The Nevada Independent Sky Tavern Junior Ski Resort earlier this month received approval from the Washoe County Board of Adjustment to install lights for night skiing at the Northern Nevada facility. Sky Tavern is a nonprofit training facility that serves area youth and high school teams. The resort will be able to operate the lights, which will be mounted on … [Read more...]
Thanks to ‘Miracle March,’ Nevada’s snowpack again above normal
By Amy Alonzo The Nevada Independent An early spring storm over the Easter weekend helped push Nevada’s statewide snowpack levels to above normal for the second consecutive winter. As of April 1, all Nevada’s major hydrologic basins from the Lake Tahoe Basin in the west to the Humboldt Basin in the east were at or well above median peak snow water amounts. The … [Read more...]
For rural papers as old as Nevada itself, a fight for survival in digital age
By Carly Sauvageau The Nevada Independent Nathan Robertson arrives at Ely City Hall looking much like one would expect of the mayor of a remote town near the Great Basin National Park — sandy blond hair, dressed in a hiking vest and carrying a sporty backpack. Though he’s busy with city government work, the fifth-generation resident makes time to talk on a recent … [Read more...]
Washoe County prohibits living in vehicle, obstructing sidewalks, soliciting on roadways
By Carly Sauvageau The Nevada Independent Washoe County Commissioners passed an ordinance Tuesday making it a misdemeanor to camp or live in a vehicle on county-owned properties or public places. The ordinance also prohibits camping within 1,000 feet of the Truckee River, parking oversized vehicles on public property, obstructing uses of public sidewalks or roads, … [Read more...]
Renown Health is a powerhouse in Northern Nevada. Is that a problem?
By Tabitha Mueller The Nevada Independent Renown Health holds a dominant place in Northern Nevada’s health care landscape. The nonprofit health system owns and operates two of the six major hospitals in the broader Carson-Reno-Tahoe region and has a 100,000-square-mile service area that’s one of the largest territorial reaches in the state. Along with its … [Read more...]
Nevada’s 2024 rental market stabilizing, but prices remains above pre-pandemic levels
By Carly Sauvageau The Nevada Independent Though experts predict 2024 could finally see more stable rents after rapid cost increases in recent years, many Nevada tenants are still feeling the strain as rents continue to outpace what is affordable for a person earning the median income in Nevada. After rents fell in late 2022 for the first time since the COVID-19 … [Read more...]
Lombardo says Nevada teachers should not be allowed to strike
By Rocio Hernandez The Nevada Independent Gov. Joe Lombardo is opposing an initiative by the Clark County teachers union that would allow Nevada public school teachers to go on strike. Under Nevada law, strikes by public employees — including teachers — are illegal. The governor’s opposition, which he expressed during The Nevada Independent’s IndyTalks event … [Read more...]
If enrollment drops, what happens to funding for Nevada’s colleges and universities?
By Jacob Solis The Nevada Independent Last September, the Board of Regents in charge of the state’s public higher education system received a presentation that, if correct, suggested enrollment trends that could upend Nevada’s higher education budgets within the next decade and force steep cuts. But the doomsday scenario doesn’t seem to worry the state’s top higher … [Read more...]