Gardnerville News

A Gardnerville woman faces up to 10 years in prison for striking a pedestrian with her pickup truck and leaving him injured.

EDITOR: I would like to thank this great community for coming out on Oct. 11 to the Big George Athletic Complex and supporting Douglas County schools.

Unemployed Gardnerville resident Coleen Wilson looks over paperwork at The Record-Courier building on Thursday.

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

Nevada is joining more than 40 other states that have special license plates for families of those who died while serving in the military.

EDITOR: The other day I walked around the center where Hamdogs is located. With the exceptions of three or four businesses, plus the Gardnerville Post Office, there are many vacant facilities.

Clockwise from upper left, Alexandrew Vail looks at his attorney, Tod Young, on Tuesday during sentencing in Judge Dave Gamble's court.

Author Bill Harley spoke to fifth-grade students at Gardnerville Elementary School on Tuesday about his writing and how to organize a story.

Robin Reedy, chief of state for Gov. Jim Gibbons, will host a fundraiser this weekend for her boss in Douglas County.

Probation was revoked Wednesday for a 37-year-old Gardnerville woman who had been drinking in violation of her suspended sentence for a second conviction of driving under the influence.

For the moment at least, the Southern Nevada Water Authority has lost the water it hoped to pump to Las Vegas in the first phase of its proposed pipeline across eastern Nevada.

Becca Freitas couldn't contain the joy in her voice. "She smiled at me for the first time," the 22-year-old said Tuesday.

The debate over a Walmart Supercenter proposed for south Gardnerville will continue well into the holiday season.

Carson City will be included in a 38-city national bus tour tomorrow when the Tea Party Express II rolls into town for a political rally Wednesday morning.

Gen. John Abizaid, former commander of the U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, told a Carson City Lion's Club dinner Thursday it will be years before the situation in that part of the world is stable.

EDITOR: To Linda Monohan: Thank you so much for sharing your life and information over these many years with the residents of the Carson Valley.

One sign that the message about influenza is getting out to the public has been the popularity of seasonal flu vaccinations.

This afternoon, county commissioners will be honoring Douglas' three legislators, Sen.

County commissioners are meeting with Gardnerville Town Board members tonight to discuss relations between the town and the county, the town's sphere of influence, drainage and road maintenance and the vision for economic development of the town.

Karen Campbell, reflected in a mirror, looks around her shop, Cheshire Antiques, in Gardnerville on Thursday.