ELKO — Repaving at the Road’s End parking area at the end of Lamoille Canyon Road, Forest Service Road 660, is scheduled to begin on July 7. The parking lot, trailhead, and upper part of the road will be closed for approximately 30 days.
Southwest Gas customers can expect to see significant decreases in their bills beginning next month. The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada voted Monday to approve the utility’s request for a significant decrease in its deferred energy rate, an accounting method used by the utility to adjust for changes in the price of natural gas. The change will go into effect on July 1 and is expected to lower the average gas bill in Southern Nevada by more than $10 a month, and by more than $18 a month in Northern Nevada, according to PUC Hearing Officer Sam Crano.
If you’ve ever driven through an area ravaged by wildfire, you’ve likely noticed signs on fences and driveways thanking firefighters. Performing critical services, firefighters are among the most celebrated of our public servants. So plans to alter the way America battles wildfires — through the proposed creation of a $3.7 billion U.S. Wildland Fire Service at the Department of Interior — has raised some eyebrows. Some groups, such as the Center for Western Priorities, called the move a “performative gesture that will cause chaos.”
Entering Nevada’s 2025 legislative session, Gov. Joe Lombardo’s administration had big plans to reform the state’s occupational licensing boards. In January, Lombardo said in his State of the State address that the system should be “smart, lean and productive.” The Department of Business and Industry (B&I) also released a report — conducted at the behest of the Republican governor — calling for significant reforms to the system, including merging and consolidating many of the boards, which oversee licensing for about a quarter of the state’s workforce. Five months later, there’s nothing to show for it. Several proposals, including a comprehensive reform package brought by B&I and other last-minute deals, failed to garner enough legislative support before the session ended on June 2.
For years, educators have sounded alarm bells that per-pupil funding for Nevada schools trails far behind the national average of about $17,000 per student. Without upping the state’s funding by at least a third, advocacy groups warned that schools — which rank near the bottom nationwide — could risk even more overcrowding and teacher shortages.
WINNEMUCCA — Due to increasing fire danger, Stage 1 Fire Restrictions are in effect in central and northwestern Nevada, as of July 1. Restrictions apply to public lands and unincorporated private lands.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian determined the proposal by Senate Energy Chairman Mike Lee would violate the chamber’s rules. Lee, a Utah Republican, has proposed selling millions of acres (8.300 square kilometers) of public lands in the West to states or other entities for use as housing or infrastructure. The plan would revive a longtime ambition of Western conservatives to cede lands to local control after a similar proposal failed in the House earlier this year.
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from withholding billions of dollars in transportation funds from states that don’t agree to participate in some immigration enforcement actions. Twenty states sued after they said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to cut off funding to states that refused to comply with President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. barred federal transportation officials from carrying out that threat before the lawsuit is fully resolved.
(AP) — A listeria food poisoning outbreak that has killed three people and led to one pregnancy loss is linked to newly recalled heat-and-eat chicken fettucine alfredo products sold at Kroger and Walmart stores, federal health officials said late Tuesday. The outbreak, which includes at least 17 people in 13 states, began last July, officials said. At least 16 people have been hospitalized. FreshRealm, a large food producer with sites in California, Georgia and Indiana, is recalling products made before June 17. The recall includes these products, which were sold in the refrigerated sections of retail stores:
CARSON CITY — The Nevada departments of transportation and motor vehicles remind residents not to respond to a continuing driving fee scam. Various versions of the scam have been seen across the nation this year. On June 9, the Nevada Department of Transportation received hundreds of calls from citizens who recently received a slightly updated scam text.
Although Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been detected across Nevada since last November, the most recent outbreak has plateaued, with no new detections in the state during the past two months. All northern Nevada premises have been cleared of quarantine. Given this current trend in Nevada concerning HPAI, the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) is lifting the ban on Nevada poultry and dairy shows.
ELY — The Bureau of Land Management Ely District will not be conducting a firewood sale for 2025. In previous years, the BLM Ely District has conducted an annual firewood sale offering cord units of mixed pinyon-juniper firewood to the public for $85 per cord.
The Bureau of Land Management is reminding the public that flying drones near wildfires is both dangerous and illegal.
SPARKS — Nevada’s temporary allowance for the sale of non-cage-free eggs expired on June 20, and all eggs sold in the state must once again be sourced from cage-free hens. The temporary order was issued on February 20, 2025, by Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) State Quarantine Officer Director J.J. Goicoechea to address rising egg prices and limited supplies caused by the impact of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) on the egg industry.
The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is offering free meals to kids and teens 18 years and younger throughout Nevada. While school may be out for summer, the need for meals continues. More than 21.3 million breakfasts and 39.7 million lunches were served to students in Nevada during the last school year. Many students depend on this food daily, underscoring the importance of programs like SFSP to fill meal gaps while school is out.
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