Carson City Little League’s 9-10 all-star team refuses to quit. After pounding Centennial 17-2 on Sunday, the locals followed that up with a 12-7 win Monday over Reno Continental at Governors Field to remain alive in the double elimination tournament.
The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All suspects are innocent until proved guilty in court:
Ministers have a special tax benefit for the amount of housing allowance they receive. They can exclude from gross income for income tax purposes the rental value of homes furnished by churches as part of their compensation. This is also allowed for the portion of a retired minister’s pension that is designated as a rental allowance by the national governing body of a religious denomination having complete control over the retirement fund.
CARSON CITY, Nev. — A task force of Nevada lawmakers, educators and parents has recommended the state provide schools with more money to educate low-income and English language learner students.
A Carson City man was sentenced to 35 years to life on Monday on seven different counts of illegal sexual acts with minors. James G. Johnson, 49, was convicted after a four-day April 4 trial where jurors deliberated nine hours before finding him guilty on all counts.
Nevada is promoting the use of a nationally-recognized test to help employers develop the state’s workforce.
LAS VEGAS — A federal appeals court says it will consider Nevada’s gay marriage ban on Sept. 8.
The Nevada Highway Patrol will be increasing staffing levels on July 4th holiday with a larger contingency of troopers planned during the July 4th time frame.
There is no doubt, a baseball umpire’s work is never easy.
The 17th Carson Senior Follies on the weekend of July 11-13 will key on the theme “Touring America” to raise funds in support of senior meals programs in Carson City.
The celebration of Bill Gavin’s life will be June 23, 2014, at noon, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Carson City.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says public sector unions can’t collect fees from home health care workers who object to being affiliated with a union.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.
A large number of frustrated customers cheered when the state decided to dump Xerox and move to a healthcare exchange that relied on the much more successful federal website to provide insurance under Obamacare.
Carson City’s Cracker Box has received the Tripadvisor.com Award of Excellence, which recognizes restaurants that consistently receive high ratings from travelers and that rank in the top performing 10 percent of businesses worldwide, for 2014.
Adam Whitt, the former Carson High and current Nevada baseball standout, is off t0 a sensational start in the Cape Cod League.
On Wednesday, July 2 and Thursday, July 3, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office will be conducting saturation patrols in the Carson City area. Deputies will be looking for speeding violations, intoxicated drivers, and other traffic related offences. These patrols are designed to help make our roadways safer
Carson City’s Intermediate all-star squad has advanced to the state tournament with an easy 22-8 win over Centennial Saturday night at Governors Field.
Nevada casinos reported a healthy 8.1 percent increase in total gaming win for May. The increase was $72.8 million to a total of $970.3 million over May, 2013. Carson Valley casinos, however, didn’t fare as well, suffering a 2.71 percent decrease to $8.6 million.
Fernley 95A Speedway will be back in action tonight, with racing starting at 5 p.m. Spectator gates open at 3 pm, with ticket prices at $12 for adults (13 and older), $8 for kids 6-12 and seniors over 63, and free for kids under six and military with ID. Tonight’s racing program will feature IMCA Modifieds, Sport Mods, Pro Stocks, Hobby Stocks, Super Stock 4s, and Pure Stocks.
Medicinal pot patients are expected to learn Thursday whether Carson City is joining the medical marijuana establishment movement, the anticipated outcome.
Tootie has affected many lives. Family and friends have lost a fun, loving, and loyal individual. He was retired from Rainbo Baking Company and an accomplished chef.
Mildred “Nonny” Chereb, an adopted Nevadan who loved the mountains and high desert, died Friday at her home in Gardnerville
On Friday members of Tahoe-Douglas Elks Lodge 2670 and VFW Post 8583 worked together to place American flags at the graves of all the Veterans at Eastside Memorial Park in Minden. The flags will be removed after Memorial Day.
American Building, a Carson City-based Nucor company, sent a contingent of employee volunteers Saturday to Fuji Park and Fairgrounds to help with preparations there for the Nevada 150 Fair this summer. It is part of a belated Earth Day work day to help out in the community, according to Denise Stathes, the firm’s environmental coordinator the past 14 months. She said the work program originally had been set for April 22 in the month of the official Earth Day environmental stewardship commemoration nationwide, but inclement weather postponed the work.
Darlene A. Larsen passed away on June 3, 2014 at 3:15pm.
Anna Chiodo Wehling passed away on June 14, 2014 after a full and happy life of 89 years.
Judith Ann Waller was born on June 25, 1944 in Portland, OR and passed away on June 11, 2014 in Carson City, NV, just shy of her 70th birthday.
Richard R. “Dick” Beaudette, 89, of Carson City passed away June 17, 2014 at his home. A Celebration of Life will be held July 2, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. at FitzHenry’s Funeral Home. Inurnment with Military Honors will follow at noon at The Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley.
In the early morning hours of June 1, 2014, Sandy passed in her home in Stagecoach, NV while being held by her three children. This ended her very brief entanglement with cancer.
The city of Fallon Outdoor Pool has recently upgraded the facility to meet guidelines established by the Americans with Disability Act.
Fallon shoppers get ready for the grand opening of the Big 5 Sporting Goods store on Wednesday.
Law enforcement officers from Churchill County and Fallon — along with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit from Naval Air Station Fallon and the Nevada Army National Guard’s 92nd Civil Support Team — recently conducted a full-scale training exercise that focused on an anarchist who had bomb-making and hazardous material in his county home.
Let me say this right up front; The current civil war raging in Iraq is the fault of Prime Minister Maliki, and it is his war to wage, not ours. The prime minister formed an inclusive government that over time has seen the Shiites take total control, excluding the Sunnis and Kurds, from participating. This was done to appease the Iranian government. Maliki is in bed with Iran. If you sleep with the devil, you’ll have nightmares.
The Churchill County Sheriff’s Office Reserve Academy recently completed its program. According to Sheriff Ben Trotter, the new reserve deputies are Jason Stritenberger, Joseph McGowan and Dusty Casey.
Independence Day is coming. Is it a time for you to anticipate a three-day weekend or to put some thought into what we are as a nation and how we got here?
The band Halfway to Forever features good music and vocals by Chris Houghton on drums (rear), Tony Giglieri (right) guitar and vocals and Paul Rudolf (left) on bass at the Fernley Farmers Market. Fernley Farmers Market is sponsored by the Fernley Convention and Tourism Authority Grant Funds. It is open Thursdays through Aug. 14 at The Mirage Garden & Gifts, 350 E. Main St.
Most of us are familiar with “The Rainbow Bridge,” and I was delighted to find another version of it, again by “Author Unknown.” This is dedicated to all those wonderful people whose lives are devoted to rescuing our four-legged companions, no matter what kind they are. As you will see, their good works never end.
The following art books are worth checking out and are recommended for some summer image browsing.
Did you know that every day approximately 10,000 people turn 65 years old in the U.S. alone? It is a trend that is expected to continue for the next 20 years. With the changing demographics, our country will soon claim more elderly among its numbers than ever before. Along with population growth will, unfortunately, come an increasing number of seniors experiencing abusive conditions.
About 15 years ago, Fallon Youth Baseball was at a crossroad.
Christina and Cody De Golyer are grabbing the bull by the horns.
The Little League postseason gets under way with the District 1 all-star tournament in Governors Field.
there are 16 new faces entered in the 25th annual American Century Championships, but none come in more heralded than UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma.
The Supreme Court on Thursday overturned Charles Conner’s murder and rape conviction saying the judge improperly allowed Clark County prosecutors to remove at least one African American from the list of prospective jurors because of his race.
Sports fodder for a Friday morning ... Athlon Sports predicts the Nevada Wolf Pack football team will improve by just two games in 2014.
The Carson Blue Jays scored 10 runs in the first inning en route to a 12-0 win over Douglas in the first game of a split doubleheader at Ron McNutt Field Wednesday night.
In a split decision, the Nevada Supreme Court Thursday ruled cab and limousine drivers aren’t exempt from the minimum wage requirement.
St. Mary’s Art & Retreat Center in Virginia City and Capital City Arts Initiative will host a reception 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the art center to mark the opening of a new exhibit, which features indoor and outdoor installations of oil and watercolor paintings and portraits, photographs, sculptures, cloth stitchings and more.
SACRAMENTO — Corey Reid finished 13th with 6,298 points in the 2014 Jr. National Decathlon at Sacramento State University.
Tyler Stagliano drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh, and then shut down Centennial in the bottom of the seventh to lead Carson’s 10-11 all-stars to a 9-7 extra-inning win Thursday night at Governors Field
Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park’s inaugural Summer Sunday Concert Series opens Sunday with Notch 8, a Northern Nevada band that plays American roots music.
