Washoe County filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy this week, seeking to block plans to downsize operations and relocate its outgoing mail processing facility from Reno to Sacramento.
Nevada
Seven jails are now fully in compliance with a law that requires the facilities create a process for inmates to vote while in jail.
Workers in Nevada will see a bump in the state’s minimum wage this summer.
Imprisoned for a Las Vegas fatal DUI, former NFL player Henry Ruggs is in a prison work program that placed him at the Governor’s Mansion.
Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks died after he was hit by a vehicle near the district courthouse in downtown Reno, the Reno Police Department said. He was 80.
Lisa Levine, who was told by a male staffer during a 2020 meeting to stop with her “child speak,” said it felt like déjà vu when she read Melody Rose’s hostile work environment complaint.
A Mineral County man first infected with the delta variant tests positive 22 days for a new substrain of the virus known as AY.26.
Nevada’s death row houses 64 inmates. Some of them have killed multiple people, including children. Others ended the lives of elderly victims. Some shot police officers or strangers, while others stabbed someone they knew.
New cases, deaths, hospitalizations and positivity rate all dropped from the prior week, though the descent in the new cases rate slowed.
Former Judge Jennifer Togliatti will be the first woman to serve as chair of the commission.
Transportation Security Administration officers are encountering difficulties when attempting to scan the recently updated licenses, according to the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles website.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board unanimously recommends approval of MGM Resorts International’s plan to buy out Dubai World’s 50 percent share of CityCenter on the Strip.
Key COVID-19 metrics add to mounting evidence that Clark County’s surge is waning at the same time the spread of the disease is accelerating in other parts of the state.
Two environmentalist groups are throwing their support behind Amy Vilela in the Democratic primary for the congressional seat held by Rep. Dina Titus.
The agreement by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection allows 33 packages of unapproved waste to remain at at the site.