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...]
Sparks City Council meeting highlights
The following are highlights from the March 18, 2024, special Sparks City Council Meeting. Council approved: … [Read more...]
Sparks elementary teacher wins Milken Educator Award
There’s something special about Sparks’ elementary schools, and this year is no exception. At Alice Maxwell Elementary School last Thursday morning, the room was packed with students, local dignitaries, teachers, media, and education officials gathered at an event unofficially known as the “Oscars of Teaching”. To celebrate what was in store, everyone from Sparks Mayor Ed … [Read more...]
Eddy House breaks ground on new living complex for at-risk youth
The Eddy House recently broke ground on the construction of a 36-unit apartment complex next to its existing shelter near Willow Street in Reno. The new Transitional Living Community is part of its $14 million campus expansion, funded in part through the Nevada Housing Division and Home Means Nevada Initiative (helping residents who have been affected by the lack of … [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...]
Contract awarded for new Victorian Square art piece
The Sparks Arts and Culture Advisory Committee recently chose sculptor Jim Gallucci to design and install a public art piece to be installed in Victorian Square this upcoming October. The project is part of the Together We See Sparks creative placemaking plan that was approved by the city council in May 2020. In June 2023, the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee voted on two … [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...]