The number of calls coming into emergency 9-1-1 are coming in in greater numbers and at a higher levels of complexity. Also, there’s a growing trend for people to use “VOIP”, or voice over the internet type telephone service. And locating cell phones regardless of whether an accident or crime victim is lying unconscious needs upgrading as well…this according to one who will soon be leading a committee through a maze of technologies and learning how they might apply to Carson City 9-1-1.

Carson City Redevelopment and the Nugget are hiring a consultant that will take the Nugget and the City through a number of scenarios on how success can come to the downtown. Also as it relates to the Nugget’s plans for a new baby Hilton Hotel and Convention Center.

If voters want to say yes to raising taxes on larger businesses in the state (gaming/mining), then they better pay attention to this story about how gaming and mining is trying to make sure they don’t.

Among those who don’t wear their seat belts, teen agers are the worst offenders. That’s why sheriff’s deputies will be out prowling our streets and highways in search for those who don’t wear them.

Geothermal is creeping ever-so-slowly into our lives with what they call abundant energy…energy enough to power every single home in Reno 24/7.

An accused road rager yelled at, cut off, and threw rocks at an off duty deputy sheriff who quickly alerted 9-1-1. Moments later, the road rager was in custody.

A young woman with a two year old in the back seat was pulled over the other night by deputies who said the woman’s car was weaving back and forth across the centerline. When they pulled her over, she didn’t test out very well.

As expected, Pastor Ken Haskins of the First Christian Church has thrown his rock ‘n roll AM radio into the ring saying he wants to be the next Mayor of Carson City. Haskins, whose preaching can be as serious as any and his Dee-Jaying work as good as many, says he wants to give the voters of Carson City a fresh start. Haskins says he has no personal agenda, nor hidden one, in running. He says he’d like to bring fresh ideas, including low taxes to the fore, along with an emphasis on “controlled spending” to City Hall. Haskins has been a very active member of the Kiwanis Club and has headed up his First Christian Church since 1980.

Haskins is joined by several other candidates for Mayor including Dr. Sean Lehmann, Attorney Bob Crowell, and Real Estate Broker Jim Shirk. Filings for office begin Monday.

After many months of speculation, Governor Jim Gibbons has sued for divorce from his wife of 21 years, and Nevada’s current First Lady Dawn Gibbons. In filing his divorce papers, Gibbons says he and his wife are no longer compatible. He also seeks Mrs. Gibbons removal from the mansion. State law requires that the Governor reside in Carson City. After the Gibbons’ recent separation, Governor Gibbons moved temporarily to the home the two own in Reno. That’s possibly where Dawn Gibbons will find herself living shortly.

Governor Gibbons was implicated in an incident in Las Vegas last year in which he was accused of making a rather forceful pass at an attractive cocktail waitress at a Las Vegas Strip restaurant. The woman initially sought to file charges against the Governor but later backed off. So Las Vegas Metro Police said without a victim, there are no charges, and promptly dropped the matter.