The Nevada Independent A neighborhood just south of San Rafael Park in Reno was sent mail ballots reflecting incorrect races after a miscategorization during the most recent redistricting process. The Washoe County Registrar’s Office acknowledged the error in a press release on Tuesday and said they will send a letter to affected voters in the 5020 precinct explaining the … [Read more...]
Clark, Washoe election officials hope new technology will speed up ballot processing pace
By Eric Neugeboren The Nevada Independent Nevada’s two largest counties plan to use improved technology in this year’s elections that officials say will help process mail votes faster. In a meeting last week of the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections, county and state elections officials provided lawmakers with how their 2024 … [Read more...]
New academy preps students for municipal, wildland firefighting careers
By Amy Alonzo The Nevada Independent Madison Ellison peered at a sausage patty in her MRE — the prepackaged, instant ration soldiers and firefighters consume while out in the field — before poking it cautiously with a plastic utensil. The Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology (AACT) senior took the tiniest of nibbles — and immediately spit the sausage out. “This … [Read more...]
Washoe school board extends superintendent job offer to longtime district leader
By Rocio Hernandez The Nevada Independent Washoe County School Board has tapped a longtime district educator and leader as the district’s next superintendent. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to nominate Chief Continuous Improvement Officer Joe Ernst for its top role. He has been with the district since 1996, according to his resume. During his nearly 30-year tenure … [Read more...]
Reno students using STEM to help patients with hand tremors
By Rocio Hernandez The Nevada Independent As volunteers at Renown Regional Medical Center, Galena High School students Keira O’Leary, Manvi Mummalaneni and Cielo Coudriet met patients who struggled with hand tremors. An older volunteer they worked with also suffered with this condition, which made it difficult for her to use her phone even with the aid of a stylus … [Read more...]
Decades long push to end smoking in casinos finds new audience: shareholders
By Howard Stutz The Nevada Independent Nevada casino operators, who oversee maybe the last holdouts in a world that’s rapidly going smoke-free, are being asked to change their ways by an unusual audience — their shareholders. Advocates who have long sought to ban smoking inside Nevada casinos have joined stockholders in presenting a proposal to other investors in three … [Read more...]
No, there’s no ‘business case’ for the USPS move out of Reno
By Michael Schaus Special to The Nevada Independent Imagine Amazon deciding it would ship goods from its warehouse in Northern Nevada to a sorting facility in Sacramento, before finally putting it on a truck for final delivery somewhere in Reno. If such a shipping route seems unnecessarily complex, absurdly inefficient and patently illogical, that’s because it’s all of … [Read more...]
Long-awaited Nevada DMV modernization likely delayed, may cost $300M more
By Eric Neugeboren The Nevada Independent One month after Nevada DMV officials said that the long-awaited project to upgrade the agency’s antiquated computer systems was on track and within budget, the agency now says the plan will likely take three more fiscal years and cost $300 million more than originally anticipated. In March, agency officials told lawmakers that … [Read more...]