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Stories for July 2003

Thursday, July 31

Believe it or not, California isn't raising taxes

Write it down

Record-setting attendance expected for Silver Dollar Car Classic

Pavilion concert features '70s pop icons

Busy time of year in the capital

Hot August Nights returns to Reno/Sparks

Obituary: Harry Steinert

Obituary: David W. Packwood

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Obituary: Gilberto Gonzalez

Obituary: Robert L. Brown

Obituary: Charles E. Vanderpool

Reno man pleads guilty to 1999 murder

Calendar of events

Carson breaks 25-year record: 101 degrees

St. Mary's breaks ground for hospital expansion

Contractor named for regional medical center

Planning Commission approves special permits for Lucky Spur

Casino Fandango beats deadline for 100-room rule

Sheriff's office releases names of stores that sold alcohol to 18-year-old

Online charter school to open

Guilty plea in embezzlement of senior funds

The (new) wages of sin

Wednesday, July 30

Adele's sous chef feeds its staff well

Health inspections

Carson residents to send message to criminal

Dyslexia: Separating fact from fiction

Middle school tagged by vandals

Obituary: April Abbie-Stepro

Obituary: Velva Lea Comley

Obituary: George Van Lyle

Obituary: Orlando 'Lon' Menesini

Carson City man arrested for child porn

Lucky Spur renovators uncover a mystery

Tractor show celebrates eighth anniversary

Drive scheduled to benefit expectant mothers, babies

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Family sorts through remnants of son's life

Hallmark television movie filming in Genoa

Carson teen saves man in shallow-water diving accident

Lost fire truck replacement in limbo

Casino Fandango gets preview

Tuesday, July 29

Seeking clarity at Lake Tahoe

U.S. troops capture Saddam bodyguard; Iraqi guerrillas kill American soldier

Arroyo orders independent probe into failed mutiny, police arrest ex-president's aide

Calendar of events

Exchange program encourages youth to participate in community

Planners seek changes in Carson business signs

damage assessed at homeless center

Federal court hearing set for Friday on BLM land

Bikers ride to benefit Habitat for Humanity

Geologists plan to detonate explosives in Vegas seismic study

Official seeks prosecution in big Nevada back wages case

More documents filed in Nevada tax dispute case)

Six die in San Bernardino house fire; screams wake neighbors

Friends mourn death of loved one

California firm purchases empty Wal Mart building

late comedian has local connection

When faro reigned as king

Bob Hope, who entertained from WWII to Gulf War, dead at 100

Obituary: Richard Lawton

Obituary: Nicole Lemmon

Obituary: Peter Hoffman

Obituary: Dao Dobyns Upshaw

Obituary: Joshua Coates

Monday, July 28

Street repair schedule

Foundation actively beautifies Valley

American Flats Fire -- now called human caused -- 90 percent contained

Senate passes compromise budget

Black leopard poses in Virginia City

Americans hunt for Saddam around his Tigris River hometown; One soldier killed

IRAQ: WE NEED INTERNATIONAL HELP

Administrator of the state Buildings and Grounds Division retires

Taxes hit business, but effect may be mild

Key to management success simple, for Harry Hawkins

OUT AND ABOUT

Wine and Roses raised about $46,000 for Make-a-Wish, Railway Foundation

Influential Nevada doctor dies

Body identified as that of Baylor basketball player Patrick Dennehy

School employees readying for school

Study predicts drop in Tahoe sediment levels next 50 years

Marine Corps pilot happy to be back at Tahoe

BLM's proposed change in grazing rule gets mixed reax in Nev.

