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Opponents of water pipeline project testify at hearing: Friday, Sept. 29, 2017; Opponents of plans to pump millions of gallons of water from eastern Nevada to the Las Vegas said at a hearing today that the ...
Free admission to state parks Saturday: Friday, Sept. 29, 2017; Visitors won’t have to pay a fee Saturday to get into state parks, camp or launch a boat. Saturday is Public Lands Day in Nevada. Gov. Brian Sandoval today ...
Report: Nevada high school graduates stronger in English and reading than math: Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017; A national report shows 2017 Nevada high school graduating seniors strong in reading and ...
Hearing opens on proposed Nevada water pipeline: Monday, Sept. 25, 2017; An attorney for the Southern Nevada Water Authority said at a hearing today its plan to pump water from rural areas would not ...
Hearing set on proposed Nevada water pipeline: Friday, Sept. 22, 2017; Another chapter begins Monday in a 28-year effort to pump millions of gallons of water a year from rural Nevada to Las Vegas.
The State Engineer’s Office will conduct hearings for ...
New Nevada GOP leader focuses on flipping 4 to 5 Assembly seats: Friday, Sept. 22, 2017; Three-term Assemblyman Jim Wheeler, elected as the House Republican minority leader, says a priority will be to focus on ousting four to ...
Task force to review progress combating opioid crisis: Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017; Gov. Brian Sandoval is calling together a task force to review efforts to combat the opioid crisis and ...
Sandoval seeks review of gaming, marijuana industry relationship: Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017; Gov. Brian Sandoval wants the state to take another look at the relationship between the gaming and legal marijuana industries in Nevada. He has issued an order for ...
Data provides insight into Nevada public schools: Friday, Sept. 15, 2017; Hispanics outnumber whites in Nevada public schools, and Clark County has a higher graduation rate than the state average. These are some of the statistics compiled by ...
State pays $750,000 settlement over death at veterans home: Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017; The state Board of Examiners today approved a $750,000 settlement with the family of a former Navy officer who died from an infection in ...
State board OKs bonds for DMV office, clean water programs: Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017; The state Board of Finance today approved selling bonds to help finance the new Department of Motor Vehicles headquarters in Reno and ...
Transportation Board OKs $841 million for highway projects: Monday, Sept. 11, 2017; The state Transportation Board today approved $841 million in highway construction funds for fiscal 2018. Federal, state and local funding of $379.6 million is earmarked for ...
Court orders another hearing man in murder case: Friday, Sept. 8, 2017; A federal appeals court has ruled that a Las Vegas man is entitled to another hearing to prove his first-degree murder conviction was illegal.
The court today found that Taniko C. Smith had filed ...
Nevada governor gets new legal counsel: Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017; Gov. Brian Sandoval has a new legal counsel. She is Kathryn Reynolds, the wife of Joseph Reynolds, who was a previous legal counsel to ...
Southwest Gas seeking rate increase: Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017; Southwest Gas Co. has applied to the state Public Utilities Commission to raise rates in Southern and Northern Nevada to recover the higher cost of fuel.
The company says it wants to ...
Nevada Housing Division gets new administrator: Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017; The state Housing Division, which provides affordable housing for low-income families, has a new administrator. He is Steve Aichroth, who previously was ...
Manendo sexual misconduct investigation costs Nevada $67,125: Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017; After the investigation was completed, Manendo tendered his resignation ...
More money allocated for processing rape evidence kits: Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017; A legislative committee today approved $1.3 million for the Las Vegas and Reno police departments to reduce a backlog in testing rape evidence kits.
In written testimony to the ...
Clark County jobless rate climbs to 5.4 percent in July: Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017; Construction work continued strong in Las Vegas in July, but the unemployment rate in Clark County climbed to ...
Governor to greet president in Reno: Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017; Gov. Brian Sandoval, who once said he could not support Donald Trump for president, will greet the president when he arrives in Reno on Wednesday to ...
Vice President Mike Pence to be in Nevada on Saturday: Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017; President Donald Trump will be in Reno on Wednesday to address the convention of the American Legion, and Vice President Mike Pence will ...
Public Utilities Commission begins hearings on solar rates: Monday, Aug. 21, 2017; NV Energy says a bill passed by the 2017 Legislature may mean higher-than-necessary power bills for its customers. The concerns are expressed in prefiled testimony presented to ...
ACLU opposes use of drug combination in planned execution: Friday, Aug. 18, 2017; The American Civil Liberties Union says it opposes the state’s decision to use an untested combination of drugs in the planned Nov. 14 execution of ...
Peppermill casino in Reno leaving NV Energy: Friday, Aug. 18, 2017; The Peppermill casino in Reno is the latest company in Nevada to leave NV Energy. The state Public Utilities Commission approved a stipulation this week to ...
Water clarity in Lake Tahoe improving: Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017; The water clarity in Lake Tahoe on the Nevada-California border is improving as the result of ...
Nevada getting $1.2 million in opioid abuse crisis: Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017; Nevada is getting an additional $1.2 million in federal funds related to the ...
