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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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France this week
Two anniversaries of immense significance were held this week. Both have had long-lasting and worldwide implications. The most notable was the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France, June […]
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 […]
Senate approves funding formula bill, saying it’s ‘going to change people’s lives for generations’
By Michelle Rindels The Nevada Independent After lengthy speeches underscoring the gravity of their action, Nevada senators passed a bill Wednesday overhauling the state’s 52-year-old education funding formula. Senators voted […]
Senate panel passes gun bill with ‘red flag’ proposal
By Ryan Tarinelli Associated Press CARSON CITY — A Nevada Senate committee passed firearm legislation Wednesday with a new “red flag” proposal that allows police or family members to seek […]