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Federal grant to fund 64 Reno firefighters

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

May 4, 2012 - 1:06 am

RENO - The federal government has issued a $14 million grant to Reno to pay for 64 firefighters and fully staff more than a dozen fire stations.

The grant announced Thursday by U.S. Sen. Harry Reid is from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and comes as the city and Washoe County are ending a cooperative arrangement to provide fire services.

Reno officials were facing the potential of laying off firefighters if the county didn't hire any firefighters from the city to staff its new department

Mayor Bob Cashell said the funding means all of Reno's 14 fire stations will be open.

Alex Lasala serves a customer lunch from Fast Eddie’s Burgers food truck parked in front ...

Food truck operators will have easier time in the valley under this licensing proposal

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

July 30, 2025 - 7:15 pm

The cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson and Clark County are working to roll out a multi-jurisdictional business license that will help streamline the process for food truck operators.

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Former NBA star, 5 others charged with running illegal high-stakes poker games

Associated Press

July 30, 2025 - 1:13 pm

Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday along with five other people, including a suspected member of an Israeli organized crime group, on suspicion of hosting illegal high-stakes poker games, federal prosecutors said.

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Fed leaves interest rates unchanged even as Trump demands cuts

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer

July 30, 2025 - 12:55 pm

The Federal Reserve left its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated calls from President Donald Trump for a cut.

The site of the proposed Southern Nevada supplemental airport in the Ivanpah Valley, left, is s ...

New proposed Vegas airport faces organized opposition

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

July 30, 2025 - 10:56 am

Few comments were received at Tuesday’s virtual scoping meeting, but environmentalists could make their voices heard at Wednesday’s Las Vegas meeting.

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Worst tsunami risk passes for Hawaii, US after 8.8 Russia quake

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Audrey McAvoy The Associated Press

July 30, 2025 - 4:46 pm

The dire warnings following the massive quake off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula evoked memories of catastrophic damage caused by tsunamis over the last quarter-century.

California football coach recalls Shane Tamura as ‘just a quiet kid’

By McKenna Ross / RJ

July 30, 2025 - 6:22 am

Details about Shane Tamura’s life have emerged after the Las Vegas man fatally shot four people in a New York City skyscraper before turning his gun on himself.

8.8 quake strikes Russia, triggering tsunami warning for Hawaii

The Associated Press

July 29, 2025 - 11:43 pm

One of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that caused tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and prompted a warning for Hawaii.