Douglas County News

After a spike in unemployment in September, Douglas County numbers dropped back down to the level it saw during the summer.

Douglas County School Board members voted 6-1 to accept Carol Lark's resignation on Wednesday night, with board president Cindy Trigg dissenting.

Economist Jeff Thredgold talks about the recession and the economy at the annual joint membership meeting of the Business Council of Douglas County, the Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Northern Nevada Development Authority at Carson Valley Inn on Wednesday.

A 54-year-old Douglas County man was arrested Wednesday on a warrant charging him with selling cars with bogus odometer readings and acting as a car dealer without a license.

Job's Peak Ranch sign surrounded in sagebrush. The community's homeowners association is suing over increased water rates.

Gardnerville teenager Alexandrew Vail looks at his attorney, Tod Young, at a Nov.

A Las Vegas dentist has been elected chairman of the Nevada Republican Party. Dr. Chris Comfort replaces Sue Lowden, who resigned Sept.

Douglas County Search & Rescue Operations Leader Shaun Thomas has been named citizen of the year by The Record-Courier and the Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Douglas County is accepting applications for eight volunteer advisory committees from the planning commission to the wildlife board.

Douglas County Sheriff's Capt. Dan Britton talks about his job on Tuesday. For Douglas County Sheriff's Capt.

Facing slumping sales tax revenues and a weak economy, at least two members of the V&T Railway Commission meeting in Minden on Monday said the commission needs to look into the future to make sure the railroad can survive financially.

An artist's rendering of the proposed Walmart south of Gardnerville. Opponents of a Walmart store south of Gardnerville took advantage of a routine hearing Thursday to argue their case in front of Douglas County commissioners.

A romantic entanglement played out Tuesday near the Douglas County Public Library in Minden when a 54-year-old man reportedly kidnapped his girlfriend's husband and she was charged with kicking the 66-year-old victim as he sat on the curb.

Need help finding a job? Douglas County Social Services has established the Employment Training/Job Development Program financed by the Community Services Block Grant and America Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.

Douglas County's Democratic Party chairman has resigned following his guilty plea to hitting his teenage son.

A limited amount of H1N1 flu vaccine will be available to members of priority groups at the Douglas County Community Health Office starting 9 a.m. today.

Nevada's state tree is being attacked by two native insects that have partially defoliated about 700,000 acres, according to aerial survey data.

As of the last week in October, 160 cases of the H1N1 swine flu virus have been confirmed in Douglas County.

EDITOR: We would like to take this opportunity to thank the East Fork Fire & Paramedic Districts, 911 operators, Douglas County coroner , and Carson Valley Medical Center emergency room who all tried so hard to save our wife and mother, Carol Fowler, on the morning of Oct.

A judge has revoked probation for the ex-wife of a Douglas County murder victim after she drank in violation of a suspended sentence for a second drunken driving conviction.