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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE Today the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced its decision on the petition for listing greater sage-grouse. The decision was “warranted but precluded” which would place greater sage-grouse on the list of “candidate species” across its range in the 11 western states and two provinces.   In addition, the USFWS announced...
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Many UNR faculty will be presenting at this conference, which runs this Thursday through Sunday at the Peppermill. Meeting To Emphasize Effective Education About Seniors’ Health Care Workforce Needs The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) — the educational branch of The Gerontological Society of America — will hold its 36th Annual Meeting and Educational...
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There are two promotions in place for each of the final two regular-season home women’s basketball games March 3 at 7 p.m. and March 6 at 2 p.m. For the Wednesday, March 3 game against Idaho, Nevada has reached out to the local Native American community to put on a Native American Appreciation Night. Flyers...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — More than 200 scientists, agency staff and managers, and stakeholders will meet over two days to present results aimed at measuring the success of ecosystem restoration in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The 5th Biennial Tahoe Basin Science Conference, “Measuring the Success of Ecosystem Restoration in the Lake Tahoe...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE CARSON CITY, Nev. —  Cowboy Country, the tourism organization that promotes northeastern Nevada, is seeking high school seniors in Nevada who plan to pursue a degree in a tourism-related field to apply for a $1,000 scholarship. The deadline to apply is March 8. The June Stannard Memorial Scholarship was established in 2008 at...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE RENO, Nev. — It’s tax preparation season, and Nevadans with questions about deductions, Social Security benefits, 401(K) accounts and other personal finance issues can get thorough, reliable answers through University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and eXtension.org. The Web site eXtension.org is an interactive learning environment delivering information from Cooperative Extension experts from all...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE CARSON CITY, Nev. — Gov. Jim Gibbons announced revisions to his budget balancing plan that will protect medically fragile Nevadans, the mentally ill and developmentally disabled, while still responsibly cutting state spending. Among the changes, the Governor has decided to reinstate adult day health care coverage in Medicaid. Also in Medicaid, the...
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Submitted by Chancellor Dan Klaich Nevada System of Higher Education I have spent a lot of time lately discussing the budget.  My comments have tended to talk about millions of dollars coming out of campus funds and large percentage reductions to budgets or formulas.  What that discussion has not conveyed is the personal damage these cuts...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture highlighted the successes of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). One year after the passage of ARRA, evidence is clear – and growing by the day – that the Recovery Act is working to cushion the greatest economic crisis since the Great...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE CARSON CITY, Nev. — Gov. Jim Gibbons today responded to politicians and media reports criticizing his budget solutions rather than recognizing that through “some collaboration and a lot of hard work this administration has been able to balance the budget for this biennium. This criticism does not recognize that this problem is...
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