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State pauses public option waiver application to add feedback

The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services is asking the federal government to pause the state’s application to establish a public health insurance option and reinsurance program, though officials say it’s not an attempt to abandon the endeavor.

Nevada’s solar production skyrockets in last decade

Nevada’s utility and small-scale solar capacity increased 647 percent over the last decade while its generation output increased 922 percent, according to a report released Wednesday by Climate Central.

University of Nevada, Reno mining team wins gold in international competition

RENO — The University of Nevada, Reno’s coed traditional mining technique team, the Mackay Muckers, have once again earned gold in the International Collegiate Mining Competition, hosted this year by Montana Tech in Butte, Montana. The mining competition encourages students to practice traditional mining techniques, like the hand steel, track stand, gold pan, jackleg, swede saw, mucking and survey.

KIDS University offers summer camps to keep kids engaged and learning

For more than 20 years, fun and learning have gone hand in hand at KIDS University summer camps held on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. This year, more than 20 different full-day and half-day weeklong camps will be offered for children ages 7-14 from June 17 to July 26.

Senior Center celebrates 50th anniversary

What started as a few older folks, hosted by Bertha Stone and Tillie Roof, gathering at Nixon Hall to enjoy each other's company and a few refreshments in 1974, has blossomed into 50 years of diverse services and social interaction for local senior citizens.

NDOW selects Wildlife Diversity Administrator

The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) announced Jasmine Kleiber as the Department’s new Wildlife Diversity Division Administrator. The Wildlife Diversity Division protects and manages hundreds of Nevada’s non-game wildlife species, including at-risk and sensitive species.

PLEASANT CENTER MENU for April 11-17

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. Low-fat milk available daily. Safety of food after it has been served & taken from the center is the responsibility of the consumer.

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US judge in Nevada hands wild horse advocates rare victory in ruling on mustang management plans

RENO, Nev. (AP) — In a rare legal victory for wild horse advocates, a judge has ruled U.S. land managers failed to adopt a legal herd management plan or conduct the necessary environmental review before 31 mustangs died during the roundup of more than 2,000 horses in Nevada last summer.

Prayer horse ride honors past, spurs activism and raises environmental awareness

After 10 days in the saddle, Josh Dini, Gary McKinney and Rusty Brady rode horses along the southern rim of the McDermitt Caldera in northern Humboldt County to Sentinel Rock, where more than three dozen supporters greeted them on March 26. At the summit, the trio raised prayer staffs to the sky and the collected crowd of more than 30 people celebrated the end of the group’s third annual prayer horse ride — a journey that began more than 200 miles away on the Walker River Indian Reservation in Schurz.

For rural papers as old as Nevada itself, a fight for survival in digital age

Nathan Robertson arrives at Ely City Hall looking much like one would expect of the mayor of a remote town near the Great Basin National Park — sandy blond hair, dressed in a hiking vest and carrying a sporty backpack. Though he’s busy with city government work, the fifth-generation resident makes time to talk on a recent Thursday about the local news scene in his community, which is a four- or five-hour drive from either of the state’s major population centers.

State board to launch survey on high school start times, abandons proposed regulation

The State Board of Education is preparing to launch a survey gathering feedback on later high school start times, but is no longer planning to pursue a regulation that would have allowed for the concept to be put into practice. It’s the latest setback for an idea that, while supported by doctors and implemented in neighboring California, has failed to get off the ground in Nevada despite multiple attempts in the last decade.

North Valleys sweeps doubleheader from Lowry

After playing four games earlier in the week in the Reno/Sparks area and being forced indoors for another two due to a snowstorm, the Lowry High School softball team was back on the field this past Saturday at North Valleys High School in Reno.

Lady Bucks step out of conference play for four games

With a bye week in the Northern 3A East schedule, the Lowry High School softball team hit he road to Sparks and Reno for four games against Northern 5A schools.