By Michelle L. Price Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Nevada lawmakers have agreed to let voters decide next year whether to amend the state constitution to recognize same-sex marriages, add […]
Nevada to get indigent defense, outdoor recreation offices
Associated Press CARSON CITY — Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed laws creating a new state outdoor recreation office, a committee studying how to improve health care and a board overseeing […]
FAA awarding $840M in funds for infrastructure at 10 Nevada airports
Associated Press Officials say 10 airports in Nevada are getting a total of more than $21 million from the Federal Aviation Administration to pay for construction and capacity improvements. U.S. […]
Legislature ends amid Democrats’ work on wish list
By Ryan Tarinelli and Michelle L. Price Associated Press CARSON CITY — Nevada Democrats who waited 27 years to control the governor’s mansion and the statehouse used the legislative session […]
Little Swimmers
Candidates cyber chat with rural Nevada voters
By Michelle L. Price Associated Press MINDEN— In California, Elizabeth Warren gazed into a laptop camera, resting her chin on her hand while recounting her working-class childhood for about 200 […]
Diamond Mountain FFA chapter hosts annual spring banquet
Members of the Diamond Mountain FFA chapter hosted the annual spring banquet at the Eureka County Opera House on Wednesday, May 8. This year at the spring banquet, we served […]
Thelma “Jean” White
Thelma was born September 29, 1934 in Bay Springs, Mississippi, the daughter of the late Lex Smith and Thelma (Gresham) Smith. She was raised and received her early education in […]
Nevada continues to be top gold producer in the nation
Nevada’s mines produced 5.58 million troy ounces of gold in 2018, according to reports compiled by the Nevada Division of Minerals. This total was down 1.1% from the 2017 production […]
Raising smoking age to 21, bail reform and recycling reimbursement among many casualties of legislative session
By Megan Messerly, Riley Snyder and Michelle Rindels The Nevada Independent Nevada lawmakers ended Monday night having passed hundreds of bills amid a frantic rush to the end of the […]