OHV tour shows off different side of Carson Valley

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Sunday, July 27

Reading tax bill fine print

Artown finds friend in business

Merger boosts CB Richard Ellis

Julia Tayler

Health insurance: How to save

Kahl Commercial wins two interiors contracts

Granite wins Silver State Plaza contract

Royal Standard raises capital

Amerco selects advisor

Major retailers lease in new center

Exploration gets more urgency

CSI to install health kiosk at Walter Reed

Building permits to go digital

Minnesota firm wins road trip

Market for collectible vehicles running hot

Industrial vacancies increase

Poodle skirt maker

Retail occupancy rate little changed in year

First Independent Bank breaks ground for HQ

Business Bank earnings up

Medical center to set tone for north Carson

Transforming Reno's Fourth Street district

Great Basin's earnings rise

Construction companies honored for safety

State tourism event set for Las Vegas

Sparks chamber grows

Whitewater course work to kick off

Frank Fry

Nancy Wenzel

Timothy Farrell

Amy Grigsby

Fallon health report inconclusive on pesticide risk

Guinn says high court should preserve tax ruling

Bikers donate clothes for kids then feast on barbecue

Taking in the sights and snakes of South America

Old Carson house to be demolished

American Flat fire destroys fire engine

Suspects named in Sunday motel robbery

Casinos got stomped on taxes? Who figured?

Carson drinks in Dr. Ralph Stanley and others

Study finds Tahoe unfit for Lahontan cutthroat

Witnesses describe girl's death on highway

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Friday, July 25

Father, son find paw prints thought to have been made 175 million years ago

Long line of losers heads home after embarrassing legislative sessions

Bug stations next victim in California

Off the Couch

Artist sought for Winnemucca statue

Obituary: Norma J. Busey

Obituary: Donna Louise Vaughan

Close calls on the fire front

Three more wild horses shot in eastern Nevada

Car crashes into homeless shelter

Low interest rates warm up local commercial market

Carson's Washington, D.C., law firm files injunction

Carson City K9 deputy retires

38-year Carson barber Bing Blood retires

Thursday, July 24

Local musician to create ambiance for wine and roses

Fascinating adventures in American culture

Dr. Stanley plucks a tune

Obituary: George Tucker

Obituary: Lena McNally

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Carson down, Douglas up in taxable sales for May

NDOT maps future road projects

Indelible print left by Tahoe matriarch

Goldwater bill to punish corporate crooks passed

Temps power peak

Thunderstorms start, stop fires

Inmates graduate from high school, college

Wednesday, July 23

Lightning sets fires in Carson City

Marijuana found in city sting

Carson revitalization work group to hold public workshops

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Carson gives BLM a deadline

Buckskin dress donated to museum

New director takes on Children's Museum

Taxes changes contained in the compromise package approved Monday night and the amount they will generate over the biennium:

The American Red Cross offers these suggestions for what to do during and after a severe thunderstorm.

No end in sight for hot weather in Carson area

Schools move forward with budget in place

Saddam's two sons killed in raid on home in northern Iraq

Carson City matriarch dies peacefully in home she loved

Carson begins street repair season Thursday

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Obituary: Margaret Eleanor Pursel

Obituary: Rosemary 'Rose' Borges Collier

Obituary: Shirley D. Dilk

Revolver used in motel robbery

No serious injuries in weekend shooting

Obituary: Eva Lompa

Tuesday, July 22

High drama as Legislature grinds toward an end

Strength-training tips

Four injured in three-vehicle accident

Obituary: Philip Watson

Obituary: Herman Howard

Obituary: Winifred Slade

Obituary: Andrew Goulart

Obituary: Emma Fusano

San Diego couple, Carson City girl assaulted at McDonald's

8-month-old killed in Highway 89 crash

Gun used in latest motel robbery

Calendar of events

Art with conviction; inmates present art show

Carson City Guard member gears up for another deployment

Indian Hills motorcycle trail idea tabled for further study

Sierra Pacific asks customers to conserve electricity

Caterino named new executive director at Brewery

Sunday, July 20

Benoit performance a lusty jazz treat

Stitched on the patriotic should of Carson City

Motorcycle lovers gather for all-European show

Funding secured for Dayton crossing guard

Supervisors needed to take action

Bad news at Black Rock

Local tax protest group seeking relief, support

The soldiers of the ambushed 507th Maintenance Company finally tell their story

Lobbyists back latest plan

John Mackay, prince of miners remembered

Appeals court refuses to block legislature

GOP presents it's list of cuts -- but not the old list

500 attend rare Sutro town and tunnel tour

Ham radio training coming up

Small fire stopped in Markleeville

Past Pages

Obituary: Elgin Lewis Hushbeck Sr.

