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Living History: Founding Fathers Debate At Local School
Last Updated: 10:02 PM 02/10/12 - Students at a Cold Spring School learn the Founding Fathers were real people with strong beliefs.
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Prison Mustangs Adopted Out This Saturday
Last Updated: 7:43 PM 02/11/12 - Imagine getting out from behind bars after spending years at Northern Nevada Correctional Center. That story will be played out tomorrow not once but 16 times. It’s not what you think. Its 16 newly trained Mustangs by inmates involved in a Silver States Industries Program.
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Carson CIty Fire Destroys Mobile Home
Last Updated: 6:31 PM 02/10/12 - A Carson City family is without a home Friday after flames rip through their mobile home
Caretaker Sentenced For Ripping Off 91-Year Old Client
Last Updated: 9:43 AM 02/10/12 - A former caretaker was sentenced Thursday on charges she stole $119,000 from the 91-year old man she worked for.
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Unemployment Aid Applications Near a 4-Year Low
Last Updated: 9:28 AM 02/09/12 - The number of people seeking unemployment aid neared a four-year low last week, a positive sign that strong hiring could continue in the coming months.
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Extreme Weather - Feb. 8
Last Updated: 10:39 AM 02/08/12 - Extreme snow in Romania and Japan, and a waterfall in China turns to ice.
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Searching For Jared's Killer
Last Updated: 4:11 PM 02/10/12 - A 20 year old man is dead, and his family and friends are living with a lot of unanswered questions. The Washoe County Sheriffs Office is trying to get answers as to why Jared Hyde died at a party Saturday night at the motocross track in Lemmon Valley.
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Backers Of Ban On Gay Marriage Say Supreme Court Will Have Final Say
Last Updated: 1:16 PM 02/07/12 - Supporters of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California, say they'll ask the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling today from a federal appeals court.
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Appeals Court Says California Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
Last Updated: 12:38 PM 02/07/12 - A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for a likely appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Monday and the week ahead
Last Updated: 5:46 PM 02/05/12 - No major change in a dry mild weather pattern.
Sunday's Weather, Feb. 5th
Last Updated: 10:59 PM 02/04/12 - Sunday weather about the same as Saturday: Low 20 High 47
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Vegas GOP Chief: Caucus Count to Go All Night
Last Updated: 1:20 PM 02/05/12 - The Republican party official in charge of counting Nevada caucus ballots in Las Vegas says the process is expected to take all night.
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Carson Caucus Made Easy
Last Updated: 11:33 AM 02/05/12 - Carson City ran its caucus a little differently Saturday, with some people casting a preference ballot and leaving. Still others choose to stick around for three hours to hear candidates’ representatives and meet with others in their same precinct.
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Komen Reverses Decision on Planned Parenthood Funding
Last Updated: 8:22 AM 02/04/12 - The Susan G Komen Foundation understands too well what a difference a day can make. Just 24 hours after adamantly standing by her plan to pull funding from Planned Parenthoods Breast Health Programs, founder Nancy Brinker reversed her decision.
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Nevada Nixing 654 Rules
Last Updated: 6:07 AM 02/03/12 - “I am pleased to report that as a result of my executive order, we are now poised to repeal, condense, or modernize over 1700 regulations,” Governor Sandoval said.
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Komen Pulls Planned Parenthood Funding
Last Updated: 8:47 AM 02/03/12 - The Susan G Komen Foundation is known nationwide for its work on breast cancer awareness. But for the last couple of days, Komen has garnered unwanted attention for deciding to drop Planned Parenthood as one of its fundraising recipients.
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Nevada GOP Caucus is Today!
Last Updated: 9:08 PM 02/04/12 - It's finally here, Nevada's brief turn in the political spotlight. Here's what to expect if attending Saturday's GOP caucus.
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Dry Weather into the Weekend
Last Updated: 6:26 PM 02/01/12 - Dry weather pattern to start off February. Cold mornings continue.
"Go Red" This Friday
Last Updated: 9:58 PM 02/01/12 - Stroke and heart disease claim more women’s lives each year than the next five causes of death combined. That’s the reason each year for “National Wear Red Day. The campaign hopes to bring awareness to a real lady killer.
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Fitness on Request-Workout Classes Available Anytime
Last Updated: 9:28 AM 02/01/12 - A new technology at two gyms in both Reno and Sparks allows you to take a fitness class anytime you want.
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Foreclosures Hit Some Neighborhoods More Than Others
Last Updated: 9:24 PM 01/31/12 - The foreclosure crisis continues to spread pain across the nation, but even in Nevada some neighborhoods suffer more than others.
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Veterans' House Looks To Win $25,000
Last Updated: 9:34 PM 01/31/12 - Reno’s Veterans' House is competing for $25,000 to make improvements to its facility, and it needs your help.
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New Political Party In Northern Nevada
Last Updated: 9:36 PM 01/31/12 - Not satisfied with what they are seeing on the campaign trail or in Washington D.C., a new political party has formed here in northern Nevada. Called the DuoFreedomist Party, its tenants include a fiscally conservative, socially liberal agenda.
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Developer and Lobbyist Sued
Last Updated: 9:11 AM 01/31/12 - Former business partners of Nevada developer and lobbyist Harvey Whittemore have sued him, claiming he misappropriated millions of dollars.
