NV Energy has implemented an additional safeguard to their wildfire safety measures. When an active wildfire moves too close to NV Energy equipment, an emergency de-energization of the power lines will take place. This process allows NV Energy to make the most effective decisions, avoid additional fire risk and protect first responders.
As the crow flies, I was only several miles outside Carson City but I was miles from the closest trailhead. If I hadn’t studied the map so thoroughly before leaving the car, I wouldn’t have known how close I was to Nevada’s political wheelhouse. Spanning 9.8 miles between the Tahoe Rim Trail and Carson City’s popular Ash to Kings Trail, the Capital to Tahoe Trail was completed in 2023. It is the only non-motorized, single-track trail that connects Carson City and Lake Tahoe and, according to the Tahoe Fund, provides access to Tahoe trails without adding to the number of people and vehicles at busy Tahoe trailheads.
RENO (AP) — A ballot question to enshrine Nevada’s abortion rights in the state constitution has met all of the requirements to appear in front of voters in November, the Nevada Secretary of State’s office announced, and Democrats across the nation hope similar measures mobilize supporters on Election Day.
With pandemic-era public benefits ending and high prices on groceries, officials are sounding the alarm about a growing number of Nevada seniors going hungry. CEO Beth Martino of food security nonprofit Three Square and Marie Baxter with Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada said a reduction of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — or food stamp — benefits as well as inflation are contributing to the post-pandemic increase in food insecurity among the state’s older residents.
From record heat in Las Vegas to fires burning 138 acres in Sparks, Nevadans statewide were reminded this month that summers are becoming longer and hotter. That reminder isn’t just in residents’ backyards like the smoke that rolls down the Sierras during August. It’s in their homes as well — more specifically, in their home insurance policies.
After wildfires in Nevada burned just 1,305 acres last year — the lowest in the state’s recorded history — forecasters fear dry conditions in the next couple months will make this year a much different story. With less precipitation than normal across much of the Great Basin in June, a prolonged heat wave, and fields of flammable grasses helped along by a wet spring, most of northern and western Nevada and portions of southern Nevada are at greater risk of widespread wildfires from July through August.
Due to drying vegetation, increasing daytime temperatures and some human-caused fires the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western Nevada Agency; Bureau of Reclamation, California - Great Basin Region; Nevada Division of Forestry, Public Domain Allotments; and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex announce the implementation of fire restrictions on all lands under their jurisdiction effective Friday, June 21 and lasting until further notice.
Lake Tahoe is full for the first time in five years. The lake has come within an inch of its maximum 6,229 feet, according to a U.S. Geological Survey gauge, and water officials are declaring it officially full.
Pushed by the burgeoning growth of the data-storage industry, Northern Nevada’s energy usage could double within a decade, NV Energy President and CEO Doug Cannon said recently on Nevada Newsmakers. “Right now, in Northern Nevada, our total load is about 2,000 megawatts on any given day,” Cannon told host Sam Shad. “We have contracts signed with data centers wanting to come to our state that would increase that to 4,000 megawatts.
ELKO – Great Basin College (GBC) proudly announces the launch of an innovative Paramedic/Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to Registered Nurse (RN) Bridge program, providing a new pathway into the state’s #1 ranked Nursing Program, GBC’s Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Nursing.
The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents voted 7-6 Friday to adopt a definition of antisemitism that opponents including the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada say may infringe on student and faculty academic and speech freedoms.
Since Nevada Medicaid resumed eligibility checks for beneficiaries in June of last year, only an average of 5 percent of Nevadans deemed ineligible for the publicly funded insurance program each month have managed to enroll in a plan through the state’s health insurance exchange.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says consumers should avoid eating shellfish from Oregon and Washington state as they may be contaminated with toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. At least 31 people have been sickened in Oregon so far, according to state health officials. Here's what to know about the federal agency's advisory.
Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority CEO Daren Griffin said visitors tell him they love the size of the airport and how easy it is to get through. That’s why the goal of the airport’s ongoing billion-dollar capital improvement project is to modernize the facility and make it “big enough to fit this community” but not lose the “sense of convenience and ease that everybody loves about this airport.”
Nevada’s primary election day was marked by low turnout across the state, although all voting systems and methods seemed to be successful. “Early voting ran smoothly, and Election Day went well,” said Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar.