NEW YORK — The promise of self-checkout was alluring: Customers could avoid long lines by scanning and bagging their own items, workers could be freed of doing those monotonous tasks themselves and retailers could save on labor costs. All that has happened since the rollout of self-checkout but so has this: Customers griping about clunky technology that spits out mysterious error codes, workers having to stand around and monitor both humans and machines, and retailers contending with theft.
Lunches are served each weekday at noon and soup and croutons is served at 11 a.m. the Pleasant Senior Center, 1480 Lay Street. Lunches are open to the public. Suggested minimum donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older. Visitors must be 16 years or older. Their meal is $10. Hot soup at croutons served daily with meal.
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In a hard-fought victory for conservation groups in Nevada, federal land managers have agreed to provide public notice for all new exploration or mining projects near the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge for the next 12 months. On Friday, the Center for Biological Diversity and Amargosa Conservancy agreed to drop their lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management over the agency’s approval of a lithium exploration project near the refuge, after the federal land managers agreed to their terms. The project is located in Nye County.
U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) penned a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to strengthen the oversight of these plans and improve transparency.
Six Nevada Republicans, including state party Chair Michael McDonald, pleaded not guilty in a Clark County court on Monday to felony charges brought after their attempt to pledge the state’s electoral votes to Donald Trump following the 2020 election, despite President Joe Biden’s victory in the state. The charges came nearly three years after the defendants participated in a fake signing ceremony outside the Legislative Building in Carson City on the same day the state’s actual electoral votes were cast for Biden.
Former President Donald Trump looked to cement his base during a Reno rally on Sunday, repeating much of his regular stump speech for a Northern Nevada audience in his second major Silver State rally ahead of the Feb. 8 Republican caucus. That caucus has for months created confusion among the Nevada Republican rank and file, as party leaders have sought to differentiate the party-run process from the state-run primary election set for Feb. 6.
Nevada cannabis consumers and patients experience a market unlike those in nearby states because of its “ecosystem,” which has fewer options for consumers, industry leaders say. In an industry that remains illegal at the federal level, but regulated in certain states, Nevada is experiencing some challenges also seen nationwide, such as slower investment and heavy regulation, but others that are confined to its borders. The broad challenges that face businesses that have been legal for just a few years were among the topics of discussion at the 2023 MJBizCon Dare to Grow conference that wrapped earlier this month in Las Vegas.
Everyone can understand that sometimes you have to “tighten up your belt” to get through tough financial times, says Juan Lizarraga, but for far too many Nevadans the belt can’t tighten much further. And having their gas bills rise 10% next year certainly won’t help. Lizarraga and more than a dozen others, many of them volunteers of the environmental advocacy group Chispa Nevada, attended a consumer session Thursday at the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, which is considering approving a nearly $70 million general rate increase proposed by the natural gas monopoly.
Lawmakers approved $15 million in SB 231 funding for several rural school districts whose plans encompassed both their educators and support staff. Those amounts included $5.3 million to Carson City School District, $4.2 million to Nye County School District, and $4.5 million to Douglas County School District. Lander County School District requested $590,000 in funding, which would have supported raises for only one of the two relevant collective bargaining units. That vote for approval was deferred to a future meeting, “for consistency” with the decision for CCSD, added Monroe-Moreno.
The Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services (DWSS) encourages people to update their address and complete the Medicaid renewal packet for their eligibility to be reviewed. Denials for procedural causes, like incomplete paperwork and incorrect address information, will start on Jan. 1, 2024, for renewal packets mailed in November.
The Nevada State Police will be joining forces with participating law enforcement agencies in Nevada for a Joining Forces Impaired Driver Campaign. The campaign will take place from now to Jan. 3, 2024.
Tom Claycomb is a hunting enthusiast and writes a bi-monthly column for Great Basin Sun.
The Battle Mountain High School girls basketball team began its Northern 2A season, with a two-day road trip this past weekend.