Nevada NewsLocal, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Reid briefed on Nevada fire preparedness- July 4, 2008 RENO, Nev. - From Lake Tahoe to Nevada's vast rangelands, agencies and communities are joining together to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires that have taken an alarming toll in recent years on ranching ...http://www.topix.net/state/nv/2008/07/reid-briefed-on-nevada-fire-preparedness?fromrss=1 Nevadans to receive extended unemployment benefits under federal program- July 4, 2008 Governor Jim Gibbons on Wednesday announced he's signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor for Nevada to participate in the federally funded extension of unemployment benefits approved by Congress ...http://www.topix.net/state/nv/2008/07/nevadans-to-receive-extended-unemployment-benefits-u... Nevada Brothels Offering Gas Cards and Discounts to Combat High Fuel Prices- July 4, 2008 Rising fuel prices are putting a pinch on the world's oldest profession. Nevada is the nation's only state that allows brothels.http://www.topix.net/state/nv/2008/07/nevada-brothels-offering-gas-cards-and-discounts-to-... Supreme Court: Halverson, three other judges must run for reelection- July 4, 2008 " The four district judges including the embattled Elizabeth Halverson, who won election in 2006 to newly created positions in Clark County, will have to run this year for reelection.http://www.topix.net/state/nv/2008/07/supreme-court-halverson-three-other-judges-must-run-... Federal board rebuffs opposition to rail application- July 3, 2008 The federal railroad board has said it will consider the Department of Energy's bid to build a nuclear waste rail line to Yucca Mountain, setting aside a Nevada protest that the application was incomplete.http://www.topix.net/state/nv/2008/07/federal-board-rebuffs-opposition-to-rail-application... Nevada helps Calif. fire crews- July 3, 2008 More than 800 cots, two helicopters, four fire engines and personnel from Nevada are helping California in battling blazes that stretch more than 400 square miles from the central coast to Oregon.http://www.topix.net/state/nv/2008/07/nevada-helps-calif-fire-crews?fromrss=1 One killed, four injured in crash on U.S. 93 south of Wells- July 3, 2008 A woman has been killed and four other people injured in a single-vehicle rollover that closed U.S. Highway 93 in east-central Nevada for about three hours this morning.http://www.topix.net/state/nv/2008/07/one-killed-four-injured-in-crash-on-u-s-93-south-of-... Federal suit claims new Nevada sex offender classifications violate constitution- July 2, 2008 Days before a new law takes effect on the classification and movement of sex offenders, the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed a federal lawsuit against Nevada's attorney general, the department of ...http://www.topix.net/state/nv/2008/07/federal-suit-claims-new-nevada-sex-offender-classifi... Fire restrictions in Western Nevada underway as of July 1- July 2, 2008 Drought conditions, increasing daytime temperatures and high winds have prompted the Bureau of Land Management , Carson City District Office, the Carson and Bridgeport Ranger Districts of the Humboldt-Toiyabe ...http://www.topix.net/state/nv/2008/07/fire-restrictions-in-western-nevada-underway-as-of-j... Nevada Lawmaker Appears in Court on Stabbing Charge- July 2, 2008 Just back from the legislative special session, a Nevada assemblywoman appeared in a Clark County Courtroom on charges she stabbed her husband in the arm.http://www.topix.net/state/nv/2008/07/nevada-lawmaker-appears-in-court-on-stabbing-charge?... |