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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, ...
Schmitt wants to go from member of City Council to mayor of Sparks
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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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HADDONFIELD, N.J. (AP) -- The FBI is investigating the case of an alleged al-Qaida member from New Jersey who's accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen....
Thu Mar 11 08:24:17 -0600 2010
NORWALK, Calif. (AP) -- A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff's dispatcher who took his call....
Thu Mar 11 07:11:36 -0600 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Facing potential bankruptcy, the board that governs the once flush-with-cash Kansas City school district is taking the unusual and contentious step of shuttering almost half its schools....
Thu Mar 11 07:46:23 -0600 2010
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A northern Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student sought to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo....
Thu Mar 11 08:27:56 -0600 2010
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) -- A Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot and his weapons officer tried to make it back home after both engines on their warplane failed and a fire broke out, but they were forced to eject and ditch the aircraft in the ocean, a spokesman said Thursday....
Thu Mar 11 08:52:58 -0600 2010
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three, beating his children with wooden boards and even moving at one point to avoid child welfare investigators....
Thu Mar 11 05:11:08 -0600 2010
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Authorities say one person was killed in the tornadoes that struck parts of Arkansas....
Thu Mar 11 08:26:54 -0600 2010