Carson City man faces assault charges

Calendar of Events

Saturday, July 19

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Longtime Genoan dies Friday

More court jockeying in tax dispute

Assembly passes non-controversial taxes before stalemating again

City survey shows apathy by a landslide

Nation's eyes are on Nevada

Carson sues feds; Douglas prepares to intervene

Work begins on new medical center

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Obituary: Lester D. Falos

Obituary: Malcolm W. Seibert

Obituary: Sonia DeHart

Obituary: Elgin Lewis Hushbeck Sr.

Calendar of Events

"McCuin" is cq per the CCSD

Friday, July 18

Federal judges in Nevada reject challenge in tax dispute case

Power outage hits Lyon

Off the Couch

Salt Lake City construction firm apparent low bidder for Carson freeway

Carson businesses broken into -- but how?

Carson City will assume care for C-Hill flag should foundation disband

Senate says its up to the Assembly

GOP asks federal court to hold off decision until next week

Campers, vehicles to be banned from Wilson Canyon

Buyer looking at old Wal-Mart -- but it's not Cabela's

Carson to file federal suit today to stop northern Douglas County land sale

American deaths in combat reach mark from 1991 Persian Gulf war

Bush, Blair emphatically defend U.S.-British-led war on Iraq

Obituary: Irene E. Crouse

Obituary: Joseph Robert Caputo

Obituary: Joe Armstrong

Suspected carjacker dies after police chase

Thursday, July 17

Federal court shouldn't intervene

Airport fire in Minden burns 20 acres

Dayton man says he was beat up by Storey commissioner

Indian Hills park area may gain designated dirt bike area

Eagle Valley Golf Course to hold golf tournament to honor Jon Plank

Training men and horses

Eight killed as car plows through Santa Monica farmers market

Federal judges take legislative lawsuit under submission

Horses leave prison for new homes

Life difficult for family burned out of home

Six Mile Canyon fire under control

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Wednesday, July 16

Wagon roams to historic homes

Property tax bills delayed by Legislature

Federal court asked to reject legislative suit

Virginia City watches Six Mile Canyon burn

Drill team to adopt wild horses from prison

Cats invade school's habitat

Investigators run background checks on victims in $600,000 jewelry theft

A math quiz for the governor

Jury: Fiegehen guilty of murder

Making up with the French

NAACP: Retail industry doesn't hire and promote enough blacks

Calendar of Events

Obituary: Conrad Edward Bluhm

Obituary: Lawrence W. Kennedy

Tuesday, July 15

Fire burns 200 acres near Virginia City

Jury says Fiegehen guilty

Monday, July 14

Federal court blocks Nevada Assembly's $835 million tax plan

In Africa's "branch of the American tree," Liberians cry for U.S. peacekeepers

Authorities focusing on Midwest in search for 2 missing New Hampshire children

Homes evacuated near Washington fire, big Arizona fire gets second night of rain

Seeds of democracy sown in Iraq as Governing Council is announced and holds first meeting.

Killer's lawyers say genetics may have played a role

Police shoot, kill Michigan fugitive who had slipped away from deadly standoff

Bush, GOP hope to put California in play again

Report: Wyle Labs may have mishandled toxic waste at SoCal testing site

Administration says Bush uranium statement accurate, but should have been axed

Tahoe Shakespeare festival adds locals night, free kids matinees

Realtors host fund-raiser

Furthering education for at-risk youth

Relay finishes up

Historical Society looks to build carriage house

Inmate medical care in doubt at Clark County Detention Center

Minister leads Sunday service for relatives slain in California shooting

Leavitt questions safety of radioactive waste casks

New movie sparks interest in legendary horse's home at Willits Ranch

TV shows bring Reno publicity

Assembly passes compromise tax plan

Red-tailed hawk release in Genoa

Military trainers in Fallon and elsewhere teach lessons from

Born in Carson City B.H.

