CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Transportation is inviting the public to comment on planned transportation projects and improvements as outlined in the Annual Work Program (AWP) and Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The public can comment on the draft list of transportation projects before it is finalized for review and potential approval and/or acceptance by the state transportation board and governing federal agencies.
RENO — Discover Dairy’s “Adopt a Cow” program will be open for enrollment for the 2024-25 school year until Sept. 15. The free program, which impacted more than 1 million students worldwide last year, is a year-long, interactive learning opportunity that gives students an inside look at a dairy farm in the United States. Students participate in exciting activities featuring the calves on the farm and the dairy farmers who manage the operation.
WINNEMUCCA— The Black Rock Field Office announced temporary closure and temporary restrictions for activities on public lands for five years in June 2023. The temporary closure will affect public land immediately surrounding the site of the Burning Man event to protect public resources, provide for public safety on the Black Rock Desert, and enable law enforcement personnel to support state and local law enforcement agencies with enforcement of existing laws.
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University of Nevada, Reno Extension has hired four Extension county coordinators to expand the reach of its programs and streamline administrative processes across eight rural Nevada counties. Jessica Hendrickson, Keyna Vandervort, Kristen Burr and Heather Nield bring unique management skills that will deepen Extension outreach initiatives to serve communities in their counties.
The Truckee-Carson Irrigation District in Churchill County will receive nearly $2.2 million in federal funding for infrastructure upgrades on six gates on the Lahontan Dam in Fallon.
The Carson City School District is joining the growing list of schools looking to curb cellphone distractions in classrooms.
It’s not easy to make public health decisions without access to good data. And epidemiologists and public health workers for Native American communities say they’re often in the dark because state and federal agencies restrict their access to the latest numbers. The 2010 reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act gave tribal epidemiology centers public health authority and requires the federal Department of Health and Human Services to grant them access to and use of data and other protected health information that’s regularly distributed to state and local officials. But tribal epidemiology center workers have told government investigators that’s not often the case.
It’s deja vu all over again when it comes to Question 1 on the 2024 ballot, as voters once more have a chance to remove the constitutional status of the elected Board of Regents who oversee higher education in the state. Voters rejected a similar effort on the 2020 ballot, but what’s different this time (if anything) and what would Question 1 actually do if passed? Summary of what it does: Question 1 would remove all references to the Board of Regents from the Nevada Constitution, nullifying its constitutionally established status. Instead, it would authorize the Legislature to “review, reform and improve the programs and operations” of public universities and require biennial audits of public higher education institutions.
Both of Nevada’s senators voted in favor of a long-stalled package to expand the child tax credit, but the proposal was ultimately killed by Senate Republicans. A rare victory for bipartisanship, the tax package — negotiated between Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) and House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-MO) — passed the House in February with more than 350 votes — including those of all four House Nevadans — among the 435 representatives.
When Vice President Kamala Harris was installed as the Democratic nominee, the map of states that will decide the election remained the same — theoretically. Team Biden believed his best — and perhaps only — path to victory would be to win the blue wall states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, plus Nebraska’s second congressional district. It was a narrow path to exactly 270 electoral votes. And while the Biden campaign had still put immense resources into its Nevada field operation, polling persistently showed Trump winning, to the point that the former president had stopped considering it as a swing state.
A Carson City judge denied a motion by former President Donald Trump’s campaign and state Republicans to stop counting mail ballots that lack a clear postmark and are received three days after Election Day. Carson City District Court Judge James Russell denied the request for a preliminary injunction, a spokesperson for the Nevada Attorney General’s Office confirmed to The Nevada Independent.
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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