With three weeks to go until the June primary election, Nevada Senate candidate Sam Brown is supported by more than half of Republican primary voters and has a 38 percentage point lead over his next closest opponent, according to a new internal poll commissioned by the Brown campaign and shared with The Nevada Independent.
As the temperature heats up across Nevada, NV Energy has tips and resources to help customers stay cool and save energy during the summer months. Average customer bills are projected to decrease between 10 and 15 percent by the end of 2024 compared to 2023.
PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long argued that the biggest hurdle of his presidential campaign is the perception that independent candidates can't win. He has looked to the debates as a singular opportunity to stand alongside Joe Biden and Donald Trump in front of a massive audience.
GERLACH — The Black Rock Station will be reopening to visitors starting Memorial Day weekend through Aug. 11. The station hours will be 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Holidays (with the exception of Juneteenth.) Once Burning Man preparations begin, the Black Rock Station will be closed.
On Saturday, May 18, at approximately 1:25 p.m., Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) Troopers responded to a crash on Interstate 80 near mile marker 226 in Lander County.
MCGILL— Schellraiser has announced the expanded lineup for its third annual micro-music festival, set to take place from May 30 - June 1, 2024 at the McGill Pool Park near Ely. The lineup includes: Ladytron, We are Scientists, Mercury Rev, The Raveonettes, Man Man, Sonido Gallo Negro, No Joy,
CARSON CITY — With northern Nevada seeing high populations of Mormon crickets over the last several years , the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) is reminding motorists to reduce speed and travel safely in areas of heavy cricket concentrations.
BAKER — Five major construction projects are planned or underway at Great Basin National Park this summer — a multi-million-dollar investment to better serve the park’s 145,000 annual visitors. However, these projects will result in short-term disruptions to the visitor experience at the park, including campground, trailhead, and road closures; reduced cave tours; and relocation of evening programs.
Last week, Solidus Resources, LLC responded to the protests about the 18 water right applications it filed with the Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR) on January 19, 2024 (93213-93230). Solidus plans to construct, operate and eventually reclaim an open pit gold mine in the Buena Vista Valley - the Spring Valley Project. On March 27, 2024, NDWR notified Solidus of protests to its applications. NDWR's notification to Solidus set a process into motion. Its nuts and bolts are spelled out in the Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 533.140. Solidus had 45 days in which to respond to the protests if they chose to. If they did respond, they were required to, and did, send a copy of their response to the State Engineer and each person who protested the applications.
Nevada can expect a healthy water year — with some caveats — thanks to a hardy winter snowpack and generous spring showers. As snow melts through the summer, most key reservoirs in northern Nevada and the Sierra are expected to reach full volume this spring, according to the Natural Resource Conservation Services’ May water supply outlook report.
Water quality is vital for everyone and Humboldt County is hosting the 2024 Water Quality Summit on May 30 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the west hall of the Convention Center. “Water is one of our number one resources. We as a community need to understand what measures are being taken to protect our drinking water and what they can do to help,” said Humboldt County Economic Development Officer Michelle Hammond-Allen.
As local governments in Nevada have used one-shot federal recovery relief dollars toward mental and behavioral health services, city and county officials stressed the importance for state lawmakers to figure out a sustainable funding source. During Monday’s Interim Committee of Health and Human Service, officials from Clark County, Washoe County, the City of Las Vegas and rural Nevada updated lawmakers on successes and failures of efforts to connect people experiencing mental health crises to behavioral health services.
The Brain Health Summit, hosted by Age & Dementia Friendly Winnemucca and Humboldt Connections Suicide Prevention Task Force, presented many different community stakeholders and brain health advisors to highlight the vastness of mental health.
A Democratic veto-proof majority in the Nevada Legislature could come down to the race for Senate District 15, a previously Republican-held seat that was redrawn to give Democrats an advantage. The Nevada Senate Republican Caucus, which identified the Northern Nevada district as one of four seats it needs to win, said in a fundraising email this week that a Democratic legislative supermajority would result in “bad liberal policy.”
The Trump campaign and its allies filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a Nevada law allowing elections officials to accept mail ballots for up to four business days after Election Day, as long as they are postmarked before polls close. The lawsuit alleges that the four-day period for mail ballots to be received violates federal law because it does not conform to the Election Day deadline established by the federal government. Attorneys for the plaintiffs, which include the Republican National Committee and the Nevada Republican Party, argue that the law establishing the ballot timeline is therefore “unlawful and must be enjoined.”