Measuring homelessness in a community can be a challenge for many reasons but the Point-in-Time (PIT) Report captures a glimpse of the numbers collected in counties across Nevada on a specific day each year and is published after the numbers are put together.
CARSON CITY — As the redetermination process associated with the unwinding of the Public Health Emergency continues, Nevada Health Link, Nevada’s health insurance marketplace, is continuing to work diligently to streamline the enrollment process for individuals and households whose increased income no longer qualifies them for Medicaid coverage.
The Nevada Department of Transportation will begin a project Sept. 11 to replace an aging bridge on State Route 396/Upper Valley Road north of Lovelock.
The Sierra Battle Born Chapter of the nonprofit group Women in Aviation International has opened registration for their second annual Girls in Aviation Day event.
When should septic tanks (onsite sewage disposal system holding tanks) be pumped? The most common domestic wastewater treatment system used in rural areas is the septic tanksoil absorption system.
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People from as far away as France traveled to Fallon — a town of a little more than 9,300 people east of Reno — this past weekend to attend the Fallon Cantaloupe Festival and celebrate the Heart of Gold Cantaloupe, a particular breed of melon said to have its beginnings in Churchill County. About 200 volunteers worked from Friday to Sunday to accommodate the more than 15,000 visitors to the festival. Angela Guthrie, the treasurer for the Fallon Cantaloupe Festival Association, is in her second year volunteering for the association.
In recognition of Suicide Prevention Month, the Nevada Office of Suicide Prevention is asking for your help in turning the skyline purple and turquoise during Suicide Prevention Week Sunday, Sept. 10 through Saturday, Sept. 16 to remember lives lost to suicide and remind all Nevadans that they are not alone. Each year, more than 800,000 people worldwide die by suicide, including nearly 48,000 Americans.
Vying to challenge incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and disrupt Democrats’ electoral success in a historically purple state, eight candidates have entered the race for the GOP Senate nomination. They’re aiming to become the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in Nevada since former Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) in 2012.
Tahoe garnered national attention over the Fourth of July weekend when thousands of visitors left mountains of trash on its beaches — not the best way to treat the iconic lake. Beyond the trash, the lake is battlinges clarity issues from natural and human-caused pollutants and aquatic invasive species.
Nevada State Parks rolled out a reservation system for overnight visitors, as well as some day-use visitors, starting Sept. 1. Reserve Nevada, a new online reservation system, offers reservations for day-use passes, campsites and cabins, annual permits and special events. Reservations, which include a service fee of up to $5 per transaction on top of base entry fees, are highly recommended, according to Jenny Jackson, education and information officer.
The Biden administration has launched a new student loan repayment option that could reduce many monthly payments down to zero just as borrowers are set to resume making payments in October for the first time in three years.
Jute panels strung between T-posts fan out in a funnel shape, with juniper bushes flanking the fencing on one side, a sea of sagebrush on the other. At the apex of the funnel, a makeshift horse corral sits empty and waiting. As the sun crests the horizon and lights up the Clover Valley and nearby Ruby Mountains, the corral is filled with the first of the many wild horses rounded up by contractors hired by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the federal agency tasked with managing most of the nation’s 83,000 wild horses and burros, over half of which (nearly 45,000) are in Nevada. The Appropriate Management Level (AML) – the land’s capacity to support them — for Nevada is 12,811.
Summer is wrapping up but that’s no reason to put away those fishing poles. The annual Kids Fishing Day is taking place on Sept. 16 for young anglers at the James Kinney Community Pond on Reinhart Lane. The free event is for kids 11 and under and there are no licenses required.
Every year, volunteers across the state gather before dawn and drive down every street of their communities, counting the number of people experiencing homelessness.