Topic: Washoe County (Nevada)

More than 20 homes destroyed by Reno wildfire

Firefighters worked early Friday to hold the line on a fast-moving brush fire that tore through the Reno area, destroying more than 20 homes and ...

Washoe County Birthday

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Despite low risk, paranoid parents scan Halloween candy

CHESAPEAKE, Va (Reuters) - Creating a colorful pile of wrappers, the medical center technician upends a basket of Skittles, Hershey bars, Twizzlers and other candy onto the bed of an x-ray machine.Suzanne Mailler is demonstrating a procedure that will be repeated scores ...
Combined fire protection not saving money, say officialsWhen times are tight, the cry for consolidated - read, cheaper - government services grows louder.Witness North Las Vegas, on the brink of receivership, studying whether to consolidate everything from after-school programs to fire inspection services ...

Washoe County Cuts

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Roethlisberger civil assault case to stay in Reno

A civil sexual assault case against Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will be conducted in Reno, Nevada, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.A former casino hostess at Harrah's accused Roethlisberger of raping her in his penthouse suite in July ...

OLD RIVALRY TURNS INTO MUTUAL SUPPORT

The adage "enemy of my enemy is my friend," might explain an odd thaw in the chilly rivalry between Clark and Washoe counties.In 2009, Gov. Jim Gibbons and the Legislature collectively gave Washoe and Clark counties the shaft, diverting more than ...
Getting the two sides in Nevada's schools debate to embrace "education reform" was the easy part.The hard part is getting them to agree what it means.Talks between the teachers union and school districts broke down last month, just as ...
Debate arises as state officials try to improve education system State law allows tenure to be granted within two years of a teacher's employment in Nevada. Over the past five years, 95 percent of new teachers in Clark County were granted ...
Join the family fun and enter the Holiday Gingerbread House Contest at the May Center in Rancho San Rafael Regional Park. There are prizes and the contest will benefit the Wilbur D. Gingerbread houses must be delivered to the Wilbur D. May ...