Day: January 28, 2010

RENO – Nevada Sens. Harry Reid and John Ensign have written a letter to Army Secretary John McHugh hoping to get the U.S. Army to add training support to the Hawthorne Army Depot mission statement.

WASHINGTON — Nevada lost out on another multimillion-dollar stimulus program when the government doled out $8 billion for high-speed rail projects today and a route being planned for a magnetic levitation train between Las Vegas and Southern California was deemed ineligible.

RENO – A former Nevada sheriff’s deputy facing a federal bribery charge says she never gave special treatment to the jailed creator of the “Girls Gone Wild” video empire in exchange for nearly $10,000 in gifts from a Hollywood associate of Joe Francis.

McCarran International Airport will get a USO lounge for military personnel after years of stalled attempts. … USO leaders announced plans today to open a $1.5 million airport “hospitality center” where members of the military can congregate, wash up and rest. They said their goal was to finish it by summer. … “We’re really eager to get this done,” USO spokesman John Hanson said. “We know a lot of troops and families use that airport.”