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New Geothermal Project Open for Public Comment
Last Updated: 7:06 AM 01/31/12 - Ormat Technologies wants to go forward with the Tungsten Mountain eploration project on 5,000 acres near Austin, Nevada
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Neighborhoods Warned With AlertID
Last Updated: 8:53 AM 01/31/12 - About 25% of those evacuated from the Washoe Drive did so because they were alerted by a system called AlertID. The free on-line program has been in our area, including law enforcement. Currently the service has 50,000 subscribers.
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'Team Noah Leglise' Fundraiser for Baby Battling Leukemia
Last Updated: 11:28 AM 01/30/12 - A donation fund has been setup to help the Leglise family after their baby was diagnosed with cancer.
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Light rain and light mountain snow is possible this Sunday overnight.
Last Updated: 5:22 PM 01/29/12 - Warmer overnight with mild daytime highs. No major storm until next month.
Sundays Weather Jan.29th
Last Updated: 10:46 PM 01/28/12 - Sunday warmer than yesterday. Mostly Sunny , very nice.
Saturday evening wx update
Last Updated: 5:49 PM 01/28/12 - Sunday will be warmer and mostly sunny. Dry weather pattern continues.
Auto Show Finds Some Customers Ready to Buy
Last Updated: 11:31 AM 01/28/12 - The economic slowdown has meant sluggish auto sales. This weekend's Auto Show in Reno may indicate if that's about to change.
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A Week Later, Young Students Cope With Fire's Aftermath
Last Updated: 8:48 AM 01/27/12 - A week ago, students at Pleasant Valley Elementary were evacuated as a fast moving fire raced toward their community. They're still dealing with the aftermath.
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Temporary I-80 Offramp Closure This Weekend
Last Updated: 4:06 PM 01/25/12 - Starting Friday, January 27 at 7 p.m., the I-80 Virginia Street/Eighth Street westbound offramp will be closed for extensive utility work related to the North Virginia Interceptor Project. The off-ramp will re-open on Monday, January 30 at 5 a.m.
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Wednesday Daybreak Web Weather
Last Updated: 10:56 AM 01/25/12 - Warm over the next two days, then slightly cooler into the weekend.
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Fifth Suspect Linked to Virginia City Burglaries Surrenders
Last Updated: 10:53 AM 01/25/12 - Joseph Young gives himself up to Sheriff's Deputies in Northwest Reno.
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Nevada Prisons Face Recruitment Staffing Woes
Last Updated: 10:52 AM 01/25/12 - A state prison official says the Nevada Department of Corrections struggles with hiring and keeping correctional officers because of pay, elimination of incentives and competition from higher paying jobs elsewhere.
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Harrah's Shuttle Bus Carrying 18 Slams into Concrete Rail on US 50
Last Updated: 5:41 PM 01/24/12 - Harrah's shuttle bus carrying 18 passengers slammed into a concrete rail on US 50 Tuesday that may have been mechanical error.
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Aces to Host 2013 Triple-A All-Star Game
Last Updated: 3:34 PM 01/24/12 - The nation's eyes will be on Reno in July of next year.
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Local Chef Inducted into Elite Culinary Society
Last Updated: 2:28 PM 01/24/12 - A Sparks chef has been inducted into an elite culinary society.
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Nevada Tax Commission Says Comped Meals Taxable
Last Updated: 2:04 PM 01/24/12 - The Nevada Tax Commission says casinos must pay sales tax on complimentary meals given to gamblers and employees.
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Sparks Launches Free, Public Mobile Device Application
Last Updated: 3:42 PM 01/24/12 - A new way for Sparks residents to be connected.
FEMA to Tour Washoe Drive Burn Area
Last Updated: 10:49 AM 01/24/12 - FEMA will be in neighborhoods affected by the Washoe Drive Fire assessing the damage. Monday, the agency authorized funding to reimburse 75% of the firefighting cost, which is estimated to be a little over half a million dollars.
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Tuesday Morning Daybreak Web Weather
Last Updated: 10:48 AM 01/24/12 - It has been a little icy this morning but we have much warmer weather on the way.
Washoe Fire Fund Established to Restore Burned Area
Last Updated: 10:47 AM 01/24/12 - Washoe Fire Fund at the Community Foundation of Western Nevada asks people to contribute for park and public land restoration.
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3-Year-Old in ICU, Mother's Boyfriend Arrested
Last Updated: 10:46 AM 01/24/12 - Police were called in to investigate possible child abuse after hospital staff discovered a child suffering from hypothermia and internal injuries.
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4 Out of 5 Suspects Found in Virginia City Burglaries
Last Updated: 10:33 AM 01/24/12 - The fourth suspect wanted in connection with the string of home burglaries in Virginia City has been found. Detectives looking for a fifth suspect.
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Cold Springs School Mourns The Loss of One of Its Own
Last Updated: 9:26 PM 01/23/12 - Students and staff at Cold Springs Middle School are dealing with the loss of one of their own--seventh grade teacher Norman Waller.
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Winter Storm Warning for Reno and the Lake Tahoe Basin!
Last Updated: 5:42 PM 01/22/12 - Morning snow to the valley floor, possible 3 to 6 inches. Winter Storm Warnings for western Nevada!
Friday's Pedestrian vs Car Accident Victim Identified
Last Updated: 10:56 AM 01/23/12 - Reno Police have released the name of the man who was killed by a vehicle on Friday night.
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Washoe Schools Closed From Fire To Resume Monday
Last Updated: 10:54 AM 01/23/12 - The Washoe County School District has announced the three schools that were closed last Friday due to the Washoe Drive Fire will resume classes on Monday, Jan. 23.
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