Southwest Gas and Butler Gourmet Celebrates Summer
By Molly Moser Enjoy the first day of summer and Chamber Mixer with Southwest Gas and Butler Gourmet Meats June 20 at 5 P.M. Butler Gourmet Meats will be presenting a menu with some favorite summer...
View ArticleFishing report for April 11-17
Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, Lake Tahoe, the Sierra and Southern Oregon. This report is for the week of April 11-17, 2012. ANGEL...
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.
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Outdoors with Don Q: A special way to celebrate a special day
By Don Quilici Elaine and I just returned home from a special way to celebrate a special occasion. March 30 was our 10th wedding anniversary and we had wanted to do something out of the ordinary for...
View ArticleNevada gas prices hold steady from last month
Las Vegas Sun The Carson City area has the state's cheapest gas with an average price of $3.55 per gallon. Reno gas averages $3.66 per gallon, and Elko and Sparks tie for ...
View ArticleOutsider's View of Carson City
by Scott SchrantzFrom the Fever blog, on vacation from Philadelphia:Carson City was smaller and white trashier than I imagined it to be. The casinos were sad. Everything was a casino, in true Nevada...
View ArticleNevadans should see relief to high gas prices
Yun Long, Reno Gazette-Journal Gas prices across Nevada continue to rise in March, but relief is on the horizon. The average price for regular unleaded gasoline was $3.83 a gallon, according to the...
View ArticleNevada briefly
Nevada brieflyStaff Writer Girl dies after collapsing in Sparks SPARKS (AP) - School officials say a 13-year-old girl has died after collapsing at a Sparks middle school.A Reno newspaper reported on...
View ArticleCarson City railroad history celebrated with arrival of McKeen Motor Car V&T...
CARSON CITY — It was 'all aboard' the historic McKeen Motor Car V&T No. 22 on Sunday for dozens of railroad enthusiasts as the Nevada State Railroad Museum celebrated a milestone 100th anniversary...
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 to take over Carson Street, Arrowhead to Fairview, in July 2010
We’re finally getting an idea when all those big cars, trucks, vans and working vehicles will no longer rumble and rattle their way through our fledgling redeveloped downtown. It’s sometime in early...
View ArticleSupervisors Update – Thursday
A couple of local businesses were fined today for violating the law on selling alcohol to minors. Both stated it was accidental. The Eagle Gas station on South Carson was fined 500 dollars and ordered...
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NDOT begins field test of car tracking technology for potential new tax
RENO – 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...
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Trout fishing season opener at Alpine County's Heenan Lake
This is my annual reminder that a special window set aside for fishing begins on the Friday before Labor Day. Sept. 2, 2011 is the Opening Day of the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout fishing season at Heenan...
View ArticleCarson City is getting a huge Christmas gift (sort of) from Douglas County
An alert Carson City Public Works employee has uncovered a gas tax collection snafu that has sent hundreds of thousands of Carson City gas tax dollars mistakenly to Douglas County. Perhaps as much as...
View ArticleOpen House to address trails, roads, air travel and transit issues
Plans for air travel, the future of bike trails in the region and other transportation improvement issues will be the subject of a public open house, May 18 from 4-7 p.m., at the Nevada Legislative...
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Alpine County's Heenan Lake opens Friday for fishing
By Don Quilici This is a reminder that a special trout fishing season will open on the Friday before Labor Day. August 31, 2012 is the Opening Day of the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout fishing season at...
View ArticleCarson Valley Inn and Bodines casinos aim for $15,000 donation to Carson...
For the last six years, the Carson Valley Inn has been the site of the Bunko for Breast Cancer fundraiser — a boisterous evening of fun that raises five figures each year for services to cancer...
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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Outdoors with Don Q: Fishing The California Alps
By Don Quilici It’s that time of the year to pick up your copy of a widely-distributed and widely-read annual publication known as “Fishing The California Alps.” That outdoor newspaper is your...
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