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The number of recorded suicides in Lyon County in 2009 has tripled compared to 2008, amounting to 27 so far this year, Sheriff Allen Veil said. more...
11/20/2009 1:19pm
The Interim Finance Committee on Thursday deferred action on a plan to allow the Department of Corrections avoid furloughs.

The Board of Examiners has already approved funding to cover added prison salary costs this year.
  11/20/2009 12:35am
RENO (AP) — Sarah Palin is bringing her book tour to Reno next month.
  11/20/2009 12:34am
The Nevada Rural Housing Authority was recently honored for the management of its Rental Assistance Program by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  11/20/2009 12:32am
Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Hardesty defended the court's decision not to impose furloughs on the court staff, telling lawmakers the court made the necessary budget reductions in other ways.
  11/20/2009 12:32am
Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., have introduced legislation designed to eliminate the nationwide backlog in testing rape DNA kits.
  11/20/2009 12:32am
Lawmakers on Thursday told state Welfare Administrator Romaine Gilliland to sign a $10.7 million contract even though they withheld part of the money to pay for it.
  11/20/2009 12:31am
The assembly line looked a little different at the GE Energy plant in Minden on Thursday afternoon. There were no cutting-edge products or high-tech machines, just a line of tables, 700 cardboard boxes, loads of goodies, and more than 50 volunteers...
  11/20/2009 12:27am
Sierra Nevada Ballet's Christmas Peanutcracker and Pinkerton Ballet Theatre's Annual Nutcracker Ballet will get a financial boost from the Redevelopment Authority to bring the two holiday classic performances to Carson City once again this year.
  11/20/2009 12:16am
A forum at the Carson City Library today will bring city leaders and teens together to discuss the community's role in combating gangs.
  11/20/2009 12:13am
Local cancer specialists Wednesday objected to the government task force recommendation that most women don't need breast cancer screening until age 50.
  11/18/2009 11:08pm
Carson City detectives are investigating a shooting Wednesday morning in East Carson City in the which the victim claims his estranged wife shot him.
  11/18/2009 11:04pm
The Board of Examiners agreed Tuesday to seek $116,179 to develop and staff a stimulus data collecting and reporting system.

The state money will be matched by $98,403 in federal funding for a total of $214,582.
  11/17/2009 11:49pm
Contrary to persistent rumors, Gov. Jim Gibbons said Tuesday he hasn't yet decided if and when to call a special session of the Legislature to deal with a growing budget shortfall.
  11/17/2009 11:47pm
Opposition to the initiative designed to constitutionally declare even an embryo legally “a person” came from an unexpected source Tuesday — a group of Nevada's long-standing pro-life organizations.
  11/17/2009 11:33pm
A panel of eight lawmakers Monday selected a committee of 19 including former Assembly Speaker Joe Dini to develop recommendations on improving the state's tax and revenue system.
  11/16/2009 5:20pm
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