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Nevada Seismological Laboratory installs new wildfire camera in Minden

A new wildfire camera was installed in Minden, Nevada on Oct. 16, to help NV Energy and local agencies detect new wildfire starts. This advanced warning system enables firefighters to respond more quickly and accurately to any new fires and provide ongoing situational awareness during fire response.

BLM begins review of 3 more Nevada solar projects

BLM officials said they are in the preliminary stages of review for the three photovoltaic solar projects, two of which would be in Clark County and one in the Amargosa Valley in neighboring Nye County that would cover 10,000 acres and produce enough electricity to power about 360,000 homes.

Jennifer Lopez to join Harris rally in Vegas, Trump to court Latino voters in Nevada

Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will court Hispanic voters on Thursday trips to Nevada, the smallest of the seven swing states expected to play a decisive role in Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election. Hispanics represent about 30% of ...

What to expect in Nevada on Election Day

Nevada has six electoral votes, making it the smallest prize of the seven presidential battleground states that Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump and their campaigns view as critical to winning the presidency.

Upside-down in Nevada

Nevada’s energy shift has largely been driven by President Joe Biden’s climate agenda. He signed into law four bills that direct a total of $1.6 trillion toward greening the economy and reviving domestic manufacturing.

Three nonprofits each receive $100,000 grants to support housing efforts in northern Nevada (sponsored)

The 2024 AHEAD grants awarded to Eddy House, RTNN and RHA further strengthen the support for these three nonprofits, which GNCU has consistently aided through its philanthropic efforts in recent years.

Why Did Mark Wahlberg Leave L.A.? Inside His Move to Nevada With Wife Rhea Durham and Kids

Mark Wahlberg is just one of Hollywood’s big name stars who decided to make a major move out of Los Angeles. The Arthur the King actor shocked fans when he revealed the big decision and the reason behind relocating to Nevada.

Does Southern Nevada need to do more to prevent mosquitoes?

With cooler temperatures here, that means mosquito season is thankfully coming to an end. But what can be done to prevent the mosquito population from growing in future years?

Could Nevada decide the presidential race?

Most Nevadans are not white, and 40 percent of registered voters do not identify as Democrat or Republican. But Nevada has gone blue the last four presidential elections, thanks in part to the ‘Reid Machine.’ It is a storied ground game strategy championed by late-Senator Harry Reid and led by the local Culinary Workers Union to elect Democrats.

Q&A: The Nevada Current’s Michael Lyle on covering a swing state amid poll anxiety

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Michael Lyle, a reporter in Nevada, knew before the election started that it would be anxiety-inducing, both ...

Southern Nevada fire departments conducting joint hazmat training exercises

Hazardous materials response personnel from the Henderson and Las Vegas fire departments are participating in annual HazMat training exercises. Those exercises will be at Wells Enterprises Ice Cream Plant near Lake Mead Parkway and Olsen Street, starting at noon.

Nevada’s Huge Football September Leads to Record Revenue of $80.9M

Sportsbooks combined to set a new revenue record of $80.9 million in September, beating out the previous high of $72 million in November 2021.

Kamala Harris Campaign Buys Ad on Las Vegas Sphere as Nevada Polls Are Tied

Nevada is one of seven states that are being worked hard by both campaigns where the FiveThirtyEight polling average margins are just as tight, including Wisconsin (+0.1% Harris), Pennsylvania (+0.3% Trump), Michigan (+0.7% Harris), North Carolina (+1.2% Trump), Georgia (+1.5% Trump), and Arizona (+1.8% Trump).

Nevada 2024 Trump-Harris Polls: Trump Leads In Latest Survey—As Harris Struggles With Latinos

Trump and Harris are tied in Nevada in Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin, while Trump has a slight polling advantage in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia and Arizona, and Harris leads by a slim margin in Wisconsin and Michigan. She has a razor-thin edge in national polling.

Common ground: Survey shows Nevadans agree on more than you might think

The University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation at the School of Public Policy conducted a series of surveys in Nevada and other swing states including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the months leading up to the ...

Rockwell B-1 Lancer

The Rockwell B-1 is a supersonic variable-sweep wing heavy bomber serving in the fleet of the United States Air Force along with its subsonic stablemates,

This is how Nevada plans to keep elections safe and secure amid concerns from voters

Among the concerns are double voting, voter intimidation, electioneering, and fears of violence at polling sites and after the election. Here's how the state plans to address them.

