07/14/11 Motorsports racers get ready to hit the dirt road for a 500-mile race through the Northern Nevada desert.
07/08/11 CARSON CITY - Nevada ranks 46th among states in the total amount of federal subsidy payments to farmers and ranchers over the past 16 years, with 89 percent receiving no payments at all, according to information from the Washington, DC-based Environmental Working Group.
06/26/11 Emergency workers find two more bodies, bringing the death toll to at least six. Witnesses say the semi driver tried to stop. Six people are confirmed dead and about 28 remained unaccounted for following the fiery collision of the California Zephyr passenger train and a truck in the Nevada desert.
06/26/11 (CNN) -- Six people were killed when a tractor-trailer truck slammed into a Chicago-to-California Amtrak passenger train at a railroad crossing east of Reno, Nevada, authorities said late Saturday.
06/26/11 Six people were killed in a truck-train collision east of Reno, Nevada. (CNN) -- Six people were killed when a tractor-trailer truck slammed into a Chicago-to-California Amtrak passenger train at a railroad crossing east of Reno, Nevada, authorities said late Saturday.
05/19/11 American Wagering, Inc.: , a leading sports wagering service and technology provider, announced today that it has built its seventy-third sportsbook outlet at the new Siena Hotel, Spa & Casino in downtown Reno, Nevada.
05/13/11 Those pesky quagga mussels that have caused so much trouble in Lake Mead appear to have found their way to two reservoirs in northern Nevada.
04/29/11 If cuts to the state's higher education budget are as severe as proposed, students attending Western Nevada College at satellite centers in Yerington, Smith Valley, Fernley, and Lovelock will have to find another way to continue their classes.
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04/24/11 Rain isn't usually a good thing for a dirt track but some rain can be a really good thing. On Saturday the morning rain set up Reno-Fernley Raceway's oval to be super tacky, fast and over 50 drivers showed up.
04/22/11 A timeline of major events leading to the announcement Thursday by Republican U.S. Sen. John Ensign of Nevada that he will resign May 3:
04/21/11 The Global Warming crowd tells us that the temperature of the Earth is rising every year because they actually go out and measure it. How many times have you heard . . .
04/20/11 One of the arches on the south fence of the Thunder Mountain Monument frames a small building and post found on the grounds. / Maran Mascaro/Reno Gazette-Journal
04/18/11 Alfaroo Trading Co.: Kelley Hopper, P.O. Box 20605, Reno; internet sales of electronics, games, toys. B & M Land and Livestock LLC: Marsha Raj, P.O. Box 60399, Reno; holding company.
04/17/11 Gerald Gallego and Charlene Williams, the "sex slave thrill killers" were responsible for the murders of nine women and one man in three states between 1978 and 1980. Williams enticed the girls and women into their van through drugs or the promise of jobs, and Gallego would rape, torture and kill them.
04/17/11 Long-time Washoe Tribe Education Director Sherry Smokey believes closure of the Western Nevada College campus in Minden would hurt not only Native American students, but everybody who has had a hand in building the school, including the Washoe Tribe.
04/14/11 As the state Legislature and Gov. Brian Sandoval work out proposed budget cuts to education, K-12 school districts and higher education across the state are scrambling to survive regardless of the outcome.
 03/23/11 In the cleanup phase of the Great Housing Bubble, the lucky ones are those profiting from recycling ...
03/19/11 The Churchill County Commissioners met Wednesday for their regularly scheduled meeting. Dean of Western Nevada College-Fallon Bus Scharmann advised the commissioners about the budget cuts that will impact the school and the area.
03/15/11 Jason McGill, president of the Associated Students of Western Nevada, speaks during public comment on Friday. While Western Nevada College will remain open, budget cuts could result in all of the college's satellite campuses closing, including the Bently Campus located in Minden.
03/12/11 Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Daniel Klaich speaks during the regents meeting on Friday at Western Nevada College. Jason McGill, president of the Associated Students of Western Nevada, speaks during public comment on Friday. |