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LAS VEGAS — Nevada’s staterun health insurance marketplace reports more than 77,000 people have signed up for coverage next year through the website. The numbers mark the first time people […]
Protecting Rural Nevadans from Robocalls
By Senator Catherine Cortez Masto For many Nevadans, the holidays are a time for family and celebration. Yet this time of year is also a prime opportunity for scammers, so […]
Around the State
Ex-Deputy Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $250,000 LAS VEGAS — A former chief deputy sheriff in rural Nevada has accepted $250,000 to end a lawsuit stemming from allegations the sheriff […]
January 2, 2020
December 19, 2019
A Shared Teacher: One-room Schoolhouses Bring a Classroom Experience to Students in Remote Town
By Jackie Valley and Joey Lovato The Nevada Independent Three third-graders fidgeted as they scanned their books for inspiration. They were trying to come up with an adjective to describe […]
Governors Seek Funds to Improve Broadband, get Telemedicine, Education Initiatives into Rural West
By Shannon Miller The Nevada Independent Governors from the West, who hail from states with vast tracts of sparsely populated land, are making it a priority to implement technology that […]
December 26, 2019
Nevada Accuses US Government of ‘Secret Plutonium Smuggling’
By Scott SonnerAssociated Press RENO — Nevada wants a federal judge to declare illegal what it calls the U.S. government’s “secret plutonium smuggling operation” and order the removal of weapons-grade […]