By Anne Wiles For the Nevada Appeal These recipes are a result of Molly's and my celebratory acknowledgement of my upcoming trip to Spain. Life experiences seem to share an inevitable connection, either directly or indirectly, to food. A trip

By J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor These simple but well-seasoned lamb chops are a weeknight kitchen dream. They are packed with flavor thanks to a quick toasting of cumin seeds and peppercorns used for the rub.If you can't find whole

Sheriff's department seeks donations for annual Christmas shopping spreeby F.T. Norton ftnorton@nevadaappeal.com Sponsors are needed for the fourth annual Carson City Sheriff's Christmas With a Cop shopping spree set for Dec. 17.So far, 140 elementary and middle school students have

By Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal.com Stewart Street from Highway 50 East to Roop Street has reopened to traffic."The contractor is doing a few cleanup items. They've got a punch list, but even those will be done by the middle of November,"

By Teri Vance tvance@nevadaappeal.com Allan Huntington, 10, has always been a science nut, so he jumped at the chance to go to space camp last year."It was amazing," he said. "There were a lot of cool rides and a lot

By Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal.com Carson City's Office of Business Development on Thursday will present the Board of Supervisors with a development project by the Carson Nugget which, if adopted, could result in massive changes downtown.The Nugget proposes to allocate eight

V&T commissioner floats idea of raising room tax in Carson City By GEOFF DORNAN gdornan@nevadaappeal.com MINDEN - Facing slumping sales tax revenues and a weak economy, at least two members of the V&T Railway Commission said the commission needs to

By Sue Ballew For the Nevada Appeal 130 Years AgoThe Appeal announced Thanksgiving Day as set for the 17th ... should have been the 27th. Persons who wish to eat turkey on the 17th, however, will not be interfered with

By Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal.com Mae Adams, 97, of Boise died Oct. 23 at her home of natural causes. Mae and Hop Adams represented the Idaho half of the Carson Nugget's ownership. The Nevada half was owned by Hop's brother Howard

Nevada Appeal Staff Report The Foundation for the Betterment of Carson City Parks and Recreation has announced the 2009 recipients of its Special Recognition Awards:Organization of the yearCarson City Area Chamber of Commerce, for supporting the Parks Department's Community Cleanup

By Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal.com After three hours of discussion, the Carson City Parks & Recreation Commission voted Tuesday to recommend to the board of supervisors that staff be directed to develop a conceptual plan for Lakeview Park and that all

Staff Writer The College Savings Plan of Nevada has scheduled open enrollment for Dec. 1.The amount a contract costs enrollees depends on the grade the student is in as well as the plan chosen.The program provides a guarantee of prepaid

By SANDRA CHEREB Associated Press Writer Legislation introduced in Congress on Tuesday would expand the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act and authorize $415 million over eight years to combat the worst environmental threats to the Sierra Nevada lake and surrounding basin.Congressional

Nevada Appeal Capitol Bureau Controller Kim Wallin has hired Mary Heating as her American Recovery and Reinvestment Act reporting and accountability officer.Her prime function in that post is to ensure the state accurately reports to the federal government how its

3 of 4 assailants sentenced in Father's Day slayingBy Sheila Gardner Nevada Appeal News Service MINDEN - District Judge Dave Gamble handed down sentences Tuesday from 10 years in prison to probation for three defendants in the fatal Father's Day

State Supreme Court tosses one suit following inmate's deathBy GEOFF DORNAN gdornan@nevadaappeal.com The Nevada Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal because the inmate who filed it died Sept. 20.Nolan Klein died of a blood disorder after serving more than 20

Nevada Appeal Capitol Bureau Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie, who is barred from another Assembly run by term limits, has announced she will run for the state Senate.Leslie, who first served in the 1999 session, is one of the Assembly's leading progressive

Staff Writer By SAMANTHA YOUNGAssociated Press WriterSACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lawmakers moved closer Tuesday in their effort to alleviate California's water woes but passage of a comprehensive fix was far from assured.The challenge to overhaul the state's decades old-water system has

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES - Immigration agents assigned to track down people who have ignored deportation orders have increasingly arrested immigrants with criminal records during the past year, new data show.Data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Staff Writer RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) - Officials at a high school where a student was gang-raped in a courtyard are moving to tighten campus security with the long-stalled purchase of surveillance cameras, powerful lighting and new fencing.The measures were disclosed