State OKs additional money for rehab of Strip pedestrian bridge: Monday, Aug. 14, 2017; Since 2013, the cost of rehabilitating the elevators and escalators on the Tropicana pedestrian bridge over the Las Vegas Strip has ...
State Capitol to open Saturdays for tourists: Monday, Aug. 14, 2017; During the recession, the state Capitol was closed to tourists on weekends because of a lack of funding for security. Now, the Capitol will be opened on Saturdays for visitors to ...
Governor makes appointments to state Athletic, Tourism commissions: Friday, Aug. 11, 2017; Gov. Brian Sandoval has appointed a Las Vegas woman to the state Athletic Commission and named two former lieutenant governors to ...
Court: Company not liable for phone solicitations by contractor: Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017; A federal appeals court has ruled that a company could not be sued if independent contractors violated telemarketing laws in making calls to ...
Oregon group awarded contract to assess student reading skills: Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017; An Oregon company is getting a $1.7 million state contract to measure the reading skills of Nevada students in kindergarten through ...
Nevada plant will turn garbage into jet, diesel fuel: Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017; The state Board of Finance today approved issuing $140 million in bonds to help build a plant at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center that plans to ...
Bonds approved for senior apartments, charter school: Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017; The state Board of Finance today approved sale of $30 million in bonds to build a 272-unit apartment complex for seniors in Las Vegas. The project, Tenaya Senior Apartments, will start construction in ...
Court rejects appeal of man in gun case: Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017; A federal appeals court has denied the petition of a man who made an estimated $100,000 illegally buying guns in Henderson and shipping them ...
New leader named for Nevada Division of Environmental Protection: Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017; Gregory Lovato, an engineer, has been named to head the state Division of Environmental Protection, it was announced today. Lovato has been with the state agency since ...
Last leg of Carson City freeway to open Wednesday: Monday, July 31, 2017; The final leg of the freeway through Carson City will be opened to traffic Wednesday, a segment just over three miles long and costing $46 million to build.
With the completion of the segment, Interstate 580 will stretch from ...
Elderly inmate dies at prison medical facility: Monday, July 31, 2017; A Clark County prison inmate serving 10 to 40 years for the sexual assault of a minor has died at a medical facility at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City.
The state Department of Corrections said ...
Court orders hearing for man convicted in slaying when a teen: Friday, July 28, 2017; A Las Vegas man whose death sentence was reduced to life in prison is seeking to have his sentence further reduced. Michael Domingues was ...
Nevada official says House vote on Yucca funding no shock: Friday, July 28, 2017; The director of the state’s effort to stop the federal government from putting a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain says ...
Court rejects appeal of woman in death of daughter: Friday, July 28, 2017; The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the appeal of Sherri Love, convicted of the stabbing death of her daughter Arabella in Las Vegas in 2007.
Love, who was sentenced to life in prison with parole eligibility in 56 years, asserted her ...
Sandoval says transgender National Guard troops will serve until further notice: Thursday, July 27, 2017; Despite President Donald Trump’s announced ban on transgender service members, they will continue to serve in the Nevada National Guard unless directed otherwise by ...
Court rejects challenge to medical marijuana registration: Wednesday, July 26, 2017; The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld the registration process for enrollees in the state’s medical marijuana program. The court Tuesday rejected a lawsuit filed by an unnamed person in ...
June unemployment rate in Las Vegas rises to 5.1 percent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017; Unemployment in the Las Vegas area rose to 5.1 percent in June, up from 4.9 percent the previous month, according to ...
Prison inmate, 46, dies at Las Vegas hospital: Tuesday, July 25, 2017; A 46-year-old prison inmate from Las Vegas died at a hospital Saturday, the state Department of Corrections reported today.
Michael N. Sears was serving a term of ...
Proposed regulations would ban home delivery of recreational marijuana: Tuesday, July 25, 2017; Marijuana stores and distributors would be prohibited from making home deliveries, under proposed regulations being considered by the Nevada Department of Taxation. Dispensaries would also be ...
Sandoval on South American trade mission: Thursday, July 20, 2017; Gov. Brian Sandoval is on a two-week economic development trade mission to South America.
He arrived in Panama on Wednesday and is set ...
Three Carson City casinos fail to block opening of new competitor: Thursday, July 20, 2017; A District Court judge has rejected the appeal of three of Carson City’s largest casinos to block the opening of a competitor.
Judge James Wilson refused Wednesday to ...
Sandoval urges GOP senators to give up Obamacare repeal effort: Tuesday, July 18, 2017; Gov. Brian Sandoval has joined with 10 other governors in calling for Senate Republicans to give up their effort to repeal Obamacare.
The governors said lawmakers should ...
UNR getting $1.2 million for medical school training program: Monday, July 17, 2017; Attorney General Adam Laxalt says $1.2 million is going to the medical school at UNR to train students and residents in obstetrics and gynecology.
The money will create a new department at ...
Proposed rule would require businesses to file electronic wage, insurance reports: Monday, July 17, 2017; The state Division of Employment Security begins a series of “listening sessions” Tuesday regarding a proposed regulation to ...