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Courtesy photo - Truckee Meadows Water Authority experts are confident that switching to three-day-a-week watering will reduce the amount of water used for landscaping.
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A new three-day watering week schedule recently approved by the Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors shouldn’t be cause for concern for the water supply, even in the current drought, ...
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SPARKS — Nestled in a neighborhood in Wingfield Springs, residents can expect a new neighborhood park on Lepus Drive come spring. At a cost of more than $317,000, the park will have grass fields, ...
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SPARKS –– A small sea of solar was unveiled Monday at the Larry D. Johnson Community Center in Sparks to the fanfare of city leaders and NV Energy representatives. The 28 kilowatt photovoltaic sys...
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Several dozen winners of the northern Nevada regional competition for the Scholastic Art Awards of 2010 and their families converged on the Nevada Museum of Art Saturday for a ceremony and reception.
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Volunteers give a day to help a Sparks couple fix up their abode.
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Northern Nevada residents have a reason to get glamorous and walk the red carpet on Sunday when Sierra Arts hosts its annual Arts and Oscars benefit starting at 4 p.m. What started as a small gat...
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DENVER (AP) -- Suspected gang member Willie Clark was found guilty of murder Thursday in the drive-by shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams after a New Year's Eve outing three years ago....
Thu Mar 11 14:53:07 -0600 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal regulators expanded their efforts Thursday to go after children's jewelry that contains high levels of the toxic metal cadmium by telling parents to throw away "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"-themed charm bracelets....
Thu Mar 11 14:05:30 -0600 2010
BUENA, N.J. (AP) -- A former neighbor says a U.S. citizen who is being held as a terrorist in Yemen and is accused of a hospital shootout there moved to the Middle East about two years ago....
Thu Mar 11 14:48:17 -0600 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional....
Thu Mar 11 14:13:01 -0600 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Police departments across the country are stepping up efforts to recruit officers who can speak more than one language, in some cases offering raises or even sending cops abroad as part of immersion programs....
Thu Mar 11 14:44:09 -0600 2010
SEATTLE (AP) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will consider ways the states can address rising levels of carbon dioxide in oceans....
Thu Mar 11 14:41:31 -0600 2010
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday....
Thu Mar 11 14:45:55 -0600 2010