A recession is fascinating, in a morbid sort of way, for an economist. But I must admit that I am really getting tired of this one, and would like to get back to considering other problems.Real Gro...

A recession is fascinating, in a morbid sort of way, for an economist. But I must admit that I am really getting tired of this one, and would like to get back to considering other problems.Real Gro...

The Carson City Democratic Women's Club monthly meeting will feature speaker Ryan Costella who will introduce his "Empowerment Nevada" Program. This should be a lively discussion. The Open House for the new headquarters September 23rd from 5-8 PM will be planned as well as the design for the Club's Nevada Day Float. All wishing to know more about local Democrats are invited to attend. Contact Donna at 884-3037 or 341 DEMS for details.

WINNEMUCCA - Dayton High's volleyball team went 1-2 on the second day of the Lowry Invitational.Dayton opened with a 25-12 and 25-21 loss to Fernley, but bounced back with a 25-14 and 25-22 win ove...

RENO-Head coach Chris Ault and the Nevada Wolf Pack football team are extremely proud of what they were able to accomplish in 2010.It's just that they don't want to talk about it anymore."Each year...

black rock city - With all 50,000 tickets apparently used, the 25th Burning Man event geared up Saturday for the big shot: the burning of the 40-foot effigy of the Man himself, right in the midd...

I have noticed many employers in the area who sponsor a 401(k) plan are looking for ways to boost employee participation in the plan. One way for companies to raise participation rates is by increa...

Traditionally, a library card had one purpose: to check out books. Today's card holds the key to countless sources of information, entertainment, reading methodology and education. Last year, the l...

The Nevada Stateline-to-Stateline Bikeway Project will be presented when the Parks and Recreation Commission meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.Ann Bollinger, resource specialist for the city's Open Space ...

They burned "The Man" out on the Black Rock Desert playa last night. Is that really news? Should we care?Of course I'm writing about Burning Man, the annual naked drug festival that takes place jus...

black rock city - With all 50,000 tickets apparently used, the 25th Burning Man event geared up Saturday for the big shot: the burning of the 40-foot effigy of the Man himself, right in the midd...

BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. — As Friday turned to Saturday here, it has been better-than ideal for Burning Man guests with calm winds, a bright (and hot!) sun and relentless love, fun, art, peace and lots of good energy. Thus far with this report, not a hint of high winds, which trigger whiteouts and misery.

It was a perfect day for Burning Man guests Friday as the winds stayed calm, the sun bright (and hot) and the apparent fun unending. There was not a hint of the high winds that trigger whiteouts an...

The 238 House members, many of whom are Tea Party freshmen, are from districts that have been fueled with anti-government rhetoric, who lash out against everything from health care reform to immigr...

It was a perfect day for Burning Man guests Friday as the winds stayed calm, the sun bright (and hot) and the apparent fun unending. There was not a hint of the high winds that trigger whiteouts an...

RENO - Government lawyers are asking a judge in Nevada to throw out a lawsuit filed by an 81-year-old tribal leader who is seeking $30 million from the Bureau of Land Management in a decades-old di...

More than 2,500 state retirees will soon get a letter telling them the Public Employee Benefit Program cards they received in the mail recently were mailed out by mistake.Jim Wells, executive direc...

More than 16,600 Nevada seniors will see what, for them, amounts to a tax increase next year.For years, seniors had the option of a tax refund on part of their property taxes or rent. That went awa...

DAYTON - Dayton's defense held Truckee to just one offensive score in the first half, but couldn't overcome early turnovers as Truckee built up a 20-0 halftime lead en route to a 33-14 win Friday n...

GARDNERVILLE - Alex Drozdoff and April Shonnard were in mid-season form at Friday's Class Races held at Lampe Park.In the class-race format, boys and girls run together in the same race based on th...

By Claudene Wharton
A new book written by two University of Nevada, Reno social work professors, is a perfect Labor Day read, giving an in-depth look into the lives of women working in Nevada casinos and serving to remind why the national holiday exists.

Kate Marshall resorted to an unusual tactic this week in her long-shot bid to become the first Democrat to win Nevada's most Republican congressional district in the Sept. 13 special election: She publicly acknowledged that she's a Democrat.

After spending much of the election running away from public displays of her party affiliation, she openly campaigned with the No. 2 ranking Democrat in the House, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md.

Nevada's teachers union issued its 2011 legislative report card recently and, my, what a joke. I mean, they may as well have started off their executive summary with, "A priest, a rabbi and a minis...

A Carson High teacher is on paid leave while police investigate allegations that she engaged in a romantic relationship with a student.Carson City School Superintendent Richard Stokes confirmed tha...