Clyde Biglieri believes articles and editorials published by the Reno papers in the 1970s were written “with malice toward one”—himself. After trying other methods of clearing his name with little success, he wrote and self-published this book in 2008. He says it maps out...
I consult the Sunset Western Garden Book whenever I choose a new plant for my garden, but I don’t buy it every time it’s updated. Plants don’t change that much over the years, do they? However, I was curious about the new (ninth) edition,...
Sen. Harry Reid, Sen. Al Franken and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka spoke at the Washoe County Senior Center tonight to members of numerous Reno-area unions who have been campaigning for Reid. “Never before has labor put in so many hours to get our friends...
The Flood Project will hold a town hall meeting Monday evening to update the community on the proposed Flood Management Authority. The meeting will include an update on current and future Flood Project activities. It will begin at 6 p.m. in the Washoe County...
More than 15,000 people joined the National Marrow Donor Program registry as a result of drives conducted for Vinodkumar Challagundla, a Northern Nevada man with myelofribrosis, after he appealed for help in March. Now Challagundla has announced the best possible news: “National Marrow Donor...
The roundtable discussion among Rory Reid, Nevada State Education Association President Lynn Warne and five Northern Nevada teachers will be held at Swope Middle School, 901 Keele Dr., in Reno tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m. For more information about Reid’s campaign or to download...
This Is Reno has received a media advisory from the Nevada State Democratic Party that it will file a Federal Elections Commission complaint today against GOP Senate candidate Sue Lowden alleging she accepted an illegal donation of a luxury campaign bus, a felony punishable...
Have you assumed it’s too cold in Northern Nevada to grow cactus? A local man proves it’s not. As you’re driving down a residential street in the area of Baring and Sparks boulevards, Charles Barnum’s neat but colorful front yard will catch your eye....
Tickets are now on sale for the Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace benefit for The “I Am” Workshop Tour–Pure Compassion organization. The newly formed nonprofit helps people with drug addictions. The concert will be at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa at 8 p.m....
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 or more to the Jim Gibbons...
