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Tank farm tests skills in case of major fuel spillHow would emergency crews and health officials react to a massive jet fuel spill at the Sparks tank farm? A drill on Tuesday allowed crews to work out emergency plans should a massive earthquake ca...
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Meeting needs of homeless on leaner budgets
On any given night, there are 850 homeless men, women and children seeking shelter in the fields, river banks and freeway underpasses of Washoe County. In 2007 every regional government leader pled...
On any given night, there are 850 homeless men, women and children seeking shelter in the fields, river banks and freeway underpasses of Washoe County. In 2007 every regional government leader pled...
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No pay increases in proposed Sparks budget
As a result of declining revenue, namely consolidated tax revenues, Carey proposed a budget for 2008-2009 ($62.6 million) that will be nearly $7.5 million less than the budget for fiscal year 2007-...
As a result of declining revenue, namely consolidated tax revenues, Carey proposed a budget for 2008-2009 ($62.6 million) that will be nearly $7.5 million less than the budget for fiscal year 2007-...
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Death toll in China earthquake up to nearly 9,000
CHENGDU, China — One of the worst earthquakes to hit China in three decades killed nearly 9,000 people Monday, trapped about 900 students under the rubble of their school and caused a toxic chemica...
CHENGDU, China — One of the worst earthquakes to hit China in three decades killed nearly 9,000 people Monday, trapped about 900 students under the rubble of their school and caused a toxic chemica...
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Among the many choices they will make in November, voters will be asked by the Washoe County School District to approve a ballot measure that would boost sales taxes by 0.25 percent and raise gover...
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Native Americans in northern Nevada now have easier access to health care services with the opening of the Reno-Sparks Tribal Health Center.
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Members of the Reno City Council, Sparks City Council, Washoe County Commission and the Washoe County School District will meet at 8:30 a.m. Monday to discuss funding for repairs on worn-out school...
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Thomas and Jeannie Miller, formerly from Nebraska, learned a little bit about Sparks last year when they helped clean up Vista
Boulevard. On Saturday, they fell in love with Hungry Valley as they ...
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Parents who are nervous about letting their 16-year-old son or daughter get behind the wheel of a 3,000-pound machine can find some assurance in a teen driving course.
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RENO – Known for attracting top professional kayakers and amateur athletes from around the world, the Reno River Festival returns in 2008 to celebrate five years on the Truckee River. With a new vi...
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COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Two part owners of last year's Preakness winner went on trial Tuesday on charges they defrauded clients out of millions in a case being watched closely by the thoroughbred industry because the men could lose their share of the horse....
Tue May 13 16:09:35 -0700 2008
ELKTON, Md. (AP) -- Starting next year across the country, rape victims too afraid or too ashamed to go to police can undergo an emergency-room forensic rape exam, and the evidence gathered will be kept on file in a sealed envelope in case they decide to press charges....
Tue May 13 17:09:31 -0700 2008
NEW YORK (AP) -- A popular restaurant has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle a lawsuit with a lesbian who said a bouncer chased her out of the women's bathroom and forced her to leave because she looked masculine....
Tue May 13 11:55:09 -0700 2008
DETROIT (AP) -- The City Council narrowly approved taking the first step Tuesday toward removing Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who is charged with perjury over explicit text messages sent to a former aide....
Tue May 13 15:53:22 -0700 2008
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) -- Hundreds of Marines were conducting a combat training mission in the Mojave Desert when an air patrol spotted something kicking up dust: A civilian pickup truck speeding across the barren landscape....
Tue May 13 10:31:59 -0700 2008
PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) -- Investigators searched Tuesday for one or more arsonists behind a string of stubborn wildfires that have destroyed or damaged more than 160 homes on Florida's Atlantic coast....
Tue May 13 17:04:56 -0700 2008
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Texas child welfare officials conceded Tuesday that a newborn's mother, held in foster care as a minor after being removed from a polygamous sect's ranch, is an adult....
Tue May 13 16:52:42 -0700 2008