Yearly Archives: 2010
Renown Health laser treatment restores blood flow to heart
With more than 60,000 miles of blood vessels crisscrossing the human body, the circulatory system can be prone to a few problems. One of those problems is coronary artery disease (CAD), also known as coronary heart disease, which occurs when the arteries that supply blood to heart muscle become hardened and narrowed, due to the buildup of cholesterol and other material called plaque.
Reno seasonal and H1N1 flu shot clinics announced
In addition to tomorrow’s seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccination event, Renown Health will offer two more flu shot events this month. Additional dates are also being considered.
Petition to redefine “person” in Nevada Constitution dismissed
By Phillip Moyer--Nevada News BureauCARSON CITY--The Nevada Personhood Petition, a ballot initiative to amend the Nevada Constitution in a way that alters the definition...
Beguiling beauty graces Biggest Little City
The private papal chambers of the Vatican weren’t the only surfaces favored by the brush of High Renaissance master Raphael Sanzio. Equally famous in...
Mango Language Learning from the Washoe County Library System
The Washoe County Library System offers a language learning tool called Mango Languages. It is an interactive languages learning system. I like it a...
Opinion: How I met the girl
It was another cold, overcast day in January. There was only a week left before the Rembrandt exhibit at the Nevada Museum of Art...
Legislative leadership rejects request by Gibbons to draft bills for possible special session
If Governor Jim Gibbons wants to bring his entire education reform agenda to a special session of the Legislature, from eliminating mandates for class-size reduction to repealing Nevada's collective bargaining law, he will have to draft the bills himself.
Zip code, reporting errors found on Nevada pages of stimulus Web site
More errors have been discovered at recovery.gov, the $18 million government Web site that tracks spending for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.In addition to previously discovered reports of spending in Nevada congressional districts that do not exist, including $7.7 million reportedly sent to Nevada's ninth, 22nd, 25th and 32nd congressional districts, new findings show errors in the Web site's breakdown of the state's funding by zip code.
Dodging Diabetes Dodgeball Tournament to benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASETeams are invited to dodge, duck and dive on three separate courts at the South Reno Athletic Club at 10 a.m. Saturday,...
Government efficiency panel calls for reform to state employee pay and benefit package
By Sean Whaley--Nevada News BureauCARSON CITY--A final report from a panel of private citizens charged with finding efficiencies in state government says the generous...