Whether or not Nevada teachers will have their recent pay raises continued will come down to a budget decision next year between Nevada lawmakers and Gov. Joe Lombardo. Funding for those raises was created through SB231, a 2023 bill that created a $250 million matching fund for teacher raises that would supplement salary hikes agreed upon during contract negotiations. Fifteen of the state’s 17 school districts have taken advantage of the fund to boost educator salaries, all except Mineral and Pershing counties.
Four weeks after his son, Denali, 16, died by suicide in 2018, Jason Mayne went back to work. Given a month to grieve, Jason thought he could return to his job as a health and safety trainer for Nevada Gold Mines in Elko County, as usual. But after he responded to a fatality at his workplace, the nightmares and panic attacks began and would not let up. Jason realized he needed help processing his son’s suicide. “It was blatantly obvious to everybody else. I couldn’t deny it,” he said.
The Nevada Division of Child & Family Services is hosting an online Pre-Service Training for Foster Care Applicants from Jan. 28 to February 6, designed to provide prospective foster parents with the foundational knowledge and skills needed to begin fostering in Rural Nevada.
GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — Mary McGee, a female racing pioneer and subject profiled in an Oscar-contending documentary “Motorcycle Mary,” has died, her family said. She was 87. “McGee’s unparalleled achievements in off-road racing and motorcycle racing have inspired generations of athletes that followed in her footsteps,” her family said in a statement.
Changes and improvements are coming for the thousands of veterans who live in Nevada. Mary Devine, who was appointed director of the Nevada Department of Veterans Services in March, spoke to Nevada Army National Guard retirees at their Nov. 18 meeting.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Avid coin collectors jumped at the chance to get their hands on a rare $20 "double eagle" gold coin at a Southern California auction house Tuesday, but only one walked away victorious after paying a hefty price.
ELY — Much needed repairs to the Cave Creek Dam, including bringing the nearly 90-year-old dam up to code and up to date, have been completed according to engineers with the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW). Work began in October of 2019 and was done in coordination with the Nevada Public Works Division, the Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR) and the Nevada Division of State Parks (NDSP).
WINNEMUCCA – Nevada Outdoor School (NOS) is excited to announce it has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the NV Energy Foundation. The generous support will enhance NOS’s youth outdoor education initiatives, support the AmeriCorps program, and operational capabilities to reach more communities throughout rural Nevada.
Senate Democrats’ focus for the next three weeks? Judges, judges, judges. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has vowed to use his remaining time controlling the floor to fill judicial vacancies, adding to the 220 that the upper chamber has confirmed through Joe Biden’s presidency. Senate Republicans are throwing roadblocks in their way — forcing full roll calls to proceed with votes, for example — but have been hampered by absences. Therefore, Democrats have been able to confirm numerous judges, and Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) have voted yes on the more than 20 judicial vacancy-related votes the Senate has held since the election, from ending debate on various nominees to their actual confirmations.
The U.S. Justice Department last week moved to stop a $3.3 purchase of a home health and hospice company by a massive conglomerate that is already operating in that and many other parts of the health sector. It’s one of several antitrust actions taken after a long era of corporate consolidation. The Justice Department — along with attorneys general from Maryland, New York, New Jersey and Illinois — filed suit in a Maryland federal court to stop the purchase of Amedisys Inc. by UnitedHealth Group, the fourth-largest corporation by revenue in the United States.
Amid stalled negotiations over how to manage the troubled Colorado River in the coming decades, the federal government offered clashing states four different management options for the river Wednesday. The highly anticipated proposals released by the Bureau of Reclamation will serve as the foundation of new water management rules to replace the current ones set to expire in 2026.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Education announced Thursday that high school graduation rates increased for the Class of 2024 compared with the previous year. The statewide graduation rate was 81.6% — up from 81.4% for the Class of 2023. In total, 31,978 students graduated this year.
The 2024 presidential election featured sky-high turnout, approaching the historic levels of the 2020 contest and contradicting long-held conventional political wisdom that Republicans struggle to win races in which many people vote. According to Associated Press elections data, more than 153 million ballots were cast in this year's race between Republican Donald Trump, now the president-elect, and Democrat Kamala Harris, the vice president, with hundreds of thousands of more still being tallied in slower-counting states such as California. When those ballots are fully tabulated, the number of votes will come even closer to the 158 million in the 2020 presidential contest, which was the highest turnout election since women were given the right to vote more than a century ago.
The remote ranching community of Wells, at the intersection of Interstate 80 and Highway 93 in the state’s northeastern Elko County, offers examples of the culture of self-reliance, lack of mental health providers and limited privacy that can often hinder discussions of mental health and outreach for help in rural areas. Reagan Brandt, 16, a cheerleader and Future Farmers of America (FFA) member, said when her parents grew up, they didn’t learn about mental health issues or how to navigate them.
Kade Lesbo was a left-handed pitcher with good control and a strong makeup. His junior varsity baseball coach described him as a mentally tough kid with a positive, uplifting attitude, who never seemed to get rattled. He loved the Seattle Mariners, riding dirt bikes, hunting, fishing and camping.