Fallon Cantaloupe Festival stems from hardy melon with roots in Churchill County
Thousands gather for the Fallon Cantaloupe Festival, but growing the melons is anything but a walk in the park. By
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The Nevada Independent
Mobile clinics got rolling in the pandemic. A new law will help them cast wider safety net.
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News https://thenevadaindependent.com Nearly 12 years ago, a nonprofit centered on substance abuse prevention in
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What Tesla’s multibillion-dollar Gigafactory expansion means for Nevada
By Sean Golonka https://thenevadaindependent.com/ At the heart of the country’s largest industrial park, in the midst of the high desert
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Lombardo promises tax cuts, sweeping K-12 spending boost in State of the State speech
By Sean Golonka, Jacob Solis and Tabitha Mueller https://thenevadaindependent.com/ In his first State of the State address, Republican Gov. Joe
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Rural Nevadans face ‘major crisis’ in neurological services, at higher risk for Alzheimer’s, dementia
By Carly Sauvageau https://thenevadaindependent.com/ Less than 10 percent of Nevada’s 3.1 million residents live outside of the Reno and Las
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Judge shoots down Joey Gilbert election lawsuit over lack of ‘competent evidence’
By Riley Snyder https://thenevadaindependent.com/ A Carson City judge has blocked Reno attorney and former Republican gubernatorial candidate Joey Gilbert’s effort
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Legislators green-light millions in federal funding for free school lunches, mental health services
By Tabitha Mueller and Jacob Solis https://thenevadaindependent.com An interim legislative committee approved more than $75 million in federal aid money
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Inmate labor may alleviate Nevada housing shortage, but critics question low wages
By Naoka Foreman https://thenevadaindependent.com/ Inmates in the yard at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City on May 19,
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As Navy and development close in, Fallon tribe seeks protection for sacred land
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez https://thenevadaindependent.com Dixie Valley is known as a place of healing for the Fallon Paiute and Shoshone
Read MoreSisolak calls for redistricting special session starting Friday
Tabitha Mueller and Riley Snyder https://thenevadaindependent.com Gov. Steve Sisolak has announced a long-anticipated redistricting special session starting Friday, during which
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