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1 hr ago | Mason Valley News

Nevada sees first drop in unemployment rate since November 2005

Washoe's decline to 12.2 percent, based on a mid-month survey of employers and other market estimates, is more a reflection of a stagnant or declining workforce than outright improvement in the job market, said Bill Anderson, chief economist at the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

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Related Topix: Nevada, Sparks, NV, Reno, NV, Reno Metro, Carson City, NV

9 hrs ago | KTVN Reno

Winter Storm Warning Issued for Washoe County

Sparks Library is closed today, due to a power outage. Terri Farley's "Hold Your Horses" program, which was scheduled for 4 p.m. today, has been cancelled.

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Related Topix: Sparks, NV, Weather

17 hrs ago | Reno Gazette-Journal

Sheriff's deputies looking for Sun Valley man missing since Nov. 1

Washoe County Sheriff's deputies are looking for a man whom family members said has been missing since November 1. William Thomas Billing, 29, was last seen at his home on Gerdes Avenue in Sun Valley, Sheriff's spokesperson Brooke Keast said.

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Related Topix: Sun Valley, NV

21 hrs ago | KRNV-TV Reno

Reno police arrest man suspected in robbery spree

Reno police detectives say they arrested a man Thursday responsible for a week-long robbery spree.

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Related Topix: Reno, NV, Reno Metro

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Reno Gazette-Journal

Washoe School District renovates 15 buildings in effort to revitalize campuses

Capital improvement plans are set for 15 of Washoe County's 64 elementary schools, even as the district looks ahead to more bond funding in the future.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Reno Gazette-Journal

3 arrested after Sun Valley man is stabbed in buttocks during fight

Washoe County Sheriff's deputies arrested three Sun Valley men in the aftermath of a fight that resulted in one of the men getting stabbed in the buttocks.

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Related Topix: Sun Valley, NV

Tue Nov 17, 2009

KOLO-TV Reno

Reno Teen Faces Murder Charge in Homeless Death

A 16-year-old Reno boy has been ordered to stand trial in the beating death of a homeless man after he allegedly stomped on him and robbed him of $6, cigarettes and a portable radio.

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Related Topix: Reno, NV, Reno Metro, Life, Self Defense

KOLO

SWAT Standoff in Cold Springs Over

" An early morning standoff is over with one person behind bars and another in the hospital The situation started at 1am Tuesday at a home in Cold Springs near Nancy Gomes Elementary School.

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Related Topix: Cold Springs, NV

Daily Sparks Tribune

Traffic stop on Interstate 80 results in cocaine and marijuana possession arrests

A Fernley man and a man from Fairfield, Calif., were found with about 2.5 pounds of cocaine in their car when the Nevada Highway Patrol stopped the pair on Interstate 80 near Mogul Sunday night.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Fernley, NV

Mon Nov 16, 2009

RGJ.com

Reno man remains jailed after weekend shooting death at Sparks home

A 32-year-old ex-felon remains jailed on charges he was drunk and fatally shot his estranged wife's relative, who intervened during a heated confrontation with the woman's mother.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Sparks, NV, Reno, NV, Reno Metro

Mason Valley News

Washoe clerk, challenger spar over marriage identification

Margaret Flint is challenging Washoe County Clerk Amy Harvey in next year's election, claiming Harvey has hurt tourism by denying some Hispanic couples marriage licenses after rejecting their Mexican identification cards as forged documents.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Reno, NV, Reno Metro

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Reno Gazette-Journal

Shooting reported near Washoe coroner's office

A man described as 'suicidal' by Reno police was shot by law enforcement using foam bullets outside the Washoe County Coroner's office Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Reno, NV

Fri Nov 13, 2009

KRNV-TV Reno

County's property assessment to lower taxes

Bill Frankmore-News 4 We're still over a month away from Christmas, but you'll soon be getting a gift in the mail from the county assessor's office.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

RGJ.com - Crime & Courts

Ex-Washoe legal guardian faces drug charges

A 35-year-old former Washoe County legal guardian jailed last week for bringing an unloaded gun into a Reno court also has been charged with possessing prescription drugs, after deputies found them in her jail cell.

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Reno Gazette-Journal

Three county incumbents to seek reelection

With the primary election and the filing period for the 2010 election moved up two months due to a change in state law, politicians thoughts are already turning to the upcoming elections with three county elected officials saying they plan to seek reelection.

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Related Topix: Lyon County, NV, Fernley, NV

Wed Nov 11, 2009

KTVN Reno

New Washoe County H1N1 Clinic Dates Announced

The Washoe County Health District has announced new H1N1 vaccine clinic dates. In following guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the Washoe County Health District has scheduled three additional novel H1N1 flu vaccination clinics for those who are at greater risk of getting the novel H1N1 flu or of developing potentially ...

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Latest news updates from RGJ.com

Washoe County Commission actions

Water merger: Commissioners Tuesday approved an agreement with Truckee Meadows Water Authority to add a county member on the authority board as a first step in merging the county water utility with TMWA.

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Related Topix: Reno, NV, Sparks, NV, Spanish Springs, NV

Reno Gazette-Journal

Washoe gaming revenues fall for 27th straight month in Sept.

Update at 8 a.m. Gaming revenues across Washoe County tumbled by 6.4 percent in September from the same month a year earlier, the state reported today, the 27th straight month of declines.

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Related Topix: Sparks, NV, Reno, NV, Reno Metro, Carson City, NV, Las Vegas, NV

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Nevada Appeal

V&T commissioner floats idea of raising room tax in Carson City

Facing slumping sales tax revenues and a weak economy, at least two members of the V&T Railway Commission said the commission needs to look into the future to make sure the railroad can survive financially.

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Related Topix: Carson City, NV, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jim Gibbons, Douglas County, NV, Minden, NV

Sat Nov 07, 2009

My Mother Lode

Former NV madam leads helps prostitutes

Sharnel Silvey rides around downtown several times a month with the Reno Police Department's Regional Street Enforcement Team, eager to talk to the women who will get trapped in a sting operation while soliciting for prostitution.

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Related Topix: Reno, NV

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