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Gov. Jim Gibbons filed Thursday for a second four-year term, saying he and nearly every other governor are suffering from low approval ratings because of the economy. more...
  03/11/2010 11:43pm
With only one day left to file, five candidates have entered the race for two seats on the school board, and two districts have only one candidate each.
  03/11/2010 11:41pm
Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., will address the Northern Nevada Development Authority on April 8, updating members on his efforts in Washington, D.C.
  03/11/2010 11:39pm
Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Kirk Lippold will be the keynote speaker at Saturday's Carson City Republican convention.

The convention in the Carson High School library opens its doors at 9:30 a.m. with business scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
  03/11/2010 11:38pm
As promised, Gov. Jim Gibbons vetoed the bill Thursday that would have put state offices on a four-day, 10-hour work week, saying the legislation appeared to be a good idea but, in practice, is unworkable.
  03/11/2010 11:36pm
NEW YORK (AP) — After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders...
  03/11/2010 11:24pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ever since al-Qaida attacked the United States in 2001, U.S. authorities have worked to detect and prevent the next big terrorist strike.
  03/11/2010 11:23pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — House leaders have concluded they cannot change a divisive abortion provision in President Barack Obama's health care bill and will try to pass the sweeping legislation without the support of ardent anti-abortion Democrats.
  03/11/2010 11:22pm
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the state law limiting advertisements by legal, licensed brothels.
  03/11/2010 11:09pm
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday — the wife with a broken back and neck — after their minivan was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck on an interstate highway in...
  03/11/2010 11:07pm
As promised, Gov. Jim Gibbons today vetoed the bill that would have put state offices on a four-day, 10-hour work week, saying the legislation appears  to be a good idea but, in practice, is unworkable.
  03/11/2010 11:53am
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons plans to make his re-election effort official.

Gibbons' campaign says he will file for re-election Thursday at the secretary of state's office in Carson city.
  03/11/2010 9:58am
A man who climbed into his garage rafters and refused to come down for police fell as officers were going in to get him Tuesday night, said Undersheriff Steve Albertsen.
  03/11/2010 12:06am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gov. Jim Gibbons has signed a bill lifting a roadblock to Nevada's eligibility for competitive federal education grants.
  03/10/2010 11:59pm
Carson City School Board President Norm Scoggin has filed for the Ward 1 seat on the board of supervisors to be vacated by Robin Williamson.

Scoggin believes his many years of public service qualify him to make sound decisions for Carson City.
  03/10/2010 11:57pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — E-mails turned over to the FBI and Senate ethics investigators provide new evidence about Sen. John Ensign's efforts to find lobbying work for the husband of his former mistress and could add to his legal problems, The New...
  03/10/2010 11:37pm
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