Monthly Archives: November, 2009
UNCE specialist wins national writing award
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Donaldson recognized for work on water quality and weeds
Susan Donaldson, water quality specialist for University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (UNCE), won two...
Opinion: Doctors and their offices are stuck in the 20th century
Last week I spent two insulting, invasive and uncomfortable hours at my doctor’s office. Five minutes of that time were spent being examined, and...
Nevada Professor Emma Sepulveda receives Mujer Award
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEUniversity of Nevada, Reno Professor Emma Sepulveda Pulvirenti will be one of two Hispanic women honored tomorrow evening at the National Hispana...
Nevada literary journal to launch Nov. 19
The Nevada Review, a first-of-its-kind literary journal dedicated to Nevada, will be officially launched at an event on Thursday, Nov. 19th, at 6 p.m. at Zephyr Books in Reno. The public is invited to join the journal’s founders, Reno-born Caleb Cage and Winnemucca-born Joe McCoy, in celebrating the release of the inaugural issue.
Gibbons: “We need to stop wasting Nevada”
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASECARSON CITY -- Governor Jim Gibbons today announced his intention to sponsor a major initiative to completely eliminate landfills as we presently...
Public meetings scheduled to discuss Water Resource Plan
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASETruckee Meadows Water Authority has scheduled public workshops and meetings for the review and approval of the 2010-2030 Water Resource Plan. The purpose...
Reid meets with Nevada tech innovators
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEWASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Harry Reid met today with leading educators from Nevada at a showcase of educational technology sponsored by the U.S....
Nevada State Museum Celebrates Day of the Dead November 7
CARSON CITY -- The Nevada State Museum celebrates El DÃa de Muertos or Day of the Dead from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on...
Veterans Guest House to host USO party
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEJoin the Veterans Guest House in celebrating 15 years of caring for veterans and their families at a United Service Organization-themed celebration...
Opinion: Transparency wars update
In a clear case of the Empire striking back, Mel Watt, a Democrat from North Carolina, who chairs the domestic monetary policy and technology...
