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Opinion: What will it take for GOP candidates to call on Ensign to resign?

ThisIsReno — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:34:57 PDT

SUBMITTED BY NEVADA STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY By Phoebe Sweet LAS VEGAS–GOP Senate candidates Sue Lowden and Danny Tarkanian said last year that they would welcome embattled Sen. John Ensign’s...

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Gibbons will attend Tea Party in Searchlight

Laurel Busch — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:18:09 PDT

In a campaign e-mail message, Gov. Jim Gibbons says he will be going to a Tea Party event in Searchlight March 27 and he wants to take some supporters with him. The first ten people who donate $250...

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Passionate people can save a city

ThisIsReno — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:33:11 PDT

By Paul Kiser On Monday night I sat in a back room of a restaurant in downtown Reno (that shall remain nameless) at the Rotary Club of Reno New Generations meeting. The restaurant had decided to...

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Forest Service releases Heavenly environmental assessment

ThisIsReno — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:19:12 PDT

SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIF. — The U.S. Forest Service is seeking comment on an environmental assessment for proposed capital improvements at Heavenly Mountain Resort, the...

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Hendry named director of communications at Renown

ThisIsReno — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:14:58 PDT

SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE Terri Hendry has been named director of communications for Renown Health. In her new position, she will manage the internal and external communications for the healthcare...

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Q&A: University Provost answers questions about budget-cut proposal, part 3 of 3

Bob Conrad — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:29:47 PDT

It was announced on March 1 by the University of Nevada, Reno that the University was beginning a process to review its curricula, a proposal that could eliminate a number of academic degrees and...

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Nevada’s public employee pension plan has $9.1 billion unfunded liability

ThisIsReno — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:28:48 PDT

By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau: Nevada’s political leaders have emphasized repeatedly in recent months that the state faces a huge funding shortfall in 2011, perhaps as much as a $3 billion...

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Harry Reid meets with Professional Firefighters of Nevada

ThisIsReno — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:37:00 PDT

SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.–Sen. Harry Reid met today with Nevada’s firefighters professional association to discuss the development of search and rescue response systems and...

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Opinion: It’s Urgent. It’s Time. Congress Has To Pass Health Care Reform Now

ThisIsReno — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:00:01 PDT

by Elisa Maser Last week, at the Nevada Interactive Media Summit in Reno, Erin Kotecki Vest, Political Director and Producer of Special Projects for BlogHer, encouraged women to get online, open...

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University of Nevada, Reno engineer returns from surveying damage in Chile

ThisIsReno — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:28:50 PDT

SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE University of Nevada, Reno engineer and researcher Gokhan Pekcan is safely back in his office today after nine days of surveying damaged public buildings in...

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