Carson City News

Candidates announce for Nevada legislative races The Associated Press Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 4:43 p.m. Three Republicans on Saturday announced their intent to seek seats in the Nevada Senate and Assembly in next year's election. Assemblyman Don Gustavson of Sparks announced...

Only the Nevada Department of Transportation lists the number of jobs created so far -- 339 -- and has Web links to particular projects and costs. Those types of details must be reported to the federal government by today. Nevada's...

A hearing officer has ruled that psychiatric nurse Elisa McCall was dismissed from her job at the state’s Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas because she reported the misconduct of another nurse that endangered the patients. Hearing Officer Daniel Hussey...

Gov. Jim Gibbons has joined the hierarchy of the state Board of Medical Examiners in seeking the resignation of board member Jean Stoess for giving an internal memo to the Las Vegas Sun. Stoess of Reno initially said she was...

They directed prisons chief Howard Skolnik to come back with a plan in November to cut costs by $3.6 million. Those funds would be used to ensure no correctional officers would take furloughs throughout the two-year budget period that ends...

Nev. — At a time when Nevada has the highest uninsured rate for children in the nation, enrollment is down in a state program that officials say could provide free medical care for some poor children. A Census Bureau study...