LAS VEGAS — McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas says a jump in the number of travelers in December pushed it to a record 51.5 million passengers in calendar 2019. […]
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Navy Review Backs Planned Expansion of Bombing Range
The U.S. Navy released their final Environmental Impact Statement on Jan. 10 which addresses the expansion and modernization of the Fallon Range Training Complex for the Naval Air Station Fallon. […]
Sheriff’s Letter to Governor Getting Mixed Reactions
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez The Nevada Independent Eureka County Sheriff Jesse Watts issued an open letter earlier this month expressing “distain” (sic) for Gov. Steve Sisolak and accusing him of […]
Marijuana-Impaired Driving on Law Makers Radar for Next Session
As noted recently in an article in the Elko Daily Free Press, Nevada lawmakers have a number of probing questions likely for the 2021 state legislative session, dealing with the […]
Eureka Sheriff Pens Letter to Governor about Controversial New Gun Law
Eureka County Sheriff, Jessie Watts sent Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak a letter earlier this month. The letter is dated January 7, 2020, describing Watts discontent on Sisolak’s signing of the […]
Navy to Release Final EIS on Fallon Range Modernization
The U.S. Navy has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statementto assess the potential environmental impacts of the proposed modernization of the Fallon Range Training Complex in Northern Nevada. Modernization would […]
Lawyer says Prosecutors Intentionally Scuttled Bundy Case
By Ken Ritter LAS VEGAS — Prosecutors deliberately scuttled the 2017 trial of a Nevada rancher and several others involving an armed standoff against U.S. officials, so the government shouldn’t […]
US says Nevada Misrepresenting Facts in Plutonium Fight
By Scott Sonner RENO — The state of Nevada continues to intentionally misrepresent the facts in an ongoing legal battle over the Energy Department’s secret shipment of weapons-grade plutonium to […]
$10,000 Reward Offered in Cattle Deaths
A $10,000 reward is being offered by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for intentionally locking a small herd […]
New Deal with Mining Company to Protect Rate Nevada Plant
By Scott Sonner RENO — An Australian mining company has agreed to a moratorium on new activities at a planned lithium mine in Nevada in exchange for conservationists dropping a […]



