizes restaurants that consistently receive high ratings from travelers and that rank in the top...
View ArticleWNC College for Kids offers two weeks of youth day camps
Western Nevada College Looking for summer activities for Carson City youth? Western Nevada College has added a College for Kids camp during the last two weeks of July. Two weeklong sessions are...
View ArticleRegional chili competitions to spice up Carson City in July
Whether you like yours bold, spicy and zesty; hot, mild or medium with a kick, you won't want to miss the International Chili Society’s High Sierra Regional Chili Cookoff and Nevada Captial Chili...
View ArticleA Taste of Downtown Is a Taste of Success
By Kyle Kunz The 21st annual Taste of Downtown kicked off Saturday evening and continued early into Sunday morning in Carson City. From Fifth Street on the event covered 13 city blocks, packing the...
View Article2014 winners of 21st annual Taste of Downtown Carson City
Here are the winners of the 21st annual Taste of Downtown Carson City. Saturday's event, which brought thousands to the downtown area and had more than 40 restaurants represented in the mix, was the...
View ArticleNew McDonald's plays host to employees, friends, family
By T. Costa The McDonald's on Winnie Lane and Carson Street opened its doors early for a special crowd - the friends and families of its 70 new employees.Sunday evening found the new facility packed...
View ArticleGroup Seeks to Expand Gun Sale Background Checks
By Associated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A group has filed an initiative petition with the secretary of state's office to expand background checks to nearly all gun sales in Nevada.Read the rest...
View ArticleOil, Gas Project OK’d on Nevada Sage Grouse Land
By Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal land managers have approved an oil and gas project involving hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in a portion of northeast Nevada identified by state...
View ArticleFeds to Help Keep Sage Grouse Off Endangered List
By Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Obama administration is launching an effort to accelerate protection of sage grouse along the California-Nevada line with $31 million in spending through 2024...
View ArticleElko-Area Mines Still Thrive Despite Continued Slide in Gold Prices
By Sean Whaley, Review-Journal ELKO — Nevada’s mining industry might be taking a hit right now because of low gold prices, but walk through this city on any weekday about 6 a.m. and you wouldn't know...
View ArticleCarson City detectives ask for help in identifying robbery suspects
Carson City Sheriff's Office detectives have asked for the public's help in identifying a pair suspected in a June 4 robbery. The event happened at 12:45 when the two, seen in the above photos, entered...
View ArticleKarson Kruzers seek judges for 30th Anniversary Run What-Cha-Brung
By Zina Donoho-King The Karson Kruzers' 30th Annual Run-What-Cha-Brung car show is this weekend, June 27-28, and you can become a part of this fun event without entering a vehicle.The Kruzers need...
View ArticleWhat Works: Gratitude Brings Abundance
By Diane Dye Hansen There are several places in this great area of ours that bring me peace and joy. These sacred places pump joy into my body faster than anything. When I am hiking a trail with a...
View ArticleCarson City sheriff's deputies busy with weekend DUI, felony and misdemeanor...
Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies kept busy over the weekend, making several arrests for DUI, domestic abuse, theft and felony child neglect and drug-related charges. Those arrested and facing...
View ArticleCapital Crossfire: Solace for Our Soldiers and The State of Veterans Affairs
This week's Capital Crossfire is a discussion of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Hosts Karl Neathammer and Shelly Aldean interview two people familiar with the affliction. Guests are Former Nevada Army...
View ArticleKarson Kruzers 30th Anniversary 'RUN WHAT-CHA-BRUNG'
By Proud Karson Kruzer, Zina Donoho-King The Karson Kruzers will be hosting their 30th annual "Run What-Cha-Brung" car show at Fuji Park Fairgrounds in Carson City on June 28 with the "kick-off" being...
View ArticleCarson City Classic Cinema Club presents Yankee Doodle Dandy
Come enjoy Warner Brothers' 1942 classic patriotic musical "Yankee Doodle Dandy" depicting the life of George M. Cohan, starring James Cagney. Trivia and movie discussion precedes the film, which runs...
View Article'Following in Their Footsteps' tour takes Carson City man to Italy
By Ken Beaton Easy Company, 506th parachute infantry regiment, 101st Airborne Division was not the only band of brothers. Most of the 16 million men who served our country during WW II became closer...
View ArticleCarson City man identified in airplane crash last week near Lake Mead
Tovin Lapan, Las Vegas Sun The Clark County Coroner’s Office has identified two people — Troy Saxton-Getty Jr., 48, of Carson City, and Natalie Jimenez, 28, of Overton — who died in a plane crash...
View ArticleLake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival season begins July 11 with 'As You Like It'
Imagine enjoying extraordinary entertainment alongside family and friends while sitting under the stars on the sandy white beach of Sand Harbor State Park with the indescribable beauty of Lake Tahoe in...
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