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Increasing lithium production focus of Reno event

The lone domestic source of lithium is the Silver Peak mine about 40 miles southwest of Tonopah.

Postal service scraps Reno mail distribution proposal

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy proposed earlier this year to reposition a processing center from Reno to Sacramento.

Multiple groups seek more vocational education in Nevada

Universities and organizations are offering several nontraditional programs to push more students into high-demand, skilled-trade career fields

As of 2022, almost 22 percent of Nevada’s workforce is considered “blue-collar” workers — a jump from 10.3 percent in 2016.

Nevada Supreme Court won’t decide certification of election flap, for now

The court declined to wade into an electoral controversy despite pleas from the state’s top election official and attorney general after Washoe County initially voted against certifying recount results from the June primary.

Longtime Lahontan Valley News Editor Steve Ranson to be inducted into Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame

Eight journalists who had a lasting impact in Nevada will be inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame next month, the Nevada Press Foundation announced on Aug. 15. Mary Hausch, Jake Highton, Bill Hughes, Frank McCulloch, Steve Ranson, Guy Louis Rocha, Laura Tennant and Charles Zobell will be honored at a lunch ceremony during the organizations’ Annual Convention and Awards Banquet in Reno on Saturday, Sept. 14.

Sheriff probes potential hate crime in Virginia City

A Black man collecting signatures for a ballot measure recorded a confrontation with another man he said directed a racial slur at him and said “they have a hanging tree” for people like him.

Judge rules in favor of TCID’s contract with Reclamation

Fernley residents claim latest move is taxation without representation.

Nevada fake electors case appealed to state Supreme Court

Attorney General Aaron Ford is asking the state Supreme Court to uphold the indictments of six Republicans.

RFK Jr. has enough signatures for Nevada ballot

Kennedy has gained traction with a famous name and a loyal base, and he has the potential to do better than any independent presidential candidate in decades.

Green agendas clash as rare plant grows in Gardnerville

It's part of a lithium mining company's grand experiment intended to help keep an extremely rare desert plant from going extinct.

State cleaning up voter roll before election

Nearly 8% of Nevada's active registered voters are receiving a postcard from county election officials that they will have to return next month or else they won't automatically receive a ballot

Nevadans will decide Voter ID initiative in November

A proposed constitutional amendment that would require voters to show photo identification at the polls has qualified for the November ballot in Nevada.

Crystal Bay’s Gambler’s Run festival set for 2nd year

The 21-and-over event features 17 bands with exclusive performances with headliners Pigeons Playing Ping Pong with Karl Denson and Jackie Greene with Eric Lindell, and The Wood Brothers.

Fiore pleads not guilty to federal fraud charges

Michele Fiore said she wants a speedy trial and looked forward to “addressing these horrible allegations head-on.”

Nevada Mining head: 'Lithium Loop' set for major expansion

"LIthium is certainly the talk of the state right now," said Amanda Hilton, president of the Nevada Mining Association.