Berkley, Seaman vie to be mayor of Las Vegas • Nevada Current
1 day ago · Tarkanian subsequently lost to Susie Lee, a Democrat. Seaman was elected in a special election to the Las Vegas City Council in 2019 to fill a vacancy. She was later elected for a full term that ends in 2026. Seaman says her priority, should she be elected mayor, is to “streamline how we’re doing business in the City of Las Vegas.”.
NV Energy transmission line approval reflects fed race to develop …
Sep 10, 2024 · The Libra Project — the largest energy storage and solar project in Nevada history — was reviewed for environmental impacts and approved within a year of being proposed. “We are seeing incredible progress on Libra solar,” said Chris Brooks, the Senior Vice President of External Relations for Arevia. “This time next year, we should ...
Federal funds for community solar in NV slowly trickling in
Aug 20, 2024 · Last year, the Nevada Legislature gave $1 million to the Nevada Clean Energy Fund to get their project plan ready in time for 2025. The funding is expected to pay for about 50 multifamily and community solar projects across Nevada. Those projects will directly benefit more than 20,000 low-income and disadvantaged households in Nevada.
From not enough water to too much: Floods in Nevada bring pain …
Sep 25, 2023 · Nevada broke its rainfall records this year, more than doubling to 9.20 inches of rain, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Weather Prediction Center. After record rains, more than three-quarters of Nevada is now fully drought free for the first time since April 2020. It’s a vast improvement from the same time last year, when 99.5% of the state was in severe ...
Election forecasts, fundraising favor Democratic incumbents in …
17 hours ago · All three of Nevada’s Democratic incumbents in the U.S. House of Representatives are cash heavy compared to their Republican challengers, and election forecasts for House races foresee no signs of a political upset in Nevada’s congressional races. Democrats have a credible chance to flip control of the House, where Republicans hold a slim majority, but […]
Water managers across drought-stricken West start negotiations …
Dec 18, 2023 · Top water officials for the seven Colorado River Basin states met last week during this year’s Colorado River Water Users Association conference in Las Vegas. With a few more years of stability secured for the river, state representatives resumed negotiating a new compromise for how they will share — and cut back on — water use after 2026.
More mortgage assistance on the way -- eventually - Nevada …
Jun 23, 2021 · Mortgage assistance may be coming soon for Nevada homeowners who have been impacted by the covid-19 pandemic. Nevada is set to receive $121 million in Homeowner Assistance Funds, approved as part of the American Rescue Plan. On Tuesday, the state Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee accepted the first 10% of those funds.
450,000 Nevadans will see reduction in food assistance
Jan 12, 2023 · Throughout the pandemic, most Nevdans receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, also benefited from monthly emergency allotments. But that’s about to end. On Wednesday, the Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services announced that March will be the last month the agency is allowed to provide the extra food dollars that […]
Robust streamflow projected in NV this summer - Nevada Current
Apr 11, 2023 · Nevada can expect robust streamflow well into the summer and brimming reservoirs into the fall as federal water managers forecast snowmelt twice that of previous years. After four months of above average snow and rain, March saw the biggest snow accumulation on record across the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin, with some records dating back 80 to ...
Time to turn the corner on Nevada’s mental health crisis
May 18, 2022 · The national average is 45.4 clinical professional counselors per 100,000 residents. Nevada has 10.3 per 100,000.”. The data reveal an even more troubling story for the youth mental health landscape. A second report from Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute found that Nevada has just one school psychologist available for every ...