(AP) — Nevada-based public media stations are appealing to listeners and viewers for help after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR, alleging bias in the broadcasters’ reporting. The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. The White House, in a social media posting announcing the signing, said the outlets “receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.’”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Travelers who aren’t REAL ID compliant by the upcoming deadline this week will still be able to fly but should be prepared for extra scrutiny, the head of Homeland Security said Tuesday. Kristi Noem told a Congressional panel that 81 percent of travelers already have IDs that comply with the REAL ID requirements. She said security checkpoints will also be accepting passports and tribal identification when the deadline hits Wednesday.
Nevada lawmakers had hoped to come up with a permanent funding source this session to build wildlife bypasses — structures that help animals safely cross busy highways and cut down on the estimated 5,000 animal-vehicle collisions that happen in the state each year. But the effort suffered a major setback after AB486, a bill looking to double the existing $1 fee the state charges on new tires and send the funding toward the projects, was gutted. It faced opposition from the trucking industry — a heavy consumer of tires — and political challenges because it would require a two-thirds majority approval to increase a tax.
BATTLE MOUNTIAN, Nev. (May 8, 2025) — American Red Cross of Northern Nevada volunteers today brought essential disaster preparedness skills to 60 fourth-grade students at Battle Mountain Elementary School through an engaging and interactive presentation. The program, designed specifically for young students, aims to teach children critical emergency safety skills and how to stay safe in the face of disasters.
A hometown favorite is set to take the stage once again as The Coffis Brothers return to Winnemucca on Thursday, May 30, from 7 to 9 p.m. The performance is part of the inaugural Winnemucca Murals and Music Festival, a weekend celebration of creativity and community. Tickets are $20, with 51 still available as of publication.
The I.D.E.S. Society of Lovelock will hold its 89th Annual Portuguese Festa this Sunday, May 18, 2025. Everyone in the community is invited to take part in the Festa, which is a religious, civic, and cultural celebration of Thanksgiving. The Festa is sponsored by persons of Azorean-Portuguese descent to commemorate the end of a dreadful famine in Portugal in the year 1323. The letters I.D.E.S. stand for ‘Irmandade do Divino Espirito Santo’ in Portuguese. When translated, this phrase means, ‘Brotherhood of the Divine Holy Spirit.’ Every year many out of town visitors come to the Festa.
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The fate of more than 15 million customers’ genetic data remains in limbo after popular DNA testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy in March. The data is up for sale, stoking fears about how it might be used and prompting attorneys general from more than a dozen states to warn 23andMe users: Delete your data. “Your genetic data is your most personal, confidential data, and you should be able to protect who has access to it,” North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson, a Democrat, said in a March statement.
Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager (D-Las Vegas) will introduce a bill Thursday to cap the price of insulin drug copays to $35 a month for Nevadans on private insurance — a measure that could have major implications for the more than 1 in 10 Nevada adults with diabetes. The measure, announced at a press conference in Carson City, comes as Yeager said some Nevadans are paying as much as $500 a month out of pocket for an essential substance discovered a century ago. It would place Nevada among the 26 states that have already set limits on the price of insulin for private payers — caps in other states range from $0 to $100 a month.
Nevada’s main budget fund for K-12 education is expected to bring in about $160 million less in revenue for the upcoming budget cycle than projected at the start of the year, raising questions about how much the Legislature can do to expand education funding and programming for the next biennium. The forecast, prepared by state finance analysts and obtained by The Nevada Independent Thursday, predicted the State Education Fund will bring in about $8.6 billion during the 2025-2027 biennium. The fund is a special budget account devoted solely to education filled with specific tax revenue, including room taxes, marijuana taxes and a special mining tax. The decreased projections largely result from downturns in expected revenue from the local school support tax, which is a 2.6 percent sales tax included as part of the state’s overall sales tax.
Nevada lawmakers will have about $191 million less to spend in the next two-year budget cycle than previously projected, according to updated forecasts from the state’s Economic Forum. Combined with a newly identified $160 million shortfall in the State Education Fund, the total budget gap now approaches $350 million.
There has been one constant for the McDermitt High School track and field team — its group of throwers in the discus and shot put. That was on full display once again this past weekend at the Northern 1A Regional Championships at Douglas High School in Minden.
The Battle Mountain High School track and field team will be well represented at the NIAA State Track and Field Championships after strong performances this past weekend at the regional championships this past weekend at Douglas High School in Minden. Sophomore Moroni Colver brought home the gold in the triple jump with a mark of 38 feet, 11 inches, with teammate Abraham Nevarez joining him in Overton.