First flames, then fees: Tahoe evacuees report price gouging
STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — As fearful Lake Tahoe residents packed up belongings and fled a raging wildfire burning toward the California-Nevada border, some encountered an unexpected obstacle: price gouging.
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First flames, then fees: Tahoe evacuees report price gouging
STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — As fearful Lake Tahoe residents packed up belongings and fled a raging wildfire burning toward the California-Nevada border, some encountered an unexpected obstacle: price gouging.
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First flames, then fees: Tahoe evacuees report price gouging
STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — As fearful Lake Tahoe residents packed up belongings and fled a raging wildfire burning toward the California-Nevada border, some encountered an unexpected obstacle: price gouging.
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First flames, then fees: Tahoe evacuees report price gouging
STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — As fearful Lake Tahoe residents packed up belongings and fled a raging wildfire burning toward the California-Nevada border, some encountered an unexpected obstacle: price gouging.
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Lawsuit: US withholding wildfire fuel break information
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are accusing federal land managers of illegally withholding information about environmental assessments used to justify plans to create fuel breaks to slow wildfires by clearing forests and shrubs across six western states with little if any public oversight.
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Lawsuit: US withholding wildfire fuel break information
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are accusing federal land managers of illegally withholding information about environmental assessments used to justify plans to create fuel breaks to slow wildfires by clearing forests and shrubs across six western states with little if any public oversight.
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Lawsuit: US withholding wildfire fuel break information
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are accusing federal land managers of illegally withholding information about environmental assessments used to justify plans to create fuel breaks to slow wildfires by clearing forests and shrubs across six western states with little if any public oversight.
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Lawsuit: US withholding wildfire fuel break information
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are accusing federal land managers of illegally withholding information about environmental assessments used to justify plans to create fuel breaks to slow wildfires by clearing forests and shrubs across six western states with little if any public oversight.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Lawsuit: US withholding wildfire fuel break information
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are accusing federal land managers of illegally withholding information about environmental assessments used to justify plans to create fuel breaks to slow wildfires by clearing forests and shrubs across six western states with little if any public oversight.
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Federal agency: Nevada flower near mine should be protected
RENO, Nev. (AP) — An extremely rare wildflower that grows only in Nevada’s high desert where an Australian mining company wants to dig for lithium should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday.
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Federal agency: Nevada flower near mine should be protected
RENO, Nev. (AP) — An extremely rare wildflower that grows only in Nevada’s high desert where an Australian mining company wants to dig for lithium should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday.
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Federal agency: Nevada flower near mine should be protected
RENO, Nev. (AP) — An extremely rare wildflower that grows only in Nevada’s high desert where an Australian mining company wants to dig for lithium should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday.
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Mobile vaccination units hit tiny US towns to boost immunity
FALLON, Nev. (AP) — Pick-up truck drivers motor up to a white trailer in a parking lot on Fallon Paiute-Shoshone land in Nevada’s high desert and within a few moments they’re handed forms to sign, jabbed with coronavirus vaccine and sent on their way.
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Mobile vaccination units hit tiny US towns to boost immunity
FALLON, Nev. (AP) — Pick-up truck drivers motor up to a white trailer in a parking lot on Fallon Paiute-Shoshone land in Nevada’s high desert and within a few moments they’re handed forms to sign, jabbed with coronavirus vaccine and sent on their way.
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Mobile vaccination units hit tiny US towns to boost immunity
FALLON, Nev. (AP) — Pick-up truck drivers motor up to a white trailer in a parking lot on Fallon Paiute-Shoshone land in Nevada’s high desert and within a few moments they’re handed forms to sign, jabbed with coronavirus vaccine and sent on their way.
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Burning Man mulling mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for August
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Burning Man festival organizers have said that they are considering requiring attendees to prove they have been vaccinated for COVID-19 if the organizers move forward with plans to hold this year’s counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert.
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Burning Man mulling mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for August
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Burning Man festival organizers have said that they are considering requiring attendees to prove they have been vaccinated for COVID-19 if the organizers move forward with plans to hold this year’s counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert.
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Burning Man mulling mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for August
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Burning Man festival organizers have said that they are considering requiring attendees to prove they have been vaccinated for COVID-19 if the organizers move forward with plans to hold this year’s counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert.
