By Jackie Valley and Megan Messerly The Nevada Independent Local health district officials announced Sunday that two more Nevadans have tested presumptively positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing the number of COVID-19 cases in the Silver State to four, and asked residents to reconsider upcoming travel plans. One of them, a man in his 30s, was identified by … [Read more...]
Nevada News Briefs
Woman could get Life for Killing Involving Custody Dispute RENO — A 40-year-old woman convicted of killing a man involved in a child custody dispute with her could be sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison when sentenced April 9 in state District Court in Reno. A jury on Jan. 31 convicted Katherine Fletcher of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon in the … [Read more...]
Report Shows Overloaded Family Courts in Clark and Washoe Counties, Proposes Idea for Improvement
By Mark Hernandez The Nevada Independent Family courts in Nevada’s two largest counties have overcrowded facilities, higher workloads than similarly sized jurisdictions and a need for more domestic violence training, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Center for Juvenile Justice. The report from the center, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, … [Read more...]
Bill Language Should not allow Water Grab
A growing number of public and private entities are joining a concerted effort to make sure a bill pending before Congress does not inadvertently create a means for Clark County to tap rural groundwater, though Clark County officials protest that is not the intent of the proposal. According to Great Basin Water Network (GBWN) — a coalition of conservationists, rural … [Read more...]