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LHS band takes half of lead roles at All-State Festival

Seven of 14 section leaders were chosen from Lowry High during the 2024 All-State Band Festival earlier this month.

About Medicare’s Dreaded “IRMAA” Provision

About Medicare’s Dreaded “IRMAA” Provision

Trump v. Haley

Trump v. Haley

Creating Is In The Eye of The Creator

Creating Is In The Eye of The Creator

Domagala, Clausen to be inducted into NIAA Hall of Fame

Mitch Domagala, who coached at Battle Mountain and Tonopah high schools and Lowry High School's Steve Clausen are part of the NIAA Hall of Fame Class of 2024. The group features two athletic administrators/directors, five athletes, six coaches and one official.

Nevada launches first phase of $72 million unemployment modernization project

The first part of Nevada’s long-awaited plan to modernize its unemployment insurance system went live this week, almost four years after an unprecedented surge in pandemic-era unemployment claims overwhelmed the platform.

AG Ford, Speaker Yeager are top Nevada recipients of trips paid for by outside groups

Brazil, India, South Korea — those were just a few of the faraway destinations prominent Nevada leaders visited in 2023 during trips paid for by third-party groups. Among nearly 70 lawmakers and statewide elected officials, no one was more well-traveled than Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager (D-Las Vegas), who recorded trips to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Bayeux, France; Oslo, Norway; Dublin, Ireland; and Mexico City, Mexico, as well as a half dozen other trips and events within the United States — altogether valued at nearly $39,000.

Pieces of Nevada’s history are endangered. Historians are raising awareness to help save them.

What makes something worth saving? Is it age? Sentimental value? Cultural significance? Historic mining towns, Nevada’s famous dark skies, Indigenous American languages and early 20th Century motor courts all share something in common — they are threatened and, in some cases, in danger of disappearing.

Nevada judge strikes down independent redistricting commission ballot petitions

A Carson City judge ruled Thursday that a pair of proposed ballot questions seeking to establish an independent redistricting commission are legally deficient and cannot be placed on the ballot. A senior judge appointed to the case, Robert Estes, ruled in favor of the plaintiffs represented by Bravo Schrager and Elias Law Group, a pair of Democrat-aligned law firms, with Estes agreeing with their arguments that the petitions would violate the Nevada Constitution by creating an unfunded mandate.

SOS: Coding issues to blame for errors in online voter history records

The Nevada Secretary of State’s office announced it had fixed coding errors in files used to provide nightly updates on voter registration history that led to misreported records. In a statement issued by the office, officials said that some of the steps county workers are required to file in the system “were not taken, resulting in inaccurate data” and re-emphasized that the errors did not affect the results of the presidential primary election.

Long after tragic mysteries are solved, families of Native American victims are kept in the dark

It was the winter of 2021 when Philbert Shorty's family found his abandoned car stuck in the mud outside the small community of Tsaile near the Arizona-New Mexico state line. "We knew something happened from the get-go," said his uncle, Ben Shorty. "We couldn't find any answers."

Nevada issues first license to a lounge in Las Vegas where cannabis can be consumed recreationally

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada regulators have issued the first license to operate a lounge where cannabis can be consumed recreationally, marking the first of what are expected to be dozens of such operations.

Commission adopts resolution in support of domestic sheep industry

The domestic sheep industry is rapidly shrinking while the foreign industry accounts for over 70 percent of the market today, making it the first livestock sector in the United States to be primarily sourced from foreign countries.

Lithium: Hot or not? There are consequences for the state either way. It needs to prepare for them.

Lithium: Hot or not? There are consequences for the state either way. It needs to prepare for them.

Design process for new aquatics center advances

The design of a new 29,400 square-foot municipal swimming pool facility is taking shape and the Winnemucca City Council reviewed the plans for the exterior renderings at its regular meeting on Feb. 20 (with all Council members present).