Monthly Archives: March, 2010
Opinion: What will it take for GOP candidates to call on Ensign to resign?
SUBMITTED BY NEVADA STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTYBy Phoebe SweetLAS VEGAS--GOP Senate candidates Sue Lowden and Danny Tarkanian said last year that they would welcome...
Gibbons will attend Tea Party in Searchlight
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...
Passionate people can save a city
By Paul KiserOn Monday night I sat in a back room of a restaurant in downtown Reno (that shall remain nameless) at the Rotary Club of...
Forest Service releases Heavenly environmental assessment
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASESOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIF. -- The U.S. Forest Service is seeking comment on an environmental assessment for proposed capital improvements at Heavenly...
Hendry named director of communications at Renown
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASETerri Hendry has been named director of communications for Renown Health. In her new position, she will manage the internal...
Q&A: University Provost answers questions about budget-cut proposal, part 3 of 3
It was announced on March 1 by the University of Nevada, Reno that the University was beginning a process to review its curricula,...
Nevada’s public employee pension plan has $9.1 billion unfunded liability
By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau: Nevada's political leaders have emphasized repeatedly in recent months that the state faces a huge funding shortfall in...
Harry Reid meets with Professional Firefighters of Nevada
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEWASHINGTON, D.C.--Sen. Harry Reid met today with Nevada’s firefighters professional association to discuss the development of search and rescue response systems and...
Opinion: It’s Urgent. It’s Time. Congress Has To Pass Health Care Reform Now
by Elisa MaserLast week, at the Nevada Interactive Media Summit in Reno, Erin Kotecki Vest, Political Director and Producer of Special Projects for BlogHer,...
University of Nevada, Reno engineer returns from surveying damage in Chile
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEUniversity of Nevada, Reno engineer and researcher Gokhan Pekcan is safely back in his office today after nine days of surveying damaged...