The Nevada State Department Energy has opened an electric car recharge station in Alamo. It is located right next to the Lincoln County Physical Therapy office on U.S. 93. Ken […]
Electric Car Charging Station Opens in Alamo
More than 77,000 Sign up for Insurance on Nevada Health Site
LAS VEGAS — Nevada’s staterun health insurance marketplace reports more than 77,000 people have signed up for coverage next year through the website. The numbers mark the first time people […]
Articles of Impeachment are Flimsy Political Ploys
This past week Donald Trump became only the third president to be impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. Neither of the other two were convicted by the Senate — […]
Protecting Rural Nevadans from Robocalls
By Senator Catherine Cortez Masto For many Nevadans, the holidays are a time for family and celebration. Yet this time of year is also a prime opportunity for scammers, so […]
Goal of Zero Emissions on Public Lands is Futile Gesture
Democrats in the House of Representatives this past week unleashed their latest pie-in-the-sky legislation intended to save the planet from frying like an egg due to catastrophic global warming due […]
January 2, 2020
Around the State
Ex-Deputy Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $250,000 LAS VEGAS — A former chief deputy sheriff in rural Nevada has accepted $250,000 to end a lawsuit stemming from allegations the sheriff […]
December 19, 2019
A Shared Teacher: One-room Schoolhouses Bring a Classroom Experience to Students in Remote Town
By Jackie Valley and Joey Lovato The Nevada Independent Three third-graders fidgeted as they scanned their books for inspiration. They were trying to come up with an adjective to describe […]
Is This You: Wrap it up
Walk into any store during the last 3-4 months of the year and you will at some point be swept up into a sea of colored everything offered for decoration. […]

