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Foreign teachers having an outsized impact in one rural county school district
One rural county in Nevada has found much-needed reprieve after years of ongoing teacher shortages: foreign teachers from the Philippines. “We wouldn’t be able to operate without them,” says Mineral County School District Superintendent Stephanie Keuhey. “It really has saved our district.” Mineral County School District is one of thousands of school districts across...
Google betting more than $400 million on Nevada tech infrastructure
Google is betting big on Nevada as the company pledged to invest several hundred million dollars on its tech infrastructure in the Silver State. The Mountain View, Calif.-based tech company announced on Tuesday that it plans to beef up its cloud and data center infrastructure in the state by investing more than $400...
Nevada State Police employee put on leave after triple-fatal crash outside Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Nevada State Police employee was placed on administrative leave after a triple-fatal crash earlier this year, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. In August, a judge sentenced Claude Rafiki, 29, of Michigan, to 4-10 years in prison for the March 23 crash on State Route 163 near Laughlin. That day, Rafiki was driving a semi-truck on the wrong side of the road for nearly 30 seconds before he collided with a group of motorcyclists.
Lawmakers seek bill to end ‘use it or lose it’ water law
Nevada’s limited water resources and wide open public lands will continue to be the source of legal and political battles for state lawmakers next year — whatever the outcome of November’s election. When state lawmakers meet in Carson City next February, they will be asked to consider several — likely contentious — bills related to groundwater, agriculture, and public land use during their four-month legislative session, according to the Nevada Current. ...
Football, soccer, volleyball, track stars up for Champion Chevrolet Athlete of the Week
These are the Aug. 17-25 nominees for Champion Chevrolet RGJ High School Athlete of the Week, which recognizes top performances among Northern Nevada's high school athletes. Send the names and stats for any outstanding performance by a Northern Nevada high school athlete for consideration for Champion Chevrolet RGJ High School Athletes of the Week list, and vote for this week’s nominees in the poll below. Voting will continue through Aug. 29 at 11:59 p.m. ...
Trump dismisses Harris’s edge in Nevada: ‘I don’t know how we can lose it’
Former President Donald Trump isn’t sweating Vice President Kamala Harris’s strong campaign action in Nevada as the clock ticks down to Election Day. With just 69 days until Nov. 5, Trump retains a slim lead over Harris in the swing state as she tightens the presidential race in national polls. The RealClearPolitics average of recent […]
USPS abandons controversial plan to reroute Nevada mail through California
After months of uproar and controversy, along with many Nevada Government officials speaking on behalf of Nevada residents over the distribution and processing of Nevada's mail being moved to Sacramento, the USPS has decided to abandon that plan. Originally the United States Postal Service in a letter to recipients of...
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