The Nevada Independent

Legislators green-light millions in federal funding for free school lunches, mental health services

Preschool students pick up lunch at Lomie G. Heard Elementary School on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (Jeff Scheid/Nevada Independent) By…

2 years ago

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,…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

Sisolak calls for redistricting special session starting Friday

Lawmakers on the floor of the Assembly inside the Legislature in Carson City on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (David Calvert/The…

2 years ago

Amodei will pass on gubernatorial run, seek re-election to congressional seat

Congressman Mark Amodei speaks with a reporter outside the Washoe County Board of Commissioners' meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018.…

3 years ago

Secretary of state says she wasn’t consulted on decision to remove tax petitions, insists they should stay on ballot

Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske on the first day of the 81st session of the Nevada Legislature in Carson…

3 years ago

Effort to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day advances Mineral County, stalls in Lyon

Students participate in an Indigenous People’s Day assembly and walk on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021 at Schurz Elementary School. The…

3 years ago

For Lake Tahoe, Caldor Fire brings uncertainty, dislocation and fears of a new normal

Firefighters with CalFire prepare a hose lay to protect nearby structures near Meyers, Calif. on Tuesday, August 31. Photo by:…

3 years ago

Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Burns Paiute Tribe ask federal judge to halt activity near Thacker Pass mine

By Daniel Rothberg https://thenevadaindependent.com Gary McKinney, a member of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, at the…

3 years ago

The state said it relied on the ‘best available science’ in a toxic mine report. Records show the science was negotiated with the company

A car drives through a residential neighborhood that shares an aquifer with the former Anaconda Copper Mine near Yerington, Nev.…

3 years ago