Stories from Friday, January 26, 2007

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada ROTC program has received a lot of honors in its many years of existence but the one a former cadet gave them may be one of the most heartfelt. Rodney Bastow was an ROTC cadet for four years and is currently serving in Iraq at Camp Anaconda near Balad as a specialist working on Apache helicopters...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The search for a permanent city manager is moving forward with the goal of hiring one before interim city manager Harlan Moore's contract expires in May. "We hope to start calling people in for interviews by March 1," Mayor Jim Rayburn said Thursday afternoon...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Thursday night the Nevada City Council voted 3-0 to give preliminary approval of a measure to issue up to $22.5 million in hospital refunding revenue bonds to let the Nevada Regional Medical Center refinance the $20 million in bonds issued in 2001 to pay for remodeling the facility and to refinance other bonds issued in 1995...

n Results of a donkey basketball event held Wednesday are in. By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail The crowd in the Bronaugh school gym filled the seats Wednesday night despite the still snow-choked parking lot and the last minute change from Sunday. Donkey basketball was back in town and Bronaugh turned out in force to watch the action. Sponsored by the Bronaugh Character Education Committee the game has proven to be a big draw for the school...