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Henkle v. Gregory, 150 F. Supp. 2d 1067 (D. Nev. 2001), was a federal lawsuit that ended in a 2002 agreement in which the Washoe County School District (Nevada) agreed to implement policies to support openly gay and lesbian students and to pay the plaintiff, a student who had complained of harassment and inaction on the part of school officials, $451,000 in damages.
Bethel AME Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at 220 Bell Street in Reno, Nevada.It has served as a hub for Reno's African American community since it was built in 1910 for early black settlers. [2]
The reservation lies almost entirely in Washoe County (99.88%), with small amounts of land in the other two counties (at the southern end, near the city of Fernley). In 1993, the population of the reservation was 1,603 individuals. At that time there were 2,253 enrolled members of the tribe.
A spokesman for Washoe County said that number is “about normal,” compared to previous elections. ... The statute specifies the county elections office is responsible for marking the ...
Washoe County was created on November 25, 1861, as one of the original nine counties of the Nevada Territory. It is named after the Washoe people who originally inhabited the area. It was consolidated with Roop County in 1864. Washoe City was the first county seat in 1861 and was replaced by Reno in 1871.
The Washoe County Courthouse, at 117 S. Virginia St. in Reno, Nevada, was built in 1910.It is significant for playing a role in the divorce industry in Nevada during the first half of the 20th century, when divorce was legal in Nevada and liberal residency requirements were enacted, while divorce was much more difficult elsewhere.
In 2010, Newsweek listed McQueen as the 740th best high school in the United States [4] using the ratio of number of AP exams taken to graduating students as its criterion. In March 2018, student Noah Christiansen called the office of U.S. Representative Mark Amodei to argue in favor of banning bump stocks and raising the minimum age to buy a gun.
Gardner was arrested for alleged domestic battery and battery with a deadly weapon, according to the Washoe County Sheriff's Department. Jail or Agency: Washoe County Detention Center; State: Nevada; Date arrested or booked: 4/12/2016; Date of death: 4/20/2016; Age at death: 34; Sources: Washoe County