Results from the 2024 Presidential Preference Primary Election held on Feb. 6, determine Humboldt County’s choice for democratic candidates heading to the Democratic National Convention that may become presidential candidates during the General Election in November.
RENO — The University of Nevada, Reno has hired Robin Schimandle as the new director of development for the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources to support the College’s various programs that promote student learning, scientific research, and community engagement and programs throughout the state.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada jury has awarded about $130 million in damages in a lawsuit filed by five people who suffered liver damage after drinking bottled water marketed by a Las Vegas-based company before the product was recalled from store shelves in 2021. The Clark County District Court jury awarded more than $30 million in compensatory damages to the plaintiffs including Myles Hunwardsen, a Henderson man who underwent a liver transplant at age 29. The jury levied another $100 million in punitive damages.
“The Nevada Way.” It may just sound like a street name — and in fact, it became one last year — but the novel idiom favored by Gov. Joe Lombardo has become symbolic of the Republican governor’s efforts to reroute the course of the Silver State in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and past Democratic control of state government. The phrase is scattered throughout his administration’s “3-year plan” and “policy matrix,” a strategic plan shared internally in the Lombardo administration and obtained by The Nevada Independent.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly last week to approve a $95 billion emergency spending package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Border security was not included in the bill. The measure now goes to the U.S. House, where Speaker Mike Johnson hasn’t committed to putting the bill on the floor for debate or votes amid opposition to the military and humanitarian assistance from some in the right flank of his conference.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump told thousands of members of the National Rifle Association that “no one will lay a finger on your firearms" if he returns to the White House, and said that during his time as president he “didn’t yield” to the pressure to encroach upon Second Amendment rights.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's Democratic allies are launching an aggressive defense against a special counsel's explosive claims that the 81-year-old president couldn't remember major milestones in his life, trying to diminish the significance of the prosecutor's allegations that Biden was too forgetful to be charged for mishandling classified material.
Nevadans, many of whom are struggling to pay their electricity bills, are now being asked to reimburse NV Energy for $5.75 million in employee bonuses, thanks to an amended order from Public Utilities Commissioner Randy Brown. Brown has led the charge to have ratepayers, rather than shareholders, foot the bill for the utility’s employee bonuses.
RENO — The State Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee approved a $7.5 million match for a $75 million appropriation from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to fund Nevada’s Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (Tech Hubs). The state government’s provision of $7.5 million, in partnership with the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN), is a continuation of the investment that the state has made in contributing to national security and in creating the businesses and new jobs that will power broader national and statewide economic development.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials have agreed to conduct a full, year-long review to determine whether a tiny snail found only in high-desert springs near a huge lithium mine being built along the Nevada-Oregon line should be listed as a threatened or endangered species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a finding published Thursday in the Federal Register that enough scientific exists to warrant the review sought by environmentalists who say that groundwater pumping required for the operation of the Thacker Pass mine could push the Kings River pyrg to the brink of extinction.
The U.S. Drought Monitor on Tuesday listed western Nevada as “abnormally dry” despite early February storms. “Abnormally dry” is the lowest level of the five-tiered system used to rank the severity of a drought.
Nevada Outdoor School (NOS) takes students outdoors and teaches them how to respect the environment, recreate safely, and enjoy Nevada’s unique beauty. Just this month NOS received funds from the Nevada Outdoor Education and Recreation (NOER) grant program (through the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources) for $25,800 to go towards their Nature in My World, Nature in the Park, and Nature Explorers programs, all geared towards youth in the community.
Clark County Commission Chairman Tick Segerblom threatened to pull a county permit necessary to stage the 2024 Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix during an interview Tuesday on Nevada Newsmakers, after the international racing group failed to get Commission approval before posting dates and times of the upcoming race.
Lowry High School inducted three new members into the Winnemucca High Schools Hall of Fame this past Saturday. Each individual member has played a crucial role in the development of Winnemucca’s community.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Division of State Parks is currently accepting grant applications for motorized trail projects in anticipation of the 2024 Federal Highway Administration funding of the Recreational Trails Program (RTP).