The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Elko District, Tuscarora Field Office, is seeking public input in preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Crescent Valley Geothermal Development Project in Eureka and Lander Counties, Nevada. The 30-day public scoping period will open on June 28, 2023, and will close July 28, 2023.
WINNEMUCCA, Nev.—Humboldt County residents are invited to enjoy a delicious dinner while raising money to combat food insecurities in the community. The Winnemucca Ministerial Association will host a Spaghetti Fundraiser from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 15, at the West Hall, Winnemucca Convention Center.
A total of 330 students at Great Basin College are being honored for their high academic achievement during the Spring 2023 semester with the release of the Dean’s List. Great Basin College acknowledges students with a 3.5 - 4.0 grade point average and confirmed enrollment in 12 or more credits for courses they took in the Spring 2023 semester. Congratulations to all and the great success of your hard work.
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.
Peter Stanton remembers the first time he laid eyes on Walker Lake. Rounding a bend on Highway 95 while driving from south Texas to Northern Nevada, he saw a large patch of blue surrounded by a sea of brown, Mount Grant and the Wassuk Range towering above.
For the first time since the 2017 session, a Legislature led by a Democratic majority worked alongside a Republican governor to set policy for Nevadans. The Nevada Independent tracked key pieces of legislation and policy debates.
Statewide and Strip gaming revenue declined in May compared with the same month a year ago and the Nevada Gaming Control Board had one message Wednesday concerning the decrease: Get used to it.
Environmentalists, tribal leaders and others have fought for years against lithium mining ventures in Nevada. Yet opposition to mining one particular desert tract for the silvery white metal used in electric car batteries is coming from unusual quarters: space.
After three years, the federal government’s student loan repayment pause came to an end June 30. Come September, student loan servicers will begin to collect interest, and Nevadans with student loans will be expected to resume payments in October, per the U.S. Department of Education. As an expense borrowers have not had to consider in three years, economists are concerned repayment could boost defaults on all types of loans as well as depress discretionary spending, a potentially concerning trend for Nevada’s economy.
A conveyance process that previously was moving along quickly has stalled a bit, according to school district officials.
Nevada holds some truly unique recreation opportunities for kids and families and the Nevada Outdoor School (NOS) and their community partners are teaming up to help people recreate safely this summer.
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took the Basque Fry stage in Gardnerville recently, he became the first officially declared 2024 presidential candidate to hold a public event in the Silver State. Relative to the rest of the GOP field, DeSantis made an early splash. But relative to prior Republican contests, Nevada has been little more than an afterthought to the growing presidential primary field, even though there are fewer than eight months remaining until the state’s Feb. 6 primary.
A public process started earlier this month to reshape the way Colorado River water is distributed, with federal officials promising to collect comments about updating and enacting rules in 2027 to continue providing hydropower, drinking water and irrigation to farms, cities and tribes in seven Western U.S. states and Mexico.
Gov. Joe Lombardo has set a new record for the most vetoes issued in a single legislative session, with the first-term Republican rejecting 75 bills passed by the Democrat-controlled Legislature. That includes 43 vetoes issued the final day for Lombardo to sign or veto any bills passed during the regular legislative session before they would automatically become law at midnight.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — In 1978, a garment bag containing a woman's heavily decayed remains was discovered in a remote area of northern Nevada. The case soon went cold - and the victim remained nameless for 45 years.