Retail gas prices nearing summer highs
Retail gas prices nearing summer highs Staff Writer Retail gas prices are spiking to levels last seen in the heat of summer driving season, raising fears that consumers could cut back on holiday...
View ArticleChromalloy lays off 91 Carson City positions
Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation in Carson City has eliminated 12 full time and 79 contract employees, for a total of 91 people who have gotten their pink slips, officials confirmed today. "To remain...
View ArticleTahoe agency approves Boulder Bay project
NEWS RELEASE — In a board room still crowded following a 12-hour hearing, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board voted to approve the Boulder Bay Community Enhancement Project. Four years...
View ArticleBusinesses react to high gas prices, biodiesel competitive
As the cost of regular gasoline in Carson Valley approaches $4 a gallon, local businesses are reacting differently to a volatile marketplace where uncertainty itself seems the one stable commodity. .....
View ArticleGas leak in South Lake Tahoe forces 2-block evacuation of Highway 50
South Lake Tahoe fire and police departments responded to a gas leak Monday night which forced the outside evacuation of at least a two block area of Highway 50 from Fairway to Herbert. Lakeland...
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Outdoors with Don Q: Take a summer vacation at Great Basin National Park
By Don Quilici Here is a suggestion if you would like to take an mid-summer vacation at an out-of-the-way location, right here in the state of Nevada. If you are interested, did you know that our...
View ArticleAnti-fracking Suit Tries to Block Nevada Drilling
By Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A rural Nevada group is asking a federal judge to block the sale of oil and gas leases they say will be used for hydraulic fracturing and other development that...
View ArticleKings Beach woman arrested on suspicion of third DUI
A 22-year-old Kings Beach woman was arrested Sunday on a felony charge of third offense DUI after Carson City sheriff's deputies who were at the scene of a traffic accident on Highway 50 said she...
View ArticleRobber hits another Carson gas station
For the second time in two weeks, a man armed with a crowbar robbed a
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Nevada gas prices notch first monthly drop since September
Prices within Nevada vary slightly. Las Vegas has an average of $3.67 while Henderson and North Las Vegas average $3.69 per gallon. Reno and Sparks each average $3.77, Carson City averages $3.73 and...
View ArticleNDOT Begins Field Test Of Car Tracking Technology For Potential New Tax
The Nevada Department of Transportation says technology it is testing to track car mileage as part of a potential new tax system would not violate drivers’ privacy. NDOT is in the second phase of a...
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Outdoors with Don Q: Escaping Carson City in the wintertime
By Don Quilici For the last several years, Elaine and I have fled Carson City for a short time in the month of February to escape the seemingly, unending cold, snow and ice of our area in the...
View ArticleCarson City men face reckless driving charges after drag race
Two 18-year-old Carson City men were arrested Monday and face misdemeanor reckless driving charges for drag racing through the east side of town.Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies patrolling the...
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Outdoors with Don Q: Escaping from winter to a tropical paradise
By Don Quilici If you're getting tired of our winter cold, frost, ice and snow (what little we have received so far), you might want to consider a vacation trip to Hawaii.Elaine and I, our son Jim,...
View ArticleThe Case For Cuts: After Criticism, Many Defend Governor’s Budget
CARSON CITY – They speak of limbs hacked off, death and guts. In a war of words, critics of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $5.8 billion budgethavelambasted his proposed cuts to K-12, higher education and health...
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Federal Cut To Energy Assistance Program Means Thousands Of Nevadans...
CARSON CITY – Thousands of Nevada residents who rely on financial assistance to pay their power bills likely won’t get help this year because of federal funding cuts, a state agency reported today....
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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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Carson City authorities seek ID of burglary suspect
Carson City Sheriff's Office The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a series of residential burglaries that occurred between August 13 and August 16. During each burglary jewelry,...
View ArticleSept. 4 consumer session in Carson City for proposed NV Energy rate hikes
A consumer session is set for Wednesday, Sept. 4, in Carson City to hear public comment regarding NV Energy’s application to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada that would, if approved, hike...
View ArticleNatural Gas rates likely to rise 9% in near future
Southwest Gas, seeking to legally recover the higher wholesale price of natural gas it pays, will be asking the State Public Utilities Commission to grant it a 9% rate increase on all of its customers...
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