Provides the latest RSS feeds for Reno News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Reno News.net http://www.renonews.net/index.php/cat/bc9f1091e6c70d36/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:00:45 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:00:45 -0400 30 More political news School's out for the kids but not for the state's legislators. The 120-day legislative session ended this month; now it's time for the Nevada Legislature to start studying. While talk of annual legislative sessions got plenty ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215291255/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:33:47 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215291255/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Teacher preparation programs in Nevada are not adequately training the next generation of educators, according to a national study that reviewed more than 1,000 programs and was released Tuesday. While some state education leaders say they take the study seriously, others believe the review was flawed and lacks credibility. Programs at the state's colleges and universities received low ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215285858/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:32 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215285858/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 CARSON CITY -- Nevada has received a federal homeland security grant of $3.46 million, an increase over last year of nearly $700,000, the state Department of Public Safety announced Tuesday. The grant was awarded to the state Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "I am pleased Nevada has been awarded this grant, with an ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215285860/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:32 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215285860/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Brushing the hair out of his eyes, Julian Elias tilts his head back and gazes up at something most Las Vegans have seen. The Hoover Dam. But few have the security clearance to view it from the bottom of Black Canyon, a location accessed by a winding worker's road reachable only by those with a key code to open the gate. Standing in the shadow of Hoover Dam's 726-foot wall of water ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215285082/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:00:56 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215285082/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 CARSON CITY -- The state Supreme Court has denied granting a Nevada driver's license to a man who might have been better off waiting for the new state driver's authorization cards to go into effect in January. A panel of the high court, in a unanimous 3-0 decision issued last week, refused Laszlo Schoka's petition that the Department of Motor Vehicles be ordered to grant him a ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215282938/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:47:45 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215282938/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 POPULATION BY COUNTYNew population estimates for Nevada's six larges counties:-- Clark 1.97 million-- Washoe, 425,400-- Carson City, 54,838-- Lyon, 51,327-- Elko, 51,216-- Douglas, 46,996-- Nye, ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215276822/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:19:16 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215276822/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 The Silver State of Nevada is truly one of the most gorgeous geographical places on the face of the earth. Whether it be the unbelievable beauty of the Nordic lake known as Tahoe, the high desert of ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215276910/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:06 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215276910/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Pageant contestants line up during the Miss Nevada and Miss Nevada Outstanding Teen contest on Saturday, June 15, 2013. Clockwise from top left are Randi Sundquist, Ellie Smith, Miss Nevada Outstanding Teen Katarina Clark and Miss Nevada Diana Sweeney. END .inline-content --> The Miss America pageant has returned to Atlantic City after a seven-year run here at Planet Hollywood on the Strip. ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215275030/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:11:24 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215275030/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Reno - Winning isn't everything, but it sure does feel good. You might not find Jack Rovetti's win in a heat of the 100-meter dash at the final middle school track meet of the season in any record books. But for the runners in the race and the people in the stands at McQueen High School that sunny day in May, it will be a lasting memory -- one made of friendship, sportsmanship, ... http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215266517/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:36:30 -0400 http://www.renonews.net/index.php/sid/215266517/scat/bc9f1091e6c70d36