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Sunday, July 13

Kimberly Philips, Ann Shanley

Distribution facility on auction block in Reno

Suit challenges IGT, Acres deal

Carson firm wins work

Martha Boyce, Bob Farrar

Keith Jones

Launch your product with PR

Zonta officers

Carson City Leadership 2003 officers

Stress-reduction gets corporate attention

Holder buys Fernley Truck Inn & Casino

Spanish Springs center get second building

Carson industrial sites tight

Reality TV, Reno style

Businesses set to fight court's ruling

Geothermal projects granted more money

Indian gaming's view of Reno

Casino planned for long-vacant building

Wal-Mart building sold

Business Bank opens a branch in Minden

Employers' net increases

Chris Kinney, Ryan Johnson, Sherri Macaluso

Ed Epperson

Edward Badida, Edward Max Baker

Successful innovator honors Nevada's best

Long-time partners post double-digit growth

Hotel to anchor new Carson development

Click Bond connects with market

United Engine strikes a deal

Showroom sparks sales of welder's art

Holder buys Fernley Truck Inn & Casino

Robert Armstrong

Sylvia Baldemor

First Independent net, assets rise

Alliance selling its slot route operations

Nevada Tourism funds Olympic group

Drinkwater Law hits one-year mark

Dollar Tree building store near WinCo

Reno tech consultant hired by Royal Hotels

Jerritt Canyon mine financing complete

Old cars are cool

Column:

Nevada Magazine announces best of readers poll

Old Carson house looking for new owner

Past Pages

Force court to take notice of voters

President Bush's agenda in Africa

Don't Let Them Turn Nevada into East California

Relay for life starts

Parole Board

Gibbons calls for '04 initiative mandating K-12 budget be OK'd first

Authorities believe missing N.H. children are dead; father arrested in California

Hiking Squaw peak on a moonbeam

Priest removed from Oregon for sex abuse ends up in Sacramento

Mayor promises investigation as disabled teen shot by police is buried

Teen is sentenced to 20 years for fatally beating homeless man

Saturday, July 12

Wildlife officials shut down Nevada man's 'lobster farm'

Lawmakers find even a majority won't be easy

Hometown celebrates with blues band

24-year casino worker accused of stealing $700,000 from Harrah's

Douglas County officials reject Carson proposal

Fiegehen testifies he's no murderer

Obituary: Irene Wood

Reward offered in jewelry heist

Obituary: Christie Rae Johnson

Deputy shoots self at firing range

Lawsuit alleges abuse at Indian boarding schools

Girl injured in accident

Friday, July 11

Obituary: Floyd A. Siler

Obituary: Jim Wisman

Merchandise stolen from car in Nugget lot

Old rivalry remembered on centennial of first auto trip across Nevada

Supreme Court tells taxpayers 'tough luck'

Patience, please, it's coming

Fiegehen may testify today in own defense

Pair arrested after scamming Stateline casino

Supreme Court orders majority rule in tax-budget dispute

Fire kills two horses in Washoe Valley

Web page designed to reel in history tourists

Carson man loves his car

Obituary: Carla L. Hallgren

Survey shows opinions on Carson growth

Feds ban Cave Rock climbing

Off the Couch

Sparks company to buy Steamboat geothermal plants

Protesters praise high court decision

Thursday, July 10

Yucca Mountain money down the drain

Obituary: Sarah Horton

Obituary: William Slocum

Queen by a landslide -- and $500

Defense rests its case

Neighborhood discusses addition to school

Chris Baker memorial planned at new Cancer Center

Power line may be constructed in Lyon County

Whittell High gets new principal

Douglas, El Dorado libraries review Net filters

Jazz: The DNA of American music

Reflecting on time in the Big House

Summer concert series kicks off with a bang

Supreme Court announcement 2 p.m.

