Permits to cut Christmas trees on the Austin-Tonopah, Ely, and Mountain City-Ruby Mountains-Jarbidge Ranger Districts on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest will be available for purchase beginning Friday, Nov. 1. The […]
News
Nevada Casinos See 2019 High in Winnings, September Record
By Ken Ritter Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Nevada casinos took in nearly $1.06 billion in winnings last month, reaching a high for 2019 and a record for September in […]
With Marijuana Cultivation Legal, Arrest Numbers for Illegal Growing Have Dropped
By Mark Hernandez The Nevada Independent Since marijuana sales have been legalized in Nevada, the illegal cultivation sites that have been destroyed has fallen from more than 150 in 2012 […]
How a Stargazing-Themed Train Ride is Boosting Tourism in Rural Nevada
By Jackie Valley The Nevada Independent On a chilly fall evening, a train conductor clad in a flat-topped hat and gold-buttoned suit jacket inhaled deeply and delivered his customary greeting. […]
Once Seen as Frivolous, Wildlife Crossing Now Seen as a Way to Save Bucks — and Drivers
By Daniel RothbergThe Nevada Independent Every year, thousands of mule deer make the southeasterly trek from the snow-loaded Jarbidge Mountains to the Pequop Mountains across I-80 between Wells and West […]
Official: Solving Wild Horse Problem will take $5B, 15 Years
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO — It will take $5 billion and 15 years to get an overpopulation of wild horses under control on federal lands across the West, […]
Trump Campaign Snubs GOP’s Amodei After Impeachment Remarks
By Michelle L. Price Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei of Nevada appears to have lost a spot helming President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign in the […]
Whistleblower Reinstated After Nevada Grazing Dispute
By Scott SonnerAssociated Press RENO — A longtime government range specialist who claimed he was fired in retaliation for repeatedly reporting illegal livestock grazing on federal land in eastern Nevada […]
Asylum Seekers Should Prove Their Claims
Nevada’s Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford joined with other attorneys general this past week in filing a friend of the court brief in a case challenging another Trump administration rule […]
State Briefs
Associated Press 2 Hurt in Helicopter Crash at Red Rock Canyon LAS VEGAS — Authorities say two people are hospitalized with unspecified injures after a helicopter crash off a Nevada […]


