Yearly Archives: 2010
USFS continues prescribed fire operations on East Shore
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEU.S. Forest Service fuels management crews are continuing prescribed fire operations in Slaughterhouse Canyon on Lake Tahoe's East Shore today, ...
University of Nevada students take first in regional advertising competition
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEAn advertising campaign for State Farm Insurance earned first place for journalism and marketing students at the Regional Student Advertising Competition in...
UNCE’s Bootstraps receives big federal grant
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Extension program gives Nevada youth jobs while helping environment
BATTLE MOUNTAIN -- A University of Nevada Cooperative Extension program that teaches job skills...
Dilworth students preparing to hear from scientist who found Titanic
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Dr. Robert Ballard, famed oceanographer, to give presentation at Washoe County Middle School
Robert Ballard, Ph.D., best known for his 1985 discovery of...
May 1 event to raise wildfire awareness
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Local firefighting agencies, groups sponsor Redfield Campus gatheringFirefighting agencies, the Nevada Fire Safe Council, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension's Living with Fire...
Opinion: Veterans continue to pile on Sue Lowden over her death tax proposal
SUBMITTED RELEASE FROM FRIENDS FOR HARRY REIDLAS VEGAS--Over the weekend, Sue Lowden continued to receive harsh criticism from members of Nevada’s veterans community...
Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival certified as family friendly
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEGENOA, Nev. -- Nationally known Western poets and entertainers will converge on Nevada’s oldest settlement at the end of April for the...
BLM seeking public comment on proposal for United Comstock Merger Mill at American Flat
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASECARSON CITY -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District-Sierra Front Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposal...
Opinion: Thirty years of bad faith—and counting
SUBMITTED RELEASEBy Steven Miller, Nevada Policy Research InstituteDo you trust your government?When a Quinnipiac University poll in February asked that question, it found only...
State energy director launches Nevada energy economy strike force
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASECARSON CITY -- According to Nevada State Office of Energy (“NSOE”) Director Jim Groth, several major renewable energy development companies worth billions...