Fatal accidents in Nevada decline in 2009
(Click image to play video) Call it stepped up law enforcement, higher gas prices, or the recession erupting in full fury, but the fatal accident rate in Nevada dropped quite a bit last year.
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With $3.54 average, Nevada's gas prices among nation's lowest
Reno's average gas price is $3.61, a 16-cent decrease from June, Sparks is averaging $3.64, a 13-cent drop, and Carson City is at $3.55, an 18-cent drop. Elko has the highest average in the state:...
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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Outdoors with Don Q: What you need to know about ice fishing
By Don Quilici With the bitter January cold weather in the Sierra behind us, we do have plenty of water frozen on our creeks, streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and reservoirs. And that ice covering...
View ArticleFire restrictions go into effect tomorrow
BLM Seasonal drying conditions, increasing daytime temperatures and a number of human-caused fires have prompted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District Office and the Nevada...
View ArticleChromalloy investing $6 million to improve Carson City plant
An extensive renovation of Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLCs' Arrowhead Drive facility in Carson City will result in greatly improved operating efficiency and lower turnaround times that could open doors to...
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$27.6 Million Contract Will Bring High Tech Kiosks To Grocery Stores For DMV...
CARSON CITY – The state Board of Examiners today approved a 10-year, $27.6 million contract to install kiosks in grocery stores statewide where Nevadans will be able to renew car registrations, extend...
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South Lake Tahoe authorities make arrest in 31-year murder case of Richard...
A Carmichael, Calif., man has been arrested in the 31-year-old murder case of Richard Swanson, South Lake Tahoe police report. On March 28, 2012 Andrew Sanford, 50, of Carmichael, was arrested and...
View ArticleFirefighters clamp cut gas line at Arrowhead Drive
Carson City firefighters responded this morning to the 2400 block of Arrowhead Drive after a report of a backhoe that cut into a gas service line. Firefighters were called to the area at around 10 a.m....
View ArticleRetail 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 ArticleAuto insurance bill would hit 40 percent of Nevada motorists
State lawmakers are debating whether the minimum auto liability coverage Nevada drivers need to carry should be raised for the first time since 1954. Assemblyman William Horne (D-Dist. A34) says some...
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Outdoors with Don Q: Stunning fall colors and fantastic trout fishing
By Don Quilici Elaine and I just returned from a fabulous, four-day, three-night visit to the Sierra Nevada, just west of Bishop, Calif. I highly recommend that each and every one of you duplicate our...
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Memories of the Nevada 10-In-10 challenge
By Don Quilici The newspaper headline on page one on Aug. 15, 2002 said it all:“They made it!” Yes, they did! And, they did it in record-setting style. Four athletes, who are personal friends of...
View ArticleGibbons frets about gas prices
CARSON CITY, Nev (AP) — Gov. Jim Gibbons says gas prices are up as much as 50 cents from just one month ago in tourist-dependent Nevada and other states in the West, and he wants to know why.
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...
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Clean Energy Summit Sparks Political Events, Debate Over Government Role In...
Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY– With U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s 5th annual National Clean Energy Summit set to kick off today in Las Vegas, the debate over alternative energy development and...
View ArticleA different idea for reusing Nugget Project report
I was going through old notes this morning, and found some scribbling I'd done about the old vacant Kmart on North Carson Street, sitting next to a printout of the Meridian Report on the feasibility of...
View ArticleCarson City gas prices drop an average of a nickel since August
Gas prices in Carson City appear to be about three cents higher a gallon than the statewide average of $2.84, as reported by monthly figures compiled by AAA. The good news is that capital city gas...
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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U.S. Chamber Study Highlights National, Nevada Economic Losses Due To Stalled...
CARSON CITY – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a first-of-its-kind economic study today identifying stalled energy projects – including 10 in Nevada – that are costing billions of dollars in lost...
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