The Pershing County High School softball headed into spring break after losing all three Northern 2A games to Battle Mountain last week (12-0, 11-3, 22-4). In the series opener in Battle Mountain on Tuesday, April 15, Battle Mountain plated seven of its 12 runs in the opening frame and added four more in the second inning
The first step in the hopes of a return to the state tournament has been completed for the Lowry High School softball team. The Buckaroos won their first regular-season title for the first time since 2021, with a three-game sweep of Churchill County. The two rivals entered the weekend tied for first in the Northern 3A East.
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In what has become a sort of legislative tradition, NV Energy is having talks late in the session, this time about wildfire liability. According to four people with knowledge of the situation, discussions are taking place behind the scenes about addressing the utility company’s liability in wildfires started by its equipment. It’s a fluid situation and everything is in the early stages, but here’s what we know so far: Sources familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity because conversations are ongoing, said everything is preliminary.
Last month, the Reno City Council approved the Oppidan Data Center to become the city’s second data center, despite the city planning commission’s original denial of the project. The back-and-forth decision coincides with the ongoing city council debate about how to regulate data centers, in light of their significant energy and water demands to power artificial intelligence (AI) models such as ChatGPT. “Every time a user inputs a prompt, ChatGPT’s massive language model processes it using an estimated 2.9 watt-hours (Wh) of energy,” reported RW Digital, a digital marketing firm. “That’s nearly ten times what it takes for a single Google search.”
The push to expand the child tax credit is more bipartisan than ever — but a clear solution to stop it from being slashed in half is still far off. Republicans and Democrats have been juggling proposals for the credit — currently a $2,000-per-child tax incentive — as Congress renegotiates the country’s tax structure. Lawmakers told The 19th they are anxious to pass something this year before the existing bill sunsets this fall and reverts the credit to a baseline $1,000.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed new legislation on Monday that will provide more than $170 million in state funding to help prevent wildfires while signing an order aimed at speeding up the work by easing environmental permitting. The funding — which the Democratic governor said was part of a broader effort to better protect communities ahead of peak fire season — comes as the state is under extraordinary pressure after the January infernos that devastated Los Angeles communities.
Public officials in 16 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration Thursday to restore access to pandemic relief aid for schools, saying the Education Department's abrupt halt of hundreds of millions of dollars of promised funding will force cuts to vital services. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan by a coalition of 16 Democratic attorneys general, led by New York’s Letitia James and including Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, plus Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, also a Democrat. It claims the administration's refusal to release the aid violates federal law because it reversed a prior decision to allow states to access the money through March 2026.
April 1 has come and gone, and from here on out, it’s all downhill — literally and figuratively — for Nevada’s snowpack. Snowpacks are Mother Nature’s reservoirs, natural repositories that slowly release water downstream into lakes, reservoirs and sinks. April 1 is historically the date in Nevada and across the Eastern Sierra that most snowpacks hold their highest water content.
Winnemucca Main Street is inviting the public to a Community Workshop on Sunday, April 27 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Humboldt County Library.
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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.
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