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Teachers do a 180 for sake of grants
... law to qualify for the federal funding. Warne told the Reno Gazette-Journal in October that the money available to Nevada "isn't a poke in the eye, but it is not going to help what ails Nevada schools." The real problem, she said, is that the state ... Comment?
FBI takes over UMC leak investigation
... won't happen again. The audit is really a learning tool, a checks and balances of our own system." The State Bar of Nevada is also launching its own investigation into whether any attorneys are involved in this leak. The FBI is requesting anyone ... Comment?
State attorney general suing over planned purchase of Palm Mortuary
The Nevada attorney general's office and Federal Trade Commission Wednesday said they reached an antitrust agreement over Service Corporation International's planned acquisition of Palm Mortuary Inc., the dominant funeral and cemetery service company in the Las Vegas area. Comment?
Health district reports 3 more H1N1 deaths
More on H1N1 Flu Virus The Southern Nevada Health District is reporting three additional H1N1 deaths. Comment?
Dennis Myers: Specter of nuclear power returns to Nevada
On July 23, 1952, U.S. Senator George Malone of Nevada announced formation of a committee, chaired by former state engineer Alfred Merritt Smith, to work for installation of the world's first atomic power plant to be located at Ruby Hill in Eureka County. Comment?
County will consider $5 million DOE grant to retrofit buildings
... with RDM Associates to provide the county with oral histories of the Southern Paiute Indians; * A letter to the Nevada Supreme Court over caseload standards for indigent defense; * The termination of an agreement with RevQ for a software system to ... Comment?
... intent to sell and conspiracy to violate the Uniform Controlled Substance Act, was sentenced to 12 to 24 months in Nevada Department of Corrections. * Edwin Wayne Howard IV, charged with theft, was sentenced to 48 to 120 months in the Nevada ... Comment?
Photo: Direct Descendent
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HORACE LANGFORD JR. / PVT Leroy Spotted Eagle, spiritual advisor for the Southwest area Nevada Paiute tribes, talks with Eddy Hawk Jim, center, who received his Eagle Scout medal at the Pahrump Powwow on Saturday. Comment?
Sullivan retains position, Gerling replaces Lasorsa
... they need a clinic -- they need help. They need a clinic they can take people to." Bertram said he had researched Nevada Revised Statutes and there is provision for rural emergency clinics when a hospital is at least 30 miles away. The nearest ... Comment?
Eastley slashes Nevada Health Centers
Nye County Commission Chairman Joni Eastley accused Nevada Health Centers Inc. of requesting a change in operation to 40 hours per week instead of the Monday-Friday business hours specified in the contract to scale back operations at the Beatty and Amargosa Valley clinics to four days per week. Comment?
... sometime within the next 60 days, Nye County Chief Civil Deputy District Attorney Ron Kent said. Eastley slashes Nevada Health Centers Nye County Commission Chairman Joni Eastley accused Nevada Health Centers Inc. of requesting a change in operation ... Comment?
A Tahoe/Truckee nonprofit wish list for the holiday season
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... Golf Fore Education tournament. Contact: Sarah Horton at (775) 832-6624. The nonprofit: American Red Cross, Northern Nevada Chapter The wish: $750 for Masters of Disaster, an after-school club for kids at Incline Middle School, to provide materials ... Comment?
Open house for Tahoe Boulder Bay project aims to educate community
... Tahoe Mariner sites at North Tahoe's state line is next week. An open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, in the Nevada Room at the Biltmore in Crystal Bay is designed to inform residents who live in the area, as well as those who might not be ... Comment?
El Nino might provide lots of snow for the Sierra
... "That's not the best news. We would like it to be on the cool side to preserve whatever we get," Redmond said. Nevada state climatologist Jeff Underwood said he's optimistic about the coming winter but that this year's El Nino "is not an El Nino you ... Comment?
Forest Service buys 1,200 acres
... should help protect water resources and maintain needed wildlife habitat, said David Sutton, Northern California and Nevada director for the Trust for Public Land. The trust played key roles in the Webber Falls, Rubicon River and English Mountain ... Comment?
Sparks recognizes restaurant, Patriot Fund
... service and facilities to accommodate members of the disabled community. The council also recognized the Nevada Fallen Patriot Fund, which raised $17,000 for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. This year's Sept. 11 remembrance in ... Comment?
Suit delays wild-horse roundup in Nevada
CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday postponed a planned roundup of thousands of wild horses in Nevada because of a lawsuit and to allow time for appeals of its decision.Bureau spokeswoman JoLynn Worley in Reno confirmed that the roundup, planned to begin Dec. Comment?
Parks and Recreation Commission to meet
... to authorize the chairperson to sign a letter directed to the board of supervisors recommending that the State of Nevada Conservation and Resource Protection Grant (Question 1) funds be reauthorized for other city projects. The commission will also ... Comment?
Face to Face with Jon Ralston - Wednesday, November 25
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... health care reform bill. Will a public option survive a vote in the upper house? Jon asks U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley (Nevada-D) about that, President Obama's strategy in Afghanistan and much more. The program airs at 5:30pm, 6:30pm, 8:00pm and 9:00pm ... Comment?
City, Culinary Union pact would mandate a mutual supporta
... the City Council to strip the measures from the ballot. That in turn caused the Culinary to file a complaint with the Nevada Supreme Court to have the measures reinstated. The union lost its court fight. Meanwhile, the parties were engaged in ... Comment?