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Burning Man mulling mandatory COVD-19 vaccines for August
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Burning Man festival organizers have said that they are considering requiring attendees to prove they have been vaccinated for COVID-19 if the organizers move forward with plans to hold this year’s counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert.
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US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers) of some of the highest priority sage-grouse habitat in the West and accused the government of deliberately misleading the public by underestimating damage the cattle could …
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US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers) of some of the highest priority sage-grouse habitat in the West and accused the government of deliberately misleading the public by underestimating damage the cattle could …
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US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers) of some of the highest priority sage-grouse habitat in the West and accused the government of deliberately misleading the public by underestimating damage the cattle could …
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US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers) of some of the highest priority sage-grouse habitat in the West and accused the government of deliberately misleading the public by underestimating damage the cattle could …
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Feds want to fix canal, but Nevada town lives off the leaks
FERNLEY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada town founded a century ago by pioneers lured to the West by the promise of free land and cheap water in the desert is trying to block the U.S. government from renovating a 115-year-old earthen irrigation canal with a plan that would eliminate leaking …
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Feds want to fix canal, but Nevada town lives off the leaks
FERNLEY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada town founded a century ago by pioneers lured to the West by the promise of free land and cheap water in the desert is trying to block the U.S. government from renovating a 115-year-old earthen irrigation canal with a plan that would eliminate leaking …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Feds want to fix canal, but Nevada town lives off the leaks
FERNLEY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada town founded a century ago by pioneers lured to the West by the promise of free land and cheap water in the desert is trying to block the U.S. government from renovating a 115-year-old earthen irrigation canal with a plan that would eliminate leaking …
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Feds want to fix canal, but Nevada town lives off the leaks
FERNLEY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada town founded a century ago by pioneers lured to the West by the promise of free land and cheap water in the desert is trying to block the U.S. government from renovating a 115-year-old earthen irrigation canal with a plan that would eliminate leaking …
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Nevada town sues for rights to water leaking from US canal
FERNLEY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada town founded a century ago by pioneers lured to the West by the promise of free land and cheap water in the desert is trying to block the U.S. government from renovating a 115-year-old earthen irrigation canal with a plan that would eliminate leaking …
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Mine OK'd in Trump's last days may boost Biden energy plan
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — One of the keys to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion clean energy plan could be a mineral that lies in a salt flat above a prehistoric volcano just south of the Oregon-Nevada line.
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Mine OK'd in Trump's last days may boost Biden energy plan
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — One of the keys to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion clean energy plan could be a mineral that lies in a salt flat above a prehistoric volcano just south of the Oregon-Nevada line.
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Mine OK'd in Trump's last days may boost Biden energy plan
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — One of the keys to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion clean energy plan could be a mineral that lies in a salt flat above a prehistoric volcano just south of the Oregon-Nevada line.
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Environmentalists move toward lawsuit over fuel break plan
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists have filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S government to block plans to build up to 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) of fuel breaks they contend would violate the Endangered Species Act in a misguided effort to slow the advance of wildfires in six …
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Environmentalists move toward lawsuit over fuel break plan
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists have filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S government to block plans to build up to 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) of fuel breaks they contend would violate the Endangered Species Act in a misguided effort to slow the advance of wildfires in six …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Environmentalists move toward lawsuit over fuel break plan
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists have filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S government to block plans to build up to 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) of fuel breaks they contend would violate the Endangered Species Act in a misguided effort to slow the advance of wildfires in six …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Nevada revises vaccine plan but assures delivery is smooth
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada health officials said that nearly 26,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines — about 16% of the state's initial December allocation — have been administered and they announced plans to move people older than 75 to the next tier of its distribution plan.
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Nevada revises vaccine plan but assures delivery is smooth
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada health officials said that nearly 26,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines — about 16% of the state's initial December allocation — have been administered and they announced plans to move people older than 75 to the next tier of its distribution plan.
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Nevada revises vaccine plan but assures delivery is smooth
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada health officials said that nearly 26,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines — about 16% of the state's initial December allocation — have been administered and they announced plans to move people older than 75 to the next tier of its distribution plan.
