Carson City News

With apologies to Robert Lang, whose Chamber of Commerce Preview presentation last week took a look back at the state from the vantage of 2031.

There may not be much snow on the slopes this year, but Reno- and Lake Tahoe-area clubs and casinos... Steve Hill, executive director of the newly created state Office of Economic Development, will share strategies for building business in Nevada to a breakfast meeting of the Northern Nevada Development Authority on Feb.

Working with the Governor's Office's liaison to the search, the Nevada State Board of Education has scheduled interviews for the five semi-finalists who have been chosen in the search for Nevada's new superintendent of public instruction.

A federal judge issued an injunction Friday that bars the Nevada Department of Corrections from serving its new "common fare" menu to an Orthodox Jewish inmate who adheres to a kosher diet.

Discussions during the second NDWR pre-hearing conference on Jan. 24 in Carson City indicated the hearing can be postponed beyond a one-year deadline established by state law to extend action under administrative code which apparently permits postponement for up to an additional two years -- even into 2014.

There is a structure fire at 2154 Columbia Way in Carson City. There have not been reports of any injuries as of yet.

A Nevada legislative panel has approved shifting money from one agency to another to restore child care subsidies for the working poor.

Nevada casinos have won nearly $856 million in December, marking a 2 percent increase compared with the same month a year ago.

While the 1965-66 and 2011-12 teams will now forever be linked as the only ones in program history... Vegan Wednesday: 5-course Valentine's dinner at Incline, environmental study, diet vs.

Friends of the Urban Forest co-chairmen Tom Henderson, right, and Kyle Horvath, holding daughter Mia, walk the Capitol grounds on Tuesday afternoon underneath a giant sequoia tree.

An anti-abortion group has refiled for a third time a Nevada prenatal personhood initiative that seeks to ban birth control, embryonic stem cell research or other procedures that intentionally kill a fetus.

Little Washoe Lake between Reno and Carson City is closed so crews can rehabilitate and reseed the landscape after last month's fire.

While the 1965-66 and 2011-12 teams will now forever be linked as the only ones in program history... CARSON CITY, Nev.

Gov. Brian Sandoval told 23 first-graders in a school that survived a devastating wildfire last month that he wants to create a Nevada full of job opportunities by the time they graduate from high school in 2023.

The Bureau of Land Management, the Nevada Department of Agriculture and the Nevada Department of Corrections are hosting the first of three annual saddle-trained horse adoption events in Carson City on Saturday, Feb.

The caucus is a civic process that involves talking politics with neighbors, benefits from being run by well-oiled institutions and asks citizens to set aside part of a weekend that might otherwise be spent with family or stocking up for the big game.

Carson City was named the country's No. 3 Family Destination for its old west heritage, special events and value by away.com, one of the nation's premier vacation planning websites.

The Washoe County Sheriff's Office hosted a multi-agency "Joining Forces" DUI checkpoint on Super Bowl Sunday.

A group is moving ahead with plans to build a memorial on the Capitol grounds in Carson City honoring Nevada's fallen soldiers.

Photographs of former President George H.W. Bush and his son, former President George W. Bush and their wives are displayed during early voting at the Carson City Republican Caucus, Saturday, Feb.