Lake Tahoe Mobility 2035 Transportation Plan approval brings emission...
By Jeff Cowen Along with the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update, Mobility 2035, which is the Lake Tahoe Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy, was also approved by regional...
View ArticleAuto crashes take on a building and a school bus at opposite ends of town
Emergency crews responded during the 2pm hour Wednesday afternoon to a report of a car into a medical building at 844 West Nye, Dr. Palazollo’s Optometrist Office. An 84 year old woman said she pulled...
View ArticleA free test drive will get the girls CHS Basketball team some tall dollars...
(Click image to play video) Capital Ford is trying to put $6,000 into the Carson High School Girls Basketball Team this weekend. And all Carson City residents have to do is head down to the fundraiser...
View ArticleNHP issues nearly 12,000 cell phone-related distracted driving traffic citations
By Chuck Allen Troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol issued nearly 12,000 traffic citations to motorists observed talking, texting or reading non-voice communication while operating a motor vehicle...
View ArticleCarson City man detained after tear gas dropped inside barricaded home
UPDATE: Carson City authorities used tear gas to detain a man dressed in a black sweater who had barricaded himself inside a home near Silver Sage and Roventini Way. John Vallerio, 22, was taken into...
View ArticleNV Energy cuts electric, gas rates
Effective today, NV Energy is cutting its overall electric rates by 2.43 percent for Northern Nevada customers and decreasing overall natural-gas rates by 10.72 percent for Reno-Sparks customers. W...
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Outdoors with Don Q: Things you need to know about ice fishing
By Don Quilici With the arrival of winter weather in this area, we certainly have plenty of water frozen on our creeks, streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and reservoirs. And, that ice covering effectively...
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State Contractors Seek Support To Preserve Highway Funding Revenue For Road...
Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY– About $87 million in state taxes that could be parlayed into 10 times as much to pay for critical road improvements are ready to flow to the state...
View ArticleNevada gas prices drop 11 cents in a month
Carson City's average price is $3.55, a 17-cent drop, and Elko's average is $3.82, a 3-cent decrease. AAA said the price decreases might be slowing as demand increases. “Increased demand for gasoline...
View ArticleLake Tahoe fire agency advises to celebrate the holidays safely
By Tia Rancourt The winter holidays are a time for celebration with family and friends, and that means more cooking, entertaining, home decorating and an increased risk of home fires due to increased...
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Carson City sheriff: Burglary suspects were in stolen Jeep Cherokee
UPDATE 3:50PM: Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong provides an update regarding two suspects who remain at large after a burglary this morning in the 4700 block of Old Clear Creek Road.At approximately 4...
View ArticleCarson City fire restrictions in place
With a heat wave developing throughout the region, the Carson City Fire Department has now implemented fire restrictions on city and privately owned lands within Carson City, according to the city's...
View ArticleSouthwest Gas alerts customers to scammers posing as utility employees
Southwest Gas is warning customers about a number of individuals who have posed themselves as utility employees in the Carson City area. In a news release the utility noted that employees always wear a...
View ArticleCarson City road construction report through Jan. 23
Here is the road construction and maintenance report for the Carson City area, beginning Monday and lasting through Jan. 23. Clearview Drive will be closed between Edmonds Drive and Line Drive in...
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Woman slams car into pedestrian, gas station in South Lake Tahoe
A woman is in custody and a pedestrian was flown by air ambulance from South Lake Tahoe this afternoon after a hit and run accident that happened on 12th and Emerald Bay Road near James Street shortly...
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Bill Would Regulate Use of Hydraulic Fracturing
Jeri Chadwell, Nevada Media Alliance CARSON CITY — The Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining met Thursday to discuss a bill that would require the development of a program to...
View Article2011 Nevada Day Parade Results
Staff Writer Parade Chair AwardPinkerton Ballet TheatreService Clubs1. Carson City Sunset Rotary2. Lions Clubs InternationalCommercial/Industrial1. Home Instead Senior Care and Southwest Gas Corp....
View ArticleCarson Ctiy road report for Jan. 30 to Feb. 5
Due to a project to complete a new north-south water transmission line on the east side of Carson City, there will be utility work in the roundabout at Fairview Drive and E. Fifth Street on weekdays...
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Nevada Taxpayer’s Association Cites Concerns With Teachers’ Margin Tax Petition
Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY– The Nevada Taxpayer’s Association has identified several concerns with an initiative petition to impose a margin tax on Nevada businesses filed by the...
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Outdoors with Don Q: The last big outdoor weekend of the summer
By Don Quilici Labor Day weekend, Friday Aug. 30 through Monday Sept. 2, is just around the corner and for many it will be the last big outdoor adventure of 2013. So, where to go on that weekend?Well,...
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