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By Benjamin Spillman Reno Gazette Journal The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’s decision to remove from its website a document about a sacred American Indian site is drawing criticism. A department official said the decision to remove the document came at the request of the State Historic Preservation Office over concerns it could […]
Nevada Tribes Slam State for Scrubbing Native History Document from Web
Open Enrollment Begins on Nevada’s New State-based Exchange Platform
By Megan MesserlyThe Nevada Independent The biggest test for Nevada’s health insurance exchange begins today. The exchange is launching — for the second time in its six-year history — a fully state-run platform to enroll Nevadans in health insurance plans through the individual marketplace. In the simplest of terms, that means no longer will Nevadans […]
Volleyball Playoffs Underway
Time for the eight-team 1A Region II playoffs between the east league and the south league this Friday and Saturday at Pahranagat Valley High School in Alamo. At the same time, the Region I playoffs between the west and central league occur at Virginia City High School. The Vandal girls lost their last three matches […]
Nevada’s Contribution to the Civil War
No sooner had the Pyramid Lake Indian Wars ended and fear of attack subsided in the Nevada Territory and on the Comstock in 1860, The American Civil War began. Fortunately, the Comstock militiamen had received much welcome help from California reinforcements to help put down the uprisings. California had become the 31st State on September […]
Las Vegas Weighs Law to Make Sleeping on the Streets Illegal
By Ken Ritter Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Facing protests about a “war on the poor,” Las Vegas officials were considering a law Wednesday that would make it illegal to sleep on the streets when beds are available at established shelters. The measure makes Las Vegas the latest city in the U.S. West — from […]
Appellate Court Nominee Falsely Accused
The confirmation process for federal judicial nominees has turned into a scorched earth battle fueled by character assassination and innuendo coming from faceless, nameless partisan critics who can never be held accountable. This was evident once again this past week as former Nevada Solicitor General Lawrence VanDyke, who has been nominated for a seat on […]
Bill Language Should not Allow Water Grab
A growing number of public and private entities are joining a concerted effort to make sure a bill pending before Congress does not inadvertently create a means for Clark County to tap rural groundwater, though Clark County officials protest that is not the intent of the proposal. According to Great Basin Water Network (GBWN) — […]
Another Horse Gathered Plan
The Bureau of Land Management’s Bristlecone and Caliente field offices, in conjunction with the Basin and Range National Monument, will begin a wild horse gather on or about November 11 on the Seaman-White River Herd Areas located near Ely, Nevada. The purpose of this gather is to remove all excess wild horses from areas not […]
Around the State
No Bomb Found Following Evacuation at Reno Courthouses RENO — Sheriff deputies found no explosives after a bomb scare in downtown Reno forced the evacuation of two courthouses and shut down several streets for nearly two hours. Authorities evacuated and closed the Washoe County District Court and the Reno Justice Court across the street in […]