CARSON CITY — A career officer with the Nevada Army National Guard was named Monday as the newest director of the Nevada Department of Veterans Services. Col. Mary Devine of Reno succeeds Fred Wagar, who left his post in January. She recently served as chief of staff for Maj. Gen. Ondra Berry, the state’s adjutant general.
The fire agency that serves 96 percent of Douglas County says it will no longer collaborate with NV Energy to provide specialized services for the utility in preparation for or during natural disasters. The East Fork Fire Protection District has worked with NV Energy for the past three years under its Natural Disaster Protection Plan to provide services such as use of fire stations during planned outages, as well as being on standby during red flag warnings and when the utility re-energized after outages.
At its regular meeting on March 19, the Winnemucca City Council (with all members present):
Elko County commissioners voted Wednesday to have the clerk’s office analyze the suitability of using hand counting and paper ballots in the 2024 general election to ease voter worries about election fraud.
When in doubt, just make it a study. It’s a common narrative in Carson City: When a promising but controversial bill has no realistic path forward, the bill becomes a study, conducted in the name of gathering more data and insight that might convince future lawmakers to take action. But some lawmakers this week expressed frustration at the prospect of “yet another survey” on an issue many feel is nearing crisis levels.
Nevada U.S. Democratic Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto called on Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra to improve tribal access to federal mental health services via a letter sent earlier this month.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Retired Army Capt. Sam Brown filed his formal candidacy Thursday for the seat held by first-term Sen. Jacky Rosen in a race Republicans have targeted nationally as one of their best chances to knock off an incumbent Democrat.
RENO — After nearly a year in the works, a grower-led initiative has launched the Nevada Farm Network, a new online hub where Nevada agricultural producers can connect and share information with one another, as well as find resources to help them increase farm efficiency and economic return, while using best practices to sustain their businesses and our natural resources.
Battle Mountain General Hospital ("BMGH") has become aware of a data security incident that occurred on January 25, 2024, potentially affecting the electronic records of both employees and patients, including personal health information (PHI).
Nevada’s senators sent a letter Friday to leaders of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee requesting a hearing for Sen. Jacky Rosen’s (D-NV) Washoe County lands bill.
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed fiscal year 2025 budget includes $15 million for permanent sterilization efforts for wild horses and burros.
The DMV is rolling out a new mobile appointment system, offering online written driving tests and preparing to close its Henderson location, lawmakers were told last week. DMV officials updated the legislative Interim Growth and Infrastructure Committee on new programs that are being implemented to help direct people toward online services and alleviate long wait times from in-person visits.
As President Joe Biden continues to campaign around the country, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo sent a letter to the president highlighting the state’s housing crisis and requesting Biden streamline the process of making federal land available for affordable housing development. With 85 percent of Nevada’s land owned and managed by the federal government, Lombardo wrote that the federal government’s lack of collaboration with the state had limited Nevada’s ability to build affordable rental housing — a problem Lombardo wrote that Biden’s administration could help solve by allocating more federal land for housing development.
The Nevada Secretary of State’s Office is pushing back its rollout of a long-anticipated, centralized voter registration and election system from April to July amid concerns raised by more than a dozen county clerks who were uncertain that the system could be fully vetted ahead of the June primary.
The union representing a large number of state employees in Nevada has reached a deal to ensure that eligible employees can participate in an incentive program that boosts salaries for the state’s longest-tenured employees.