With adjacency of county lines, Pershing and Humboldt counties have many similar economic factors contributing to their development. From housing and revitalization to local government activity and major industry developments, both counties have substantial growth—and barriers—ahead of them.
The Humboldt County School District (HCSD) Board of Trustees passed a motion to implement a resolution of political neutrality at their most recent meeting on Oct 25.
Aubrey Rowlatt is retiring early after one term as Carson City's clerk-recorder, having seen drastic changes in the way elections are administered and scrutinized in her small county office and across Nevada.
Cover crops are crops grown in between cash crop cycles, intercropped with cash crops, or planted in the absence of a normal crop. They are grown to protect the land from soil erosion and loss of nutrients and to add organic matter to the soil, which can lead to increased soil microbial populations and diversity. Cover cropping is an important component of sustainable agricultural systems because it helps build soil health and makes the soil more resilient to drought and other extreme environmental factors.
The Black Rock Field Office has initiated a 30-day scoping period for a proposed road re-route within the Soldier Meadows Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area). Route 2054 “High Rock Lake Road” currently crosses critical habitat for the desert dace, a federally protected fish species, only found within the Soldier Meadows area.
The Great Basin College Foundation is pleased to announce the receipt of a $5,000 donation from Southwest Gas. The GBC Foundation accepted this generous donation on Thursday, September 29th.
The Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) is encouraging horse owners to practice good horse health safety measures to mitigate the risk of disease as numbers of confirmed cases of pigeon fever rise in the fall. Year to date, the NDA Animal Disease Laboratory has confirmed 23 cases of pigeon fever, 18 of which have been confirmed since Sept. 1, highlighting the spike commonly seen in this disease this time of year.
The Nevada chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency petition to the state Supreme Court on Monday challenging Nye County and its interim clerk's plan to count election votes by both hand and machine, a method crafted by elected officials and candidates acting on false claims of election fraud.
Members of the union representing state-employed police officers have voted overwhelmingly that they have “no confidence” in Gov. Steve Sisolak given his handling of pay and staffing issues.
Nevada’s federal Democratic incumbents, led by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Rep. Susie Lee, continued to raise money at a blistering pace and set new fundraising records for Nevada races during the third quarter.
Five years ago, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and Joe Lombardo stood together in the national spotlight, kicking off a fund that raised millions of dollars for victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history on the Las Vegas Strip. Sisolak, a Democrat, at the time was chairman of the powerful Clark County Commission, the elected body with jurisdiction over Las Vegas. He praised Lombardo, the nonpartisan elected Clark County sheriff and head of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the largest police agency in Nevada.
Assistant Editor/Sports Editor Tony Erquiaga submitted pieces of his writing to the 2022 Nevada Better Newspaper Contest and placed in two different categories.
The new Transitional Living Center at Humboldt County Juvenile Hall is the first of its kind in the state of Nevada and is officially open as of its grand opening on Oct. 17. Director of Juvenile Services, Pauline Salla, was excited to announce the strides that Humboldt County has made to support at-risk youth in the community through the opening of this facility.
From his home in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Graeme Dean says there's plenty that's disheartening about the state of the country and politics these days. At the center of one of this year's most competitive U.S. Senate races, he's on the receiving end of a constant barrage of vitriolic advertising that makes it easy to focus on what's going wrong.
Law enforcement officers are generally the first to respond to a call for help and with every second counting in an emergency, it makes sense that officers would be equipped with life-saving gear.