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By Scott SonnerAssociated Press RENO — A longtime government range specialist who claimed he was fired in retaliation for repeatedly reporting illegal livestock grazing on federal land in eastern Nevada has been reinstated as part of a settlement of his whistleblower complaint against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. A hearing scheduled Monday on a […]
Whistleblower Reinstated After Nevada Grazing Dispute
Asylum Seekers Should Prove Their Claims
Nevada’s Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford joined with other attorneys general this past week in filing a friend of the court brief in a case challenging another Trump administration rule attempting to curb the flood of asylum seekers. The rule would deny asylum to those who passed through a safe country en route to the […]
Judge Blocks State Grouse Protection Plans
A federal judge in Idaho has pulled the rug out from under the Western states that had worked with the federal public land agencies to create separate plans to preserve sage grouse habitat and yet still allow fruitful economic activity such as mining, oil and gas exploration, farming and grazing. U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn […]
State Briefs
Associated Press 2 Hurt in Helicopter Crash at Red Rock Canyon LAS VEGAS — Authorities say two people are hospitalized with unspecified injures after a helicopter crash off a Nevada state highway in a scenic area west of Las Vegas. Las Vegas police and the Federal Aviation Administration say the four-seat Robinson R44 crashed just […]
Lawyers want Nevada to ban executions of mentally ill
By Scott Sonner RENO, — The American Bar Association wants the Nevada Supreme Court to rule that people suffering from severe mental illness should be ineligible for the death penalty. The national group of lawyers and legal scholars made the argument in joining an appeal challenging the death sentence of a man it says was […]
Better polling means sharper scrutiny. Is Warren ready?
By Bill Weissert CARSON CITY — When Elizabeth Warren campaigned in Nevada in February, Abbie Peters was there. Energy and enthusiasm for the Massachusetts senator was not. “It was early, and she wasn’t as popular,” said Peters. Nearly eight months later, Peters, a retiree from California, was back again to see Warren. The message hadn’t […]
Eureka man dies after crash on US 50
Eureka Sentinel A Eureka County man lost his life in a vehicle crash Saturday morning just before 3 a.m. The Eureka County Communications Center was notified of a vehicle crash on US 50 near MileMarker 35 in Eureka County, and deputies were dispatched to the scene. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, Harold “Matthew”Long, was […]
Democrats to announce nearly 80 sites to vote early in caucus
By Megan Messerly Popular early voting sites and other locations aimed at reaching a broad cross section of voters — including members of the politically powerful Culinary Union — number among the nearly 80 places where Nevada Democrats will be able to vote early for their preferred presidential candidate in the February caucus. An advance […]
Between life and death, patients left with little choice on air ambulance costs in rural Nevada
By Megan Messerly Living in Elko, Gerald Ackerman has become all too familiar with air ambulances. Several years ago, one of his daughters was riding a scooter when she shot off the sidewalk and into a church parking lot where she was run over by a car. The elementary-school-aged girl was rushed to the local […]