When visitors enjoy Nevada’s 27 state parks this summer, administrators want to hear from them — what they enjoyed about the park they visited, and what could be improved.
Over two days, nine men were arrested in Stateline in an underage prostitution sting. All of the men arrested were Californians, including South Lake Tahoe residents Victor Medina-Barajas, 51, Brit Hall, 45, Javier Rodriguez-Aguilar, 22 and Aaron Fisher, 26.
A candidate for Nevada governor who lost the Republican primary in June is contesting the results in a lawsuit. The lawsuit from defeated candidate Joey Gilbert challenges a primary election win by Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo and was filed with state District Court in Carson City, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Saturday.
Compassionate, accessible care will be available to Nevadans statewide by dialing an easy to remember three-digit number starting Saturday, July 16th. The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services is transitioning to 988, a behavioral health and crisis phone number, to ensure help is available for those in need. The new three-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will replace the current phone number. During this transition both numbers will be available for use.
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) National Veterinary Services Laboratories, in coordination with the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA), have confirmed the first case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a backyard (non-commercial) flock of domestic birds in Carson City, Nev. The affected premises has been quarantined and birds on the property will be depopulated to prevent the spread of the disease in accordance with USDA guidelines.
Youth in the Nevada 4-H Youth Development Program dedicated some of their time this spring and summer preparing six wild horses for adoption. On July 30, the kids will show the animals that will then be auctioned off for adoption at Nevada’s third Halter-started Wild Horse & Burro Event and Adoption Auction.
The University of Utah congratulates the more than 8,000 graduates who make up the Class of 2022 during an in-person commencement ceremony on May 5, 2022 after two years of virtual celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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. Due to serving the high-risk population we are only allowing under 60 if they are a caregiver for a senior and their meal has increased to $10.
Six employees were injured, including one man with serious burns, after an explosion and fire at a manufacturing facility outside of Boulder City, authorities said. City officials said the explosion occurred just before 10 a.m. at Armorock Polymer Concrete, located in a remote desert area some 7 miles southeast of Boulder City.
A judge ruled Tuesday that results of a blood-alcohol test taken from former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III can be used as evidence in his DUI crash case.
Starting last school year, students in Southern Nevada high schools could take UNR classes, taught by teachers who were connecting directly with UNR faculty on courses that would count for university credit, all for just $75 per credit hour. It came as the first steps of a new pilot dual enrollment program at two Las Vegas high schools, Centennial and Cheyenne, with around 800 participating students taking university-level courses for less than a third of the normal cost.
Last week, Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) proposed a lengthy amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, considered to be a must-pass bill in an otherwise often-gridlocked Congress. The legislative language would have authorized an expansion of the Fallon Naval Air Station onto about 267,000 acres of public land. It’s a smaller version of an expansion the Pentagon has been seeking for many years, arguing that modern warfare requires more room to train, as newer plans drop munitions from greater distances and altitudes. To offset the impact of the Navy’s expansion, which would restrict access to public land, the proposed amendment included numerous conservation, compensation and mitigation provisions.
Democratic Party officials are considering adding another meeting before gathering in August to decide which states will be allowed to hold early primaries beginning in the 2024 cycle, including which states will go first. The meeting would likely take place the week of July 17, according to James Roosevelt, the co-chair of the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC).
Sixty-three percent of Nevada land is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which the BLM works daily to maintain and preserve, especially during wildfire season. After initial debate, the City Council recently approved a 30 year contract with the BLM to allow a BLM aerial firefighting Single Engine AirTanker (SEAT) base operations lease to combine two current leases and for the City to manage an expansion project of the Winnemucca Municipal Airport. All members of the Council were present, with Councilman Michael Owens present via web-call. The expansion will accommodate planes used to provide aircraft support for wildfires, the storage of fire retardant, and various other firefighting operations.
While other higher education institutions have seen a dramatic dip in enrollment rates since the onset of the pandemic and amongst rising inflation, Great Basin College (GBC) has maintained steady numbers in student enrollment and continues their efforts to grow opportunities for students. Jake Rivera, GBC Vice President for Student and Academic Affairs, reported that the number of students enrolled full-time— taking four classes/12 credits per semester— has declined by 6.9% in the 2022 spring term in comparison to last year’s spring term.