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Nearly half of Tier 1 vaccinated for virus in Washoe County
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Washoe County Health District Officer Kevin Dick said Wednesday nearly half of the hospital workers, first-responders and others in the priority category have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Reno-Sparks area but it’s unrealistic to think the shots will be available to …
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Man accused of killing pregnant girlfriend in Nevada tribe
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal agents have charged a 33-year-old man with murder in the fatal stabbing of his pregnant girlfriend in a brutal attack witnessed by her children on the Pyramid Lake tribal reservation north of Reno.
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Appeals court rules against Nevada cap on church attendance
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court agreed Tuesday with two Nevada churches that have argued for months that the state’s COVID-19 restrictions are unconstitutional because they place harsher attendance limits on religious gatherings than casinos and other secular businesses.
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Appeals court rules againt Nevada cap on church attendance
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court agreed Tuesday with two Nevada churches that have argued for months that the state’s COVID-19 restrictions are unconstitutional because they place harsher attendance limits on religious gatherings than casinos and other secular businesses.
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Appeals court rules againt Nevada cap on church attendance
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court agreed Tuesday with two Nevada churches that have argued for months that the state’s COVID-19 restrictions are unconstitutional because they place harsher attendance limits on religious gatherings than casinos and other secular businesses.
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9th Circuit: Nevada's COVID-19 church attendance cap illegal
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in favor of two Nevada churches that say the state’s COVID-19 restrictions violate their First Amendment rights because they place harsher attendance limits on religious gatherings than casinos and other secular businesses.
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Athletes to retrace Sierra escape of Donner Party survivors
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A pair of backcountry endurance athletes who became obsessed with the Donner Party spent the last seven years researching and exploring the Sierra on foot to try to pinpoint the final 90-mile (145-kilometer) route survivors of the infamous tale of cannibalism finally cut through mountain snow …
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Athletes to retrace Sierra escape of Donner Party survivors
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A pair of backcountry endurance athletes who became obsessed with the Donner Party spent the last seven years researching and exploring the Sierra on foot to try to pinpoint the final 90-mile (145-kilometer) route survivors of the infamous tale of cannibalism finally cut through mountain snow …
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Nevada school boss wants metrics for classroom reopenings
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Convinced that in-person teaching is not a significant contributor to the spread of the coronavirus, Nevada’s school superintendent is urging state leaders to develop specific criteria to help guide county decisions about reopening classrooms.
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Nevada school boss wants metrics for classroom reopenings
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Convinced that in-person teaching is not a significant contributor to the spread of the coronavirus, Nevada’s school superintendent is urging state leaders to develop specific criteria to help guide county decisions about reopening classrooms.
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Reno-area teacher shortage extends distance learning
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Washoe County School Board has decided to extend distance learning for middle and high schools in the Reno area until at least Jan. 19 partly because of a shortage of teachers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
9th Circuit sympathetic to Nevada churches in COVID-19 fight
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A three-member U.S. appeals court panel appeared sympathetic Tuesday to arguments by lawyers for two Nevada churches that say state COVID-19 restrictions treating churches differently than casinos and other secular businesses violate their First Amendment rights.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
9th Circuit sympathetic to Nevada churches in COVID-19 fight
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A three-member U.S. appeals court panel appeared sympathetic Tuesday to arguments by lawyers for two Nevada churches that say state COVID-19 restrictions treating churches differently than casinos and other secular businesses violate their First Amendment rights.
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Officials: Rodents likely destroyed rare plants at mine
RENO, Nev. (AP) — DNA evidence suggests rodents destroyed part of an area of an extremely rare desert wildflower being considered for endangered species protection at a contentious mine site in Nevada, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday.
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Officials: Rodents likely destroyed rare plants at mine
RENO, Nev. (AP) — DNA evidence suggests rodents destroyed part of an area of an extremely rare desert wildflower being considered for endangered species protection at a contentious mine site in Nevada, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Officials: Rodents likely destroyed rare plants at mine
RENO, Nev. (AP) — DNA evidence suggests rodents destroyed part of an area of an extremely rare desert wildflower being considered for endangered species protection at a contentious mine site in Nevada, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Officials: Rodents likely destroyed rare plants at mine
RENO, Nev. (AP) — DNA evidence suggests rodents destroyed part of an area of an extremely rare desert wildflower being considered for endangered species protection at a contentious mine site in Nevada, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Nevada reports deadliest day since start of pandemic
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada reported 48 new deaths from the coronavirus on Thursday, marking the state's deadliest day since the onset of the pandemic as the COVID-19 surge shows few signs of slowing and death totals peak throughout the U.S.
