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The Nevada Secretary of State’s Office is launching a text message campaign to increase access to information about the upcoming General Election. Voters across Nevada will start receiving text messages with instructions and reminders on how to vote in the November General Election. Text messages will come from the...

Mail-in ballots have been sent out, early voting starts this weekend, and election day is just around the corner. Our 2 News Nevada Voter Guide is live to help you better understand candidates, their positions, and the state's ballot questions.

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Communities in Schools, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing essential resources and services to students in need, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The milestone was celebrated at Reynaldo Martinez Elementary, the first school where the organization began its impactful journey. The nonprofit operates in over...

Recent research sheds light on how freshwaters are threatened by climate change and impacts to winter. RENO, Nev. — As temperatures rise, particularly in alpine regions, lakes are feeling the heat. Research recently published in the journal Science, led by researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science, indicates that climate change impacts critical winter processes including lake ice conditions. Changes in lake ice conditions impact the function of ecosystems and the communities that live nearby. With climate affecting this critical winter process one can ask, what other critical changes to freshwaters might occur from changing winters whether at Lake Tahoe, or the small lakes and streams in the mountains of California and Nevada?

Counties in Nevada can begin processing and counting mail ballots beginning Monday. It’s one of several procedural changes that have been implemented by election officials in hopes of avoiding a repeat of the last presidential election, which left an impatient nation waiting on results from the Silver State for five days. The race in Nevada, […]

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Ask Diana Sande why she wants to serve in the Nevada Legislature, and her answer is unique. “Actually, I was 17 and I had a pretty horrific experience in a country that had been under a dictatorship for 30 years and a general put a gun to my head because he could,” says Sande. “I have the full story on my website and in that moment, I felt two things. One that I really disliked big government and two, that I never want to be voiceless.” Sande is originally from Puerto Rico but has lived in the Truckee Meadows area for almost 22 years.

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has identified 13 new transmission substation and line projects designed to reinforce the Pacific Northwest’s electric grid. If constructed, these projects would accommodate regional load growth and enable the BPA to add thousands of megawatts of new wind and solar generation, and battery storage to the federal grid. Combined, the projects are estimated to cost approximately $3 billion. The projects would add to a list of other projects the BPA announced in July 2023, bringing the total to more than 20 with an estimated cost of approximately $5 billion. “BPA continues to answer the call to meet the region’s transmission needs driven by electrification, clean energy goals, and growing energy demand,” John Hairston, administrator and CEO of the BPA, said in a statement. “Consistent, steady energy infrastructure investments such as these will help the region maintain reliability and a strong economy fueled by clean energy. This work would not be possible without the $10 billion increase in Treasury borrowing authority championed by the Northwest Congressional delegation.” Congress included the $10 billion increase Hairston mentioned in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, raising the BPA’s borrowing authority with the U.S. Treasury to $17.7 billion. The BPA said borrowing authority works like a revolving line of credit and is the agency’s primary source of debt financing for capital investments, including transmission.

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The pace of job growth in Nevada has slowed over the last year, according to new figures from state officials. Labor growth went from 2.9% to 2.1% over 12 months as of September, per the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation's latest economic report.

BATTERIES: General Motors pledges $625 million to help fund the contested Thacker Pass lithium mine under development in Nevada in an effort to boost battery material’s domestic supplies. (Las Vegas Review-Journal) ALSO:. A California startup plans to build a $1 billion lithium-sulfur battery factory in northern Nevada, adding to...

Young Democrats and College Republicans at UNLV are campaigning for their respective candidates in the 2024 election, citing issues such as inflation, gun violence, and reproductive freedoms, while the Trump campaign is targeting students through social media and face-to-face meetings.

Lyten (San Jose, Calif.) announced plans to invest more than $1 billion to build what is said to be the world’s first Lithium-Sulfur battery gigafactory. The facility will be located near Reno, Nevada, and will have the capability to produce up to 10 GWh of batteries annually at full scale. Phase 1 of the facility is scheduled to come online in 2027. Lyten’s factory will manufacture cathode active materials (CAM) and lithium metal anodes and complete assembly of lithium-sulfur battery cells in both cylindrical and pouch formats. Lyten has been manufacturing CAM and lithium metal anodes and assembling batteries at its semi-automated pilot facility in San Jose, Calif., since May 2023.

NAIOP Southern Nevada presents “What’s New and Exciting in Southern Nevada Economic Development” at its Oct. 17 breakfast. Panelists include Shani Coleman, director of economic development for Clark County, and Jared Smith, director of economic development and tourism for the City of Henderson. NAIOP Southern Nevada President and CBRE Managing Director Cassie Catania-Hsu will moderate the presentation. The meeting is sponsored by Southern Nevada Water Authority.

In today’s edition: A look at whether congressional Democrats continued their fundraising advantages in the third quarter. Plus, exploring the Assembly speaker’s ties to an attack ad, and a new way the state is encouraging voting.

Jayhawk Linn lost against Nevada on Saturday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Jayhawk Linn Jayhawks took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Nevada Tigers. The Jayhawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games. The final score...