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- Family Shelter Changes Lives
At it's one year anniversary, Reno's Family Shelter can claim some real success stories. - Sparks Police Looking for Stalker of Young Girl
Sparks Police have more information about a man who’s apparently been stalking a 12-year-old girl. Three times in the last month, the man has driven up to the girl walking to or from school and ordered her to get in his van. Every time she has refused.
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- Can A Plastic Key Prevent The Swine Flu?
A California company is claiming a two-inch long piece of plastic can help prevent spread of the swine flu.
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- Nevadans Await Benefit Extension
If you are one of the unemployed here in Nevada, you probably wonder if some of this money is headed your way. And you probably want answers to your questions right now.
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- Nonpartisan Voters in Nevada Continue to Climb
The secretary of state's office says more people registered as non-partisan voters in Nevada last month than those who registered for all other political parties combined.
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- Belt Resigns as Douglas County Democratic Chairman
Douglas County's Democratic Party chairman has resigned following his guilty plea to hitting his teenage son.
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- California to Nevada Waste Study Funded
A proposal to ship millions of tons of California garbage to the Nevada desert will have to pass federal scrutiny.
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- NV Chief Justice Hardesty Running for Re-Election
Nevada Supreme Court Justice James Hardesty says he will seek re-election next year to a second term.
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- About 8,000 May Qualify for Benefit Extension in NV
About 8,000 Nevadans who have exhausted unemployment benefits may qualify for extended benefits under a law signed Friday by President Barack Obama, according to the state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.
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- Seasonal Jobs Attract Even More
Traditionally at this time of year, employment picks up as retail stores add extra help for the holiday season. It's the same in this economy, only even more so.
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- School Nurses on the Front Line
When you think of school nurses you may think of temperature taking and writing hall passes. But these days school nurses are responsible for keeping Swine Flu in check on campus.
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- Fallon Man Gets 2 to 10 Years for June Shooting
A 19-year-old Fallon man has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison in connection with a shooting in Fallon in June.
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- Death Sentence in Sparks Killing Overturned
A divided Nevada Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence and ordered a new penalty hearing for one of three men convicted of robbing and killing a paraplegic woman in Sparks.
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- Heidi's Restaurant Job Fair
About 175 people showed up to a local restaurant in hopes of filling 21-vacant positions. Heidi's Restaurant will open its newest location on Damonte Ranch Parkway in December. Today it took applications for jobs like hostess, server and cook.
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- UNR Med School Professors Receive Grant
Two researchers at the University of Nevada School of Medicine have received a $10.2 million grant to continue studies into smooth muscle plasticity.
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- Locals Without Jobs Turn to Peace Corps
For many jobless residents in our community, the recession means a reason to rethink their career, head back to school, or simply start over.
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- For Better, For Worse, Forever
Loss of job, furloughs, even pay cuts, all are possibilities during this down economy. What you may not realize, those dramatic changes in income may prompt a divorced man or woman to go back to court and get a change in alimony payments set down in the divorce decree.
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- Getting A Loan Modification In Nevada Just Got Even Tougher
Hundreds of Nevada families, fighting to save their homes from foreclosure, may have received some bad news Tuesday.
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- Boreal Ski Resort Near Tahoe Open 7 Days a Week
A pair of days of ideal conditions for snowmaking in the Sierra and around Lake Tahoe last week has allowed Boreal Mountain Resort to open the slopes for skiing seven days a week.
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- NV, CA Delegations Sponsor Lake Tahoe Bill
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.
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- Reno Panel to Consider Digital Billboards
Allowing digital billboards in some areas of Reno will be considered this week by the Reno Planning Commission.
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- South Reno Residents Told To Buy Flood Insurance
Residents of a south Reno neighborhood are being told the homes they've lived in for years are now in a flood plain. They're gearing up for a battle.
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- Carson City Justice of the Peace to Retire
Longtime Justice of the Peace Robey Willis says he will retire in January 2011 after more than 25 years on the bench.
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- Veteran Reno Assemblywoman to Run for State Senate
Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie, prevented by term limits from seeking re-election, has announced her intent to run for the Nevada Senate.
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- Appeals Court Judge Brunetti Dies
The United States Court of Appeals is mourning the loss of a Senior Circuit Judge, and Reno native.
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- Unemployed Reno Man Resorts To Poop Patrol
Desperate to find work during this recession, a local man has resorted to taking on one of the most disgusting, most hated jobs in existence.