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Nevada coroner fears no morgue space if virus not curtailed
RENO, Nev. (AP) — “This is an awful question, but how many bodies does a freezer cooler hold?”
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Nevada now has 1 virus case a minute, 1 death per 2 hours
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The coronavirus is spreading so fast in Nevada that one person is diagnosed with it every minute and someone is dying from it every two hours, state health officials said Wednesday.
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Reno mayor 'begging' people to forgo Thanksgiving gatherings
RENO, Nev. (AP) — An emotional Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve said Tuesday she’s “begging” residents to forgo family Thanksgiving gatherings to help slow the spread of the coronavirus that has exploded in Nevada,
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Nevada urges businesses to embrace new virus restrictions
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The head of the Nevada agency promoting business growth urged companies on Monday to embrace the governor’s latest move to tighten COVID-19 restrictions, saying it's the best way to protect against future shutdowns that are likely if the coronavirus keeps spreading at unprecedented rates.
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Over 1,000 evacuated in Nevada wildfire start returning home
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A day after a wind-whipped wildfire in northern Nevada roared through a neighborhood in Reno and destroyed at least five houses, more than 1,000 people who were forced to evacuate — including the mayor — started returning home Wednesday.
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Wind in forecast raises fears after Nevada fire burns homes
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Another lashing of strong winds expected in northern Nevada raised concerns Wednesday about reviving a wildfire that roared through a neighborhood in Reno in similar weather a day earlier, destroying at least five houses, damaging 15 other structures and forcing people to flee from hundreds of …
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Wildfire destroys multiple Reno homes; hundreds threatened
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire driven by strong winds destroyed or damaged about 20 homes in two Reno foothills neighborhoods and forced the evacuation of hundreds more on the edge of the Sierra Nevada foothills, authorities said Wednesday. It was one of several blazes burning near the Nevada-California …
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Governor: Two weeks before coronavirus overwhelms Nevada
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Although the coronavirus is spreading at record rates in Nevada, the state will not need to tighten restrictions if individuals commit to preventative measures like mask-wearing and working from home, Gov. Steve Sisolak said on Tuesday.
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Nevada church asks US Supreme Court for 2nd COVID cap review
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Unsuccessful in an earlier bid for an emergency injunction, a Nevada church is asking the U.S. Supreme Court again to consider its challenge of coronavirus restrictions on religious gatherings as a test case for others brought by churches across the country arguing their First Amendment rights …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Nevada Democrats Lee, Horsford reelected to US House
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Democrats successfully won reelection in Nevada’s two battleground congressional districts, surviving challenges from Republicans in the swing state.
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Nevada Democrat Susie Lee reelected to US House
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Democrats successfully won reelection in Nevada’s two battleground congressional districts, surviving challenges from well-financed Republicans in the western swing state where the outcome of the presidential race was still up in the air.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Nevada Democrat Steven Horsford reelected to US House
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford was reelected in one of two southern Nevada congressional districts where Republicans mounted well-financed campaigns to flip U.S. House seats in the battleground state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Reps. Amodei, Titus win; GOP bids for 2 swing Dem-held seats
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A pair of well-financed Republican challengers were trying to unseat Democrats in key swing congressional districts in southern Nevada on Tuesday, while veteran incumbents from each party were reelected as expected in the other two districts covering northern Nevada and the Las Vegas Strip.