State information technology experts spent last weekend battling a sophisticated virus that attempted to take control of all the computer system files in the Treasurer’s office.
More than 270 people took on one of four distances in the Burton Creek Trail Run in Tahoe City on Sunday.
There are 16 new faces entered in the 25th annual American Century Championships, but none come in more heralded than UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma.
Keith Anderson, president of Trinity Applied Internet in Reno, says he is surprised by the number of business clients who are enthusiastic users of one facet or another of the Internet, but have given little thought to other ways they can use it in their operations.
The Nevada Supreme Court has settled a group of 15 appeals challenging the imposition of lifetime supervision on inmates after their release from prison. In each case, the high court ruled for the state and the parole board that imposed the supervision on ex-inmates. But it did so on a technicality.
A bid by Hug High School to have independent status granted to its girls soccer and volleyball programs was denied last Wednesday during the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Board of Control’s summer meeting in Reno.
Halfway to Forever with drummer Chris Houghton, guitarist and vocalist Tony Giglieri and bassist Paul Rudolf performs weekly at Fernley Farmers Market, which is held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursdays at Mirage Garden & Gifts, 350 E. Main St. It will operate through Aug. 14.
Halfway to Forever will perform at 4 p.m. today at Fernley Farmers Market, 350 E. Main St. in Fernley.
An event called a “Re-Grand Opening” for LA Bakery begins at 11:30 a.m. today to celebrate the expanded bakery and cafe at 220 W. John St. in Carson City. “We expanded our menu also,” said Ali Arbabha after recounting the doubling in size and additional nearby parking featured at the outlet. It first opened in 2009 and has been at the present location since 2012. Changes completed on June 4 expand the outlet from 900 to 1,800 square feet. Additional parking includes seven leased spots at the Gilbert Shopping Center north of Adele’s and east of LA Bakery at Carson and John streets.
The Capital City Community Band will perform marches, swing tunes and classics in its free Old Favorites Band Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Carson Nugget Hall of the Aspen Building at Western Nevada College.
Had it not been for a case of the first-inning jitters, Carson’s 9-10 all-star squad would have won its opening game of the District 1 tournament.
Managers of Nevada’s commercial drone test site program have identified a few hundred companies that could be interested in testing here, reached out to a third of them so far and are now working closely with more than two dozen possible customers. “About 300 companies have some potential, we’ve been in touch with a 100 of them and about 30 have a reasonable chance of filing here,” says Steve Hill, executive director, the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development.
Reno-Tahoe International Airport executives will turn to the 2015 session of the Nevada Legislature for help in strengthening two key pieces of the airport business. Marily Mora, president and chief executive officer of the airport, said the facility will seek lawmakers’ approval for a statewide effort to market service at Nevada’s three commercial airports — Reno-Tahoe International, McCarran International Airport and Elko Regional Airport in eastern Nevada.
A stalled copper project near Yerington got a shot of momentum last week as a major mining company agreed to spend as much as $138.6 million on exploration and other work during the next four or five years. Quaterra Resources Inc. said it struck a deal with a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, a $20.9 billion (annual revenues) company headquartered in Phoenix.
Sassafras Eclectic Food Joint and Plan: b Microlounge must exit the building at 318 N. Carson St. downtown soon to make way for another restaurant. Scott Doerr of the restaurant and lounge, as well as Jeff Shaheen of Double Eagle Cubed LLC and Shaheen Beauchamp Builders, confirmed Tuesday the change was coming next month. Double Eagle Cubed owns the Carson City building, which has other tenants along Doerr’s food and lounge operation. Shaheen, Mark Beauchamp and Tom Johnson are principals of Double Eagle Cubed.
Painting has been one of Ron Spears’ greatest passions in life.
Mel Foremaster has become an ardent supporter of the Relay for Life event, a yearly celebration that recognizes cancer survivors while raising money to help those afflicted with the disease and to find a cure to wipe it out.
Nevada’s two-tiered court system, established in 1864, is one tradition Supreme Court Justice Jim Hardesty hopes is gone shortly after the state celebrates its sesquicentennial.
A group calling itself Nevadans for Background Checks has announced an initiative that would mandate background checks on all gun sales in the state.
Nevada unemployment fell to its lowest level in nearly six years in May — 7.9 percent seasonally adjusted and just 7.7 percent without adjustment.
It’s official, the Division I-A will house three more schools starting in this fall.
Dramatic and heart pounding are just two adjectives to describe this year’s World Cup.
A regular meeting of the Churchill County School District Board will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Churchill County Administration Office, 690 S. Maine St.
Friends, family and fans were treated to rare spectacle Saturday in Fallon athletics history.
The quest to making it to the World Series begins this week for four Fallon Youth Baseball all-star teams.
Several athletes who have called Fallon home are competing in the 95th annual Reno Rodeo this week.
The Department of Motor Vehicles has launched a new queuing system they say will revolutionize waiting in line for services.
It’s becoming hotter, and as long as there is water, the canals will run full. Just remember: Canals not a place for cooling off.
ELKO — A guardsman who had battled cancer since September died June 13, his wife said.
Churchill County Middle School A Honor Roll 2nd Semester
The refrain has echoed across the globe our entire lives. “The World Cup is the most exciting sporting event on the face of the planet. Bigger than the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup and World Series combined and go ahead, throw in the next Star Wars movie especially with Carrie Fischer and Harrison Ford dragging their walkers through it.”
The (A.R.C.C.) Amateur Radio of Churchill County invites all current Amateur (HAM) Radio operators or anyone interested in amateur (HAM) radio to join us.
“Who ya’ gonna call? Churchill County Amateur Radio Hams!” A public demonstration of emergency communications is set for this weekend starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday for 24 hours.
It’s common knowledge that what we eat today can directly affect our health in the years to come.
One of Medicare’s most important benefits is helping to cover your expenses if you need to be hospitalized. But what exactly is covered, and how much do you pay?
Sometimes, not knowing the truth about something of immediate importance can create some of the most intense stress, says former chronic pain sufferer Janet Komanchuk.
Your blood-pressure checks at the doctor’s office may read normal, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re in the clear: Up to 20 percent of adults have “masked hypertension,” according to some estimates. That’s when blood pressure measurements are lower at the physician’s office than they are at home.
Everybody has one of those dreams, plans, etc. that they know will probably not be fulfilled. I’m not any different than anybody else with one of my own that you will probably think a little unusual.
U.S. District Court Judge James Mahan has reaffirmed his decision tossing out the lawsuit accusing Rawson-Neal psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas of patient dumping
The courts may abate or cancel certain penalties for “reasonable cause”, but it is difficult to define reasonable cause. In the Estate of John R.H. Thouron, the attorney gave bad advice and the estate relied on that advice. The attorney said the death tax return, form 706 was due nine months after death and that was correct. The attorney also said the estate could file and pay the death tax late if they filed an Extension of Time to File-form 4768 at the same time the return was filed. That is not correct.
The following persons were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court. FRIDAY At 10:28 a.m., Andrew Berryman Steppe, 26, was arrested on suspicion of drug charges following a traffic stop on Highway 50 East. The car was stopped because its registration had expired. He was charged with felony drug possession and possession of drugs without a prescription, as well as having no proof of insurance. Bail was set at $5,600.
The executive director of the state Podiatry Board has been charged with embezzling thousands of dollars from that board’s accounts. Melissa Marie Heyden, director of the board for six years, was charged with allegedly writing checks to her husband Joel Chavez from the board’s bank account and falsifying board financial records to show the checks went to a board member Dr. Kenneth Jarvis.
Douglas County authorities are investigating bones found near Spooner Lake on Monday. Investigators from Douglas County searched the mountain near Highway 50 and Kings Canyon starting Monday afternoon.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees has opened.
IBAC scored eight runs in the fifth inning to erase a 9-4 deficit and grab a 17-11 win over the Carson Blue Jays on Sunday at Bishop Manogue High School.
Carson High’s opening game was supposed to be against Clayton Valley Charter on Aug. 30.
Bergantz named Allstate Premier Agency for 2014 Allstate exclusive agent Bruce Bergantz has been designated an Allstate Premier Agency for 2014. The Allstate Premier Agency designation is bestowed on less than 48 percent of Allstate’s nearly 10,000 agency owners across the country.
Following are Carson City business licenses filed in May. A+ Hospice Care, out of town business, Reno, A+ Hospice Care Corp, owner, 775-329-0101. Action Sales and Lease, 1305 S. Carson St., general business, Mucho Frio Inc., owner, 509-758-9072.
