The order, covering Department of Corrections employees and those working with at-risk populations in state-operated detention and health care facilities, takes effect Nov. 1.
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The 213,000-acre Caldor Fire south of Lake Tahoe saw its smallest daily growth in two weeks, allowing 5,500 residents to return home after being evacuated, fire officials say.
The fire, which began Aug. 14, has destroyed 650 homes and nearly 200 other structures and still threatens nearly 32,000 more.
The Caldor Fire’s gallop toward South Lake Tahoe eased throughout the day Wednesday, with the fire still swelling to nearly 208,000 acres but containment also increasing to 23 percent.
A former Las Vegas District Court judge whose courtroom outburst in 2017 led to a public reprimand said Wednesday he would seek the Republican nomination for secretary of state in 2022.
Gov. Steve Sisolak signed an executive order Monday aimed at reversing “the long-term trend of loss of Nevada’s wild landscapes.”
The Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee allocates more than $1 billion in pandemic relief assistance from the $2.7 billion in American Rescue Plan funds the state received.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak on Tuesday congratulated Lt. Gov. Kate Marshall on her expected transition to a position in the Biden administration.
The Republican wasted no time announcing his candidacy for lieutenant governor following news that the incumbent officeholder is planning to resign.
The initial round of refunds, totaling $30.6 million, was sent to business taxpayers after a Supreme Court ruling in May that found a 2019 tax bill was unconstitutional.
Yvanna Cancela, a former political director for the Culinary union Local 226, is returning to Nevada after eight months with the Biden administration.
Gov. Steve Sisolak signed an emergency directive Wednesday related to face coverings and other mitigation strategies for K-12 county school district, charter school and private school settings within Nevada.
The advancing 58,000-acre Tamarack Fire south of Lake Tahoe, which crossed into Nevada from California on Wednesday, prompted Douglas County officials and Gov. Steve Sisolak on Friday to declare a state of emergency.
Plans for what would have been the largest solar installation in Nevada have been withdrawn by the sponsor, the Bureau of Land Management confirmed Thursday.
But the new state police union was rebuffed in its attempt to limit public and administrative review of body camera footage.