WINNEMUCCA — Fire restrictions were decrease in central and northwest Nevada on Oct. 4, on public lands and unincorporated private lands. Public lands include: Bureau of Land Management, Nevada Division of Forestry, and USDA Forest Service (jurisdictions below).
The number of solar-related jobs in Nevada increased 14 percent in 2023, more than twice the nationwide average, according to the Interstate Renewable Energy Council’s National Solar Job Census.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The top election official in a key northern Nevada swing county is taking a stress-related leave of absence with just over a month to go before Election Day, creating a sense of uncertainty about election operations in a county that has been under near-constant attack since 2020. The announcement regarding Washoe County interim Registrar of Voters Cari-Ann Burgess is the latest high-level change to roil the elections office. It might also be the most consequential departure spurred by the years-long campaign against election administrators sparked by unproven claims of voter fraud.
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress left Capitol Hill last week to focus their attention on the campaign trail during the six weeks leading up to Election Day, leaving much of their work unfinished. The Republican House and Democratic Senate are scheduled to remain on recess until Nov. 12, though the urgent needs created in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which are fully funded for the moment, could bring the chambers back into session before then.
Many state chief information and security officers say they don’t have the budget, resources, staff or expertise to feel fully confident in their ability to guard their government networks against cyberattacks, according to a new Deloitte & Touche survey of officials in all 50 states and D.C.
A bill to keep federal funds flowing to Lake Tahoe for another 10 years is now awaiting the president’s signature after successful passage in both chambers. The Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act, introduced by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) in March 2023 and co-sponsored by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and the senators from California, is the third iteration of the original Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2000.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has completed its Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Robertson Mine Project, located in the Shoshone Range of Lander County. Nevada Gold Mines, LLC, the company behind the project, plans to explore and mine approximately 5,990 acres, with an estimated 4,177 acres of surface disturbance on public lands.
(AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has ordered the dismissal of a sprawling sex abuse indictment against Nathan Chasing Horse, while leaving open the possibility of charges being refiled in a case that sent shockwaves throughout Indian Country and led to more criminal charges in the U.S. and Canada. Proceedings in the 18-count criminal case have been at a standstill for more than a year while the former “Dances with Wolves” actor challenged it. The full seven-member court’s decision, issued Thursday, reverses earlier rulings upholding the charges by a three-member panel of the high court and a state judge.
The Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) is set to kick off another round of pre-service training for foster care applicants on October 22, 2024, at 5:45 p.m. This training consists of four sessions, providing a total of 8 hours of introductory information for those interested in becoming foster parents.
Outdoor enthusiasts and community leaders across Nevada have a golden opportunity to enhance the state's off-highway vehicle (OHV) landscape, with $750,000 in grant funding now available through the Nevada Off-Highway Vehicles Program. The program is currently accepting applications for projects aimed at improving OHV infrastructure and promoting responsible, safe outdoor recreation across the state. The deadline to apply is November 17, 2024.
RENO — A dietary fiber derived from the hulls of hemp seeds has the potential to promote gut health, an important element of overall wellness, finds newly published research from a team at the University of Nevada, Reno. Now that researchers have seen that the hemp-hull formulation is promising, their next step is better understanding of the mechanism behind its benefits for gut health, said Steven Frese, an assistant professor in the University’s Department of Nutrition in the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources, who also conducts research as part of the College’s Experiment Station unit.
RENO — Let’s not beat around the bush and just cut right to the good news. This year’s Nevada Chukar Hunting Forecast, an annual report put out by the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) that takes habitat conditions and statewide survey results to estimate chukar populations, was recently released and predicts that Nevada will experience the best chukar and Hungarian partridge season in the last 20-30 years.
LOVELOCK — BLM’s final environmental analysis of a proposed expansion of the Colado Mine in Pershing County is now available online for public review. BLM analyzed potential impacts from the proposed modification and expansion of the current 969-acre silica operation across an additional 1,811 public and private acres.
CARSON CITY – The Nevada Department of Education is working with the Great Basin tribes to ensure that students who demonstrate a high level of proficiency in a Native American language can earn the Nevada State Seal of Biliteracy. The Nevada Department of Education and tribal leaders held workshops in July at the Nevada Museum of Art to begin the process of developing student assessments to gauge proficiency.
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of policy interviews with members of Nevada’s federal delegation in Washington D.C. Although the U.S. Postal Service gave notice last month it was abandoning plans to reroute Reno-area mail processing to Sacramento, the battle with the Postal Service is not over, Nevada’s 2nd U.S. House District Rep. Mark Amodei said on Nevada Newsmakers recently.