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At the Washoe County Democratic Convention last weekend, volunteer Nancy Peppin sold political souvenirs— jewelry, T-shirts, buttons and tins of mints called Bush Embarrassmints.

Free enterprise

by Staff February 27, 2008

Gale Patterson, left, and Terry Arcularias of the Molly Ivins Pots ‘N’ Pans Brigade, based in Reno, protest the Iraq war every Tuesday at the Reno federal building. The group is named for the late Texas columnist who was a harsh critic of both the Clintons and the Bushes. Her last column, distributed by the Brigade, reads in part, “Make our troops know we’re for them and trying to get them out of there.”

Molly’s pals

by Staff February 20, 2008

With the Darren Mack sentencing hearing going on inside the Washoe County Courthouse last week, domestic abuse activists led by Joni Kaiser demonstrated outside the building to raise awareness that “domestic violence crosses all socio-economic barriers” and threatens “our community, public servants and family members.”

Attention must be paid

by Staff February 13, 2008

This week as part of an effort to rehabilitate the soil and restore the habitat of the lands burned in the Hawken fire, helicopters began dropping mulch and seed. Gary Beaman of El Acero Helicopters watches a pickup of mulch at one of the takeoff points at the top of Ridgeway Drive in Reno.

Restoration

by Staff February 6, 2008

At the new UNR student union Tuesday, David Von Seggern and other protesters braved the cold to show their opposition to plans for more coal-fired power plants in Nevada.

Fired up in the cold

by Staff January 31, 2008

Lyon County residents got a little help from President Bush on Tuesday, when he declared flood-soaked Fernley a disaster area, making residents eligible for certain federal grants and loans. Fernley was deluged with up to eight feet of icy water when a Truckee River levee gave way about 4 a.m. on Jan. 5. Some 800 homes were impacted.

Lots to clean up

by Staff January 9, 2008

Police say more than 50,000 people gathered in downtown Reno to ring in the New Year.

Happy New Year!

by Staff January 2, 2008

Hard hats belonging to workers from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades hang from a pole at the UNR Knowlege Center, signifying their owners are on break.

Hard day’s rest

by Staff December 26, 2007

Eleven-year-old Chris Kaminski, left, and Vacation Station leader Eric Alexander, 21, skate at the downtown ice skating rink. Vacation Station is a city-run program, where students out of school on break are taken on field trips.

Winter break

by Staff December 19, 2007

A worker sits atop what will be the new women’s homeless shelter on East Fourth Street. With completion slated for August 2008, it’s to have a thrift shop, 22 suites and a rooftop playground.

Gimme shelter

by Staff December 12, 2007

Construction of a new Sparks bus depot for Citifare (RTC Ride), the municipal bus line, has been underway since February and has reached the point of a framework of steel girders showing the size and shape of the facility. Bordered by 14th Street, Victorian Avenue, 15th Street and Interstate 80, the facility will house 15 bus bays and cost more than $20 million, about a quarter over the original estimate. It will be called Centennial Plaza (which, as it happens, was the name of a proposed 1983 Reno hotel that became a symbol of unplanned growth). The depot site was placed adjacent to a now-troubled downtown apartment development.

Depot underway

by Staff November 28, 2007

Legislators and activists gathered at a Reno health clinic to protest preparations ordered by Gov. Jim Gibbons for a 5 percent cut in state health funds that would total $95.7 million.

Health protest

by Staff November 20, 2007