Rogers: Soil cleanup not part of deal
If the downtown site proposed for an academic medical center needs further cleanup of diesel fuel as expected, don't expect the university system to pay for it.
House approves 450-acre transfer
RENO -- Congress has approved and sent to President Bush a bill transferring about 450 acres to the Nevada System of Higher Education.
Plan to use surveillance cameras stirs worry
RENO -- Critics of a plan for the use of surveillance cameras at the University of Nevada, Reno argue it infringes on privacy rights and would allow their use to gather evidence in lawsuits.
Robotic-vehicle race to begin and end in Primm
LOS ANGELES -- Robotic vehicles competing for a $2 million prize will have to traverse 150 miles of rugged desert that begins and ends in Primm, the competition's organizer said Tuesday.
Radioactive waste to be removed from banks of the Colorado River
WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department cleared the way Wednesday for almost 12 million tons of radioactive waste to be removed from the banks of the Colorado River, which provides drinking water for more than 25 million people across the West.
Official: Guard rations sufficient
CARSON CITY -- Nevada National Guard members got more than enough food to eat during their two weeks of helping victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in the gulf, according to a state official who knows all about military rations.
Lake Havasu City mayor-elect claims recall election mandate
KINGMAN, Ariz. -- Mayor-elect Harvey Jackson is promising sweeping changes in Lake Havasu City after he and three City Council challengers swept four incumbents from office in Tuesday's mail-in recall election.
NORM: KVBC's Escalante has skin cancer
This time, KVBC-TV, Channel 3's Stacey Escalante is the story, not the reporter. The station announced Tuesday that Escalante has Stage 3 melanoma.
Transcripts detail squalor of home
Newly released grand jury transcripts detail the shocking suffering that authorities say a 2-year-old child endured before her death this summer from neglect.
Lawsuit challenges development limits in Red Rock area
Developer Jim Rhodes sued the state and Clark County on Wednesday seeking to overturn two 2003 measures aimed at protecting the Red Rock National Conservation Area from development.
Legislative opinion extends tax rebate to more residents
CARSON CITY -- Senior citizens with a driver's license but no registered vehicle who lived in Nevada last year are entitled to a $75 tax rebate, according to a legislative legal opinion.
Developer won't get water discount
When it comes to getting water to the 42,000-acre golf course community he plans to build on the border between Clark and Lincoln Counties, developer and lobbyist Harvey Whittemore should not expect any discounts or special deals from the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
Regents express concern over UNR's use of waivers
The University of Nevada, Reno has bypassed the search process to fill permanent positions more than any other institution in the state, according to the Nevada System of Higher Education.
DOE denies budget cuts single out Yucca geologists
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Energy is not singling out federal geologists for budget cuts in its planned Yucca Mountain spending for next year, a spokesman said Wednesday.
1,372-BED EXPANSION: County: Firm overbilled on jail work
Clark County's ongoing legal battle with the construction company that expanded its jail escalated Wednesday when the county filed a new lawsuit in an effort to recover millions of dollars.
Hotel-casinos link up with jobs Web site
WASHINGTON -- Some Las Vegas hotel-casinos have joined a nationwide online effort to recruit displaced Hurricane Katrina victims, tourism industry officials said Wednesday.
Panel gets 4,980 documents in e-mail probe
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Energy said it delivered 4,980 pages of information Wednesday to a congressional panel investigating whether Yucca Mountain documents have been falsified.
NEVADA TEST SITE: Plan to 'accelerate closure'
A plan by state environmental officials to "accelerate closure" of an unlined pit at the Nevada Test Site where radioactive-laced hazardous waste has been dumped since 1987 is being billed as a win-win situation.
Court reinstates lawsuit
CARSON CITY -- A woman who sued the Nevada Department of Transportation alleging sexual harassment on the job saw her case reinstated by a federal appeals court Wednesday.
Chancellor satisfied with how board bills construction projects
CARSON CITY -- University system chancellor Jim Rogers said Wednesday he is satisfied with how the state Public Works Board figures its charges to manage and inspect construction projects.
Nurses' buttons bother hospital
About 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, registered nurse Karen Pels-Jimenez said she was admitting a critically ill patient at Desert Springs Hospital when an administrator walked up and said she would have to leave if she did not take off a button that read "I'm On Spring Valley Watch.
Fallon area residents to hear federal arsenic report
FALLON -- Results of a federal study analyzing possible health effects resulting from exposure to arsenic or other substances in this rural Nevada town hit by a baffling outbreak of leukemia will be released at a town hall meeting next Wednesday.
KATRINA AFTERMATH: Rent vouchers, housing run out
Local housing authorities have exhausted their supply of rental assistance vouchers and housing units for hurricane evacuees and local residents, Southern Nevada's top public housing official said on Wednesday.
Nevadans return from New Orleans service
Sgt. Erin Evans didn't know what she would encounter in New Orleans. She heard a lot of talk among her peers in the military about the violence and looting that had followed Hurricane Katrina.
