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Tracking graffiti in Carson City

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 4:46am

Behind an old shopping center in North Carson City, an inmate work crew is hard at work cleaning up the graffiti they found Monday morning.

Greater Nevada Credit Union Announces Additions to Management Team

Monday, January 14, 2013 - 6:24pm

Greater Nevada Credit Union (GNCU) has announced a new Vice President of Marketing and a new Member Services Manager, as well as new managers at the credit union’s Carson City and Reno branches.

Man will stand trial for murder in heroin-related death

Monday, January 14, 2013 - 2:13pm

A 21-year-old man has been ordered to stand trial in the 2011 heroin-related death of a woman in Carson City.

Nevada aims to cut traffic fatalities in half by 2030

Monday, January 14, 2013 - 8:04am

Officials statewide are developing strategies aimed at cutting all annual traffic fatalities in half by 2030, the leader of the Nevada Department of Transportation says.

WNC veterans exhibit arrives at Wisconsin college

Monday, January 14, 2013 - 7:53am

The Western Nevada College exhibit "Always Lost: A Meditation on War" continues to travel the country, now with a stop at Wisconsin's Mount Mary College.
Marilee Swirczek, Emeritus Professor of English at Western Nevada College notes the exhibit at the college and an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Lobbyists sit through ethics training in Carson City

Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 11:39am

Some quick facts about lobbying the Nevada Legislature you might not know, as relayed during lobbyist training last week:
— It’s against the law for lobbyists to make false statements or “misrepresentations of facts” to a lawmaker.
— Lawmakers can’t ask to have a “young sexy assistant” bring up a bill. That could be sexual harassment.

Nevada governor puts education high on 2013 agenda

Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 11:33am

CARSON CITY - Gov. Brian Sandoval isn't giving up many details as he finalizes his 2013-15 spending plan ahead of his State of the State address on Wednesday. But Nevada's bleak revenue picture suggests that it will likely be a mostly status quo budget with little in the way of new spending.

Sandoval said last week he continues to tweak his address, which will focus largely on both public K-12 schools and higher education, the two components that make up 55 percent of the current two-year, $6.2 billion budget.

Women of the Wild West: Eilley Bowers and Julia Bulette

Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 3:58pm

The Wild West returns to Genoa on February 1st, 2nd and 3rd. See the early days of Nevada through the eyes of Eilley Bowers – famous “Queen of the Comstock” and Julia Bulette – Virginia City’s most beloved “working girl”. With their dislike for one another, the comedy and the drama will unfold for you on the stage of Genoa’s Historic Town Hall.

Water pipes are vulnerable as temperatures drop into single digits

Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 9:38am

With night and early morning temperatures around Northern Nevada plummeting to single digits to below zero for the next few days, water pipes in homes with little or no insulation are likely to freeze and break when the temperature drops below 20 degrees.

Department of Homeland Security urges Java users to disable software

Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 9:17am

Computer experts are warning personal computer users to disable Oracle's Java program, which is run by 1.1 billion desktops, according to the company.

The program has serious flaws that hackers are using to invade computers around the world, says Adam Wosotowsky, an expert at McAfee antivirus.

"It could end up with a lot of people with permanent infections," he said.

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