The Interim finance Committee on Thursday approved Gov. Brian Sandoval’s decision to consolidate four different pre-kindergarten programs under a new office in the Department of Education.
RENO — Kyle Krebs was in a groove, and that was bad news for the Greater Nevada Badgers.
The Department of Motor Vehicles has launched a new queuing system they say will revolutionize waiting in line for services.
A group calling itself Nevadans for Background Checks has announced an initiative that would mandate background checks on all gun sales in the state.
Nevada’s two-tiered court system, established in 1864, is one tradition Supreme Court Justice Jim Hardesty hopes is gone shortly after the state celebrates its sesquicentennial.
The IMCA Modified main at Fernley 95A Speedway last Saturday night was fast and furious. Early leader Mark Skender spun and went to the back, then Cory Sample collided with Robert Miller while battling for the lead, and they both went to the tail of the pack.
Litigation involving the former redevelopment district across from the Topsy Lane Walmart will be delayed until at least Feb., 2015 under an agreement that went to Douglas County commissioners on Thursday. The county sued Riverwood Partners on Nov. 1, 2010, after work stopped at the site nearly two years earlier.
The old post office on Maine Street has had a storied past as one of Churchill County’s most iconic landmarks. Built in 1928, it has since been retired as a federal facility; however, it continues to live on as a civic meeting place.
They are returning to their roots en masse. Six of Fallon’s most decorated athletes will take part in Saturday’s Hometown Heroes event at Churchill County High School.
Josh Mauga is between jobs but hopes his unemployment status changes in the next several weeks.
It hasn’t been easy for Aarik Wilson to acknowledge that jumping professionally was no longer in his future.
She stands above most, literally. And on Saturday, Paige Sauer returns to her hometown to take part in the Hometown Heroes campaign at the Churchill County High School practice fields.
She was a slugger, an ace and a record holder. Now, Jodi Dolan is raising a family and fighting the good fight as a probation officer in Truckee.
Greenwave volleyball was slowly emerging onto the big stage when Jennifer Hucke entered high school.
After finishing his career as one of the school’s most prolific passers, Morgan Dirickson’s ready to make the same impression on the college gridiron.
A dominating overall performance led to an All Around title for one of Fallon’s best cowboys.
Success, too often, corrupts some of the best people in the world.
The Fallon Force under-12 softball team took home the “Battle in the Basin Qualifier” tournament championship in Elko on Sunday.
“Who ya’ gonna call? Churchill County Amateur Radio Hams!” A public demonstration of emergency communications is set for June 28-29 starting at 11 a.m. for 24 hours.
The old post office on Maine Street has had a storied past as one of Churchill County’s most iconic landmarks.
In the mid-1920s, Nevada Governor James G. Scrugham, who was a noted naturalist, historian and amateur archaeologist, thought his state needed a state park system. So he issued a proclamation listing 15 potential sites and signed a bill allowing the state to trade state-owned land for federal property that could be used for such recreation.
The first of the city of Fallon’s free concerts is tomorrow on the Centennial Stage in Oats Park in front of the Art Center. The Grammy winning artists Los Texmaniacs perform a variety of Texas-styled songs, fusing traditional Tex-Mex conjuntos with rock grooves and covers of some unexpected country songs.
With school out for most Nevada students and summer rapidly approaching, many Nevada families are planning their summer getaway.
Churchill County has issued the following business licenses in May 2014.
An ailing manufacturing process doesn’t usually find relief at a hospital, but that’s exactly where Too Cute for Totes discovered a cure for its laggard operations.
The Obama administration’s plan to reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants holds promise to boost the geothermal industry that’s headquartered in Reno.
Numa Elementary School 4th Quarter Honor Roll
Nevada counties will receive more than $25 million in federal Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) from the U.S. Department of the Interior, a record-high funding level, said Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.
With two camels already entered and another “possible” that may yet beat the entry deadline; with bands of music, antique automobiles, members of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus and a corps of Pretty Waiter Girls on hand to lend color to the festivities and with a trophy called the Territorial Enterprise Perpetual Camel Race cup to be awarded the winner, the 1960 running of the Annual Virginia City Labor Day Camel Race promises to be one of the most outstanding observances in the history of the event.
Nevada Flooring and Rock Tops has come together to better serve Northern Nevada with more than 30 years experience in the trades.
KYOTO, Japan — This ancient city of more than 1,600 Buddhist temples has been on our “must see” list during our 10-day visit to Japan, and Ludie and I traveled the 320 miles from Tokyo southwest to Kyoto by bullet train or “Shinkansen” as it is called locally, in an astonishing 2 hours and 18 minutes.
Months of work that began almost a year ago will come together this weekend as the annual Relay For Life kicks off on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Churchill County High School.
Churchill County Commissioners received an updated report from the Bureau of Land Management at their Wednesday meeting on current activities involving alternative energy and other projects.
MOUND HOUSE — A home on Calcite Way off of Red Rock Road in Mound House was destroyed in a fire that started around 10 a.m. Monday. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Nevada Fire Marshal Division and the Central Lyon County Fire Protection District. Neighbors reported hearing several explosions before the home was engulfed in flames.
If you follow Division 1A athletics in northern Nevada, or have taken in an NIAA state championship event in the past 10 years, you know the booming voice of Will Bumgardner.
Nevada’s criminal information repository has a backlog of more than 800,000 criminal cases that haven’t been entered into the system.
The University of Nevada’s loss is the San Diego Padres’ gain. Colby Blueberg, former Carson High and University of Nevada baseball standout, agreed to terms on a contract during the weeknd with the San Diego Padres.
As approved and designated by the U.S. Senate, June 16-22 is the seventh annual National Pollinator Week, and there are many projects you can do in our community and your own yard to help celebrate these necessary but often misunderstood creatures.
The community’s first celebration of Nevada’s sesquicentennial kicks off Saturday with a wide range of activities from meeting Hometown Heroes to walking the track to support the cancer research efforts of relay for Life.
Saturday 5:00 p.m. — Opening Ceremonies
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced Thursday Nevada local governments will receive a record $25.4 million in payments under the PILT program this year.
The 17th annual Senior Follies production “Touring America!” will be presented at 7 p.m. July 11 and 12 and at 2 p.m. July 13 in the Bob Boldrick Theater of the Carson City Community Center.
The Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company is distributing audition information for the Lerner and Loewe masterwork “My Fair Lady” to play in eight performances this November at the Carson City Community Center.
Anxious to launch their professional baseball careers, four former Western Nevada College players have signed contracts with Major League Baseball teams, less than two weeks after being drafted.
Quicksilver Agility Club, a Northern Nevada group that promotes the sport of dog agility with purebred or mixed breed dogs, will host a dog agility trial show Friday through Sunday at Fuji Park, located across from Costco.
Pete Bernhard has announced he will resign as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission effective June 30.
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office has identified a suspected murderer as Anthony Gustave Nelson, who was killed in a shoot-out near Sand Mountain on Friday.
Washoe Sheriff’s investigators Wednesday confirmed there is a third victim in last Friday’s Washoe Valley homicide. The third victim was found in the home belonging to the Tucson man who owned the vehicle abandoned at the Leo Bingo Court home in Washoe Valley. Neither his name or the names of the two female victims have been released.
Norma Ann Esker, Age 80, passed away on June 5, 2014 at her residence in Fallon, NV
LOIS BEVERLY JOHNSON, age 84, passed away on June 6, 2014 at Banner Churchill Community Hospital in Fallon.
He has developed a nasty habit of breaking bars in the pit.
The engines roared, motorcycles soared and monster trucks were adored.
The Oasis Bighorns capped the lacrosse season with a pair of third-place finishes at the High Sierra Lacrosse League tournament in Tahoe City, Calif., on Saturday.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Board of Control summer meeting begins today at 8:30 a.m. at the Peppermill Resort Spa & Casino in Reno.
The Churchill County Parks and Recreation Department has a full slate of summer activities planned for individuals of all ages.
A fight in Lampe Park on Friday resulted in the arrest of a known gang member in Carson City on Saturday. Andrew Tagay, 25, was arrested at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Mills Park in Carson City. After Douglas County deputies broke up a gang fight, witnesses identified Tagay as the person who brandished a pistol hidden under his shirt.
RENO — The start of a six-game week for the Carson Blue Jays began with a thud.
A pre-dawn traffic stop turned into a huge methamphetamine bust Tuesday. The driver, identified as Jose Reyes Andrade, 46, was booked on two felony drug counts after a search of the vehicle revealed more than 6.5 pounds of meth with a street value of hundreds of thousands of dollars under the spare tire in the trunk of the VW sedan.
