Yearly Archives: 2014
BLM to gather 50 horses in eastern Nevada
ELY – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District is scheduled on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014 to begin gathering and removing approximately 120...
Lemelson STEM Academy receives donation from Patty Sheehan Foundation
The Patty Sheehan Foundation, with Idora Silver’s Feed the Kids Foundation, donated $2,500 to the Lemelson STEM Academy Elementary School, formerly Sierra Vista Elementary...
Honor America’s heroes this Veterans Day
Celebrate Veterans Day. Please get out and celebrate to recognize the tens of thousands of Washoe County veterans who have served our community in...
Planning Commission seeks to fill vacancy
The City of Reno would like to inform the public that there is currently one vacancy on the Reno City Planning Commission. The position is...
18th century “animal-friendly” haiku
David G. Lanoue, a leading authority on haiku poetry, presents his newest book, Issa and the Meaning of Animals: A Buddhist Poet’s Perspective on...
Nevada recyclables given new life as art
This month, in celebration of America Recycles Day, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection’s Nevada Recycles program partnered with the Las Vegas Sands Corp....
Suspect identified in Wednesday’s shooting near UNR
Subject shot during Multi-Agency Task Force investigation near UNRAround 4 pm on November 5, 2014, officers with the Reno Police Department and the University...
2015 Nevada Small Farm Conference held Jan. 22-24 in Sparks
Early bird registration deadline is December 31!Sparks, Nev.—Calling all farmers and ranchers, beginning or experienced, rural or urban, and business and community members: the...
COLUMN: Two ways to get Medicare benefits
By David Sayen, Medicare’s regional administrator for Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Pacific TerritoriesYou may not realize it, but there are actually two...
Advance directives: make one
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month and Saint Mary’s Hospice emphasizes the importance of having an "end-of-life plan" that dictates patients’ wishes...