Yearly Archives: 2011
Sheriff’s Office Asks Community to Participate in Sexual Assault Awareness “Denim Day” April 27th
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEIn observance of Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month, the Washoe County Sheriff's Office is asking businesses, organizations and individuals...
Washoe County Commissioners Approve $1.2 Million of Services Contracts to Local Businesses; Approves Public/Private Partnership to Benefit Community; Passes Various Proclamations Recognizing Important Events
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEWashoe County Commissioners today approved two contracts totaling more than $1.2 million with local firms that will benefit our local economy by...
Basin Street Properties Announces Par Tolles As New COO/CFO
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEBasin Street Properties, a prominent West Coast commercial real estate developer and investor and the largest office landlord in downtown Reno, has...
University of Nevada, Reno mini-robot vehicle wins MicroMouse event Saturday
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEElectrical engineering students build fastest, smartest robot to run in complex mazeThe University of Nevada, Reno’s micromouse scooted its way around the...
Campaign finance and election reform bills win approval in assembly by deadline
By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau: Two bills that would close loopholes and increase transparency in Nevada's election and campaign finance laws won approval...
Latest federal report on ‘actual’ jobless rate shows employment continues to lag in Nevada
By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau: Nevada's unemployment picture may be improving, even seeing some job growth in March, but a federal report measuring...
County Commissioners oppose legislation that negatively affects county
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEWashoe County Commissioners took official action today to unanimously oppose any legislative action that would divert local revenues to the state and/or...
Opinion: Goedhart challenges Oceguera
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASECARSON CITY – Yesterday, Assembly Speaker John Oceguera pulled a partisan political stunt by bringing to the floor of the Assembly, with...
Brower officially files for Congress
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEState Senator Greg Brower announced his candidacy for the U.S. Congress and that he has formally filed his federal paperwork this afternoon."As...
Opinion: Hidden Obamacare provision routed money to insider unions, governments, businesses
SUBMITTED OPINIONBy Kyle GillisObamacare — officially known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPACA — is quietly playing Santa Claus...