A man arrested in connection with the Memorial Day robbery of a 101-year-old veteran has been returned to Carson City to face five separate felony counts. Robbie Hernandez, 27, was arrested in Sparks after officers there said he fled from them first in his vehicle and then on foot.
Last Friday’s double homicide in Washoe Valley has now reportedly turned into a triple murder. And the man investigators originally thought was the perpetrator turns out, instead, to be the first victim, killed earlier in his Arizona home.
RENO — Organizers of a pair of conservative Nevada ballot measures have failed to deliver signature petitions needed to meet the deadline to qualify either their health insurance or voter ID initiative for the November election.
After a morning ride from Carson City, more than 30 bicyclists riding for Journey of Hope recently arrived in Fallon after the noon siren sounded.
For women today, a yearly check-up with your healthcare provider is an essential part of maintaining your fertility health at every age. The maker of First Response™ the leading brand of pregnancy tests, has asked their panel of experts to share tips every woman should take to her doctor to maintain optimal fertility health at every age.
The second County Commission meeting of June will be held today at 1:15 p.m. at the Churchill County Administration Building chambers, 155 N. Taylor St.
Enel Green Power Geothermal Plant employees and Churchill County Planner Michael Johnson recently cleaned up an area off Tarzyn Road that had become littered with garbage.
Cleaning and maintaining your new partial or set of dentures requires more than just brushing. Failure to properly clean partials and dentures can lead to bad breath and a buildup of food and bacteria.
As predicted, moderate establishment Republicans won the half-dozen high-profile match-ups in the 2014 Nevada GOP primary contests. Nevertheless, the big winner on June 10 was really Nevada’s growing and maturing conservative movement. Some highlights…
Everybody just has to know that God has a sense of humor. Why else would he have made us humans? However, I have a particular reason to be certain that his sense of humor slips down, from above, all over me. Let me explain.
Not at the same time, of course, but both are key to protecting bones, which weaken as you age. According to current estimates, about 52 million adults older than 50 suffer from osteoporosis or low bone mass.
In 1783, hundreds of Continental Army veterans of the American Revolution attempted to take members of Congress hostage. The soldiers had endured unimaginable deprivation and war and hadn’t been paid for years. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had no power to tax and thus couldn’t pay the troops.
The Betsy Ross flag is presented on Friday at the Capitol as part of the annual Flag Day ceremony hosted by the Nevada National Guard and the Joint Honor Guard. The ceremony also celebrated the 239th birthday of the U.S. Army.
The Churchill County School Board took a big leap Thursday night to approve an architectural concept for a new auxiliary gym at the high school.
While caring for your lawn can be pleasant, it needn’t take all day. Luckily, time saving tools can also save your body some wear and tear:
Churchill County Middle School A Honor Roll 2nd Semester
Relay for Life The Relay for Life is Fallon’s community gathering where everyone can join in the fight against cancer. If you would like to help Finish the Fight against Cancer, call Lacey Lehman at 310-889-55055 or Peach Sims at 334-868-3300.
Gerald “Jerry” Glen Turnbow, 86, of Fallon, Nevada passed at Renown Medical Center in Reno, Nevada surrounded by his wife and four children.
Alex Philip Anda passed away peacefully at Banner Hospital on June 5, 2014 with his family by his side after a short illness with cancer.
Muffy Vhay takes a break from sprucing up after the departure of guests from Deer Run Ranch Bed & Breakfast on a hillside above the east shore of Washoe Lake. At the kitchen table, her husband, David, works on selling some of the first cutting of hay from the 60 irrigated acres that travelers pass on their way up to the two-room bed and breakfast.
The proposed regulation allowing medical marijuana growers and dispensaries is before the Carson City Board of Supervisors Thursday.
A few clients have been pleasantly surprised to find their long term capital gains were not taxed at all. That happens when the total taxable income — after deductions and exemptions — is low enough to not be taxed at more than 15 percent.
The University of Nevada’s loss is the San Diego Padres’ gain. Colby Blueberg, former Carson High and University of Nevada baseball standout, agreed to terms on a contract during the weeknd with the San Diego Padres.
The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court. FRIDAY At 2 p.m., a 21-year-old Carson man was arrested on suspicion of stealing two bottles of alcohol from Raley’s. Bail was set at $500.
The Reno Police Department is investigating a Friday night pursuit from Carson City to Sand Mountain and the events surrounding the death of a suspect who was killed in an exchange of fire with law enforcement personnel.
On June 5, 2014, at the age of 79, “Marv” passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, at his home in Carson City. B
Dr. Eugene Thomas Paslov, 80, of Carson City, Nevada died peacefully on Sunday June 8th at Renown Medical Center in Reno, Nevada.
Lupe Joseph Ruiz, 81 of Dayton, NV was born December 12, 1932 in South San Francisco, CA. He graduated from South City High
The Obama administration’s plan to reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants holds promise to boost the geothermal industry that’s headquartered in Reno. How much? When? Who knows?
A high-speed chase that began in Carson City ended in a shootout with the suspect being killed by law enforcement Friday night, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said. Furlong said Carson City deputies received a called to be on the lookout for a white Jeep Cherokee about 7:45 p.m. Friday night.
The State of Nevada has seen large numbers of workers retire or leave for other jobs during the recession. And according to figures from the head of the Division of Human Resources Management, a disproportionate number of those leaving are middle managers.
Three deaths resulted in an incident that ended with the suspect being killed after a chase and a shootout, authorities said. Washoe County Sheriff’s Detective Lt. Tom Green said the incident developed Friday night after officers responded to a call of shots fired at a residence in Washoe Valley and found two dead female victims and one injured male victim.
Café at Adele’s received a Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, which honors businesses that make significant contributions to the community, and also was recognized in the Don’t Forget to Share category of Nevada Business Magazine’s 2014 Family-owned Businesses Awards, sponsored by Nevada State Bank. “The TripAdvisor award is significant in that it is based solely on how well our customers, many of them visitors to Carson City, feel we are doing and serves as a reminder that excellence counts,” said Charlie Abowd, chef and co-owner, with his wife, Karen Abowd, of Café at Adele’s.
Carson High’s football team will face a big-name player, and I do mean big, when it takes the field to face Clayton Valley Charter to open the football season on Aug. 30 at Del Oro High School in Loomis.
Two former Carson High stars — T.J. Thomsen and Jace Zampirro — combined to go 4-for-9 and drive in three runs to lead the Sun Devils to a 9-2 win over the Carson Blue Jays Friday night at Ron McNutt Field.
Nixdorf completes aquatic fitness course Starr Nixdorf of Paradise Salon-Spa-Wellness completed the Aquatic Exercise Association’s Aquatic Fitness Professional course on June 1 in Visalia, Calif.
Carson swim great returns to coach Tigersharks One of the most recognizable names in Northern Nevada swimming has come home.
The Rangers won the Carson City Little League regular-season championship, and managed to defend their title in the post-season tournament with a 5-4 win over the third-seeded Cardinals.
The Department of Motor Vehicles has rolled out its new “Smog Spotters” campaign designed to encourage drivers to report polluting vehicles they see on the roadways.
Virginia City High School is looking to fill the position of varsity boys basketball coach for the upcoming season. Interested individuals should contact Patrick Beckwith, VC athletic administrator at pbeckwith@storey.k12.nv.us.
After a two week layoff, the clay oval at Fernley 95A Speedway will be back in action tonight. Racing starts at 5 with spectator gates open at 3 p.m. Ticket prices are $12 for adults (13 and older), $8 for kids 6-12 and seniors over 63, and free for kids under six and military with ID. IMCA Modifieds, Sport Mods, Pro Stocks, Hobby Stocks, Super Stock 4s, and Pure Stocks divisions are on the program for tonight.
A 21-year-old Gardnerville man was sentenced to prison on Tuesday after he violated the probation he received for stealing a dirtbike. Monge admitted two probation violations, including failing to report which resulted in his removal from mental health court in Carson City.
A Reno man who had 400 videos of more than three-dozen different girls taken at sporting events across Northern Nevada over the past 18 years told East Fork Justice of the Peace Tom Perkins he didn’t know why he did it at his Thursday sentencing.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bob Goodman defended himself Friday against questions about whether he’s actually a Nevada resident entitled to run against Gov. Brian Sandoval.
