LETTER: Nevada Legislature gets cold feet on traffic cameras

A chance for legislation that would truly save lives and reduce life-impacting injuries: denied. I’m generally cynical of most government announcements and pronouncements simply because there always seems to be a hidden agenda buried in some back room …

Nevada Transportation Agencies remind consumers to avoid toll road fee scam

LAS VEGAS – The Nevada Department of Transportation and the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles are warning of a texting scheme circulating inside and outside of Nevada.These text messages make claims of unpaid toll road fees and ask recipients to click …

Homelessness: Annual results for Placer and Nevada Counties

Auburn, Calif. – The annual Point-in-Time survey of people experiencing homelessness in Placer and Nevada counties was conducted on Jan. 29 to determine where people experiencing homelessness stayed the night of Jan. 28 and continued by street outreach …

Motorcycle deaths in Nevada up over last year; at least 7 riders killed this month

Motorcyclists in Southern Nevada and across the state are dying in traffic crashes at a higher rate this year than in 2024 — a grim figure underscored by at least seven more rider deaths in the state since early April. Of the 93 fatal crashes reported from …

Cortez Masto: Washington chaos affecting local Nevada projects

The scene was not unusual: A politician touring a new community building for which she’d helped secure government funding. In this case, it was at the Lockwood Senior Center just east of Reno. With the help of Nevada’s U.S. senators, Storey County received …

Nevada man accused of stalking ISU student, making plans for mass shooting at graduation ceremony was arrested

An alleged mass shooting plot at an Iowa State University graduation was thwarted by law enforcement. Now the Nevada man faces federal stalking charges. Tanner Bandy, 28, not only faces that federal charge, but he was previously charged in Iowa courts with …

Nevada DMV ordered to issue press license plates to Our Nevada Judges after court loss

A judge with Clark County’s Eighth Judicial District Court on Thursday ruled the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles improperly denied a press license plate to Our Nevada Judges. A DMV employee claimed ONJ was not considered news media. To read this …

Westbound I-80 to shift to eastbound lanes in Nevada County

Nevada governor reveals education reform bill, vows ‘district-level accountability’

Gov. Joe Lombardo outlined a sweeping education bill Friday that aims to increase accountability of school districts. The Nevada Accountability in Education Act includes bonuses for high-performing teachers, expanded open enrollment policies and what he …

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