The Silver State International Rodeo sponsored the 2023 4th of July parade on Winnemucca Blvd., which upheld the tradition of thoroughly drenching all participants and observers with water. Although water balloons were banned this year due to safety and clean-up concerns, fighters donned hoses, buckets of water and super soakers in the epic water battled. Even firefighters, law enforcement and local businesses on the parade route joined in on the fun!
CARSON CITY— The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) Board approved $5,840,000 from the Workforce Innovations for the New Nevada (WINN) fund to four colleges in the state to address industry needs.
The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, like the rest of the nation, faces a growing wildfire crisis due to accumulating hazardous fuels, a warming climate, and expanding development in the wildland-urban interface. On Jan. 19, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced expanded efforts to reduce wildfire risk in 11 critical landscapes in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.
Nevada financial regulators are taking action against the Las Vegas-based cryptocurrency group Prime Trust, ordering it to shut down and calling for the immediate appointment of a third party to oversee the trust’s operations — an arrangement known as receivership.
Questions raised over the feasibility of fitting a 30,000-seat, retractable-roof Major League Baseball stadium on roughly one-quarter of the Tropicana’s 35-acre south Strip location have not rankled the Oakland A’s nor Bally’s Corp., which operates the Rat Pack-era resort.
Nevada has reached a $285 million settlement with Walgreens over the company’s role in the opioid epidemic, bringing the state’s total recovery from drug companies and distributors to more than $1.1 billion, Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Wednesday.
Nevada's lowest wage workers will see larger paychecks now that the state's minimum wage increased Saturday.
The Humboldt River Field Office has published a Notice of Realty Action in the Federal Register to convey 40 acres to Humboldt County for construction of a new public school complex that will include a K-8 elementary school and a high school in Orovada, Nevada, to improve educational services in the community.
Forty people attended a town hall at the Lovelock train depot on Monday night, six of them via Zoom. That's a sizable turnout for a small town. It demonstrates the groundswell of support for a Boys and Girls Club in Lovelock. Wendy Nelsen hosted the event. Middle school principal Shea Murphy moderated. Michael Wurm and Mark Jacoby came prepared to answer questions. Wurm is the CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows. Jacoby is the Director of Frontier Operations. Anything outside the Reno/Sparks area is considered a Frontier location.
A state-level regulation being proposed by the Nevada State Board of Education (NSBE) to mandate that middle and high school start times be no earlier than 8:30 a.m. could further complicate the considerations of the Humboldt County School District (HCSD) Board of Trustees to possibly switch all of the schools in Humboldt County to a four-day schedule.
A woman's 911 text message saying she had been kidnapped in Boulder City led to the shooting by Las Vegas police of an armed suspect in an SUV with at least two other people inside, authorities said Friday.
A Las Vegas man who was serving his prison sentence for a prior conviction for possession of child pornography was sentenced by United States District Judge Anne R. Traum to 140 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for possession of child sexual abuse material.
University of Nevada, Reno Extension is offering its online Home Horticulture Certificate Program, Aug. 2 to Sept. 28. The program is ideal for anyone wanting to learn more about gardening in Nevada and is also a prerequisite for those interested in becoming a certified Nevada Master Gardener.
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) approved a request from NV Energy to reduce energy costs for customers, starting July 1. The reduction will vary between approximately five percent and 16 percent for July, August and September, depending on a customer’s location and type of electric service they receive.
The Nevada Department of Education is celebrating major legislative accomplishments for education in Nevada. The 82nd Legislative Session (2023) was marked by significant achievements in education funding and policy including the passage of the largest education budget in state history and other important education-related bills.