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 Program doctors identified a potential donor for me and ...
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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 his plans, visit Rory2010.com.
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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 with five years in jail and up to $1 million...
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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. Look more closely, and you will see it is landscaped...
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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. Friday, May 7. Tickets are $35 each or two for...
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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 for Governor Campaign will be able to ride the campaign...
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Friends of a Northern Nevada man with myelofibrosis are organizing “test drives” to find a potential match for his bone marrow. Vinodkumar Challagundla is a 35-year-old father of two, and his friends say his chance of survival depends on a bone marrow transplant. The first two events will be held this weekend. In Reno,...
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Orrin Johnson, who announced his candidacy for Assembly District 25 yesterday, will hold the campaign’s first district walk this Sunday, March 14. Supporters are invited to meet at his home for a pancake breakfast before the walk begins. To RSVP, they should send e-mail to Orrin@OrrinJohnson.com or call him at 771-9858. For more information,...
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Casting Gov. Jim Gibbons as “the governor we can’t afford to lose!” the Gibbons campaign is appealing to supporters for help. “In this time of economic challenge, we need a governor who can be relied upon to keep taxes in check and show leadership when it counts!” a recent e-mail says. “When the Special...
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The Gibbons for Governor campaign will open its headquarters in Carson City Saturday, March 6. The public is invited to celebrate the grand opening from 5 to 7 p.m. The headquarters are at 305 No. Carson St., Suite 200, on the corner of East Proctor. Refreshments will be provided by the campaign.
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