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Ray Peternell holds the Nevada Day Treasure Hunt medallion he found early
this morning in Riverview Park. With other hunters looking in the same

Long before gardening was a mainstream designer hobby, it was essential.

Q. Can you recommend plants that deer won't eat?A. There are many plants deer don't like. Most of them are poisonous. Others have prickles, thorns or fuzzy leaves that make them difficult to eat.

For this recipe on super-easy family grilling, we're departing from usual practice and using a bottled marinade. Sometimes you just gotta go there.

Recent changes made to the plans for a new middle school complex have left some school board members feeling underwhelmed, while one former board member maintains the project should be scrapped altogether.

WASHINGTON - Exercise your hips to help achy knees? If you've got knee arthritis, your whole leg starts subtly shifting out of alignment as you favor the sore spot.

With 14 grandchildren, Delane Pennington was struggling with ways to find creative and thoughtful birthday gifts each year.

Sarah Johnston graduatescum laude from Dartmouth

The Nevada Division of Forestry is offering a selection of low-cost plants suitable for fall planting in western Nevada.The State Tree Nursery is located at 885 Eastlake Blvd. in Washoe Valley.

Some of the nation's biggest for-profit colleges and vocational schools are boosting enrollment in tough times by making more loans directly to cash-strapped students, knowing full well many of them probably won't be able to repay what...

Organizers are still seeking vendors for the community flea market at 8 a.m. Aug. 22 in the parking lot of NV 50 in Mound House.The fee is $10 per vendor space, which will benefit the development of the Dayton Valley Dog Park.

The first 100 teachers visiting the Staples store at 915 Jacks Valley Road on Teacher Appreciation Day today from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., will receive an EcoEasy bag of supplies such as notepads and writing tools.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - University researchers say that despite "substantial investment," school segregation trends are getting worse in the neighborhood of West Las Vegas.

For the third year in a row, Bauter & Holmes dental office is hosting a supply drive for local elementary schools.

In my kitchen, dry lentils get about the same treatment as dry beans. That is, on the rare occasion that I buy them, they land at the back of the pantry where they are promptly forgotten for months or years.

With households watching every penny, a growing number of Americans are ditching their takeout menus and heading into the kitchen to cook dinner at home. The trouble is, many don't know how.

For the past 21⁄2 months I have been working at the Boys & Girls Club running a cooking class for the kids. It has been exciting, uplifting, exhausting, sometimes frustrating and more rewarding than I ever thought possible.

In my kitchen, dry lentils get about the same treatment as dry beans. That is, on the rare occasion that I buy them, they land at the back of the pantry where they are promptly forgotten for months or years.

The Carson City chapter of Relay for Life is set to raise $110,000 this year, according to organizers, but it is making one final push to meet its goal of $125,000.

Nevada Health Centers is challenging Carson City-area businesses to find out who can create the biggest team for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Oct. 4.

BLOG: Bike Camping at Washoe Lake State Park

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada's two universities have made Forbes' list of America's 500 best colleges this year.The University of Nevada, Las Vegas placed 486 and the University of Nevada, Reno 406.

When an April 5 earthquake shook down buildings in L'Aquila, Italy, it also destroyed all but a few buildings on the campus of the University of L'Aquila. The 27,000-student school couldn't function and students would be left...

Fall has become a popular second season for planting, particularly for spring-blooming flower bulbs. Trowel-carrying gardeners return to action once the summer heat abates to set more tulips, crocus or daffodils into the ground.