Nevada News

Nevada lawmakers have authority over who oversees the state's four community colleges, according to an opinion released today by the Legislature's nonpartisan research arm.

Thousands of people are still no closer to coverage, in part due to website problems.

Northern Nevada's economy could be harmed if federal highway funds are cut, according to a new report from TRIP , a Washington, D.C.-based transportation research group.

Several different agencies, organizations and programs will be at the Atlantis Casino Resort and Spa on March 11th and 12th discussing the safety of pedestrian and bicycle safety on Nevada roads.

With the 2014 drought looming, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension is offering workshops across the state this month and next to give Nevada agricultural producers, particularly alfalfa and grass hay producers, information to help them prepare for the drought.

The Elko Daily Free Press reports the City Council will take up the issue Tuesday at the request of Police Chief Ben Reed.

A relic of Nevada history which was aboard the battleship Missouri when the Japanese surrendered to end World War II, and which spent two decades tucked away in a military museum's storage, is ready to go on the road for Nevada's sesquicentennial.

The top of Kingsbury Grade. The Nevada Department of Transportation plans to repave the highway from the summit down to the intersection of Highway 50 starting this summer.

The state Transportation Board delayed action Monday on a research project that would cost the agency $1 million over four years because of concerns about the availability of federal road funds beginning later this year.

A federal appeals court will hear oral arguments early next month on the challenge to Nevada's gay marriage ban.

"It is an honor to represent the First District and a privilege to work on behalf of our community," said Titus.

Ways that alfalfa and grass-hay producers can conserve irrigation water under drought conditions will be discussed at University of Nevada Cooperative Extension workshops across the state.

Over decades, some Nevada politicians, education leaders and consultants have argued that Nevada's four community colleges shouldn't report to the state's Board of Regents, which oversees UNLV and UNR, but rather be allowed to operate independently, perhaps with each individual college governed within its own community.

Nevada may be a long way from Kansas, but when it comes to state funding for schools, it may be closer than you think.

Kelly Nichols OD, MPH, PhD Dr. Nichols is FERV Professor at the University of Houston College of Optometry and director of The Ocular Surface Institute clinical research center.

The Nevada Arts Council is launching a series of arts town meetings to examine the efforts, wants and needs of towns across the state as it builds a three-year plan to support art in Nevada.

Twenty-five years ago, the Friends of the University Libraries at the University of Nevada, Reno created the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame.

Sabrina Brown, Claudette Ward and Tamika Centers are charged along with Chante Taylor of Reno with conspiracy to file false claims against the federal government.

The drive to southern California will soon include a new stop, once a massive highway project, called the Joint Port of Entry -- just over the Nevada border -- is complete.

John McKenna is seeking a second term on Carson City's Board of Supervisors to complete tasks slowed by economic malaise, he said after filing to retain the seat from Ward 3. "The depth of the economic problems and slow recovery have not allowed for the permanent changes to city management that are needed," McKenna said at midweek.