The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court. THURSDAY Two people were arrested after deputies were called to an apartment on Jeanell Drive by the manager because of the strong smell of marijuana. Stacy Babb, 21, was arrested on suspicion of maintaining a drug house after a search revealed marijuana paraphernalia in what the arrest report described as an apartment that was “in complete disarray appearing as if trash bags had been dumped in every room.”
Relay for Life The Relay for Life is Fallon’s community gathering where everyone can join in the fight against cancer. If you would like to help Finish the Fight against Cancer, call Lacey Lehman at 310-889-55055 or Peach Sims at 334-868-3300.
The Board of Examiners on Wednesday approved a $16 million contract with Deloitte Consulting to move Nevada’s health insurance exchange away from Xerox and onto a hybrid state-federal system.
Four more Western Nevada College baseball players — Joey Crunkilton, Rayne Raven, Spencer Greer and Tony Roque — have accepted scholarship offers from Division I schools.
Carson City The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court. MONDAY
Sports fodder for a Friday morning...It’s obvious who’s calling the shots when it comes to the Nevada Wolf Pack’s football schedule.
Various businesses in Churchill County have been holding events to raise money and awareness for the annual Relay for Life, which takes place June 21-22 at Churchill County High School.
Big 5 Sporting Goods, the leading sporting goods retailer in the Western United States, is scheduled to open its newest location in Fallon on June 27.
Global food producers will be watching the new Dairy Farmers of America dry milk processing facility in Fallon very closely in coming months.
FRUITLAND, N.M. – When it comes to college baseball, if there’s a guy you want on the mound on a Friday night it is Trenton Blackwater.
Despite 35 years of experience in the assisted-living industry — both as an operator and a state regulator — Wendy Simons continues to be shocked at the lack of thought that most of us give to the needs of ourselves and our families as we age.
Apparently, while serving in Afghanistan in 2009, Army Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl left a note in his hootch indicating he had become disillusioned with the Army and left his post. After five years a prisoner of the Taliban, I have to guess he is now disillusioned with the Taliban.
Some popular TV series (A&E’s “Hoarders,” TLC’s “Hoarding: Buried Alive” and Animal Planet’s “Animal Hoarding”) helped bring to the forefront the psychological disorder of hoarding. Though I didn’t watch any of these shows (I couldn’t even watch their promos, made me that uneasy), the general public is now more aware of this harmful “lifestyle” of not only hoarders but also animals if they are they are the objects of hoarding.
Dr. Robin Titus’s strong showing in Lyon County on Tuesday and capturing almost 40 percent of the vote in Churchill County were key factors to her successfully winning the Republican primary for Assembly District 38.
If there was any doubt that our president lacks the skills to lead the country, it has now vanished.
Fallon residents who did not know James “Shag” Cooper personally would be surprised to know of his two sides.
From freestyle motocross to monster trucks to dirt-track racing, Octane Fest provides an array of motorsports choices.
But for Washoe cowgirl and Fallon resident Sydney Howard, she finds a way to psyche herself out. The results show too since the recent Churchill County High School grad has missed several opportunities to qualify for the National High School Finals Rodeo.
The Lucas Oil Series roars back into Fallon Saturday and Sunday at Top Gun Raceway.
Every June, we’re reminded about the men who helped shape us into who we are today. They continue to influence the direction of our life, even when they have moved on from the world.
It is obvious who is calling the shots when it comes to the Nevada Wolf Pack’s football schedule. Head coach Brian Polian has only been in town for a little more than a year and he’s already added three of his former employers (Buffalo, Notre Dame and Texas A&M) to the Pack’s future schedules. We’re waiting for the announcement that the Pack is dropping Arizona from the 2015 home schedule and replacing them with John Carroll. Since Polian has been here the two most attractive Pack opponents (Oregon last year and UCLA in 2016) have vanished from the home schedule. UCLA, especially, would have been the most anticipated game ever at Mackay Stadium.
A Fallon man accused of trafficking in hallucinogenic mushrooms appeared this week in Justice Court.
Are you thinking of investing in municipal bonds? If so, you may have good reason, particularly if you are in one of the higher tax brackets. After all, municipal bond interest payments typically are exempt from federal income taxes, and possibly state and local income taxes, too — although some “munis” are subject to the alternative minimum tax. However, since not all municipal bonds are the same, you’ll want to know the differences — especially in terms of risk.
Churchill County School District Superintendent Dr. Sandra Sheldon recently spoke at May’s Churchill County Economic Development Authority council breakfast to discuss where the school district was headed.
Echo Summit, the ethereal site of the 1968 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, will welcome back many of the men who made history there 46 years ago.
Media day for the upcoming American Century Championship golf tournament might as well have been an NBA playoffs conference.
The library is here to help the youth in this community start a library of their very own, as suggested by Mr. Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes who, I’m thinking, knows a few things about reading and writing.
Walter Schmidt, the old prospector of the Whiteplains country in northeastern Churchill County, is in town this week calling on his old-time friends. He came to this locality in 1867, and now at the age of 72 years, is developing his fifth great mine. His first was the Alpha at Rye Patch which produced $2,000,000, then the Butte which produced half a million, besides the Taylor in California. For 20 years he has worked on the old Desert Queen in Churchill County. He spent $40,000 on the Desert Crystal Salt Works, and reduced the price of salt from $15 to $4 a ton. Mr. Schmidt came over in Geo. Coffrin’s car and it was his first automobile ride. In speaking of his experience being whirled over the desert in the machine, he remarked “Why, that thing goes like ___!”
Churchill County Senior Center 310 E. Court St. Fallon, NV 89406
Joe Nelson came up big two different times Wednesday night against arch-rival Douglas.
It didn’t take super powers for Carson Valley Active 20-30 Club members to come up with this year’s parade theme.
Artist Karl Schwiesow presents a deconstructed sailboat in Humble Vessel, displayed in Capital City Arts Initiative’s Courthouse Gallery starting Friday.
Nick Marano, Carson City’s new city manager, is billed as the featured speaker on Wednesday, June 18, at a breakfast meeting of Nevada Business Connections. Also on the agenda for the 8 a.m. event is an announcement regarding a regional expansion, which will be made by a “special guest manufacturer,” said Kris Holt, executive director of the private-sector business development organization. NBC meets in Carson City at the Gold Dust West Resort and Casino. Holt said the contributions of the late former Mayor Marv Teixeira also will be recognized during the meeting.
Craig Fletcher will perform with Mick Valentino at 6:30 p.m. today at Glen Eagles, 3700 N. Carson St. Fletcher will perform with Terri Campillo and Rocky Tatarelli at 6:30 p.m. Friday, and with Gerry Wright and Campillo on Saturday at Glen Eagles.
Students can get an early start on their lower division college requirements through the convenience of Western Nevada College’s online instruction, as well as education and auto mechanics classes that highlight summer semester offerings on the Fallon campus.
Born April 27, 1932 (a southern lady) in Selma, Alabama. Deceased June 3, 2014.Polly grew up learning the ways of the farm, cooking and sewing. Attending Sunday school and church.
Lou Imfeld was a World War II Veteran, a mechanic, and a teacher.
OSGOOD, MICHAEL P. “MIKE”, age 54 of Dayton, OH passed away Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Mike is
Sue was born on Jun 25, 1937 to Ernest Loeb Inwood and Margaret Emily Merritt. She graduated from Scarsdale High School (New York) in 1953. She passed away on Jun 3, 2014. Sue attended Texas Women’s
Relay for Life The Relay for Life is Fallon’s community gathering where everyone can join in the fight against cancer. If you would like to help Finish the Fight against Cancer, call Lacey Lehman at 310-889-55055 or Peach Sims at 334-868-3300.
LAS VEGAS — Democrat Kristen Spees has emerged as the winner in her party’s 2nd District primary and will face Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei in the November general election.
Both challengers’ combined vote totals in the primary election didn’t amount to half the votes Douglas County Sheriff Ron Pierini received on Tuesday night.
Despite early reports Gary Schmidt was slightly ahead of incumbent state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer in Carson City and close in the south Reno-capital district 16, Kieckhefer won in a walk Tuesday night, collecting double the number of votes cast for Schmidt.
From injury and uncertainty, to greatness and a second title. It’s what faced Rileigh Ricken this season as the Fallon graduate led the Lady Wave softball team to their third Division I-A state championship in four years.
On Friday, the engines will roar as the seventh annual Octane Fest rolls into Fallon.
Growing up only a half-hour away from Seattle in Maple Valley, Wash., the Seattle Mariners have always been Taylor Smart’s baseball team.
The Carson High Blue Jays got themselves into an early hole, and were unable to dig themselves out of it.
