RENO – For the three leading Republican candidates seeking the Congressional District 2 seat vacated with the appointment of Dean Heller to the U.S. Senate, it was all about qualifications and experience in a debate held here Wednesday.
State Republican Party Chairman Mark Amodei, a former state senator, state Sen. Greg Brower, appointed to fill the seat formerly held by retired Sen. Bill Raggio, and retired Navy commander Kirk Lippold, faced off ahead of a GOP meeting Saturday in Sparks that could determine which candidate will get the party nod.

RENO - It took nearly all of an hour-long debate for three Nevada Republican congressional hopefuls to find something to disagree about Wednesday night, but the gloves came off the last five min...

Carson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi said he has sent four firefighters and an engine to Arizona to help with wild fires there."This is not uncommon," Giomi said. "The last three years have been ...

Regent Ron Knecht has asked the interim president of UNR to help find some one-time money to restore cuts made to the Agriculture Department's Cooperative Extension service.Knecht said he planned t...

Being billed as a place where parks, trails and open space meet, the recently completed Fulstone Wetlands project offers a .6-mile path around the site, through the wetlands observation area."We...

Author and historian Robert W. Ellison will present the lecture "Long Beard: Warren Wasson, Indian Agent & U.S. Marshall" at the Nevada State Museum 7-8 p.m. Thursday, June 23.The lecture is bas...

In the final hours of the 2011 Nevada State Legislative Session, Senate Bill 271 passed, bringing with it opportunities for the two states that border Lake Tahoe to reinvigorate the spirit of compr...

Tioga Road will open for the season on Saturday, June 18 at 8 a.m. for all vehicle traffic, Yosemite National Park officials announced Wednesday.

Tioga Road, which is accessed by Highway 395 at Lee Vining in Mono County, Calif. and is bound by both sides by State Highway 120, is the popular east-west crossing of the Sierra Nevada.

CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval today signed four public education reform bills into law, saying Nevada has “made great advancements on behalf of our schoolchildren.”
Sandoval signed Assembly Bills 225 and 229, and Senate Bills 197 and 212 into law.

SILVER SPRINGS - Despite adopting a motion last month to adopt a four-day school week next year, the Lyon County School Board voted against the implementation plan Tuesday night. "I still think it ...

Northern Nevada Development Authority is bringing President Obama's Dream It Do It Initiative to the Silver State.Working with The Manufacturing Institute and the National Association of Manufactur...

Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday signed into law the five pieces of legislation that implement the state budget for the coming two years.They are the K-12 education bill, the Appropriations and Autho...

In what may be the first example of a politician reacting to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding Nevada's restriction on politicians voting when they have an apparent conflict, Gov. Brian Sando...

Drew Moreland enjoyed probably the best game of his high school varsity career Tuesday night.Moreland, a senior-to-be, allowed just two first-inning singles, struck out four and went 3-for-3 at the...

Researchers suggest that the two strongest human motivators are love and fear. We all have fears that we carry around everyday. If you are one of the millions of Americans who is a caregivers then ...

This week grocery shopping, I decided to part with my usual organized self and go without a list. Scary, I know. I am not abandoning my usually weekly menu planning, I am just doing it a little ...

Here's some of what used to be grown in Nevada - hay and grain for horses and mules, flour, potatoes, butter, cheese, milk and beef, fresh vegetables, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, apple...

CARSON CITY — Here is the fishing report for Northern Nevada, Northern California, and the Sierra for the week of June 15-June 21.

By the Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
Nevada State Parks invites the public to a weekend of free historic events at Mormon Station State Historic Park. 
For more information, please contact the park at (775) 782-2590.

June 18: Pioneer Living History Day
Bring the family and enjoy a living history day with the Sierra Nevada and Truckee Meadows Mormon Pioneers. 

Here are the most recent fish plants in Western Nevada reported by the Nevada Division of Wildlife. For information, call the NDOW headquarters in Reno at (775) 688-1500 during regular business hours.

By the Nevada Department of Wildlife
After a five-year journey, the Nevada Department of Wildlife's first-ever license plate is set to be released in late June or early July.

Proceeds from the sale of the "Conserve Wildlife" plate will provide sorely needed funding for NDOW's wildlife education and volunteer programs.

By the Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association
The Shasta Cascade region comes alive this time of year as vibrant blooming wildflowers show off their stunning colors. Thanks to Mother Nature it should be an excellent year for wildflower viewing due to all of the snow and rain fall the area has received. The best time for wildflower viewing is normally during the months of April through June in the lower elevations, and June through August in the higher elevations.

CARSON CITY – The securities administrator for Secretary of State Ross Miller is ordering a Las Vegas man to immediately stop selling or offering to sell unregistered securities until both he and the securities are legally licensed and registered with the state.
Leonard Benson and the Leonard Benson Company, which uses a mail drop address on West Sahara, was offering investments in “The Leonard Benson Private Gaming Fund” through the mail and through a website Benson operated. Benson’s website also offered courses in gambling strategy.

CARSON CITY – A review of cash settlements paid by state agencies to employees and contractors shows no pattern of failure to bring large payments to the Board of Examiners for review and approval, Gov. Brian Sandoval said today.
The board, which also includes Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and Secretary of State Ross Miller, reviewed 12 pages of cash payments, most of which were unrelated to settlements with employees.