RENO, Nev. (AP) — Cooler temperatures and increasing moisture levels allowed state and federal public land managers on Friday to lift fire restrictions that have been in place across much of western Nevada since late July.
RENO, Nev. — The Northern Nevada Reading Coalition, an alliance of community partners that is committed to early childhood literacy in Nevada, is expanding Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to 13 counties across northern Nevada. The Imagination Library is the flagship program of the Dollywood Foundation and mails free, high-quality, age-appropriate books to enrolled children from birth until their fifth birthday, regardless of their family’s income. Enrollment opened Sept. 1 and is made possible through the joint efforts of the Northern Nevada Reading Coalition, United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra (UWNNS), and Nevada state legislators.
RENO — A new grant awarded to the University of Nevada, Reno will help efforts to bring more sustainability to Nevada’s meat and poultry industry, providing more training to people who want to work in this vital supply chain for the nation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bureau of Land Management is welcoming public input on a plan to inform recreation management on America’s public lands.
WINNEMUCCA – Humboldt General Hospital is excited to announce a new partnership with Western Surgical Group, enhancing healthcare services for Winnemucca and surrounding communities. Effective Sept. 31, Western Surgical Group will be providing advanced surgical care at Humboldt General Hospital, reinforcing its commitment to delivering exceptional medical services and expertise to patients in need.
As many of the other essential career fields within communities struggle to fill key positions, criminal justice and law enforcement are no exceptions to the staffing difficulties that are being felt across the nation.
UFW Foundation is accepting applications for the USDA Farm and Food Worker Relief (FFWR) Grant Program. The FFWR Program is a program that would allow UFW Foundation to provide a one-time payment of $600 to farmworkers affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic.
September is National Preparedness Month, an annual opportunity to help raise awareness of the importance of preparing for emergencies. National Preparedness Month, an annual campaign that encourages people across the nation to prepare for natural, man-made, and technological disasters at their homes, businesses and neighborhoods.
The Nevada Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to impose fines against the state agency responsible for delays in providing treatment to criminal defendants found mentally unfit to stand trial.
Some days, Allen Woolridge plans for the future of Lake Tahoe’s popular state parks. Other days, he empties trash cans and cleans the bathrooms. Woolridge is the Tahoe region manager for Nevada State Parks, a top administrator with 15 years working for the agency.
Korri Ward’s identical twin sons are 30 years old. One of her sons, Darrick, graduated from UNR with a master’s degree and now works for the federal government. He’s a voracious reader and massive movie buff who loves DC and Marvel comic books and lights up when he talks about his favorite films. The other son, Doug, has a small candy machine business and lives at home in a duplex she and her husband built to give him independence. An avid outdoor lover, he can spend hours swimming and going to the park with the family’s dog, Shep. He also loves listening to music. When they were 5 years old, both of her sons were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, a developmental disability that manifests differently in each person and is often characterized by challenges with communication, social interactions and restricted or repetitive behaviors or interests.
AFSCME, a major government employee union, announced late Tuesday that it sued Gov. Joe Lombardo in state district court over his veto of a bill that would have funded a pay increase awarded to state workers as part of a 2021 arbitration agreement. The group, one of the largest unions representing state workers in Nevada, also said it sued Lombardo over his vote against approving a collective bargaining agreement during a Board of Examiners meeting in May — a move the union cast as “a violation” of collective bargaining rights.
An effort to halt the public financing package approved by Nevada lawmakers in June for a Major League Baseball stadium in Las Vegas formally launched Wednesday when a political action committee formed by the statewide teachers union filed a referendum petition with the secretary of state’s office.
In 2022, 396 people lost their lives on Nevada Roads (up 2.86% from 2021). Speeding was one of the top two contributing factors in fatal crashes across the silver state.
Earlier this year, Nevada lawmakers unanimously passed SB375, which allocates $20 million over the next two fiscal years to increase the number of nursing faculty and graduates at seven state nursing programs — an effort to address the state’s troubling nursing shortage.