The following are highlights from the May 13, 2024, Sparks City Council Meeting. Announcements/ Presentations Mayor Ed Lawson proclaimed the following: Interim City Manager Chris Crawforth announced the following vacancies: Council approved: … [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...]
BLM offers public tour of Indian Lakes Off-Range Corrals in Fallon
The Bureau of Land Management will host a free public tour of the Indian Lakes Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corral located in Fallon, Nevada, on Friday, May 31, 2024. Attendees will have the opportunity to view wild horses gathered from overpopulated herds in Nevada and Oregon. The privately owned and operated corral is located Fallon, Nev. which is approximately a … [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...]
City Briefs
From the City of Sparks CITY TO HOLD GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR FIRE STATION 6 The City of Sparks will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its newest fire station on May 9 at 4 p.m. The event will be held at 6963 Scheidbar Road in north Sparks where Fire Station 6 is being constructed. “We are thrilled to begin construction of our newest fire station,” said Mayor Ed … [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...]