Friday, November 15, 2024

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

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 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

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 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

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 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 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 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

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 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 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

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.
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.
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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

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 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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.
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

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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?”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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,
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

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 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

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 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

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.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

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.
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

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
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 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.
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