Carson City News

Lisa Helget, a vocal opponent of the recent city sales-tax increase, said Thursday that the tax question prompted her to file this week to seek Karen Abowd's seat on the Board of Supervisors.

The Governor's Mansion in Carson City built in 1909 is known for appearances of at least two friendly "ghosts" reported to be first lady Una Dickerson and her daughter, June, who was the only child born in the mansion.

Sally Roberts / Special to the Nevada Appeal Hale Bennett shows a model of a B-26 Marauder bomber bearing the black-and-white stripes that were painted on planes before D-Day so ground troops could easily distinguish U.S. planes from enemy aircraft.

During a short trip to tour a Mound House machine plant, Carson City Mayor Robert Crowell said Thursday that manufacturing is an important slice of life in the city and region.

According to his arrest report, he ran into a fence and told a deputy he'd been going about 40 mph in a 25 mph zone when he tried to take a corner and lost control.

Nevada is receiving $3.7 million in federal grant money to continue "turnaround" efforts at its lowest-performing schools, the U.S. Education Department announced today.

High Sierra Brewery Co., in downtown Carson City is going to close its doors on March 29. A full story will appear in Thursday's Nevada Appeal: Well Everyone..we are in a bit of a pickle! To make this short and not so sweet, we are losing our lease come the end of this month, if we do not sign a lease extension and Promissory note for past due rent ... (more)

Total bail was set at $2,576. a A 26-year-old Carson City man was arrested at an apartment on H Street at 3:55 p.m. on warrants charging violation of probation conditions and failure-to-appear traffic.

Nevada continues to celebrate its 150th birthday this year and state officials are announcing some fun, new plans to ring it all in! More than 100 sesquicentennial events have already happened with dozens more on the way, including enjoying a giant birthday cake.

Nevada Vapor Supply, 106 N. Carson St., will hold a grand opening Saturday at which it will introduce electronic cigarette devices and starter kits to Carson City.

The feud between Assemblyman Ira Hansen, R-Sparks, and the Nevada Department of Wildlife - alive for more than three decades - will return to the political landscape on May 27. That's the tentative date when the assemblyman - who represents much of rural Nevada - will go on trial in Churchill County for placing snare traps to catch bobcats too ... (more)

Carson City The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All suspects are innocent until proved guilty in court: MONDAY a 9:50 a.m.: A Carson City man was arrested at Roop and Musser streets on a failure-to-appear/traffic warrant out of Carson City.

Representatives of Carson City's Concept Automatic System and United States Welding Corp. are among those set to speak about manufacturing March 19 at a Nevada Business Connections breakfast meeting at the Gold Dust West.

The federal investigator handling the crash of a light plane east of Carson City says at this point, he and others are "looking at everything" to try to figure out what happened.

With high gas prices and warmer weather on the way, bicycle transportation will soon be booming again.

I just want to set the record straight, I've been in office since 2011. Got elected in 2010 with 58% of the votes and in 2012 with 57% of the votes.

A 2013 Carson City visitors impact analysis showed lodging occupancy was up 4 percent and total estimated taxable sales increased $6.7 million to $273.4 million, according to a report Monday.

A relic of Nevada history which was aboard the battleship Missouri when the Japanese surrendered to end World War II, and which spent two decades tucked away in a military museum's storage, is ready to go on the road for Nevada's sesquicentennial.

The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law: a A 61-year-old Carson man was arrested on two warrants at 11:16 a.m. Total bail was set at $6,105.

Applications for Carson City residents interested in serving on the Cultural Commission are being sought by the Board of Supervisors.