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Nevada educators say science standards have evolved beyond ‘D’ grade

I have been in some sort of sales position nearly my entire adult life, the past 10 years being in… Dilworth Middle School seventh-grade students Jasmin Silva, left, and Mariana Guerrero, both 12, use tablet computers to work on an ecology project in their Life Science class at the school on Monday, Feb.

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Books can help ease children’s fire anxiety

The recent fires in Reno have been devastating and scary for everyone in Northern Nevada, but especially for the children who were abruptly evacuated from their homes in the middle of the night.

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Books can help ease children’s fire anxiety

"Occupy Reno" Begins

It all began last month with a protest in a park in the middle of New York City’s financial district.

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"Occupy Reno" Begins

Students Raise Money in "Penny Wars"

A group of students at DaPaoli Middle School in Reno set up a competition between sixth-grade classrooms to raise money for the family of a fellow student.

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Students Raise Money in "Penny Wars"

Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. – Project Status Report

VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (NGP) (TSX-V: NGP, OTC-BB: NGLPF) is pleased to update the status of on-going work. Nevada Geothermal Power is a leading geothermal developer focused on geothermal power development in the US for continued growth. World events, including political instability in Middle East oil producing regions and the tragic nuclear power plant failure in Japan provide renewed impetus for the U.S. Government plan to encourage the constr

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EGPI Firecreek Inc. Continues Progress in Oil & Gas Division as Crude Oil Hits Two Year High at over $108 Per Barrel

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EGPI Firecreek, Inc. (OTCBB: EFIR.OB) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that significant progress has been made in the consolidation of its holdings in order to facilitate the focus and expansion of their Oil & Gas and Alternative Energy divisions. Because of political uncertainty in Libya and the Middle East in addition to signs of a sustained and growing US economy that’s expected to stimulate greater demand for crude and petroleum products, oil pri

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EGPI Firecreek Inc. Continues Progress in Oil & Gas Division as Crude Oil Hits Two Year High at over $108 Per Barrel

Lockdown lifted at Stead schools, police do not find man with gun

Parents wait across the street from O’Brien Middle School for their kids to be released.

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Lockdown lifted at Stead schools, police do not find man with gun

Rosewood residents in Reno able to weigh in on connector

A town hall meeting is being planned for neighbors and friends of the Rosewood Lakes Golf Course to get their views on how to deal with the Southeast Connector road project that will cut through the middle of the course.

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Reno gas pump price measures Middle East strife

For Richard Post and many other Reno-area motorists, worries over political unrest in the Middle East can be measured at the gas pump.

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Girls arrested in Facebook ‘Attack a Teacher Day’

Girls arrested in Facebook ‘Attack a Teacher Day’ — Fri Jan 07 20:25:00 UTC 2011 Associated Press – January 7, 2011 3:25 PM ET RENO, Nev. (AP) – Six Nevada middle school girls have been arrested after students were invited on Facebook to take part in “Attack a Teacher Day”… about: Associated Press Education Facebook Middle school Teacher

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