Outdoors
Volunteer Paul Abbinante, 67, of Spanish Springs is training "Beauregard" for adoption at the Palomino Valley Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Center north of Sparks. Horses seeking homes
The 1,200 animals at the Bureau of Land Management’s facility in Palomino Valley are being trained by volunteers so they are ready for adoption, but finding new owners for the rounded-up wild hors...
Jan 09, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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<a href= mailto:dreid@dailysparkstribune.com>Tribune file/Debra Reid</a> - Coyotes hunted on vacant land now occupied by the Legends at Sparks Marina retail complex. As humans take over their former habitat, some coyotes adapt to the new environment. Activists decry coyote-hunting tournament
RENO — A coyote-hunting tournament set for this weekend in northern Nevada is drawing howls of protest from animal rights activists. WildEarth Guardians based in Santa Fe, N.M., and Project Coyo...
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Tribune/Paul G. White - A.J. Johnson, 16, of Sparks catches some air at the skateboard park in Sun Valley. Spring weather draws throngs outdoors to play
The first official weekend of spring in the Reno-Sparks area was warm, sunny and beautiful.
Mar 26, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 73 73 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fishing report for the week of March 26
Note: Conditions in the Sparks Tribune fishing report are based on the latest possible information. But because of constantly changing weather and road conditions, please call for an updated repor...
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Pyramid Lake home to great fishing and geological marvels
by Paul G. White
Mar 19, 2008 | 1 1 comments | 90 90 recommendations | email to a friend
The drive to Pyramid Lake, 33 miles northeast of Sparks, winds through colorful, brush-pocked foothills and enchanting pastel mountains of pink and gray.
Fishing report for the week of March 19
by Paul G. White
Mar 19, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 85 85 recommendations | email to a friend
Note: Conditions in the Sparks Tribune fishing report are based on the latest possible information. But because of constantly changing weather and road conditions, please call for an updated report...
‘Backyard Monsters’ infiltrate Wilbur D. May Center
by Paul G. White
Mar 11, 2008 | 1 1 comments | 168 168 recommendations | email to a friend
Bugs and snakes of all shapes and sizes always evoke an emotional response.
Expert advice is easy to get from local outdoors pros
by Paul G. White
Mar 04, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 94 94 recommendations | email to a friend
Jane Richardson of Burney, Calif., was a bit apprehensive as she took hold of a compound bow and aimed it at a target about 25 feet away.
Fishing report for the week of March 5
by Paul G. White
Mar 04, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 96 96 recommendations | email to a friend
Note: Conditions in the Sparks Tribune fishing report are based on the latest possible information. But because of constantly changing weather and road conditions, please call for an updated repor...
Engravers transform firearms into works of art
by Paul G. White
Feb 26, 2008 | 0 0 comments | 95 95 recommendations | email to a friend
For many people, a firearm is a statement of their personality, somewhat like the type of car or truck they drive.
national health news
NEW YORK (AP) -- A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests....
By MALCOLM RITTER
Wed Mar 10 18:04:00 -0600 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."...
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Wed Mar 10 16:14:21 -0600 2010
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time - the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries....
By DAVID MERCER
Wed Mar 10 21:03:19 -0600 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot....
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Tue Mar 09 02:04:43 -0600 2010