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Google to spend $400 million to expand Nevada data centers

Google plans to invest more than $400 million in Nevada this year to support its data center campuses in Storey and Clark counties, the company announced Tuesday. The investment will help meet growing demand for Google Cloud, AI innovations, and other digital products and services, Google Data Centers Vice President Joe Kava said at an event held at UNR to announce the investment.

Legislative committee to sponsor bill to establish dementia care network

State lawmakers next year will consider legislation to expand and better coordinate resources for Nevadans with dementia. The interim Legislative Committee on Senior Citizens, Veterans and Adults With Special Needs on Friday approved their bill draft requests for the 2025 Legislative Session, which is scheduled to begin in early February. Its most ambitious proposal is to create a Nevada Memory Network, described as “a system of care for the diagnosis and care of Nevadans with dementia.”

Walker Basin farmers retire groundwater

SMITH, NV – The Walker Basin Conservancy and Fulstone family announced a new water acquisition that protects groundwater in Smith Valley. The Conservancy has purchased 500 acre-feet of primary groundwater from the Fulstone family and has filed permanent relinquishment documents with the State, making the groundwater unavailable for future pumping.

Registration open for free Girls in Aviation Day

RENO – The Sierra Battle Born Chapter of nonprofit group Women in Aviation has opened registration for its third annual Girls in Aviation Day event.

Great Basin College celebrates grand opening of Nevada Gold Mines Welding Technology Lab

ELKO — Great Basin College announces the grand opening of its newly expanded welding facility, a milestone made possible with support from Nevada Gold Mines, Greater Nevada Credit Union and other generous donors. Construction on the Nevada Gold Mines Welding Technology Lab at GBC began in April of 2023 and will be completed in time to welcome students for the Fall 2024 semester.

U.S. Education Department outlines testing period for phased rollout of new FAFSA form

WASHINGTON — With the U.S. Department of Education using a staggered approach in opening up the 2025-26 application period for federal financial student aid, the agency said Tuesday it will partner with a small number of community-based organizations to participate in the first testing period beginning Oct. 1. Earlier in August, the department said it would use a phased rollout to launch the Free Application for Federal Student Aid — more commonly known as FAFSA — in an attempt to address any issues before the form is available to everyone.

Vegas-sized solar project could come to Nevada's smallest county; residents not thrilled

Esmeralda County is known for its vast swaths of rugged, undeveloped mountains and basins. And that’s how its residents like it. Fewer than 750 people — just one per every five square miles — call Esmeralda home, making it the least populated county in the state and the second-least populated county in the continental U.S.

As race narrows, Trump campaign ramps up

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is ramping up its presence in Nevada on the airwaves and through volunteer efforts as the race tightens, closing the gap with Democrats’ more established ground game in the Silver State. The Trump campaign now has five Nevada offices open — four in Southern Nevada and one in Northern Nevada — and is relying on its “Trump Force 47” program to recruit volunteers, a nationwide effort that began in late May. It is hosting weekly events that include door knocking, new volunteer orientation and training on election integrity, and a campaign spokesperson said additional staff hiring is underway.

Lombardo touts state programs that provide free meals to students

In an open letter to Nevada parents, Gov. Joe Lombardo touted the state’s programs that provide free meals to more than 80 percent of K-12 students and condemned “partisan attacks” regarding his veto of a bill to fund free meals for all students this school year. In the letter sent Wednesday, Lombardo reiterated that more than four-fifths of K-12 students are automatically eligible to receive free school meals because of their school’s Community Eligibility Provision, which allows certain high-poverty schools and districts to serve no-cost breakfast and lunch. This applies to all students in nine counties, including Clark but excluding Washoe, while noting that students enrolled in other federal assistance programs such as SNAP and Medicaid are already eligible for free meals.

Postal Service drops plan to move all Reno mail processing to Sacramento

The United States Postal Service is abandoning plans to move all Reno mail processing to Sacramento following a bipartisan outcry and a federal lawsuit brought by Washoe County. The Postal Service said Tuesday that outgoing single-piece mail — which is a smaller quantity than bulk mail — would still be processed in Reno instead of Sacramento once oversight of the plan is complete, indicating that bulk mail would still be processed in Sacramento. The agency is also seeking an advisory opinion from its parent agency, the Postal Regulatory Commission, which was the goal of the lawsuit filed by Washoe County prosecutors earlier this year.

Banning slavery? Question 4 on the 2024 Nevada Ballot

Nevada voters will have a chance this election to remove language from the state Constitution that allows for slavery or indentured servitude as criminal punishment. Advocates say that Question 4 on the 2024 ballot would help the state advance civil rights for all. But what would the measure actually mean for the roughly 10,000 incarcerated people in Nevada?

Community volunteers invited to help commemorate 9/11 with ‘Day of Service’

WINNEMUCCA, Nev.— It’s been nearly 23 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. While the horror of that day still reverberates in the country’s collective memory, local residents are invited to commemorate the anniversary through meaningful acts of service.

Death of woman on 1st day of Burning Man festival under investigation

RENO (AP) — Authorities said Monday that they are investigating the death of a woman at the counterculture festival known as Burning Man, which is held annually in the northern Nevada desert. The Pershing County Sheriff's Office said emergency personnel responded to a call about a woman found unresponsive around noon Sunday in Black Rock City — a temporary city erected for the festival, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Reno.

Lawmakers seek bills to end ‘use it or lose it’ water law, expand water rights retirement program

Nevada’s limited water resources and wide open public lands will continue to be the source of legal and political battles for state lawmakers next year — whatever the outcome of November’s election. When state lawmakers meet in Carson City next February, they will be asked to consider several — likely contentious — bills related to groundwater, agriculture, and public land use during their four-month legislative session.

Winnemucca to host inaugural mural & music festival in 2025, planning sessions upcoming

Winnemucca is set to enhance its cultural landscape with the launch of the Winnemucca Mural & Music Festival in May or June 2025. This initiative, led by the Humboldt Development Authority, aims to bolster the city’s identity and stimulate economic growth through creative placemaking.