Better weather is bad news for the Sierra Snowpack. The Nevada Natural Resource Conservation Service says snowpack has gone from slightly above average to a bit below average. The Truckee River flow forecast through July has fallen from 102 percent of average to 83 percent of average. More tests on the snowpack are scheduled for…… MORE
Nevada Joins “Clean Power Plan” Lawsuit
Nevada wasn’t part of the lawsuit against the federal “Clean Power Plan,” until now. Attorney General Adam Laxalt filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a multi-state challenge to the plan currently pending in the D.C. Court of Appeals. Laxalt says the brief highlights the EPA’s overreach and disregard for the rule of law. John Friedrich, of…… MORE
Sandoval Will Not Be Supreme Court Nom
Governor Brian Sandoval says he does not want to be considered for the current Supreme Court vacancy. The Governors office issued a statement saying he notified the White House , and has also spoken to Senators Reid, Heller and McConnell and expressed the same desire to them. The Governor added, “The notion of being considered…… MORE
NV Energy Joins Fight Against Solar Initiative
NV Energy is part of a coalition called Citizens for Solar and Energy Fairness. The coalition has filed a challenge to a proposed ballot initiative, to return Nevada’s net metering program back to more favorable rates for rooftop solar customers. The referendum proposes to repeal certain language in a bill passed by the last Legislature,…… MORE
Nevada Has The Best Bridges
The Nevada Department of Transportation’s dedicated bridge inspection and rehabilitation program, has helped Nevada bridges to be named the nation’s best for the second consecutive year. The American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s analysis of bridge inventory data shows only 1.8 percent of Nevada’s approximately 1,900 public bridges being structurally deficient. Even that doesn’t mean…… MORE
Sparks PD Looking For Car Theft Suspects
Sparks Police are investigating an unusual car theft that occurred at the intersection of Greg Street and Spice Island Drive yesterday around 4 o’clock. A woman driving a grey 2000 GMC Yukon was headed northbound on Spice Island when another car hit her from behind. She got out of the car to survey the damage…… MORE
Trump is The Big Winner of Nevada’s GOP Caucus
There was a clear winner in the GOP run for the White House last night in Nevada, with Donald Trump getting 46 percent of the votes in the caucus. The results here in the silver state, were yet another sign of how Trump’s momentum is sweeping the country. He heads into the Super Tuesday contests…… MORE
New Tool Targets Invasive Species in NV
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, the University of Montana and other partners have used Google Earth, to build a new interactive online map tool that, for the first time, combines layers of related data to better target invasive species damaging habitat and rangeland in Western states. The partnership is part of USDA’s ongoing Sage Grouse…… MORE
Looking For Work? Job Fair in Carson City
A community job fair hosted by the Carson City Chamber of Commerce and Carson City Health and Human Services is set for Friday, and will feature more than 40 employers who are ready to hire. The fair is from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center gymnasium, 851 East William Street. There…… MORE
Nevada Solar Company Files For Bankruptcy
Rooftop solar installer Summerlin Energy Las Vegas LLC filed for voluntary bankruptcy after the company ceased all operations and terminated almost all of its employees earlier this month, according to its filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.… MORE
