Q. Can you recommend plants that deer won't eat?A. There are many plants deer don't like. Most of them are poisonous. Others have prickles, thorns or fuzzy leaves that make them difficult to eat.
WASHINGTON - Exercise your hips to help achy knees? If you've got knee arthritis, your whole leg starts subtly shifting out of alignment as you favor the sore spot.
Recent changes made to the plans for a new middle school complex have left some school board members feeling underwhelmed, while one former board member maintains the project should be scrapped altogether.
Plans for a 152,495-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter insouth Gardnerville are in the design review process.Commercial zoning was recently granted for the subject 25 acres along
Phoenix International Ventures, an aerospace contractor headquartered in Carson City, said Thursday that it lost $151,198 in the second quarter of this year.
If your marriage and business are linked because you and your spouse co-own a company, then you know the potential for conflicts is huge. But, so are the rewards - if you take the right approach.
The Nevada Division of Forestry is offering a selection of low-cost plants suitable for fall planting in western Nevada.The State Tree Nursery is located at 885 Eastlake Blvd. in Washoe Valley.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Cars and light trucks sold in July got more miles per gallon than those sold in previous months, say researchers, who credit the Cash for Clunkers program.
WASHINGTON - Car shoppers running into shortages of certain vehicles at dealerships will still be able to use the Cash for Clunkers program to reserve the car of their choice, the Obama administration said Thursday.
SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. - They were waiting down at Gibson Chevrolet near Chicago for a couple of five-gallon cans of sodium silicate - liquid glass, they call it - to poison and kill the clunkers when the latest condemned car pulled...
Some of the nation's biggest for-profit colleges and vocational schools are boosting enrollment in tough times by making more loans directly to cash-strapped students, knowing full well many of them probably won't be able to repay what...
Organizers are still seeking vendors for the community flea market at 8 a.m. Aug. 22 in the parking lot of NV 50 in Mound House.The fee is $10 per vendor space, which will benefit the development of the Dayton Valley Dog Park.
The first 100 teachers visiting the Staples store at 915 Jacks Valley Road on Teacher Appreciation Day today from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., will receive an EcoEasy bag of supplies such as notepads and writing tools.
WASHINGTON - A bleak report on retail sales Thursday reinforced a nagging worry of economists: Shoppers won't spend enough to help a recovery take hold.
NEW YORK (AP) - Consumer advocacy groups are calling on the Department of Transportation to crack down on dealerships offering questionable sales terms to customers participating in the government's Cash for Clunkers program.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Jeff Tedford knows there's no use in avoiding all the talk about the Heisman trophy and California star running back Jahvid Best.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - So UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel wasn't an immediate hit at his alma mater. Pete Carroll's first team at USC didn't exactly take this town by storm, and look how that's turned out.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A winning season and a victory in Arizona's first bowl appearance in a decade probably saved coach Mike Stoops' job.So why did the Pac-10 media pick the Wildcats to finish eighth this season?
SEATTLE (AP) - At some point during the past eight months, Steve Sarkisian was reminded to take time to savor the foundation work and appreciate his opportunity to re-mold the once proud program at Washington.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve delivered a vote of confidence in the economy Wednesday, saying it would slow the pace of an emergency rescue program and indicating the recession appears to be ending.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. trade deficit edged up in June as imports rose for the first time in 11 months and exports rose for the second straight month, confirming that the global recession is easing its grip.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - University researchers say that despite "substantial investment," school segregation trends are getting worse in the neighborhood of West Las Vegas.
In my kitchen, dry lentils get about the same treatment as dry beans. That is, on the rare occasion that I buy them, they land at the back of the pantry where they are promptly forgotten for months or years.
Sometimes you stumble across a team in early August and get a feeling. Rankman felt a dull, nagging tug in his lower back as he hunched over a desk and flipped a preseason magazine page that landed on Nevada.
The road to the national title game has run through the Southeastern Conference recently.So while perfection would be nice for Tim Tebow and Florida, it's not necessarily necessary. And the Gators know it.
LAKE TAHOE - You may have no idea what an Apple iPhone application is, but iPhone and other smartphone users do, which is why organizations are starting to create applications specifically for the Lake Tahoe area.
With households watching every penny, a growing number of Americans are ditching their takeout menus and heading into the kitchen to cook dinner at home. The trouble is, many don't know how.
For the past 21⁄2 months I have been working at the Boys & Girls Club running a cooking class for the kids. It has been exciting, uplifting, exhausting, sometimes frustrating and more rewarding than I ever thought possible.
In my kitchen, dry lentils get about the same treatment as dry beans. That is, on the rare occasion that I buy them, they land at the back of the pantry where they are promptly forgotten for months or years.
The Carson City chapter of Relay for Life is set to raise $110,000 this year, according to organizers, but it is making one final push to meet its goal of $125,000.
Nevada Health Centers is challenging Carson City-area businesses to find out who can create the biggest team for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Oct. 4.