Gina Rohrer is rolling the dice on her own business in Carson City, working to open a bistro and gaming establishment for ladies and gents with a yearning for fun. Bringing years of experience to the night spot she’s calling Living the Good Life, which is taking shape on the southwest corner of North Carson and West Adams streets, Rohrer is five or six weeks from opening. Among her ideas to attract customers is a Friday night event she calls “Shoe ‘n Shine,” a fun and funky concept designed to attract women with a penchant for donning top drawer footwear to match night-on-the-town outfits.
In the closely watched lieutenant governor’s race, state Sen. Mark Hutchison defeated one-time U.S. Senate hopeful Sue Lowden, who lost the 2010 primary to tea party darling Sharron Angle in the race for Sen. Harry Reid’s seat.
RENO — Republican Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval steamrolled to victory Tuesday.
Embattled Douglas County Assemblyman Jim Wheeler beat Robin Reedy in the Republican primary in District 39 by a substantial margin.
The energy soared Friday night as 234 Churchill County High School seniors walked across the stage to accept their diplomas.
The first thing I remember buying for my first born, was baby diapers. Friends, this was back in the 1940s before anybody even thought about making disposable diapers or anything like that. No one had figured out another way of doing the baby toilet training.
The number of races in which credible conservative candidates challenged moderate, establishment-backed candidates in Nevada this year was unprecedented. And regardless of whether or not the conservative candidate chalked up more votes at the ballot box, conservatives won. Big time.
It’s status quo for the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District. The board of directors met Monday for its monthly meeting and revisited the water season. The directors opted to stay the course as the season will close in mid-July.
The Nevada Division of State Parks is offering free canoe trips along the Carson River from just below Lahontan Dam to Diversion Dam west of Fallon.
Does the name Betsy Ross raise a flag for you? You will recall that she was a seamstress and a flag maker for the Pennsylvania Navy back in the 1700’s. She is brought to mind just now because June 14th is America’s Flag Day — the day set aside for Americans to appreciate the principles for which it stands. Flag Day also brings to mind the historic figure who authored one of the most cherished and patriotic tributes ever to sing the praises of the American Flag — Francis Scott Key.
Sarah Palin and some of her comrades at Fox are saying we should have left Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to the Taliban because of the allegations against him that he left his post while on duty. Patrick Murphy, a former Democratic congressman, had the right response to them.
The Cancer Warriors for Central Nevada are selling tickets to the Reno Aces for the July 6 game against Sacramento River Cats to help support Scott Wilson and Christina Santiago.
In boxing terms, the Board of Regents scored a split decision after approving a huge tuition increase for students last week.
For busy women, finding a stretch of time to unwind may seem impossible, but no matter how busy life gets, taking a moment for oneself has crucial benefits, suggests a new study.
The Churchill County Commissioners on Thursday selected Charles Woodman as the county’s newest public defender.
Men live a lot longer than they used to: About 40 years ago, average life expectancy was 67 years; today it’s almost 76. It’s a definite improvement, but men still have work to do when it comes to their health: They tend to smoke and drink more than women, they see their doctor less often, and they are diagnosed with more cases of cancer and heart disease.
CARSON CITY — Everyone is invited to join the Nevada National Guard as it recognizes and pays homage to the United States’ flag and celebrates the U.S. Army’s birthday during the annual Nevada National Guard Flag Day Ceremony on Friday at 10 a.m., in the Nevada Capitol Assembly Chambers in Carson City.
The Mayor’s NV 150 Commission is planning a community reunion on Aug. 16 -17.
I was at the June 5 meeting of the Churchill County commissioners when Joseph Seidlitz, the new manager for the Winnemucca District of the BLM, introduced himself and reported on what was happening in the district. The commissioners asked some pretty good questions of him and as expected he gave some party-line answers. One of the questions dealt with the sage grouse; how were plans going to put it on the endangered list?
A regular meeting of the Churchill County School District Board will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Churchill County Administration Office, 690 S. Maine St.
4th Grade A Honor Roll — Hunter Arends, Jacilyn Cathey, Elvira Correa Chaverin, Natasha Emke, Jayce Hornby, McCartney McAlexander, Kamryn Paladini, Mykayla Stickley, Erica Vasquez.
Work began this week repaving Highway 50 in the Dayton area.
A 25-year-old Fallon man was arrested Saturday morning by the Fallon Police Department on charges of domestic battery and drugs.
An invasion of moths has been reported throughout the region, the Nevada Department of Agriculture said.
Carson City The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court. THURSDAY • At 6:56 p.m., Angel Fuentes, 25, was arrested on suspicion of heroin possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. He also was held on a contempt of court charge after his arrest in the 2200 block of Eastridge Lane in Carson City. Bail was set at $3,690.
With Gerald Gardner moving to the private sector, Gov. Brian Sandoval has named Mike Willden chief of staff.
The Nevada Highway Patrol has identified the two people killed and three injured in a triple-motorcycle crash Saturday on State Route 341. The two motorcyclists killed on the Geiger Grade were 68-year-old James Wood of Silver Springs and 60-year-old Robert Sanders of Reno. The third motorcyclist, 43-year-old Jacob Jensen, was hospitalized with severe injuries.
Relay for Life The Relay for Life is Fallon’s community gathering where everyone can join in the fight against cancer. If you would like to help Finish the Fight against Cancer, call Lacey Lehman at 310-889-55055 or Peach Sims at 334-868-3300.
Work began this week repaving Highway 50 in the Dayton area. The $6 million project extends from Deer Run Road near Carson City’s border to about a mile east of State Route 341, the road to Gold Hill and Virginia City.
No one is ever going to call Conor Harber a one-dimension player.
A $600,000 Brownfields Assessment grant from the federal Environmental Production Agency will help clean up and redevelopment efforts in Lyon and Churchill counties, Nevada development officials stated. The Northern Nevada Development Authority (NNDA), which serves Carson City and nearby counties, said the grant allows the development authority to evaluate and catalog sites in the two counties to the east of Carson City if the sites are under-utilized as a result of previous environmental contamination. Each assessment will provide a road map for future redevelopment of the sites for businesses.
Chase Blueberg, T.J. Thomsen, Jace Zampirro, Dom Norton and Gehrig Tucker have been playing baseball together for as long as they can remember.
When it comes to the Major League Baseball Draft, it just turned out to be another banner year for the Western Nevada College baseball program.
Delectable fare comes to the heart of Carson City as Taste of Downtown turns 21 in less than two weeks.
By Darrell Moody dmoody@nevadaappeal.com Colby Blueberg realized a childhood dream when he was selected in the 24th round of the amateur baseball draft by the San Diego Padres Saturday afternoon.
CC Massage Therapy, voted best Massage Therapist and Massage business of Fallon 2013 and 2014, has collaborated with Skin Care by Justine and Nails by Shonda at 510 S. Maine St., by offering an oasis of relaxation and services unique to the Fallon area.
Come visit Johnnie’s Deli & Spirits at 715 S. Taylor St.
The doors of the new and magnificent Hotel Mizpah will be thrown open this evening, and the public will be given an opportunity to examine the furniture and fittings.
It’s another busy race weekend, with NASCAR Sprint Cup at Pocono, IndyCar, and Camping World Trucks in Texas, and Formula 1 in Canada.
Bryan Manoukian didn’t pull any punches. “This is definitely the worst game we’ve played so far,” the Carson Blue Jays coach said. “You lose eight seniors and you are playing with a bunch of young kids. You can’t make six errors and expect to win many, if any, games. Some of our returning players made plays they don’t normally make.”
A local author is learning the “challenge of being a public writer in a small town” since distilling his family’s trauma and his experience as a reporter during the Great Recession into a book of short stories.
Delores Beverly Mussi, longtime Fallon resident, passed away on June 1, 2014, at home with her family by her side after a long bout with Cancer.
Webber’s ivesia, a member of the rose family found in several areas of Washoe and Douglas counties, has been declared a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Military leaders and historians alike have hailed the D-Day invasion 70 years ago today as the largest seaborne invasion in history and one that turned the tide in World War II.
A gala for Carson City artists and patrons of the local arts scene Saturday will bring together wine, art, music and the culture vultures who enjoy all three.
The Carson City Symphony will present the 30th annual Holiday Treat concert at 4 p.m. Dec. 15 at Bob Boldrick Theater in the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St.
For the past two days our little town has been in a sizzle of great excitement and nervous tension, caused by the extreme cold-bloodedness of the murder which accompanied the hold-up of the mail stage on last Tuesday evening, Dec. 6th. Not for many years has anything so atrocious been recorded in the criminal annals of the hold-ups through the country.
