Storey County News

Wind-blown fire threatens homes, but none are lost By Keith Trout * News Editor * November 27, 2009 Strong winds Friday fueled a fire near the intersection of Mason Road and State Route 208 last Friday afternoon that fire officials said amazingly didn't burn any homes in the area.

FERNLEY--North Lyon County Fire Protection District Chief Hector Blanco figured the NLCFPD Ambulance Service would be up and running in 120 days after the Fernley City Council granted an exclusive ambulance franchise to the District on Sept.

Yerington/Mason Valley Fire crews on Friday tamed a brush fire fanned by 30 mph winds that that pushed the the fire toward residences in the area, fire officials reported.

The percentage of Nevadans out of work went down in October for the first time since February 2008.

Korean War Memorial completed this month Nearly five years after it was first erected, the monument in memory of the Korean War was officially finished this month.

The Storey County Sheriff's Office has released a photograph of a suspect from an Oct.

Virginia City will host its annual Veterans Day Parade at 11 a.m. Wednesday, held on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, to commemorate when the Armistice was signed ending World War I. The parade will begin at the Fourth Ward School at the south end of town.

With Storey County Sheriff Jim Miller saying he will not run for office in the upcoming 2010 election, Assistant Sheriff Gerald Antinoro has thrown his hat into the ring.

For more local events, or to upload your group's event on our community calendar, go to nevadaappeal.com/calendar. Tuesday Swing dancing, 6:30- 9:30 p.m., El Charro Avitia's Restaurant, 4389 S. Carson St.

Former Virginia City High School teacher William Allen Beeson was sentenced Friday to 12 months in the Storey County Jail, fined $2,000 and ordered to register as a sex offender for 15 years after pleading guilty in August to charges that he sexually assaulted a former student.

A Storey County commissioner said Wednesday that he intervened in the beating death of a Lockwood woman Sunday, allegedly at the hands of the commissioner's daughter's boyfriend.

A Lockwood woman out for a walk just blocks from her home Sunday night was beaten to death when she refused to give a stranger a cigarette, according to police.

A Lockwood woman is dead after being brutally beaten Sunday evening. Storey County Sheriffa s Deputies say Eileen Pruitt, 47, died from her injuries after 22-year-old Ryan Bonnett allegedly beat her when she denied him a cigarette.

A 22-year-old Nevada man has been jailed in Storey County on suspicion of murder after he allegedly fatally beat a woman who denied his request for a cigarette.

The Nevada Housing Division has lowered the interest rate on its first-time Homebuyer Program.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors accepted a $350,000 grant for the Carson City Sheriff's Office to form a Regional Gang Initiative to more effectively combat gangs in the tri-county area.

Submitted Story FERNLEY--The North Lyon County Fire Protection District which now operates the community ambulance service has instituted the Frontier Saver program.

Crews are responding to a reported injury accident involving a deputy sheriff along Interstate 80.

Oct. 8 Martial Arts Class: Classes for children and adults build self esteem, teach respect and self defense.

Carson City's ghouls and goblins will hit the streets one day early this year to avoid a conflict with the Nevada Day celebrations on Oct.