Service touting Nevada farm ‘high tunnel’ program (AP via Yahoo! News)
By Tazman | January 20, 2010
The federal Agriculture Department says guidelines for a pilot project in Nevada to build farm structures called “high tunnels” have been released by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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Nevada death row inmate gets reprieve (UPI)
By Tazman | January 20, 2010
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) — Convicted Nevada killer Robert McConnell won’t be executed Feb. 1 as scheduled, officials said.
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Grooming Winners With More Than Clothes
By Tazman | January 19, 2010
a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/sports/tennis/16iht-ARENA.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss”img src=”http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/01/16/sports/16iht-arena-inline1/thumbStandard.jpg” border=”0″ height=”75″ width=”75″ hspace=”4″ align=”left”/aProviding varying degrees of part-time counseling to any player, including juniors, that it has under contract, Adidas has created a development program unique in tennis.
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Optimism Takes Charge at Consumer Electronics Show
By Tazman | January 19, 2010
a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/technology/11ces.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss”img src=”http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/01/11/business/11ces_CA1/thumbStandard.jpg” border=”0″ height=”75″ width=”75″ hspace=”4″ align=”left”/aThis year, there was more talk about tablet-size reading devices and 3-D television than about how to weather the economic storm.
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Ex-Duke player Olek Czyz to transfer to Nevada (USA Today)
By Tazman | January 14, 2010
Make room on the Nevada bench for another former local high school standout. Ex-Reno High standout Olek Czyz will transfer from Duke to Nevada and enroll in classes for the spring semester, Czyz wrote in a text to the RGJ on Tuesday.
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2010 Nevada Senate: Reidâs Support Falls Even Lower (Rasmussen Reports via Yahoo! News)
By Tazman | January 14, 2010
Support among Nevada voters for embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s reelection has fallen even further following disclosure in a new book of remarks he made about Barack Obama during Election 2008.
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Officials: Financing set for new Nevada power line (AP via Yahoo! News)
By Tazman | January 13, 2010
Nevada elected and utility officials say economic recovery plan financing will help build an electricity transmission line from White Pine County to Las Vegas.
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Nevada wins 96-67 over San Jose State (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
By Tazman | January 11, 2010
Armon Johnson had 23 points and Luke Babbitt 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead Nevada over San Jose State 96-67 on Saturday night. Brandon Fields added 19 points and Joey Shaw 11 for the Wolf Pack (10-6, 2-1 Western Athletic Conference). Adrian Oliver had 20 points, C.J. Webster 15 and Chris Oakes 13 for the Spartans (8-6, 1-1 WAC).
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International Royalty rejects Franco-Nevada bid (MalaysiaNews.net)
By Tazman | January 11, 2010
The board of International Royalty Corp., a mining royalty company, urged its investors Tuesday to reject a hostile takeover bid from Franco-Nevada in favour of a deal it has worked out with Royal Gol…
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Nevada population has shrunk (Ely Times)
By Tazman | January 10, 2010
For the first time in decades, maybe in almost a century, Nevada has shrunk.
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