The higher education system’s governing Board of Regents is expected to hear a proposal Friday that would eliminate Nevada State College, Desert Research Institute and two northern Nevada community colleges as one way of dealing with potential budget cuts.
Hundreds of Chaparral High School students marched more than a mile Thursday, from their campus to a Clark County School Board meeting, to protest a school staffing shake-up.
CARSON CITY — Assembly Government Affairs Chairman Marilyn Kirkpatrick showed little patience Thursday for local government excuses about how the lack of staff or technical savvy prevents officials from posting materials for the public on the Internet.
CARSON CITY — Lawmakers heard tearful testimony Thursday from parents of autistic children, developmentally disabled people fearful of being institutionalized, and mental health service providers who say their budgets are stretched to the breaking point.
Propelled by a resurgent convention sector, January visitor totals grew at the fastest clip in nearly seven years.
New-business-entity filings in Nevada rose for the first time since mid-2006, suggesting that the worst of the economic decline may be in the “rearview mirror,” Secretary of State Ross Miller said Thursday.
CENTRALIA, Wash. — A 25-year-old woman has been arrested for investigation of first-degree murder in the death of a baby boy born prematurely and found decapitated, Centralia police say. Laura Lynn Hickey was arrested Wednesday after a weeklong investigation, which included a post-mortem examination of the baby by a forensic pathologist.
SAN FRANCISCO — With the original iPad, Apple brought an attractive, easy-to-use tablet computer to the masses at a reasonable price – a feat numerous companies are trying to top. With Friday’s release of the iPad 2, Apple is pulling further ahead. The new iPad is skinnier, faster and slightly lighter. It comes with cameras for video chatting and snapping photos, while keeping the same prices, ranging from $499 to $829 depending on the configuration.
