Monthly Archives: November, 2012
December events and entertainment at Grand Sierra Resort
Grand Sierra Resort (GSR) is the premiere destination for the biggest names in entertainment and regularly welcomes legendary performers, popular comedians, production shows and...
Warming up the Santa Train is Friday–Santa Train Dec 1, 2, 15, 16 at State Railroad Museum
Santa Claus will make an express run on the Nevada State Railroad Museum’s steam train pulled by V&T Railway locomotive No. 25 on two...
United Way brings AmeriCorps volunteers to build capacity
The United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra (UWNNS) has partnered with the Corporation for National and Community Service to bring four AmeriCorps...
UNR proposes selling Main Station land, water rights to pay Fire Science Academy debt, fund endowment
FROM UNR NEWSAmong the agenda items to be considered by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents at their Nov. 29-30 meeting...
Prescribed fire operations resume tomorrow on south and west shores of Lake Tahoe
U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will continue prescribed fire operations in the Cold Creek area near South Lake Tahoe tomorrow, Tuesday, November 27,...
Ancient microbes found living beneath the icy surface of Antarctic lake
DRI NEWS RELEASEThis week a pioneering study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) and co-authored by Dr. Alison Murray...
Coca-Cola caravan rolls into town at Saint Mary’s to spread holiday cheer
Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center is joining in the holiday excitement by partnering with Coca-Cola to bring the Holiday Caravan to Reno. An annual...
Wolf Pack to face Pac-12 foe in Gildan New Mexico Bowl
The University of Nevada accepted on Sunday an invitation to play in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 15 in Albuquerque, the school...
OPINION: Not all ballot issues are created equal
SUBMITTED BY CHUCK MUTHThere were at least three efforts to increase taxes on the ballot this month. All three went down in flames, laying...
Moana Nursery kicks off “Meet the Artist” series Dec. 1
MOANA NURSERY NEWS RELEASEFirst in Moana Nursery’s Meet the Artist Series is Monika Johnson of Incline Village. Johnson, a hairstylist who owns her own...
