A bill is proposing to flip Nevada’s long-standing policy requiring parents to consent or opt in for their children to receive sex education curriculum to instead opt out. Nevada is one of five states that requires parents to enroll their children into sex education instruction.
Another judge has adopted a U.S. appellate court's stricter interpretation of a century-and-a-half-old mining law in a new ruling that blocks a metals mine in Nevada. The ruling could have ramifications for a huge lithium mine near the Nevada-Oregon line and other future mines on public lands across the West.
It’s no secret that a lack of affordable housing exists in Winnemucca, but the Winnemucca City Council recently approved zone changes for different properties for the construction of apartments and a duplex.
Legislation sought by environmentalists to address the impacts hardrock mines have on water — particularly with the creation of large-scale, artificial lakes that form when mine pits are shut down — advanced out of a legislative committee last week on a party-line vote.
The Nevada Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the U.S. Forest Service Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest are investing almost $60,000 this year in the Santa Rosa-Paradise Priority Landscape Restoration Project through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership.
NASCAR’s Kyle Petty is bringing his 27th Anniversary Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America to Austin on Sunday for a fan pit stop.
The Nevada First-Gen Network (NFGN) micro-grant program, which strives to improve educational outcomes and alleviate the effects of COVID-19 on prospective first-generation college students, will disperse $2.5 million to programs and initiatives throughout the state of Nevada. Organizations can apply for up to $150,000.
Despite lying within Humboldt County limits, the Winnemucca Municipal Airport and adjacent land is owned and managed by the City of Winnemucca. A 177.31 acre parcel of land east of the Airport has been identified as a potential site for a transloading terminal — proposed by Lithium Nevada — which will take materials necessary for mining operations in Orovada from rail cars to trucks for transport.
From statehouses to the campaign trail, politicians and elected officials across the country have raised the alarm about the fentanyl crisis, pushing for increased penalties for traffickers as a way to limit the rising number of overdose deaths related to the synthetic opioid drug. Nevada lawmakers are considering five bills this legislative session seeking to counter the crisis through heightened felony charges for anyone convicted of selling or distributing fentanyl.
On March 28-29 Great Basin College hosted the annual Maintenance Training Cooperative (MTC) Scholarship finals on their Elko Campus. This is a unique industry sponsored program where over 80 scholarships are awarded to students interested in diesel, electrical, instrumentation, industrial maintenance, and welding technologies.
Lowry Cheer has helped ADF-Winnemucca with the Turkey Trot, Tie-One-On, and Music and Memory. The team is pictured with advisor Cherese Fifield and Harmony/Quail Activity Director Jennifer Nolen after interviewing residents about their favorite musical artists. Cheer will return in 2 weeks with personal music thanks to the support of HGH Auxiliary.
The sexual abuse trial of a "Dances With Wolves" actor charged in Nevada with abusing Indigenous women and girls for more than a decade is on hold indefinitely, a state judge announced Wednesday. Nathan Chasing Horse, 46, was originally set to stand trial May 1. He is charged with 18 felonies, including sexual assault of a minor, kidnapping, lewdness and child abuse.
The Nevada Division of Emergency Management / Homeland Security (DEM) has formally requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct a joint Federal/State Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) team in some Nevada counties.
Nevada lawmakers are considering a bill that would prohibit any government limitations or requirements that may block patients’ access to birth control and reproductive health services.
Police investigating the bizarre Nevada death of a hit-and- run suspect driving a stolen pickup say he probably died from a medical condition after he struck a bicyclist - who jumped into the fleeing truck's bed - before he crashed again and ran off as the bicyclist gave chase. The few sketchy details Sparks police initially released after the driver, Zayven Mergan, died Sunday.