A 29-year-old California man who admitted breaking into Ahern Rentals and taking $18,000 in equipment, was sentenced Monday to six years in Nevada State Prison and ordered to repay the victim for the uninsured loss.
District Judge Mi

A glider was forced to make an emergency landing on a ski run at Heavenly Mountain Resort Sunday afternoon. No injuries were reported.
The SoaringNV aircraft encountered unexpected downdraft and had to land, said Laurie Harden, a spo

The Alpine County Sheriff's Office released video today of a patrol car colliding with a white pickup during a snowy day in 2010.
According to the sheriff's office, the California Highway Patrol investigated the Dec. 29 accident, in

Republicans certified their caucus results early Monday morning after more than a day of counting.
As expected, frontrunner Mitt Romney walked away with half the state's vote. Challenger Newt Gingrich pulled in 21.1 percent of the vo

Douglas County investigators arrested a Texas man on Friday afternoon accused of two counts of sexual assault of a child.
Joseph Holder, 47, was taken into custody on a fugitive warrant.
Douglas detectives were contacted Friday morn

Tillman Lane was cordoned off on Sunday afternoon after a suspicious item was spotted in an open lot in the 700 block at about 2:25 p.m.
The item was described as a green plastic box with wires coming out of it.
Douglas County Sheri

Western Nevada College has named 229 students to the fall 2011 dean's list. To be eligible for the dean's list, students must complete at least 12 units for the semester with a 3.5 or higher grade point average.
Gardnerville

When Carrie Minor's autistic 15-year-old son, Breidon, first came to Kids & Horses, he was terrified, but not these days.
"He was so petrified, he was rigid," Minor said, "but now his confidence has grown, and

More than half of the residents of the Mountain Warfare Training Center base housing area in Coleville have returned to their homes after safety inspections revealed they were inhabitable.
Of the 38 families that were displaced by a

R-C Running Commentary for Feb. 6

Sentencing in burglary
Sentencing is scheduled for today in the Ahern burglary case. Jose Corona, 29, is facing up to 10 years in prison after DNA evidence gathered at the scene led investigators to him. His sentencing was delayed so

A 31-year-old Iowa woman was identified as the person killed in a propane explosion at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Base Housing on Friday night.
Lori Hardin, 31, of Hudson, Iowa, suffered fatal injuries as a res

According to the Nevada Republican Party's Web site only half of the ballots in Nevada's largest county have been counted.
The last Twitter update on the party's site occurred at about 4 a.m.
Favorite, former Gov. Mitt Romney had a

For many Nevada sports books, the Super Bowl is the biggest day of the year. So how do you make it more interesting than betting one team against another? How about gambling on the length of the national anthem as sung by Kelly Clarks

A Nevada Army National Guard aviation company is in its final days of preparation before leaving the state to begin its deployment process to Afghanistan this spring.
About 60 guardsmen, with about 20 percent of them living in the Ca

It's that time of the year when many turn their attention to the great athletic event known as the Super Bowl. At the same time, I like to also think of the great athletic contest called the "race" (of life) noted in

There are two types of child custody. The first, physical custody, is about where the child lives and spends his or her time. The second is legal custody. Legal custody is separate and distinct from physical custody. The court may det

Supporters of a bicycle race assured Minden Town Board members on Wednesday that the county would still be able to conduct business during the race.
The Little City Race Series event is scheduled for July 6 in Minden. Organizers said

U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will resume prescribed fire operations in several locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin on Monday, according to a statement from the agency.
Operations may take place north of Emerald Bay, K

This winter, the Tahoe Resource Conservation District launched a Facebook contest in support of its "Tahoe's Most un-Wanted" campaign in order to collaborate with community members for its series of educational posters.