Youth Theatre Carson City’s production of “Shrek: The Musical” is set for Friday through Sunday in the Bob Boldrick Theatre at the Carson City Community Center.
The Churchill Arts Council will present a reception for artist, Sharon Maczko, tomorrow afternoon from 5-7 p.m. in the galleries at the Art Center.
It’s no big surprise that extremely wealthy people have lives that most folks will never have an opportunity to experience.
Despite training with the Norwegian and Swiss cross-country ski teams and having Olympic medalists in her family, Nina MacLeod never wanted to compete herself.
Eagles & Agriculture, the Carson Valley’s celebration of wildlife and ranching, has set its schedule for its 12th year of exploring the interaction between eagles and other raptors and the ranches of Carson Valley. Headquartered at the Carson Valley Inn and set for Feb. 20-23, this year’s lineup includes several new offerings along with long time favorites.
The back lawn of the Governor’s Mansion is the site of the Carson City Symphony’s 30th annual Pops Party concert, an official Nevada 150 event, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 8.
It’s hard not to be impressed by Balancing Rock at the D.L. Bliss State Park, located on the California side of Lake Tahoe.
Twin turrets bookend the three-story, wood-shingled mansion that silently overlooks the calm beauty of Lake Tahoe. Standing on the elegant, long porch that spans the two towers in the early morning, one can see the sun rising over the Sierra Nevada range, casting the day’s first light on the lake.
Ayako’s Dance Studio, under the sponsorship of Pinkerton Ballet Theatre, will present “Dorothy’s Dance Adventure in the Land of Oz” at 7 p.m. Friday in the Bob Boldrick Theater at the Carson City Community Center.
The Churchill Arts Council will present a reception for artist, Sharon Maczko, on May 31 in the galleries at the Art Center from 5 to 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Summer, which officially doesn’t start for another two weeks, has crept in early again this year. So now is the time to send out early warnings about dogs left in cars. As all who live in a desert know, temperatures can rise quickly and become unbearable.
A discussion about books and writing with local author Tammy Grace and award-winning journalist Anne Pershing will be held Thursday at 1 p.m.
New information may indicate the bistate sage grouse, which is proposed for listing as an endangered species, might not be as endangered as originally thought.
Plato Malozemoff, president of the Newmont Mining Corporation, this morning personally directed pouring of the first ingots of full-production gold at the Carlin Gold Mine, as dignitaries from Elko, Nevada, the federal government, Newmont, and other affiliated interests, observed.
The air was crisp and clean as the formation climbed through the clouds over the North Sea. Contrails formed behind the mass of B-17 bombers that were struggling higher with their heavy loads. A deadly giveaway to the enemy that would see them because of it. Higher and higher they climbed as they made their way toward Germany and their destiny.
After two weeks of early voting, voters will have only two more opportunities to cast votes for the primary election.
Paolo Narag and Garrett Kalt have worked toward graduation day for the last four years both academically and athletically at Churchill County High School.
RENO - Despite dropping the first game, the Lady Wave softball team came back in the championship “if” game to win the program’s third state title in the past four years.
The Churchill County School District graduated 20 students Thursday night from its Adult Education Diploma Program.
The economic impact of a new dairy milk ingredient processing plant to Northern Nevada — and especially to Churchill County — will strongly be felt for future years, said both local officials and dairy representatives who formally toured the facility along with the media Tuesday morning.
Museum lecture series Churchill County Museum Association continues with its lecture series.
Both Clark and Washoe counties reported double-digit increases in taxable sales for March, more than offsetting 40-50 percent decreases reported by several of Nevada’s small counties.
It’s finally the day seniors have been waiting for all year, graduation.
I am writing to you regarding this complex tax proposal which will appear on the Nevada 2014 statewide general election ballot — the gross margin tax, also referred to as the “margin tax initiative” and more often as the “education initiative.”
Some sushi during the seventh-inning stretch? You could get that at Yankee Stadium. Refreshing fruit kabobs on a warm day? It’s an option at Target Field in Minneapolis.
June is a popular month for weddings. If you’re getting married this month, you no doubt have many exciting details to discuss with your spouse-to-be. But after you get back from the honeymoon, you’ll want to have another discussion — about your finances. It might not sound glamorous, but couples who quickly “get on the same page” regarding their financial situation are actually taking a step that can help them immensely as they build their lives together.
Acknowledging Nevada’s considerable veteran population, the Office of the Secretary of Defense-Reserve Affairs approved a $650,000 grant for the Nevada National Guard on May 23 to help job-seeking Nevada veterans.
The Internal Revenue Service awarded nonprofit status to the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society, an all-volunteer group that was formed in 2011 to preserve the prison to educate generations of Nevada students and residents.
The Carson and Bridgeport ranger districts of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, the Bureau of Land Management’s Carson City office, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Nevada Division of Forestry announced the implementation of fire restrictions at 12:01 a.m. May 30 due to exceptionally dry dead and live fuel moistures in the mixed conifer stands west of Highway 395, lingering drought conditions, increasing daytime temperatures and some human-caused fires. The restrictions will stay in place until further notice.
On June 6, 1944, Operation Neptune was launched. Neptune was the code name for the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy, France, and was part of Operation Overlord. The goal was to secure a foothold so the Allies could begin a full-scale invasion of northwest Europe, push the Germans back, and achieve victory over Hitler.
In two days more than 200 graduates from Churchill County High school will take their final march to the football field, receive their diplomas and conclude their 12 years of education before setting off on their new venture.
The following licenses were issued by the Churchill County Clerk’s/Treasurer’s office:
The following births occurred at Banner Churchill Community Hospital:
Western Nevada College has named 247 students to the Spring 2014 Dean’s List. For consideration to WNC’s Dean’s List, students must complete at least 12 units during the semester and accumulate a grade point average of 3.50 or higher. The following students are from the local area.
If you study the Nevada Atlas for too long, you’ll find some unusual places. For example, a couple of years ago I was scanning a state atlas, looking at places to explore near the Monitor Valley, and stumbled across an intriguing name: the Miniature Grand Canyon.
If you listened to Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” on Sunday, you probably heard Los Texmanics perform live on the show.
Churchill County Senior Center 310 E. Court St. Fallon, NV 89406
No teachers in Nevada have to join their local affiliate of the Nevada State Education Association. Once they do, however, most can only leave by submitting written notice during the middle of their summer vacation.
June is Men’s Health Month, a reminder for men to do the things that they generally don’t do as well as women: getting screened for conditions that, detected early, are easily treated; seeking education about health issues, and supporting each other’s well-being.
Churchill County has issued the following business Licenses in April 2014
Sports fodder for a Friday morning...It’s time for Colin Kaepernick to show a little appreciation. Now that the San Francisco 49ers quarterback is one of the richest players in NFL history, he needs to toss a million or so thank you notes to the school which made it all possible.
If there is a fan favorite for the 25th annual American Century Championship, it has to be Charles Barkley.
The slopes are bare and the skis put away, but that isn’t stopping one Fallon girl from her dreams of competing in the Olympics.
For many, seven is the luckiest number. And for the Fallon Fights, seven rings truest as the annual boxing exhibition is headed to the national spotlight.
The Fallon Rodeo Club was back at it last weekend in Battle Mountain.
Not too long ago, hundreds of fans clad in green and white crowded Williams Avenue as a school bus drove slowly out of town.
Thirty-six years have passed since horse racing has celebrated a Triple Crown winner.
The lights went out for another handful of ex-Greenwave stars this spring as two seniors played on the diamond for one final time.
Auto enthusiasts from all parts of Nevada swarmed into Reno last Saturday , attracted by the automobile races for Memorial Day. Fallon was there in force because R.L. Douglass had entered with his Stutz racer and his friends confidently expected he would carry away the laurels. They reckoned rightly for he took the lead early in the 77 mile race, not making a single stop the entire distance. Five cars started the race, but the Mercer wrecked at the first turn, and the Thomas car met a similar fate. Two Hupmobiles were in the race to the finish behind the Stutz.
RENO —The Nevada Air Guard’s 152nd Intelligence Squadron is preparing the Nevada Army Guard’s Detachment 45, Operational Support Airlift, for its upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. The squadron’s Airmen are sharing their expertise in imagery acquisition and analysis with the unit’s Soldiers during a joint, three-week training session before the detachment departs in June.
A long time Fallon resident has passed away in Cody, WY at the age of 74. She was a Fallon resident from 1967 to 2007.
Pauline Day was born and raised in Marble Hill , MO on April 20, 1931 to Ina and Oscar Schrock and died in Carson City, Nevada May 30, 2014.
