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By Megan MesserlyThe Nevada Independent More than 250 bills took effect either in whole or in part on Monday, from a measure that immediately restores voting rights for formerly incarcerated individuals to legislation that allows noncitizens to apply for a professional or occupational license. Other notable proposals that will kick in include measures removing the […]
Restoration of Voting Rights, Record Sealing for Decriminalized Offenses take Effect
Nevada Dedicates Gold Star Memorial to Families
Nevada became the latest state on Saturday to honor the sacrifices of those killed in military service by dedicating a Gold Star Families Memorial on the grounds of the recently opened Northern Nevada State Veterans Home in Sparks. In an afternoon marked by speeches from two Medal of Honor recipients, Hershel “Woody Williams and Donald […]
Pony Express Stations: Middlegate and Cold Springs
The site location for Middlegate Station is unknown. There are several possible locations along US Hwy. 50 near the modern Middlegate bar and restaurant that could have been the site of the original Pony Express station. I could find no trace of any Pony Express Station at Middlegate when I visited there several times when […]
Around the State
Associated Press 4 Wildfires in North-Central Nevada all Human Caused RENO — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says four separate wildfires that broke out in north-central Nevada this week all were caused by humans. The fires that began on Tuesday near Interstate 80 between Lovelock and Winnemucca are all now either out or under […]
Nevada Gets Short Shrift on PILT Checks
The checks are in the mail. Nevada’s U.S. senators both sent out press releases a couple of weeks ago boasting about all the money Nevada counties will be getting from the federal government to help cover the expense of having so much non-taxable federal public land within their borders — called Payment in Lieu of […]
Public Worker Contracts Should be Negotiated in the Open
Despite being duly warned, Nevada’s Democratic lawmakers and Democratic governor this past legislative session lit the fuse on a huge budget bomb — passing and signing into law Senate Bill 135, which gives state public employees the right to collectively bargain for wages and benefits. A study commissioned by the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of […]
Five Fun Things to do
By TheCompleteNevadan.com Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival Lake Tahoe, Sand Harbor State Park. July 5-Aug. 25 Imagine your toes in the sand, a fantastic bottle of wine nearby, a gourmet meal and first-class entertainment with your friends and family, all while basking in a perfect Lake Tahoe sunset. You’re not dreaming! You’re experiencing the enchantment of […]
July 4, 2019
Smoke from US wildfires boosting health risk for millions
By Matthew Brown Associated Press Climate change in the Western U.S. means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will sweep across the continent to affect tens of millions of people and cause a spike in premature deaths. That emerging reality is prompting people in cities and rural areas […]
Fourth of July in Eureka, 1877
The mining town of Eureka has had six newspapers during its illustrious and colorful life, including the present Eureka Sentinel. All of them, excepting the Sentinel, were only in the 1870s and 80s. From 1871-1887, it was the Eureka Daily Sentinel, which in 1888 dropped back to a weekly paper. One newspaper of that early […]