Mesquite overtakes Henderson as fastest growing city in Nevada

Raggio says time for another meeting

Calendar of Events

Heat swelters Carsonites

Wednesday, July 9

Budget is still the Legislature's responsibility

Carson City School Board passes resolution

Attorney asks judge to force Interior to account for Indian money

Speaker-Minority leader meet to discuss new idea

French Flag flies again over Paris Las Vegas Casino

Nevada reinstates not guilty insanity plea

Patients rally in Vegas against bill limiting malpractice awards

Investigation continues in CAT-10 allegations

Nevada senators propose law to protect federal whistleblowers

Car show to benefit Cancer Center

Family loses home in Dayton fire

Transportation officials to prioritize city street projects

Thoughts on My Daughter's Wedding Day

Bennetts win reversal in Lyon airport land fight

Obituary: Albert N. "Jake" Jacobsen

Attacks wound seven U.S. soldiers, coalition offers reward for attackers

Massive tank explodes near Moss Landing power plant

Services for Carson Valley pastor today

South Shore man charged with lewdness

Obituary: Stella V. Severin

Highway Patrol promotes eight

Account aids crash victim

Calendar of events

Tuesday, July 8

Not a good time for government raises

Nevada Health Centers wins $486,667 grant

They didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition

Hospital slates classes for mind, body.

Two Carson men convicted of wire fraud

Bugs, sunburn and rafting

Obituary: Janet W. Mitchell

Obituary: William Thacker

Obituary: Emil Leising

Obituary: Mary Lockie

Obituary: Milton Grossi

Illness darkens Fiegehen murder trial courtroom

Obituary: John Byers

Jacks Valley man preserves wild-horse history

Calendar of events

Board poised to hire middle school leader for Whittell High

Memorial bricks are commemorative, not advertising space

Relay for Life this weekend

Panel calls for dismissal of Supreme Court budget suit

NDOT moves Carson Freeway bid opening to July 17

Saturday's deal falls apart; talks continue

Meeting scheduled to discuss school budget crisis

Male nurse accused in sex assault bails out, said he is supporting family

Fire education corps educates homeowners

Monday, July 7

Calendar of Events

Tyranny of the minority: No such thing

Adopt our state reptile

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DHS grad working as midwife in Philippines

Historical census information now online

First of free evening concerts draws hundreds

Nation's public printer institutes changes at GPO

Lawmakers hope vote Monday on tax, budget deal

Friends, co-workers remember Modispacher as he leaves DCSO

Out & About: Community Calendar Of Events & Activities

Virginia City gunslingers promote gunfights and gun safety

Local man's photography selected for national collection

Sunday, July 6

Pat Aulston

Private funding effort begins

Tahoe-area mortgage companies merge

Arts Center opens Reno gallery

Fairbanks Windows Fashions now online

Washoe Wine Co. opens in south Reno

Lake Tahoe's O'Dette Mortgage moves

Turf donation

Howard Consulting changes name

Carson companies honored for safety

Pilates Place retains Media Access

TMCC wins two marketing awards

Floyd Rowley

Scott T. Barnes

Tax chaos hurts business

A new kind of transit in downtown

Minden winery geared to tourists

Retirement plan deadline nears

Two centers follow residential growth

Carson plant's product line sold

Sierra Pacific issues renewable RFPs

Safety awards boost awareness at Q&D

A small pond lands a big fish

Business schools strong despite economy

Following the ruin to roads brings success

Principles key to manufacturer's success

Hard knocks, hobbies bring success

Gina Brooks

William B. Ting

Richard Daniel

Joel Grace

Alex Webber

Gwen Sommer, Clayton DeNault

NDOT to select contractor on Carson bypass project

How to protect personal info

Safety awards boost awareness at Q&D

Service group gives helping hand to 9 groups

Holiday sparkle on Brookside

Free summer concert series starts today

Carson Valley Days: Public safety, costs being researched

Resurgent Mount Lemmon wildfire threatens more homes, observatory

Calm day at the carnival -- except for the whirling, twirling "Tornado"

