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Associated Press Reno Airport will Train Employees in Human-Trafficking RENO — Reno-Tahoe International Airport is stepping up its efforts to combat human trafficking. Airport officials announced Monday they’ll implement a human-trafficking training program for all employees as part of a new partnership with a local nonprofit. The move comes after The Children’s Cabinet designated the […]
Around the State
August 8, 2019
Democrats Tussle Over Health Care at Nevada Labor Forum
By Michelle L. Price and Kathleen Ronayne Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Democratic presidential candidates’ tussle over health care reform continued Saturday as they pitched themselves to Nevada union members, with former Vice President Joe Biden declaring he’s “against any Democrat who wants to get rid of Obamacare” and Sen. Kamala Harris saying no Democrat […]
Northeast Nevada Wildfire Threatens Fish, Wildlife Habitat
Associated Press ELKO — More than 300 firefighters are battling a wildland blaze in northeast Nevada that has burned more than 23 square miles (59 sq. kilometers) of mostly remote rangeland and is threatening key habitat for fish and wildlife in the Ruby Mountains. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Tuesday the Corta Fire […]
Eureka VFW Holds 33rd Annual Mid-Summer Classic Tourney
The weekend of July 27 and July 28 in Eureka brought what is known as the Eureka VFW Post 8194 33rd Annual Mid-Summer Classic Slowpitch Softball Tournament. This year’s tournament consisted of 12 teams from around Nevada competing for the 1st place trophy, as well as having the honor of having their name bestowed on […]
Is This You? Circle Your Wagon
My back door sticks. Not knowing exactly why it was sticking I took a hammer to the threshold and beat it down into submission. That worked, for one closing. Then it stuck again. I am gaining muscle tone just going in and out forty three times a day by having to yank on that door. […]
Nevada’s Veto Power a Sticking Point in Congressional Negotiations on Yucca Mountain
By Humberto Sanchez The Nevada Independent House proponents of storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain are unwilling to negotiate with members of the state’s congressional delegation over whether to give the state veto power over building the repository. But key members of the Senate, led by Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski, who are frustrated with the […]
County History: The Typewriter
Do you use a typewriter? More likely in our day you use a computer, be it a laptop, desktop, or maybe a handheld of some type to send and receive texts on. Modern technology is always ahead of us. At one time though residents and businesses, county offices, banks, hospitals, schools, etc, in all of […]
Las Vegas Stadium for Relocating Raiders gets Allegiant Name
Associated Press LAS VEGAS — A $1.9 billion stadium being built for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders when the team moves to Las Vegas next year is being named for Allegiant Travel Co., team and company officials said Monday. The announcement came during a ceremony marking the installation of the final steel beam for the roof […]
Advocate for West Appointed Acting Head of BLM
The self-styled cactus hugging collectivists are aghast. This past week Interior Secretary David Bernhardt named William Perry Pendley of Wyoming acting head of the Bureau of Land Management, which controls 63 percent of the land in Nevada, the largest portion of the 87 percent of the state land controlled by various federal agencies. Pendley, who […]