Churchill County
Fast-moving storm shuts down Navy operations for a day FALLON--After a dismal snowpack report recorded earlier in the month, Mother Nature weighed in with different plans of her own. By the time she was done, the Oasis of Nevada looked more like a winter wonderland than the “balmy” county seat
Clark County
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) hailed the Biden administration’s announcement of $3 billion for Nevada to build a high-speed rail system between Las Vegas and Southern California.
UNLV
Findings show aggressive driving, speeding on the rise in Nevada.
Carson City
The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City is hosting train rides for families with Santa during the holiday season.
Business
Grand opening gushers in new era of events, tourism for Churchill County By Steve Ranson / Nevada News Group FALLON — A vision. A plan. And now a state-of-the art venue. Local government officials and guests attended the grand opening and ribbon cutting on June 1 for the Rafter 3C Arena, which
Nevada Current
by Richard Bednarski, Nevada Current GENOA — With more people exploring Nevada’s public lands than ever before, impacts to the landscape are on the rise. This raises concern amongst conservationists and state officials about how best to protect the environment. Gov. Steve Sisolak on Wednesday signed a shared stewardship agreement
Storey County
GOLD HILL—Award-winning Nevada author and journalist David Toll died Sunday, Feb. 13 after a long illness, according to longtime friend and colleague Andrew Barbano. Toll was 85. Barbano shared the news in an obituary, noting that “for the past 50 years, through his writing, publishing and speaking, no one
Travel & Tourism
ELY–Great Basin Institute (GBI) this week said it has received a $160,000 grant to take the first steps in launching the nation’s only professional recreation trail building school. The school would be located in Ely, which has been building miles of trails to accommodate its budding mountain
History & Culture
CARSON CITY–Officials at Nevada’s Commission on Tourism are promoting travel throughout the state in conjunction with Nevada Day by highlighting some of the famous, or infamous, characters that left their mark on the state’s history. The campaign is featured through a new itinerary, “Legendary Nevadans: Shapers or
Business
CARSON CITY–Rural tourism got a boost this week as the Nevada Commission on Tourism approved on Friday $730,547 in grants to fund marketing of area attractions. Projects funded include the Moapa Valley Revitalization Project, the Goldwell Open Air Museum’s Bullfrog Biennial festival, and photos and video for
Business
LAS VEGAS—This week Informa Tech, the organizer of international cybersecurity conference Black Hat USA, announced that more than 6,200 attendees turned out at The Strip’s Mandalay Bay Convention Center for last week’s Black Hat USA 2021. It was a sharp drop in attendance from the 2019
Business
CARSON CITY—Nevada’s unemployment rates continue to improve according to the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s (DETR) May 2021 economic report. The state’s overall, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 7.8%, down only slightly from April but 16 percentage points lower than one year prior. DETR
Travel & Tourism
CARSON VALLEY – A five-year project to improve wayfinding in the Carson Valley was completed in May. A total of 21 signs directing drivers to recreation areas, landmarks and other notable sites were placed in Minden, Gardnerville, Genoa and Topaz Lake. Carson Valley Visitors Authority officials, who spearheaded the project with
History & Culture
By Carla O’Day, This Is Reno The Virginia & Truckee Railroad is scheduled to start its 46th season, running daily roundtrips on the Comstock route from Virginia City to Gold Hill on June 5 and continuing through late October. The 35-minute diesel train rides depart seven times daily from
Environment
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak last week signed Senate Bill 52 into law, establishing a voluntary, locally-led “Dark Sky Designation” program to protect and promote the state’s iconic night skies. The legislation was sponsored by Lt. Gov. Kate Marshall’s office in coordination with the Nevada Division of Outdoor Recreation.
Government
CARSON CITY–Nevada’s Senate and Assembly Judiciary committees in a joint session on Saturday, May 22, approved of a bill that would allow casinos to prohibit firearms on their properties—despite bipartisan opposition that far outweighed support for the bill. Senate Bill 452, which is now headed to the