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Monday's crossword
Click below for Monday's crossword. See Tuesday's print edition for solutions.
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Volunteer Connection
The featured organization this week is ComputerCorps, which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing access to computer technology and skills training for low-income under-served families, while eliminating tons o
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WNC rallies past Salt Lake to gain JUCO World Series
WEST JORDAN, Utah - The Western Nevada Wildcats can say it now - they are champions.
After finishing second in both the Scenic West Athletic Conference and the Region 18 baseball tournament to No. 2-ranked Salt Lake Com
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Silver Dollars & Wooden Nickels
The Nevada Appeal's Silver Dollars & Wooden Nickels feature recognizes positive achievements from the capital region and, when warranted, points out others that missed the mark.
SILVER DOLLAR: To Sen. Dean Heller for rightly faulti
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State Track Championships: Maestretti wins pole vault; CHS relay team, Quilling fourth; Sierra Lutheran sweeps state
RENO - Douglas High pole vaulter Nick Maestretti makes it look so easy even in the most difficult situations.
Maestretti, who is headed to Kansas on a track scholarship in the fall, cleared 16 feet to win the 4A pole vault at
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Moody Column: Basketball camp offers sage instruction
John Paulson and Doug Whisler coached many of the present-day Carson High basketball players when they were at Carson Middle School.
The two veteran coaches will combine their knowledge to conduct a basketball camp for boys and girl
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Noone Column: Yesterday and today in the Appeal newsroom
We had some good news and some bad news last week at the Nevada Appeal.
When someone gives me a choice, I always want the bad news first. Hearing the good news first always dampens my enjoyment of it, since I know the other shoe is a
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Senator Square: This school year included brilliant efforts from the teamwork of students and staff
Congratulations to all of our seniors who have just spent this past week presenting their senior projects on which they worked all year preparing.
I am constantly surprised at the extraordinary efforts that these kids put forth. Cong
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Rowe Column: Digging for gold can pay off
In the last few years, we have seen a trend of resourceful people out digging. We have seen an increase in miners, metal detectors, pickers, and people just digging through their possessions for something to sell. This trend has becom
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ROAD REPORT
Nightly lane closures are scheduled this week on Highway 395 from the junction of Highway 50 West Spooner to 1st Street in Minden, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. tonight through Thursday. There will be flagger-controlled traffic.
There will b
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Candidates forum set for Tuesday
Carson City residents will get to hear from candidates in the two Board of Supervisors races on Tuesday.
The Carson City Chamber of Commerce is hosting a primary candidates forum at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Marlette Hall on the campus of We
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Underwood Column: Reading is best cure for the 'summer slide'
Leaders are readers.This axiom is one that my parents often shared with me growing up. Either out of pragmatism or because they didn't quite know how to tell me that I wasn't NBA material, they continually emphasized the
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Taste of Home event mixes fun, learning
Have you ever wanted to know how to make a perfect peanut butter cheesecake or an asparagus strudel?
What about garlic chicken or a Mexican shrimp bisque?
Hundreds of women and even a handful of men were shown how to cook these and
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People: Davidson and Fenn to wed in July
William and Lorraine Davidson of Glens Falls, N.Y., announce the engagement of their daughter Lorraine Alice Davidson to Paul Michael Fenn, son of Michael and Cara Fenn of Carson City.
The bride-to-be is a graduate of Glens Falls Hi
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Western Nevada College Class of 2012
Carson City
Associate of Applied Science - Accounting: Malorie M. Ashworth, Daniela Avijay Carlton, Beth Bovee Lucas, Michael Henry Rooker, Brandy Ann Sellars
Associate of Applied Science - Automotive Mechanics: Javier
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Letters to the editor, May 20
People, not horses, are the problem
A second Stagecoach wild horse was killed by reckless individuals using vehicles to chase them. While trying to escape, a mare tried to jump the fence and ripped open her stomach on a t-post. Amazi
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Graduate 'very grateful' for WNC experience
Curtis Elliott was shocked to learn he had congenital disc disease after visiting a doctor for a back injury in 2004.
"I was a pretty strong guy," he said.
The diagnosis meant that his career as a construction worker w
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Meet Your Merchant: Beautiful Food Farm offers edible flowers, produce, more
Mary MacDonald believes she has a gift for growing, and her customers likely would agree.
MacDonald, of Beautiful Food Farm, can be found at Carson City's farmers markets from May through September each year, offering everythin
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AAUW state Capital Branch awards two scholarships
The American Association of University Women Capital Branch is pleased to announce the recipients of this year's scholarships.
Mary Longero, graduating from Carson High, plans to attend the University of Nevada, Reno to stud
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Tah-Neva Track & Field Championships Results
Asa Carter stole the show at the annual Tah-Neva Track & Field Championships at Carson High on May 16.
Carter, an eighth-grader at Carson Middle School, tied a national record in the triple jump with a mark of 40-feet 10-inches. Cart
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