By Amy Alonzo The Nevada Independent A massive early March storm has all but restored the snowpack across Nevada to median levels after what started as an abysmally low snow year in many locations. The multiday storm that shuttered highways, delayed openings of schools and government buildings and prompted forecasters to issue blizzard warnings dropped 30 percent of … [Read more...]
Dear Abby: Niece’s wedding planning charts disturbing course
DEAR ABBY: My niece, who is engaged, is blossoming into a full-fledged bridezilla. She has upset her mother so deeply that she may not attend the wedding. The bride is dictating what her guests are to wear, in addition to telling her mother what she is to wear that day. She has also ordered my sister to get hair extensions and have her makeup professionally done. The list … [Read more...]
Astro Advice
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Look for closure on the 29th, 1st and 2nd. Finish what you start and free up time to initiate something fresh and exhilarating. Manage your time; work alone and keep your costs down. A change of heart is apparent. Let go of the past. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t broadcast what you are pursuing on the 27th and 28th. Put your energy where it … [Read more...]
February 28, 2024
Nevada joins federal lawsuit to block Kroger-Albertsons merger
By Eric Neugeboren The Nevada Independent Nevada has joined a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and seven other states to block the proposed merger of major grocery store chains Kroger and Albertsons over its impact on consumers and employees. The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court in Oregon, said the proposed $24.6 billion merger would … [Read more...]
Higher interest rates, home prices result in fewer sales at start of 2024
By Carly Sauvageau The Nevada Independent Four years after the onset of COVID-19, housing in Nevada is still feeling the ripple effects of the pandemic as people adjust to a market that is stabilizing at a much more expensive rate than before the crisis. Housing prices reached an all-time high during the pandemic, peaking in May 2021, when the median cost of a … [Read more...]
Esmeralda County activists want to recall clerk over resistance to hand counting ballots
By Carly Sauvageau The Nevada Independent Esmeralda County Clerk LaCinda Elgan is one of the few election administrators who has been in her position for more than a decade and has not been part of the significant turnover the election workforce has seen in the past four years. However, that could change if Elgan’s critics, who want to recall her because she pushed … [Read more...]
Pieces of Nevada’s history are endangered. Historians are raising awareness to help save them.
By Amy Alonzo The Nevada Independent Historic mining towns, Nevada’s famous dark skies, Indigenous American languages and early 20th Century motor courts all share something in common — they are threatened and, in some cases, in danger of disappearing. Preserve Nevada, the first statewide advocacy organization geared toward protecting Nevada’s cultural, historical and … [Read more...]