DOE finalizes $2.26B loan for Nevada lithium project

Construction at the Lithium Nevada Corp. mine site Thacker Pass project on April 24, 2023, near Orovada, Nevada. Rick Bowmer/AP The Biden administration closed a $2.26 billion loan Monday for a project that will process lithium from one of the largest deposits in the nation for electric vehicle batteries.

Santa Rosa man knocks on doors in Nevada for Kamala Harris

Chris Mazzia, an attorney who lives in Santa Rosa, will this week make his second trip in a month to Nevada to pound the pavement for democracy.

Nevada high court rules ballots with smudged or missing postmarks will be counted

The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots with unclear or missing postmarks can be counted up to three days after Election Day. This decision, in response to a GOP-led challenge, aligns with Nevada’s goal to protect voters from being unfairly disenfranchised.

Upside down in Nevada: GOP voters embrace climate programs, while Democrats oppose solar

Conservative mining towns are benefitting under the IRA while Democratic voters skewer the Biden-Harris administration for opening the desert to solar farms.

Trump was doing historically well among Hispanic voters before Madison Square Garden rally backlash

Donald Trump’s Sunday rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City featured numerous instances of speakers making racist or bigoted remarks. Perhaps none more notoriously so than comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s offensive comments about Puerto Rico.

AI Data Centers And The New Era Of Unprecedented Demand

AI data centers face unprecedented demand, driving a new era of scalable infrastructure and sustainable solutions

Week 1 of early voting is over. Here’s where turnout stands.

This puts turnout so far at 28% of eligible registered voters, with one week of in-person early voting and Election Day still ahead. By state law, mail ballots can be received and counted up to four days past Election Day, as long as they were postmarked by Election Day.

Tyler’s Crawford leads team in tackles, Nevada falls to Hawai’i

Former Tyler Lion Kitan Crawford led the team in tackles, but the Nevada Wolfpack could not handle Hawai’i as they fall 34-13.

Driver killed in wrong-way crash on USA Parkway identified

Nevada State Police identified the man killed in an Oct. 14 wrong-way crash on USA Parkway as Jimmy Rumelhart, 82, of Antioch, California.

California man dies in wrong-way crash in Storey County

A California man was killed in a wrong-way crash in Storey County.The Nevada State Police Highway Patrol Division responded to a crash at SR-439 and Storey Coun

Harris Aides Quietly Grow More Bullish on Defeating Trump

While still cautious, advisers and allies believe that casting Donald Trump as a fascist is working, and that their expansive ground game and appeals on abortion rights may carry the day.

With 5 days to go for early voting, Republicans leading in Nevada

Is the GOP adding new voters to its ranks or is it simply shifting votes that would otherwise have come in on Election Day to early voting?

Nevada Supreme Court rules non-postmarked ballots can be counted within 3 days of election

Five of the high court's justices ruled that justices disagreed with Republicans' interpretation of the law at the center of the lawsuit and determined it would not be in the public interest to change the election procedures this late in the cycle.

Republicans lose challenge over late-arriving mail ballots in Nevada

Backers of the suit sought stricter adherence to Nevada’s absentee voting laws, especially in light of polls predicting a close race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in the state. In a lawsuit filed earlier this year ...

Larkspur resident goes back in time at historic train experience

At 9 a.m., we backed out of the garage in Larkspur and headed out on our 538-mile trip to Ely, Nevada. Why would anyone go to Ely, you may ask? It’s a remote town in northeastern Nevada miles from

Adam Schiff, Not Yet a Senator, Deploys to Bolster Potential Future Colleagues

With his election in California all but assured, the prominent Donald Trump antagonist is spending the final days of the race trying to help Democrats in the battlegrounds over the finish line.

How to get tickets for Kamala Harris' early evening rally in Reno on Halloween

This will be the vice president’s first campaign rally in Northern Nevada since receiving the Democratic Party’s nomination as its presidential candidate. Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team. Her last trip was in April 2023 ...

In their own words: What it's like in a 'chaos' Congress and why these lawmakers keep coming back

The Associated Press sat down separately with lawmakers, three Republicans and three Democrats, to hear what it’s like on Capitol Hill and what they — and Americans — can do to make it better. All hail from safe districts and are expected to easily win another term.

Harris rallies Philadelphia voters at church, barbershop, bookstore, restaurant and basketball court

Kamala Harris said Sunday that “no one can sit on the sidelines” in this year’s presidential election, capping a day of campaigning across the largest city in

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