The state’s share of the money would help repair dilapidated roads and bridges, build proposed water projects, prevent wildfires and expand broadband to the entire state.
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The state also recorded 1,125 new COVID-19 cases over the preceding day, and has now logged at least 1,000 cases of the disease in 10 of its last 11 daily updates.
Best in the Desert is setting up for its upcoming 25th Anniversary Maxxis Tires “Casey Folks” Vegas to Reno desert off-highway vehicle race. The 2021 race is set to have a record number of entries with nearly 400 entries.
Gov. Steve Sisolak blasted a Nye County commissioner’s comments made last week against Nevada first lady Kathy Sisolak, calling them “vile” and “blatantly racist.”
The impact of COVID-19 on education was spotlighted Aug. 4, as a group of parents and school faculty and staff met in the Beatty High School commons to help Nye County School District decide how to use American Rescue Plan funding to help overcome the effects of the pandemic on students in the community’s schools.
Public health officials in Nevada reported 26 new coronavirus-related deaths Friday, pushing the state’s pandemic death toll past 6,000.
Sergio Barajas, a 54-year-old from Chino Hills, California, was sentenced for a year and a day in federal prison in the bribery case.
Many U.S. authorities say the potency of COVID-19 vaccines hasn’t waned, but they make a case for booster shots in some individuals.
Nye County investigators believe a Las Vegas man was beaten, thrown off a cliff and shot because a woman believed that the man had hurt her child.
Nye County is warning of smoke and haze through the weekend in parts of Nye County due to wildfires in northern California and southwest Oregon.
In the aftermath of the torrential storms last week, landscaping and tree service businesses have seen a spike in the number of service calls as of late.
On Friday, July 31, a new state mask mandate went into effect in Nevada and with Nye County one of the dozen counties subject to the new requirements, the Nye County Commission addressed the county’s internal mask policy during its Tuesday, Aug. 3 meeting.
It’s not often that local governmental staff is acclaimed for the work they do each and every day to keep the county and its various towns running smoothly, but following the two major thunderstorms that blew through the Pahrump Valley last week, there was an absolute outpouring of gratitude for these men and women whose efforts and energy were crucial in responding to the local weather emergency.
Provided there’s enough support, limited aircraft tours above Death Valley National Park could become a reality, as the National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration are seeking public feedback on the plan, according to Public Information Officer Abby Wines.
Artistic passion takes many forms and for local resident John Michael Ferrari, it’s music and entertaining others that fires his enthusiasm.
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