Carson City News

A former Marine was charged Friday with six counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a burning home, including a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse." David Allen Tyner, 28, of Locust Grove, is accused of shooting, stabbing and then burning the bodies of Brooke Phillips, ...

Washoe's decline to 12.2 percent, based on a mid-month survey of employers and other market estimates, is more a reflection of a stagnant or declining workforce than outright improvement in the job market, said Bill Anderson, chief economist at the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Carson City detectives are investigating a shooting Wednesday morning in East Carson City in the which the victim claims his estranged wife shot him.

Jeff Melvin said. The injury to the person shot is not life threatening, Melvin said.

CARSON CITY, Nev.-Gov. Jim Gibbons says repealing a law that prevents Nevada from competing for millions of dollars in federal funds for public schools may be proposed if he calls a special session of the state Legislature.

Photo: Brooke Phillips. OKLAHOMA CITY Brooke Phillips, a pregnant Nevada brothel worker who appeared in an HBO reality series "Cathouse," and another 22-year-old mom-to-be, had been fatally shot before firefighters discovered their bodies in a burning Oklahoma City home, investigators said last Friday.

Carson City supervisors have authorized a study of how much it will cost to turn eight acres of parking lots around the Carson Nugget casino into a downtown technology plaza.

The leader of a Nevada organization that wants to outlaw abortion acknowledged today that passage of its Parenthood amendment would prohibit women from using pills that induce abortion.

This undated photo provided by Dennis Hof, shows Brooke Phillips. On Friday, Nov.

CARSON CITY, Nev. - A Las Vegas dentist has been elected chairman of the Nevada Republican Party.

Because of a hefty contribution from the trust of a late co-owner of the Carson Nugget, Carson City officials are embarking on a plan to turn eight acres of parking lots around the casino into a downtown technology plaza to attract entrepreneurial companies to Nevada's capital city.

Three teens were jailed after they allegedly prank called a suicide hot line and pretended to shoot themselves.

On Nov. 6, Nevada Appeal reporter Sandi Hoover chronicled the Carson Nugget's report to the Board of Supervisors of an ambitious vision to develop about eight acres of their parking lots behind the main street casino.

An intoxicated man who was allegedly helping himself to the contents of a woman's refrigerator was arrested Thursday night as the frightened homeowner called police from beneath a desk.

The Nevada Capitol and Governor's Mansion will be cast in blue beginning Saturday to raise awareness of diabetes.

A legal challenge is expected to be filed by the end of the day against a proposed Nevada ballot measure that seeks to define a person and override Nevada's abortion laws.

The owner of a Nevada brothel featured on the HBO reality show "Cathouse" said Thursday he fears one of his employees is among the four people whose bodies were found in a burning house in Oklahoma City.

The Nevada National Guard has kicked off a $17 million solar energy project. Construction will begin early next year on carports that will cover about half of a four-acre parking lot at the Office of the Adjutant General complex in Carson City.

MIA flag is flying again in front of the Nevada Capitol after a persistent campaign by a Vietnam War veteran.

The average price of gasoline dipped slightly across the Reno-Carson corridor but rose statewide on an 8-cent spike in the Las Vegas area, AAA Nevada's monthly survey on Tuesday shows.