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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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Former Nevada State Pilot Fired Again
A former state pilot who raised safety concerns about another pilot has been fired again by the Nevada Department of Transportation after a judge ruled the agency was within its rights to terminate him.
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What Lies Beneath: 600 Graves Below A Sparks Park
After more than a century of neglect 600 people buried in unmarked graves under a Sparks park and vacant lot are getting some respect.
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Former White Supremacist Speaks
If you think terrorists groups live only in Middle Eastern lands, one man in Reno would disagree with you. Tom Martinez is a former member of the ultra-violent Neo-Nazi white supremacist group known as: “The Order.”
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Chief of Staff to Hold Fundraiser for NV Governor
Robin Reedy, chief of state for Gov. Jim Gibbons, will host a fundraiser this weekend for her boss in Douglas County.
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Yerington Paiute Tribe to Get $2M for Housing
The Yerington Paiute Tribe will receive $2 million in economic recovery funding for housing projects.
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NV Energy Receives Smart Grid Grant
NV Energy has been awarded a $138 million federal grant to build a "smart grid" infrastructure in Nevada.
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DEA Intercepted Reno Calls in Mexican Drug Bust
Federal agents secretly intercepted phone calls to track the four men they arrested last week on charges accusing them of being connected to a deadly Mexican drug cartel trafficking methamphetamine in the Reno area, according to newly unsealed documents.
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Some Locals Turned Away For Second Time At Swine Flu Clinic
By 11:00 a.m., all 900 vaccine doses were spoken for, sending dozens of children, pregnant women, and sick people out into the cold.
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2 Sentenced in NV for Sexual Assault of Teen
A former Douglas County woman has been sentenced to life in prison with possible parole for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.
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Car Burglars Caught
Reno Police are praising an alert citizen for helping capture a pair of suspected car burglars.
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Shorter Lines At This Week's Flu Shot Clinics?
County Health officials say they've listened to complaints and hope to make this week's swine flu vaccination clinics more efficient.
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NV GOP Group forms PAC to Oppose Lowden
Nevada Republicans who supported Ron Paul in last year's presidential contest have formed a political action committee to oppose the U.S. Senate bid of former state party chairwoman Sue Lowden.
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Wayward Pilots Were Working on Their Laptops
Two Northwest Airlines pilots told federal investigators that they were going over scheduling using their laptop computers in violation of company policy while their plane overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles.
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Nevada Retirement System Investments Grow by $6B
The value of the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System's investments have grown by $6 billion since March.
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Injunction Issued Against 12 NV Phone Companies
A judge has issued a temporary injunction against 12 Nevada-based long distance telephone companies.
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Incline Village Creek Restoration Complete
Federal, state and local officials have completed a restoration project for a creek at north Lake Tahoe they say will improve fish habitat and reduce sediment flows into the lake while enhancing recreational opportunities.
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Indian Cultural Center Grants Could be Lost
Administrative hurdles and a looming deadline may cost the Nevada Indian Commission some $280,000 in grants secured to remodel the future home of the Stewart Indian Cultural Center.
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Ely Wind Farm Could Take Shape Next Year
Officials say construction of White Pine County's first commercial wind turbine farm could begin as early as next summer and bring up to 200 workers to the rural area.
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2 New Geothermal Projects Planned Near Fallon
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has announced plans to conduct an environmental review of proposals to build at least two new geothermal plants in Churchill County.
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Nevada Scores 70 in Win Over Idaho
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Colin Kaepernick ran for four touchdowns and threw for two others and Nevada finished with 484 rushing yards in a 70-45 victory over Idaho on Saturday.
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Lockwood Remembers Eileen Pruitt
Friday night, neighbors, friends, and family gathered to honor Lockwood resident Eileen Pruitt. The 47-year-old was brutally beaten Sunday night while she walked her dogs and died as a result of those injuries just hours later.
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Project Threatens Historic Home and Grandmother
Local officials want to ease congestion at one of the area's busiest intersections. Standing in their way, a century-old historic home and a woman whose roots run deep in the land she stands on.
Local Drunk Driving Activist Gets Charged With DUI
A local man who claimed he wants to keep our roadways safe from drunk drivers, is behind bars on drunk driving charges.
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Official Won't Propose Closing 2 Halfway Houses
The Nevada Department of Corrections director says he won't include a proposal to close two halfway houses when he presents a plan to cut prison system costs without having to use furloughs next month.
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Long Lines at Washoe Swine Flu Clinic
The lines were long, the wait measured in hours as Washoe County Health Dept. held its first swine flu vaccination clinic open to the general public.
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Sheriff: Clothes, Birthmark ID Fla. Girl's Body
Authorities believe a body found under trash in a landfill is that of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, a north Florida girl who vanished on her walk home from school, the sheriff in charge of the case said Thursday.
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Reward Offered for Info on NV Poaching Cases
A $1,000 reward is being offered for information on two separate animal poaching cases near Reno.
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Abortion Rights Advocates Study Nevada Initiative
Abortion and civil rights advocates said Thursday that they are reviewing the description wording of a proposed initiative petition that seeks to define a person and override Nevada's abortion laws.
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Double Murder Mystery In North Reno
Two men are dead, and another wounded, after a mysterious double murder that has an entire neighborhood questioning their safety.
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Prison Expert Says NV Has Low Inmate Recidivism
Nevada has one of the lowest inmate recidivism rates in the country, but that may be because some end up in California prisons after their release here, a correctional expert said.
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Washoe County Moves Toward Issuing $51M in Bonds
Washoe County school trustees have taken a step toward issuing up to $51 million in bonds for school improvements.
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Nevadans Join Suit Against US Mining Regs
Conservationists and tribal leaders in Nevada are part of a coalition that has filed a lawsuit challenging two U.S. mining regulations they say provide illegal subsidies to the mining industry and result in serious damage to the environment.
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