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Washoe County cutting 250 limit on gatherings back to 50
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Beginning next week, public gatherings in Washoe County will be subject to the same 50-person limitation that was in effect before Gov. Steve Sisolak raised the statewide cap to 250 on Oct. 1 as part of a relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Washoe County cutting 250 limit on gatherings back to 50
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Beginning next week, public gatherings in Washoe County will be subject to the same 50-person limitation that was in effect before Gov. Steve Sisolak raised the statewide cap to 250 on Oct. 1 as part of a relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
7 straight days of record active Washoe County COVID cases
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s COVID-19 response team has called an emergency meeting with officials from Washoe County, where the number of active cases of the coronavirus in the Reno-Sparks area has climbed to new record highs in each of the last seven days.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Nevada governor: 'We are not rounding the corner'
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Businesses may close and hospitals may need to adopt “crisis standards" that include care rationing if the coronavirus continues to spread at current rates in Nevada, state leaders said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Masks mandatory, 250-person cap for Pence rally in Nevada
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The lease holder at a Reno airport hangar where Vice President Mike Pence plans a rally has signed an agreement that requires the Republican National Committee to adhere to all Nevada COVID-19 restrictions, including a 250-person attendance cap and mandatory masks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Nevada governor: 'We are not rounding the corner'
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Businesses may close and hospitals may need to adopt “crisis standards" that include care rationing if the coronavirus continues to spread at current rates in Nevada, state leaders said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Masks mandatory, 250-person cap for Pence rally in Nevada
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The lease holder at a Reno airport hangar where Vice President Mike Pence plans a rally has signed an agreement that requires the Republican National Committee to adhere to all Nevada COVID-19 restrictions, including a 250-person attendance cap and mandatory masks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Masks mandatory, 250-cap for VP Pence rally at Reno airport
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The lease holder at a Reno airport hangar where Vice President Mike Pence plans a rally Thursday has signed an agreement that requires the Republican National Committee to adhere to all Nevada COVID-19 restrictions, including a 250-person attendance cap and mandatory masks.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Reno area reports largest single-day COVID-19 spike
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Washoe County, home to Reno, reported 350 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday — the largest single-day spike since the start of the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Reno area reports largest single-day COVID-19 spike
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Washoe County, home to Reno, reported 350 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday — the largest single-day spike since the start of the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Washoe County has record-high number of virus cases
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Coronavirus infections have reached another record high in the Reno-Sparks area, where the Washoe County health district officer continues to raise concerns that the limit on the size of public gatherings is too lenient.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Nevada plans no immediate changes as COVID-19 cases spike
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s rate of coronavirus infections is steadily rising again. But state officials are reluctant to blame relaxed guidelines and say there is no reason yet to consider stricter measures.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Nevada plans no immediate changes as COVID-19 cases spike
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s rate of coronavirus infections is steadily rising again. But state officials are reluctant to blame relaxed guidelines and say there is no reason yet to consider stricter measures.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Nevada's average COVID-19 infection rate climbing steadily
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s rate of coronavirus infections is steadily rising again. But state officials are reluctant to blame relaxed guidelines and say there is no reason yet to consider stricter measures as they point to rates increasing across the country and the world.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
October rise in Nevada COVID positivity after 2-month drop
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s test positivity rate for COVID-19 has continued to rise following a steady two-month decline after Gov. Steve Sisolak raised the size limit for public gatherings.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Five-term incumbent, challenger clash at U.S. House forum
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Democratic challenger Patricia Ackerman went on the offensive Friday, attacking five-term Republican Rep. Mark Amodei for supporting Trump administration polices she says have harmed Nevada’s farmers and immigrants and what she says is the administration's failure to help them recover from the coronavirus outbreak.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
October rise in Nevada COVID positivity after 2-month drop
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s test positivity rate for COVID-19 has continued to rise following a steady two-month decline after Gov. Steve Sisolak raised the size limit for public gatherings.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Five-term incumbent, challenger clash at U.S. House forum
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Democratic challenger Patricia Ackerman went on the offensive Friday, attacking five-term Republican Rep. Mark Amodei for supporting Trump administration polices she says have harmed Nevada’s farmers and immigrants and what she says is the administration's failure to help them recover from the coronavirus outbreak.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Five-term incumbent, challenger clash at U.S. House forum
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Democratic challenger Patricia Ackerman went on the offensive Friday, attacking five-term Republican Rep. Mark Amodei for supporting Trump administration polices she says have harmed Nevada’s farmers and immigrants and what she says is the administration's failure to help them recover from the coronavirus outbreak.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
October rise in Nevada COVID positivity after 2-month drop
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s test positivity rate for COVID-19 has continued to rise following a steady two-month decline after Gov. Steve Sisolak raised the size limit for public gatherings.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Five-term incumbent, challengers set for forum on House seat