In the evening of Friday, May 16, Ruth Dressler went to sleep in her chair at home. In keeping with her abiding faith, the family knows she awoke in paradise, in the presence of God, the angels, and her beloved husband, Budd.
Margaret Ann (Peggy ) Geerhart passed away Monday, May 12, 2014, at her home in Carson City. She was born in Elko, NV March 25, 1938.
Grace J. King was born in Los Angeles, California, November 24,1920 to Marcus and Josephine King. She attended local schools and USC.
For the first time in its history, the Nevada football team will play against a school from the Southeastern Conference as the Wolf Pack will take on Texas A&M next season, Nevada announced Thursday as part of a handful of scheduling moves.
One of the great mysteries of sports is the amateur baseball draft
A woman sought by authorities for nearly six years in the poisoning death of a northern Nevada businessman who was her estranged husband has been arrested in Peru, federal authorities said Thursday. Nazira Maria Cross, 48, was arrested at her home early Wednesday by Peruvian National Police, the FBI stated.
Ron McNutt was driving through Washoe Valley Wednesday morning when he decided to retire — for the second time — from the game he’s devoted his entire life to.
The Economic Forum was told this week the $70 million shortfall in the net proceeds of the mining tax doesn’t actually mean the state is short that much money.
The former Carson High teacher convicted of sexual misconduct with a student will get her first parole hearing sometime in July. Jennifer Dalton, 36, pleaded no contest to the charge after another teacher saw her and a 17-year-old male student “hugging and kissing” on the couch in a classroom.
Robert W. Cannon (Bob) age 86, finally lost his battle with cancer May 19, 2014. He was born April 23, 1928 in Los Angeles, CA.
Patricia Walker Gray passed away in Carson City, NV. She was 80 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert of 57 years, and her sister Laurene Murphy.
Harlan H. Choat was born Feb 01, 1942, and passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on the morning of May 14, 2014 in Jacumba, CA.
Jeffrey Jack Leigh passed away in Carson City, NV, at the age of 48.
Charles (Chuck) Barrett was born in Reno, Nevada on October 9, 1928, to Mary Lyons Barrett and Clifford Barrett, and died on May 26, 2014. He was raised in Markleeville, CA.
On May 21, 2014, at the age of 94 1/2, he passed away peacefully at home where he resided since 1955. Born in Reno, NV on Sept. 16, 1919 to Fritz and Alice Luhrs, raised in Gardnerville, graduated from Douglas High in 1936, attended UNR, and served in the U.S. Navy.
Age 73, of Minden, Nevada passed away on May 13, 2014. A memorial service will be held on Friday, May 23, 2014 at 11am at Lifepoint Church, Student Ministries Room, 1095 Stephanie Way, Minden, Nevada.
Guy Page Felton III passed on May 24, 2014, in Carson City, Nevada. Guy’s happiest years were spent as a school teacher in New York State and Nevada.
Russell Crowl Six, 90, of Holland Michigan, passed away at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans on May 12, 2014. Russell was born August 25, 1923, in Liberty Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, to Bert LeRoy Six and Grace Lo Dema Crowl.
Sunday evening I was captivated by C-SPAN’s excellent coverage of British Prime Minister David Cameron answering rapid-fire questions from his parliamentary colleagues.
The Nevada Arts Council has announced grant funding statewide amounting to $609,623 for Fiscal Year 2014-15, with almost $70,000 of it provided for organizations in Carson City and nearby communities.
Colby Blueberg spent the day before what could arguably be the three most important days of his life fishing with his brother and grandfather.
Ralph Ernest Vance, 74, was born Feb. 2, 1940, in Mesilla Park, New Mexico, to Archie Maurice and Lou Ellen Bradford Vance. He died June 1, 2014, in Dayton.
Corinne was born in Canoga Park, CA to Mr. Gerald A. Lambert and Mrs. Leila C. (Brooks) Lambert. She graduated from Canoga Park High in 1945
Russell Crowl Six, 90, of Holland Michigan, passed away at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans on May 12, 2014. Russell was born August 25, 1923, in Liberty Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, to Bert LeRoy Six and Grace Lo Dema Crowl.
We lost our beloved parents, Jack and Maggie Davis a week apart. They were together for sixty-five years in life and reunited this week to be together forever.
Bill was born in Berkeley, California to William and Genevieve Schneider. He had two older sisters, Marjorie and Elizabeth. After graduating from Berkeley High School, he entered the army and served in the Korean War where he received 2 bronze medals as a soldier and a medic.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick received a new six-year contract extension Wednesday that keeps him with the franchise through the 2020 season.
Museum lecture series Churchill County Museum Association continues with its lecture series.
Relay for Life The Relay for Life is Fallon’s community gathering where everyone can join in the fight against cancer. If you would like to help Finish the Fight against Cancer, call Lacey Lehman at 310-889-55055 or Peach Sims at 334-868-3300.
It didn’t take long for Jack Wagner, a two-time American Century Championship winner, to be questioned about the inclusion of former LPGA great Annika Sorenstam to this year’s tournament.
When the federal government reduces funding for the “newly eligible” Medicaid recipients, it will cost the state of Nevada an estimated $300- to $400-million to cover the cost.
When in my teenage years, I wanted nothing more than a bicycle of my own. This would mean I could go and visit friends in other nearby communities easier than walking, or taking public transportation called the Philadelphia Transit Authority, the latter meaning Philadelphia’s famous “we go everywhere” trolley cars.
The Nevada Department of Veterans Services (NDVS) announces the Women Veterans Event for Reno and Sparks will be held June 14 at Renown Regional Medical Center.
We are a “mom and pop” RV trailer sales in business for 33 years. We will have to close our doors if the Margins Tax goes through.
June marks the 20th anniversary of Men’s Health Month, which is anchored by a congressional health education and screening program.
The first County Commission meeting of June will be conducted Thursday at 8:15 a.m. at the City Council Chambers, 55 W. Williams Ave.
Staff studying the potential routes for the new Interstate 11 through Nevada told the state Transportation Board on Monday the route that brings the highway up U.S. 95, through Reno and north on U.S. 395 had the highest ranking.
A Fallon woman accused of colliding with former Churchill County Sheriff Rich Ingram made her first court appearance Monday in Justice Court.
ELKO — When he joined the U.S. Army, James Chandler set a goal to reach the rank of captain — that was before he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Haymakers were landed, faces were bloodied and even some technical boxing was dished out at the annual Night of Boxing on Friday at the Elmo Derrico Gym.
The Fallon Force 12-and-under softball team won the Capitol City Qualifier in Carson City on Sunday.
One Fallon athlete will make the journey to the National Junior High Finals Rodeo in Des Moines, Iowa.
Nine of Fallon’s best will move to the next level. On Thursday, the former Greenwave athletes were put on display at a signing ceremony in the Elmo Dericco Gym.
One of the great mysteries of sports is the amateur baseball draft. With the largest pool of players under consideration for draft selection than any other major sport and ball players being scouted from a variety different levels, there is plenty of uncertainty to go around.
Former Fernley standout Amelia Maguin led the charge for another banner season for the Southern Oregon University track and field team last month at the NAIA Outdoor Championships in Gulf Shores, Ala.
The Fallon baseball team nabbed a trio of Division I-A all-state selections last week.
Where to start with your new goals or what goals to set? Well, there is only one place to start. It’s all about the diet. The truth about diet is that you cannot out run or out work a bad one.
The Oasis Bighorns lacrosse teams split a doubleheader with the Truckee Tribe on Saturday.
Barrick Gold of North America has pledged nearly $1.2 million to Great Basin College in northeastern Nevada.
The Nevada Secretary of State’s office has expanded its electronic business license system to Fernley and Tonopah.
Switching to a federally supported state health exchange won’t be immediate and will bring added confusion for Nevada consumers during the transition into next year’s open enrollment period, an interim legislative committee was told Monday.
Someone poured paint on several vehicles parked in the Johnson Lane area overnight on Saturday. Eight residents found their vehicles had been vandalized with the paint. Someone also placed nails under tires and broke the glass jars the paint was in.
People hoping to get into Nevada’s budding medical marijuana business can apply for a state license in August.
The draft analysis laying out potential economic impacts if the sage grouse is listed as a as a threatened species is now available from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Carson Blue Jays summer baseball team dropped a 10-0 decision Sunday to the Knights.
Relay for Life The Relay for Life is Fallon’s community gathering where everyone can join in the fight against cancer. If you would like to help Finish the Fight against Cancer, call Lacey Lehman at 310-889-55055 or Peach Sims at 334-868-3300.
