Are you looking for a fun activity for your child to participate in this summer? Join our Fit Kids kickoff at 10 a.m. on June 22, at Ralph Whitworth Recreation Complex.
Jeffrey Ross Gunter, a health care executive and former U.S. ambassador to Iceland, has launched a website hinting at a potential run for U.S. Senate in Nevada. The Nevada Globe reported Gunter is “mulling a run” to join a Republican primary field that includes former state assemblyman Jim Marchant and is expected to include retired U.S. Army Captain Sam Brown in a race to take on Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) next November.
Attorneys with the Nevada Commission on Ethics are recommending the panel find that Gov. Joe Lombardo violated state law and be assessed an unprecedented $1.6 million fine for using his Clark County Sheriff uniform and badge while running for governor in 2022. A legal analysis submitted ahead of a June 13 judgment hearing by ethics commission attorneys cites 34 distinct ethics law violations of two state statutes leading to 68 violations. The analysis recommended the commission censure Lombardo, designate an ethics officer within the governor’s office and impose a more than $1.6 million fine based on multiple social media posts and other election material produced during Lombardo’s successful campaign for governor last year.
Attorney General Aaron Ford’s office announced Wednesday that Nevada will receive an additional $193 million from Teva Pharmaceuticals through one of the state’s many settlements with major companies involved in the opioid epidemic. Under the settlement, Teva will make annual payments to the state from July 2024 through July 2043, starting at $7 million and increasing on a sliding scale until reaching $27 million in 2042. Teva will also stop the promotion of opioids and opioid products in Nevada.
When the Legislature’s regular session adjourned sine die on Monday, scores of the thousands of bills introduced hit the dust. Some were left behind as part of high-level deals between the governor and legislative leaders, and others were simply considered too fraught or too expensive to advance in the 120-day session. Below are highlights of some of the most notable measures to fail when the legislative clock ran out.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers voted late June 6 to approve the last of the state’s five budget bills in an emergency special session, sending the measure to Gov. Joe Lombardo as the final piece in a budget deal that crumbled at the 11th hour of the regular session. After Senate Republicans blocked passage of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) bill Monday night, a termed-out Sen. Scott Hammond (R-Las Vegas) reversed course Tuesday, supporting the measure across the legislative finish line and sending it to Lombardo’s desk less than one day after the regular session ended. The special session Tuesday lasted less than two hours.
McDermitt Combined School held its graduation last week, celebrating the two seniors in the small class of 2023. Elias Smart and valedictorian Noah Frey were honored in front of family, friends and staff, even though Frey was not able to attend the ceremony.
You never know what Mother Nature is going to throw at you in northern Nevada. A year ago, temperatures hit nearly 100 degrees, but this past Friday night, a rainstorm struck during the end of the valedictorian speech and the handing of diplomas. That did not deter the Battle Mountain high School Class of 2023, as they still celebrated their accomplishment, in front of a large crowd of family, friends, teachers and administrators.
The class of 2023 is certainly a class with grit according to teachers, students and administration and they celebrated the conclusion of their high school career at their graduation ceremony on June 7. “The Lowry High School Class of 2023 has been a very dedicated and resilient class having navigated through all of the difficulties associated with the Covid-19 Pandemic. I am very impressed by how well they transitioned from “normal” high school to “virtual” high school and now back to “normal” high school-whatever that is,” said Lowry High School Principal Ray Parks in an email.
Saturday, June 4, was a special day in Lovelock. Forty-six students graduated from Pershing County High School in a ceremony held in the gymnasium. Hannah Gonzalez was the valedictorian. Tavis Hunt was the salutatorian.
Veterans were treated to a breakfast on Friday, May 27 as part of the community's efforts to bring awareness to mental health. The event was sponsored by Humboldt Connections and was included in the 'Paint the Town Green' initiative for Mental Health Awareness Month. Veterans gathered in the meeting room of the courthouse along with county and city officials and public officers and were treated to a hot breakfast.
Staff Sergeant Joseph Page was chosen as the Nevada National Guard Soldier of the Year for 2023. Sergeant Page is a maintenance technician for the 991 Aviation Company based at Stead. Their field is home of Blackhawk and the big Chinook helicopters. The Soldier of the Year ceremony was on stage of Run-A-Mucca right before the Quiet Riot concert and the Burning of the Bike.
Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada (CCNN) and the Humboldt County Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting on Thursday, June 8 at Noon at the new Neighborhood Center located at 625 Sheehan Street. The newest neighborhood center expands Catholic Charities’ brick and mortar footprint outside of Washoe County and into rural Nevada.
The Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Technician Assistance Center, within the College of Education and Human Development’s Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities (NCED), has been awarded approximately $1.2 million dollars to support trauma-informed services in Pershing, Churchill and Lyon school districts.
The Nevada GOP filed a lawsuit last week against the state over a 2021 law dropping its presidential caucus and establishing a presidential primary in the state.