CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Transportation has announced that nearly $46 million in additional federal highway spending authority has been made available for Nevada state road and bridge projects through the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) August Redistribution process.
Consumers are using online bill payment hubs to go paperless and pay their bills. Hubs allow consumers to pay many of their bills from one central location, as well as store online all the related statements associated with those bills.
RENO, Nevada – The Center for Basque Studies and the Department of English at the University of Nevada, Reno have collaborated to host a magical evening of jazzy music and Shakespeare Sonnets with internationally acclaimed Basque performers, Joxan Goikoetxea and Olatz Prat.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe broke ground on a fish passage project at Numana Dam, that will benefit the recovery of two federally listed species, the Lahontan cutthroat trout and Cui-ui sucker, in northern Nevada.
After House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over allegations of his son’s financial wrongdoings, Nevada’s lone congressional Republican Mark Amodei said he supports it. “I think an inquiry is the right step instead of, ‘Ope, we’re having hearings in front of the Judiciary Committee,’” he said Tuesday.
On July 14, 2023, the Department of the Air Force (DAF) signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Airspace Optimization for Readiness at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho Environmental Impact Statement.
In an acknowledgment that gun control measures remain stuck in a divided Congress, Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) penned a letter to President Joe Biden calling on his administration to pursue additional executive actions to implement gun control measures.
Many of the debates over Nevada’s wild horse population and management take place on social media. But on Thursday, Sen. Ira Hansen (R-Sparks) and Oregon-based animal rights activist Scott Beckstead took their debate over wild horses and their impacts on the Silver State off the internet and onto a debate stage in Elko County.
National and Nevada GOP leaders are launching a campaign for Republicans to vote early and by mail in the 2024 election, reversing course on a voting method former President Donald Trump lambasted as corrupt in 2020. In a Wednesday call with reporters, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDonald, Gov. Joe Lombardo, Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) and state party Chair Michael McDonald urged Republican voters to either vote early or vote by mail.
Burning Man is a spectacle every year. Attendees flock to Northern Nevada in outlandishly decorated vehicles, erecting elaborate art installations in a remote patch of desert in the Black Rock Desert. But this year’s event garnered international attention when nearly 70,000 attendees were trapped in the desert following a storm that created exceptionally muddy conditions, rendering travel on the Black Rock Playa — the ancient lakebed where the event is held — virtually impossible.
The super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign is calling the state Republican Party’s decision to hold a caucus as evidence that it has “rigged” the primary to ensure an early state victory for former President Donald Trump. The Nevada GOP plans to hold a party-sponsored presidential caucus on Feb. 8 — two days after the state-run presidential primary on Feb. 6. The state GOP has said it will award delegates to the winner of the caucus, and is asking candidates to not participate in the primary.
Great Basin Gas (GBG), a subsidiary of Southwest Gas, supplies natural gas to homes all across Nevada and Humboldt County. GBG has recently started the 2023 Mainline Replacement Project running to the west of US Highway 95 and ending west of Winnemucca, south of Jungo Road. It will replace a gas line that supplies gas to Winnemucca, Lovelock, Fernley, Fallon, Yerington, Carson, Reno, Minden, Genoa, Gardnerville, Tahoe and other surrounding areas.
The music scene in Northern Nevada is full of talented artists and the Sagebrush Sounds Music Festival is bringing 16 of them to Winnemucca on Sept. 23 at the Havens Ranch located west of town at 8005 McNinch Rd. Every dollar earned will go to benefit the Frontier Community Action Agency (FCAA) to help connect members of the community with resources in times of socioeconomic difficulty and raise awareness about the resources available in the community.
Winnemucca, a town of more than 8,600 residents off Interstate-80 in Northern Nevada, is proud of its reputation as a great place to raise a family and cheer for the Lowry High Buckaroos athletic teams. It's also billed as the "Friendliest Town in Nevada" by Travel Nevada. That, however, has not led to people flocking to live there, as growth has remained steady in number.
The state of Nevada is facing a difficult reality—kids, teens and adults are suffering traumatic brain injuries from off-highway vehicle (OHV) accidents at alarming rates and not only does Nevada not have a sufficient number of medical centers in proximity to rural areas where most of these accidents are happening, but Nevada also lacks the proper helmet laws to keep people safe.