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By Michelle Rindels The Nevada Independent Nevada stands to lose up to $7 million a year in funds that flow to substance abuse treatment because too many stores are selling tobacco to minors. Hillary Bunker, who leads the Tobacco Enforcement Unit within the Nevada Attorney General’s Office, says the state is certain it will end […]
State Could Lose Millions in Grant Money as its Youth Tobacco Sales Rate Shoots Up
Family: California Camper got Lost After Being Chased by Man
Associated Press BIG PINE, Calif. — A woman found Monday after going missing from a remote campground in California’s White Mountains said she got lost when she was chased by a man with a knife, according to her family. Search and rescue teams found Sheryl Powell just hours after they found her small dog about […]
Energy Department Catches Error, Then Catches Hell
Umbrage has been duly taken. On the afternoon of July 3 Energy Department Deputy Secretary Daniel Brouillette called Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak to let him know the department may have been mistakenly shipping unstable nuclear material to the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) monthly for a dozen years. Mixed low-level radioactive waste — which must […]
Former Senator Discovers National Debt
Now safely ensconced in retirement for two years, former Nevada Democratic Sen. Harry Reid has suddenly discovered the country is spending more money than it reaps in taxes, driving up the national debt. “We have a president who seems not to care about the debt,” Reid told Sam Shad on the “Nevada Newsmakers” program late […]
Around the State
Associated Press Nevada: Feds Should Restudy Seismic Risk at Nuke Dump Site LAS VEGAS — Nevada’s governor and congressional delegation are pointing to earthquakes this month in the California desert and calling for the U.S. Energy Department look again at seismic risks of burying the nation’s most radioactive nuclear waste at a site in the […]
Fourth of July Fun in Eureka
The annual parade hosted by the Eureka Volunteer Fire Department made for another successful Fourth of July. An event that’s been held for over 130 years, the parade is a tradition in town and enjoyed by residents young and old. Following the parade, a fun filled crowd was entertained with three hours of street events […]
Is This You? Puppy Fever!
Kittens are everywhere this time of the year. The prolific ability of cats is unsurpassed if you ask me. I hate mice so I keep a small herd of cats around. It works for me. I live as a country mouse in the country. Don’t tell my cats they will have me for dinner. Dogs […]
Cortez Masto Visits Eureka
US Suspends Low-Level Radioactive Waste Shipments to Nevada
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada congressman called for U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s resignation Wednesday after the department acknowledged multiple shipments of low-level radioactive waste to a site north of Las Vegas may have been mislabeled and out of compliance with safety regulations for years. The department had announced […]
Largest of 28 Nevada Wildfires Contained at 10 Square Miles
Associated Press RENO — Federal firefighters have contained the largest of more than two dozen wildfires that broke out in Nevada over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday the Buffalo Fire burned nearly 10 square miles (25 sq. kilometers) of remote rangeland in northcentral Nevada before […]