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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 Maxwell, manager of Alamo Power said, “It’s part of Phase II of the EV Highway Project started by Gov. Brian Sandoval, although Alamo Power owns […]
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 have signed up through the state’s new online marketplace, Nevada Health Link. Nevada had been relying for several years on Healthcare.gov, the federal website set […]
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 — Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1999 — and neither will Trump, because Republicans hold a majority of Senate seats and there is […]
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 I want to make sure Nevadans are equipped with the tools they need to protect themselves during this busy time of shopping and charitable giving. […]
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 to carbon emissions. The bill, if passed, which thankfully is highly unlikely, would require zero emissions from drilling, mining and other activities on federal public […]
January 2, 2020
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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 sexually harassed her in 2015. Melanie Keener’s attorney, Gus Falangas, characterized his client on Friday as happy to move on. Storey County Sheriff Gerald Antinoro […]
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 the main character in a story about a shoeshine stand. Nestled among them in a small circle, their teacher, Heather Yacapraro, delivered special instructions. She […]
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. That will include wrapping paper for all those wonderful presents you are going to present to anyone present on Christmas morning. Or for a few […]