The Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows will host a press event on Monday, March 15 with local dignitaries and fighters in support of “Keep Violence in the Ring” – a program that focuses on sending a message to youth that violence in the streets is not...
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WINNEMUCCA — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca District, Humboldt River Field Office has completed a preliminary environmental assessment (EA) for Newmont Mining Corporation’s “Sandman Exploration Project” Preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA). The BLM would appreciate receiving substantive comments on the EA by April 14, 2010.
The EA analyzes the impacts associated with...
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ELKO — Forty years ago, ninety percent of the sheep herders in the Great Basin were of Basque heritage. In a period of six years, Basque sheep herders in the region had dropped to fourteen percent.
Kent McAdoo will tell the story of the Basques in the Great Basin through the contributions the Basque community has made...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.–Sen. Harry Reid sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell explaining the path forward on health insurance reform today. In the letter, Reid details the steps that Senate Democrats have taken to secure bipartisan support for health reform despite the lack of cooperation from Senate Republicans.
Reid said he will...
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CARSON CITY — Governor Jim Gibbons today signed SB5, known as the “Jobs Bill”. The new law will create up to 1000 new jobs by funding numerous “shovel-ready” road projects around the state. Money for the projects will come from leveraging already existing taxes to fund revenue bonds.
“My priorities are creating jobs...
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NEWS RELEASE
Two Pershing, County Nevada men were charged in federal court today with killing five wild horses on federally-managed lands in northern Nevada, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
Todd Davis, 44, and Joshua Keathley, 36, both of Lovelock, Nevada, are charged in a criminal...
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SPARKS — Maureen Easton, a Wildlife Biologist on the Carson Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, was one of two employees recently recognized for her collaborative work with the Mule Deer Foundation and numerous other partners toward the conservation of mule deer on February 13, 2010, in Salt Lake City. The...
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WASHINGTON, DC–Sen. Harry Reid today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $4.7 million in grant funding to increase access to health care services for underserved Nevadans.
Clark County Social Services will receive $4,233,896 from the HIV Emergency Relief Project Grants Program, while the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe will receive...
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The Governor’s Office just released a statement about Governor Jim Gibbons’ veto of Senate Bill 3.
“Although in theory certain aspects of Senate Bill 3 appear to be a good idea, in practice, Senate Bill 3 is unworkable and does not accomplish the flexibility that is needed with the least possible negative impact. Instead of...
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SUBMITTED RELEASE FROM NEVADA STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
By Phoebe Sweet
LAS VEGAS–Today Sen. John Ensign not only voted against a bill that will bring millions in revenue to Nevada’s rural counties at a time when it is badly needed, but then tried to take credit for its passage.
Today Sen. Harry Reid led the passage of...
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