Archive for January, 2009
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009Nevada’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. Rogers outlined a grim picture of the public school system and issued a…
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Nevada lawmakers question $6.2 billion budget plan (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Friday, January 23rd, 2009Skeptical Nevada legislators barraged Gov. Jim Gibbons’ top aides on Thursday with questions about the governor’s $6.2 billion, two-year state spending plan that calls for big cuts in funding for public education and other government programs and services.
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Nevada Students Will Pick State Insect (KLAS Las Vegas)
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009Nevada has a state flower, state tree and even a state fossil, but it doesn’t have a state insect, at least for now.
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Expert: Nevada mountain has been mined for years (Merced Sun-Star)
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009Mount Tenabo in northeast Nevada has a rich mining history dating back more than a century and over the years hosted bustling frontier communities, an archaeologist testified Wednesday.
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What’s on Tap: Sierra Nevada Torpedo (Inside Bay Area)
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Future — here we come. We have a new president today and to bring things down to the less cosmic level, for the first time since Bill Clinton was president, we have a new, year-round beer from Sierra Nevada, the Chico brewer.
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Tribe protests new Nevada gold mine (KTNV Las Vegas)
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009Western Shoshone members and others plan to stage a demonstration over a new Nevada gold mine prior to a court hearing this week in Reno on efforts to restrict the project.
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Nevada keeps ‘Bows winless in WAC (Honolulu Advertiser)
Monday, January 19th, 2009The University of Hawai’i women’s basketball team remained winless in the Western Athletic Conference — and for 2009 — after a 69-50 loss to Nevada yesterday.
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Nevada casino ‘08 profits shrink by two-thirds (AP via Yahoo! News)
Saturday, January 17th, 2009A new report shows Nevada’s major hotel-casinos had a huge drop in net income in fiscal 2008 as a global economic downturn worsened, hanging onto $721.2 million or a third of what they netted in the previous year.
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Southern Nevada lands projects advance in Senate vote (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Friday, January 16th, 2009WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a giant federal lands bill today that advances a handful of Nevada projects that were stalled in Congress last year.
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Senate approves wilderness expansion in Sierra Nevada mountain range (The Sacramento Bee)
Friday, January 16th, 2009WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday approved a grab-bag public lands bill that’s supposed to save the San Joaquin River and secure Sierra Nevada wilderness. Weighing in at 1,296 pages, the public lands bill was stuffed with more than enough goodies to ensure its passage over conservative opposition. Once approved by the […]
