Nevada State News

20/07/2022

Those in violation of trespass laws could be required to pay administrative costs caused by the trespass, along with fair market land rent or charge for road use for the years of trespass.

Officials with the Bureau of Land Management this week said they’re seeing an increase of “unauthorized use” on public lands.

20/07/2022

On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded Southern Nevada an environmental justice grant to study air quality in East Las Vegas, where about 65% of residents are Hispanic.

18/07/2022

“Anti-choice state legislators in Missouri, Texas, and Arkansas have said they want to pass bills to fine or prosecute women who travel for health care."

Senate Republicans blocked U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s bill that would protect patients in states where abortion is banned who seek to travel out of state to access services.

14/07/2022

“It would allow private developers to purchase hundreds of thousands of acres of public land for sprawl and industrial development, including 10,000 acres in Douglas County, 50,000 acres in Churchill County, and a near unlimited amount of acreage in Pershing County."

Progressive and environmental groups on Tuesday protested outside of Congressman Mark Amodei’s (R-Nev.) office on Kietzke Lane in south Reno.

14/07/2022

The tour was part of the launch of the Nevada Climate Series, an effort by the state’s Climate Initiative and the governor to draw attention to the impacts of climate change.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak on Wednesday toured the site of the 2020 Pinehaven Fire in west Reno and met with elementary school students who were affected by the fire.

12/07/2022

The Nevada State Railroad Museum collaborated with other rail museums to make the Great Western Steam Up a success.

The Great Western Steam Up attracted a reunion of V&T locomotives that became a common everyday fixture during the railroad’s golden years.

11/07/2022

💲 The state seeded the Infrastructure Bank with $75 million in general obligation bonds, bringing outside funding into Nevada for the projects. Local and tribal governments and nonprofits are able to borrow capital from the bank at a lower cost than other borrowing options.

After months of work to establish Nevada’s State Infrastructure Bank, the bank is now ready to begin taking applications for funding.

09/07/2022

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Nevada State Railroad Museum.

The Great Western Steam Up attracted a reunion of V&T locomotives that became a common everyday fixture during the railroad’s golden years.

09/07/2022

“The winner is chosen by only a fraction of a fraction of the electorate.”

A report released Thursday by the nonpartisan election organization FairVote, which has been a proponent for ranked choice voting, showed Nevada congressional and statewide candidates in five Republican primaries and one Democratic primary were decided by less than 50% of the votes.

08/07/2022

Nye County will be the first and only county in the country to provide Shoshone language assistance — a traditionally non-written language that will require qualified interpreters at the polls going forward.

07/07/2022

How do we stop senseless police killings while making our communities safer for everyone?

More money for more of the same policing will bring us greater human tragedy without greater safety.

07/07/2022

Deputy Director Jim Lawrence has been named by Gov. Steve Sisolak as acting director for the agency.

The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (NDCNR) is under new leadership after Director Bradley Crowell was tapped by the Biden administration to serve on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

06/07/2022

Those who knew and worked with Yarbrough, though, will miss his never-ending dedication to veteran causes.

For thousands of Nevada’s men and women who have served in the military, Anthony “Tony” Yarbrough has been synonymous with veteran causes for decades.

06/07/2022

BLM also said an additional nearly 70,000 acres of land in the Dixie Valley area of Churchill County are withdrawn from leasing under the mineral leasing laws. Another more than 66,000 acres of non-federal lands are in the withdrawal area.

Officials with the Bureau of Land Management last week said the agency had extended the withdrawal of nearly 685,000 acres of public lands in connection with Naval Air Station Fallon.

05/07/2022

Those who pass the certificate program can continue on to the Master Gardener of Nevada program, which is a more in-depth training.

University of Nevada, Reno Extension in August kicks off a two-month online Home Horticulture Certificate Program, the first step to becoming a Master Gardener of Nevada.

30/06/2022

The state environmental commission gets the final say on the policy and is expected to take up the matter this fall.

June is National Rivers Month, and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (DEP) is getting ready to nominate Lake Tahoe and likely some of the state's mountain streams for special protection.

29/06/2022

There are 646 at-risk species in Nevada.

The state of Nevada needs to have authority to “say no” to projects that will drive species extinct.

29/06/2022

“We must put mission first. We have spent the last two years training for this mission.”

The first deployment of a Nevada Army National Guard unit to Europe since early 2020 is involving about 40 soldiers from a Carson City-based military police unit.

27/06/2022

Nikki Levy, a board member with the nonprofit Wild West Access Fund, said her organization will help Nevadans and people from out of state get care. Wild West Access Fund of Nevada

Nevada may become a magnet for abortion seekers from around the country, since the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban the procedure.

27/06/2022

🔥 “It’s going to be respiratory issues – last year, compounded with COVID,” said Brown. “On the mental side, it’s the stress of dealing with those physical impacts, but also wondering just how bad is this season going to be?”

Fire season is now upon us - and local experts are speaking out on best practices for dealing with large wildfires, which seem to be Nevada's "new normal."

24/06/2022

“She goes above and beyond to assist them, finding a way to help them with extra time, resources and meetings to overcome their struggles. She exemplifies positive youth-adult partnerships.”

Nevada’s Linda Zimmerman, a 4-H volunteer for University of Nevada, Reno Extension for more than 34 years, is one of four 4-H volunteers nationally to have recently been named a 4-H Outstanding Lifetime Volunteer.

24/06/2022

“This is very important to me. Not only because it’s historic and long overdue, but because the meaningful change we can make is going to be critical to how Indian Country moves forward.”

Tribal leaders from Nevada and across the country will have direct access to advising the U.S. Department of the Interior for the first time in history with the creation of a tribal advisory panel.

23/06/2022

Children from rural Nevada who are eligible for reunification with their families spend 14 weeks on average in foster care, according to the state.

Families interested in helping foster children can learn how Saturday, June 25 at a community forum in Pahrump.

23/06/2022

Bob was an icon in news broadcasting for more than 60 years: He was Mr. Reno from the time he began delivering the news on KOLO-TV in 1961 to his last show on KUNR.

Bob Carroll was an icon in news broadcasting for more than 60 years.

23/06/2022

The companies will also make a capital investment of $490 million in the first two years of operation and generate $178 million in net new tax revenues over the next 10 years.

The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board approved seven companies to receive $53 million in tax abatements.

22/06/2022

The study findings have important implications for estimating flood frequencies into the future, as climate change pushes conditions in snowmelt-dominated watersheds toward increased rainfall.

The method used to calculate flood frequencies is due for an update, according to a new study by scientists from DRI, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Colorado State University.

22/06/2022

A majority of the funds—more than $995,000 — will be dedicated to building fences to protect sagebrush habitat from grazing cattle and large scale removal of native pinyon juniper trees, which the department says would reduce wildfires and increase habitat for species that require open sagebrush lands free of trees.

Nevada will be receiving a total of $1.5M for projects across the state meant to fund sagebrush habitats in an effort to combat invasive grasses and wildfire, protect wetlands, and support the regional economy.

21/06/2022

“We worked overnights to become proficient in low-visibility operations, an important requirement before departing.”

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19/06/2022

The building was completed in 1908 and is a mix of Classical, Baroque and Renaissance styles – architecture that played a role in its placement on the register.

Downtown Reno’s St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, affirming its historic and cultural significance within the community.

18/06/2022

The agency concluded that the geothermal project poses an immediate and significant risk to the well-being of the Dixie Valley toad, adding that an “emergency listing is necessary to prevent losses that may result in its extinction.”

A Nevada tribe and conservation advocates urged the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday to reverse an order allowing ongoing construction and development of a geothermal energy project in Churchill County.