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Tribune/Krystal Bick- Margaret Powell, city planner for the city of Sparks, announced her retirement from the position after having helped with some of the most major developments in Sparks for the past 21 years. Powell is explaining different sections of the master plan for Sparks.
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When Margaret Powell started working for the city of Sparks more than 21 years ago, she wanted to change something.
Schmitt asks for cohesiveness as RSCVA issue prepares to reappear at council
The Sparks City Council’s desire to form its own tourism authority will take the first formal steps toward the state Legislature Monday.
The Sparks City Council’s desire to form its own tourism authority will take the first formal steps toward the state Legislature Monday.
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Red Cross helping Ridgecrest fire victims
After a fire swept along Ridgecrest Drive Monday, six families were left without homes. Four are currently being housed, fed and clothed by the American Red Cross, said Michael Hurick, emergency s...
After a fire swept along Ridgecrest Drive Monday, six families were left without homes. Four are currently being housed, fed and clothed by the American Red Cross, said Michael Hurick, emergency s...
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Superintendent prepares county, city government leaders for school cutsOn Monday, as students were still preparing to go back to school, Washoe County School District Superintendent Paul Dugan made the first class presentation of the year.
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Funeral protest rallies against McCain’s voting record, foreclosure outlook“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.”
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Fire officials in Reno say a fast-moving brush fire has destroyed six homes on Ridgecrest Drive near Clear Acre Lane and Highway 395.Fire spokesman Steve Frady confirms that six homes are a total l...
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While much of the world focuses its attention on the athletic prowess of Olympians competing in China, a group of furrier, four-legged athletes are doing final preparations for their own version of...
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Kyle Fleming came home to open arms — about 150 pairs to be exact.
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For such a happy girl, it’s hard to imagine her going through any kind of pain.
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Sierra Cox and Ira McCoy stared 30 feet down the firefighter’s pole with wide, child-like eyes. No words escaped her lips. Then Sierra’s hands started to move.
national news
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Tropical Storm Fay will likely not become a hurricane, forecasters said Wednesday, relieving fears the zig-zagging storm would return from the Atlantic with punishing force later this week....
Wed Aug 20 08:31:19 -0700 2008
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A federal judge has ordered a research company to supply an experimental drug to a 16-year-old Minnesota boy who is terminally ill with muscular dystrophy....
Wed Aug 20 08:28:01 -0700 2008
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- The week before the 2004 Democratic National Convention, John Kerry drafted his presidential nomination speech and then set off on a cross-country trip that brought him home to thousands of delegates waiting in Boston....
Wed Aug 20 06:55:07 -0700 2008
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a small plane carrying an Alaska state official and his son....
Wed Aug 20 08:18:16 -0700 2008
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) -- A jury has ruled that a ranch company's negligence helped lead to the huge 2005 landslide that crushed part of a seaside community and killed 10 people....
Wed Aug 20 07:15:24 -0700 2008
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones was in a hospital Wednesday but no details on her condition were released....
Wed Aug 20 07:23:49 -0700 2008
DAVENPORT, Wash. (AP) -- Rain overnight came to the aid of firefighters at a wildfire in Washington state that prompted an evacuation order for dozens of homes....
Wed Aug 20 05:53:55 -0700 2008