San Bernardino Diocese pulls complaint against Boston Archdiocese

Resurgent Aspen wildfire burns five cabins overnight

Separated more than 50 years, women discover they are sisters

Lawmakers hope to return Monday to finish the job

Player's disappearance casts pall over school, shadow over team

No cause named yet for Cannon Fire

Loco for locomotives: Inyo highlights museum offerings

Woman survives light plane crash

Past Pages

Nevada posts census records online

BLM fire restrictions in effect

Grass Valley man, 78, dies in July 4th parade accident

Calendar of Events

Saturday, July 5

State prison inmates enjoy rare treat - live music and free barbecue

Light plane crashes at Truckee-Tahoe airport; man dies

Division of Forestry gets grant

Calendar of events

Pops rocks the park

Old West rules at VC Fourth parade

Friday, July 4

Wave the flag of freedom, responsibility

From Sam L. to John L., a lesson on 'roughing it' in Carson City

Good ideas come in bunches

National crackdown hits Carson

Boice appeal gives his family hope

Supervisors defer approval of six new workers for jail

Supervisors OK pay raise for themselves

City wants to talk before filing court action for land sale

Off the Couch

Wher to watch fireworks tonight

Firefighters return flag to Virginia City peak

Defendant on videotape wearing hat matching one found under victim's body

Raggio calls leadership meeting Saturday

BLM rounds up wild horses

Thursday, July 3

Obituary: John William Ingram

Three bands set for 'jailhouse rock'

Weissinger faces 3 counts of theft

Fourth of July roundup: The Inyo, RSVP carnival, Italian sausage and fireworks

The mother of all July 4 celebrations

We could use a break on tax filing

Obituary: Barbara Ann Boman

Victim's DNA found in murder suspect's car, home

Fourth of July comes during high fire danger statewide

Gibbons says two-thirds requirement for taxes working

Accident victim in hospital

BIA gets new office complex

Holiday closures slated

Dayton could be newest city

Services today for drowning victim

Gondola Fire area recovers, one year later

Calendar of Events

Fire steamer restored and ready for parade

Wednesday, July 2

Put the Legislature under house arrest

Cold soup for hot days

Slow down for some extra time

Throw a fiesta with homemade salsa

Obituary: Richard James Jr.

Obituary: Lawrence Huntt

Consortium joins fight to complete V&T reconstruction

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Sheriff to ask for funds to hire jail staff

Supervisors discuss pay raises

Local man honored with award for inventions

Assemblyman released from hospital

Gibbons wants BLM delay for Sand Mountain

Students prepare for new test scores

Supreme Court takes over budget impasse

Teacher, pastor dies in Carson

First full-production winemaking facility set for Douglas

Tuesday, July 1

Supreme Court ruling sought in Assembly deadlock

Justice Day in newsland

Wind chill, water could spell danger

Court would throw out budget increases

Obituary: Sandra Wahrenbrock

Carson City doctor speaks at asthma conference

Obituary: Wilma Nelson

Obituary: Richard James Jr.

Obituary: William K. Cole

Fireworks will go on, despite money problems

Douglas commissioner's fate in DA's hands

Carson City girl wins state Cinderella Girl title

Bariames receives probation in child-neglect case

Reno opens monthlong celebration of the arts

Truckee man named sexiest dad by parent

Carson City woman wins Miss Nevada title

Police-attack victim may be compensated by city

Evidence detailed in Day 5 of murder trial

Tax battle heads for court as negotiations collapse