Archive for January, 2009
« Previous EntriesChief of Karmanos Cancer Institute to join Nevada Cancer Institute (Detroit Free Press)
Saturday, January 31st, 2009Dr. Jack Ruckdeschel, the chief executive officer who helped stabilize the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, is leaving to become chief of a Nevada cancer center, the Free Press has learned.
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Nevada a natural disaster area due to drought (San Francisco Chronicle)
Friday, January 30th, 2009The U.S. Agriculture Department has declared almost all of Nevada a natural disaster area because of losses caused by drought over the past year. The only Nevada counties not on the list are Nye and White Pine. But USDA officials say farm operators in those…
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Nevada senators on opposite sides of stimulus debate (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Friday, January 30th, 2009WASHINGTON — Nevada’s senators staked out opposing sides today as the Senate began positioning for the big debate next week over President Obama’s economic stimulus plan.
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Brothels Ask to Be Taxed, but Official Sees a Catch
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/us/26brothel.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss”img src=”http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/01/26/us/26brothel_75.jpg” border=”0″ height=”75″ width=”75″ hspace=”4″ align=”left”/aThe director of the Nevada Brothel Association proposed a tax on legal brothels to help fill the state’s coffers.
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Judge refuses to halt huge Nevada gold mine (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009A federal judge has ruled against environmentalists and a Western tribe that asked for an emergency order to halt part of a massive gold mine project in northeast Nevada. The conservationists and the Western Shoshone wanted the judge to force Barrick Gold…
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Judge refuses to halt huge Nevada gold mine (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009RENO — A federal judge has ruled against environmentalists and a Western tribe that asked for an emergency order to halt part of a massive gold mine project in northeast Nevada.
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Chancellor calls Nevada schools a ‘disaster’ (Daily Sparks Tribune)
Monday, January 26th, 2009LAS VEGAS — Nevada’s public education system is a “disaster” and is certain to deteriorate more under budget cuts proposed by Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons, Chancellor Jim Rogers said Thursday.
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Judge to rule over Nevada gold mine (Daily Sparks Tribune)
Monday, January 26th, 2009RENO — A federal judge has said he will rule Monday on a legal battle pitting religious and environmental concerns against the economic interests of hundreds of Nevada miners and the world’s biggest gold mining company.
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Nevada County deputies score big pot bust (The Sacramento Bee)
Sunday, January 25th, 2009Nevada County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested two men after finding more than 200 marijuana plants in a barn. Kiel Alexander Wilson, 24, and Tobias Solomon Cole, 32, were arrested on suspicion of cultivation of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale. Armed with a warrant, detectives with the sheriff’s department […]
Nevada builders get sobering advice (San Francisco Chronicle)
Saturday, January 24th, 2009Industry experts told leaders of Nevada construction companies on Friday they can weather the current economic storm if they downsize operations, keep up on economic news and lobby Congress for a share of the federal stimulus package. “It’s a worldwide…
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