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- Reno Man Settles Excessive Force Suit in Lyon Co.
A former track star at Reno High School has agreed to accept more than $100,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing law officers in Lyon County of using excessive force against him at a country music concert in Yerington three years ago.
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- Police Make 25 DUI Arrests over Halloween Weekend
3-day holiday weekends are often accompanied by drunk drivers, and police say this weekend was no different.
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- Police Release Name of Vista Rollover Victim
Police are identifying the man killed in a rollover accident on Vista Blvd near Alpland Lane in east Sparks early Saturday morning.
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- Prostitution Around Reno Takes Big Decline
A new report says prostitution-related arrests have plunged around Reno.
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- Halloween Howl Draws Dogs in Costumes
Check out some photos from this year’s Halloween Howl, an event hosted by the Shakespeare Animal Fund.
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- Southwest Apologizes To Mom Kicked Off Flight With 2 Year Old
A spokesman for Southwest Airlines says the carrier has apologized to a mother who was kicked off a plane along with her unruly 2-year-old last week.
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- Nevada Company Honored for Energy Saver
A machine that converts industrial heat into electricity has drawn several national and local awards for the Carson City company.
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- BLM Plans to Remove 2,500 Wild Horses in NV
Federal land managers are seeking public comment on their plan to remove about 2,500 wild horses in northern Nevada.
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- 1000s Attend Nevada Day Parade
Politicians joined thousands of people at the 71st annual Nevada Day parade today in Carson City.
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- 2 Sierra Ski Resorts Open for Weekend Business
Northern Nevadans enjoying the long Nevada Day weekend can hit the links or hit the slopes, thanks to cold overnight temperatures that made for good snowmaking conditions in the Sierra.
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- Reno Firm Cited As Stimulus Success Story
A new video released on the White House recovery website cites a Reno environmental consulting firm as one of its economic stimulus success stories.
- Protesters Seek Grand Jury Probe of UNR
About two dozen people rallied today to drum up support for a grand jury investigation of their claims of corruption by top University of Nevada, Reno officials.
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- Downtown Closing Time For Bars Debated
City officials are asking for a voluntary clossing time of 4 a.m. for downtown Reno bars. to curb late night rowdiness. Critics say it won't work unless everyone is on board.
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- Freeway Copper Thefts in Reno
A rash of copper thefts on our local freeways is leaving drivers in the dark. The Nevada Department of Transportation says areas of US 395 between I-80 and the Mt. Rose junction have been particularly hard it.
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- Fresh Supply of Flu Vaccine Arrives
The long lines and arm bands don’t look like they are going away any time soon. Or are they? Some local pediatricians' offices say they received a portion of their swine flu vaccines within the last 24 hours.
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- Local Anti-Government Activist Sentenced To Community Service
One of our area's most well-known anti-government protesters, was found guilty Thursday morning on stalking and harassment charges.
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- Police Want Reno Bars to Close at Night
Reno police are asking more than a dozen downtown bars to close for two hours at night so nearby residents can catch some sleep.
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- NV Man Dies in Cement Truck Rollover
The Nevada Highway Patrol says a cement truck driver died when his truck blew a tire and the loaded rig overturned in eastern Nevada.
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- Swine Flu Scams
Long lines for swine flu vaccines may discourage many from even getting the shot, especially if they are not in a high risk category. Would that compel them to take a product that claimed to ward off or even cure swine flu?
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- NV Symposium Examines Terminus Lakes
Scientists say global warming will prove a daunting challenge to protecting terminus lakes, whose water supplies are largely affected by upstream water users.
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- Washoe Health Officials Say Illegal Immigrants Entitled To Swine Flu Vaccine
The high-risk doses of the H1N1 vaccine are reserved for sick people, pregnant women, health care workers, and young children. Beyond that, there are no questions are asked.
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- Evelyn Mount Food Needs 2009
Here's Evelyn Mount's Thanksgiving shopping list. She needs most of this before or during the first week of November for distribution on and after November 18th.
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- Reid Releases Police Report from '81 Bomb Attempt
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's campaign has released the police report from a 1981 attempted car bombing that lists the incident as an attempted homicide.
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- Nevada Sales Fall 24 Percent in August
The Nevada Department of Taxation reports taxable sales plunged more than 24 percent statewide in August, exacerbated in part by an amnesty program that increased collections a year ago.
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