GOVERNOR’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE CARSON CITY — Governor Jim Gibbons is working to quickly facilitate the acceptance of one-time federal education funds to help Nevada’s school children. The U.S. Congress passed the “Edujobs” bill Tuesday, which provides one-time funding to save and/or create teaching jobs in public schools. The bill, signed by President Obama...
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EXTRADITION MUSIC NEWS RELEASE Gallatin Road Productions announced recently a change in the Sunday line-up of the Extradition Music Festival after the cancellation by scheduled headliner Billy Joe Shaver. Texas Country Music Hall of Famer Shaver, 71, canceled all of his August dates to give himself time to heal from surgery. In a press...
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WASHOE VALLEY, Nev. – Come discover the wonders of star and planet gazing at Washoe Lake State Park on Saturday, August 14, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Astronomy experts Jay Lawson and Adam Kremers will be on hand with high powered telescopes. Visitors will see the moons of Jupiter and many other fascinating...
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At the eastern edge of Nevada is one of the state’s unparalleled natural wonders: Great Basin National Park. The park boasts 5,000-year-old bristlecone pines, Wheeler Peak, which stands above 13,000 feet, and the marbled Lehman Caves. Both are must-see visits away from Nevada’s metropolitan areas. Below are slideshows from inside Lehman Cave and images...
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BLM NEWS RELEASE BATTLE MOUNTAIN – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mount Lewis Field Office is seeking public input on an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Battle Mountain Water Transmission Project. The EA analyzes the impacts from construction of a six-mile long underground water line and associated water storage tanks, wells, a...
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GOVERNOR’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE CARSON CITY – Governor Jim Gibbons today announced the Gibbons OPEN Government Initiative (Open Public Employee Negotiations) petition has survived its challenge period and is moving forward with signature collection. The initiative petition amends the Nevada Revised Statutes to subject public employee union negotiations to Nevada’s Open Meeting Law. “All...
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Part 6 in an ongoing series about the University of Nevada, Reno budget cuts If there was ever a landscape in a state of ecological crisis, the Great Basin is it. Comprising 135 million acres, most under government management, the Great Basin is rapidly becoming a denuded rangeland. The impacts of the loss of...
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The Nevada State Parks’ 75-mile challenge is a go. We are challenging park lovers and visitors to travel 75 miles in state parks by human power — bikes, horses, feet, paddled boats, etc. — as part of the State Parks’ 75th anniversary. The “75 at 75″ challenge brought us to Lahontan State Reservoir yesterday...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE CARSON CITY — Governor Jim Gibbons today offered condolences on his behalf and on behalf of the people of the State of Nevada to the family, friends and colleagues of Nye County Sheriff Deputy Ian M. Deutch. Deputy Deutch was killed during a brief gun fight with a crime suspect in...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE ELKO – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Elko District, Tuscarora Field Office is proposing to remove about 1,000 excess wild horses in the Owyhee, Rock Creek and Little Humboldt herd management areas (HMAs) to bring the number of wild horses in the three allotments to the appropriate management level of...
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