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Five-term Republican Rep. Mark Amodei, Democratic challenger Patricia Ackerman and American Independent Janine Hansen face off Friday night at a candidates forum in a heavily GOP northern Nevada district that no Democrat has ever won.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Halloween canceled at Nevada governor's mansion over virus
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Trick-or-treating at the Nevada governor’s mansion has been canceled this year due to the pandemic, and state health officials are advising people marking Halloween and Día de los Muertos to avoid large gatherings.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Governor's staff returns to work after virus quarantines
RENO, Nev. (AP) — All staff members who came in contact with a colleague in Gov. Steve Sisolak’s office who tested positive for COVID-19 have completed quarantines and returned to work, aides to the governor said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Governor's staff returns to work after virus quarantines
RENO, Nev. (AP) — All staff members who came in contact with a colleague in Gov. Steve Sisolak’s office who tested positive for COVID-19 have completed quarantines and returned to work, aides to the governor said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Governor's staff returns to work after vitus quarantines
RENO, Nev. (AP) — All staff members who came in contact with a colleague in Gov. Steve Sisolak’s office who tested positive for COVID-19 have completed quarantines and returned to work, aides to the governor said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Halloween canceled at Nevada governor's mansion over virus
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Trick-or-treating at the Nevada governor’s mansion has been canceled this year due to the pandemic, and state health officials are advising people marking Halloween and Día de los Muertos to avoid large gatherings.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Halloween canceled at Nevada governor's mansion over virus
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Trick-or-treating at the Nevada governor’s mansion has been canceled this year due to the pandemic, and state health officials are advising people marking Halloween and Día de los Muertos to avoid large gatherings.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
New appeal to Nevada Supreme Court in four 2019 killings
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Lawyers for a 21-year-old Salvadoran immigrant accused of killing four northern Nevada residents last year are asking the state Supreme Court to again overturn a judge’s ruling allowing him to be tried in Reno for crimes that occurred in another county.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Pandemic job losses hit tourism-dependent states hardest
The coronavirus pandemic has been particularly brutal to the tourism-dependent economies of Nevada and Hawaii
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Feds refuse again to list bi-state grouse along state line
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two years after a U.S. judge ordered the Trump administration to reconsider its refusal to protect sage grouse populations along the California-Nevada line, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has again decided against listing the bi-state grouse as threatened or endangered.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Feds refuse again to list bi-state grouse along state line
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two years after a U.S. judge ordered the Trump administration to reconsider its refusal to protect sage grouse populations along the California-Nevada line, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has again decided against listing the bi-state grouse as threatened or endangered.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Feds refuse again to list bi-state grouse along state line
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two years after a U.S. judge ordered the Trump administration to reconsider its refusal to protect sage grouse populations along the California-Nevada line, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has again decided against listing the bi-state grouse as threatened or endangered.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Las Vegas man accused of threatening to kill congresswoman
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has set a preliminary hearing next month for a 47-year-old Las Vegas man accused of threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Nevada Supreme Court puts immigrant killings case on hold
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Washoe County prosecutors lack jurisdictional authority — at least for now — to prosecute a Salvadoran immigrant in Reno for two of the four killings that he's accused of committing outside the county.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Nevada coronovirus deaths climb to 10; include 1st under 50
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The coronavirus has claimed 10 lives in Nevada, including the first person younger than 50, state health officials said Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Virus takes toll on Nevada newspapers, online visits soar
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The virus outbreak is taking its toll on media in Nevada, with closures of rural weekly and alternative urban weekly publications and curtailment of sections published in the state's largest metropolitan daily.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Nevada governor shutters gambling, dining to halt virus
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gambling will grind to a halt by Wednesday in casino-mecca Las Vegas, a city known for glitzy and sometimes reckless fun, as the governor of Nevada issued a sweeping order aimed to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Who's greener? Mine fight pits electric cars against flower
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The rare Tiehm's buckwheat stands less than a foot tall (30 centimeters) in Nevada's rocky high desert, its thin, leafless stems adorned with tiny yellow flowers in spring.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Wildfire watching goes high tech
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Mortar round banned after Marine deaths
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Unassuming Nevada house had gold worth millions stashed inside
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Burning Man regulars lament ticket 'fiasco'
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Firefighters stop progress of big blaze
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Officials: 32 homes destroyed in Reno fire
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Search for missing Canadian man resumes
RENO, Nev. - Sheriff's deputies searching for the husband of a Canadian woman who survived for seven weeks on water and trail mix in their stranded van in remote mountains near the Nevada-Idaho line were holding out hope against all odds on Saturday that he too somehow could still be …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Vandals sent packing
RENO, Nev. - Nevada is finally starting to look like the team that was picked to win the Western Athletic Conference.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
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