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Nevada had 13,742 initial claims filed for unemployment insurance in January, down 5.4 percent from December as the state’s seasonal layoff period began to slow, according to figures released Wednesday by Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

As we are starting another year of Empty Bowls in Carson City, we wanted to take a minute and ask for help ... early on.
We are currently collecting bisquited, unglazed and undecorated handmade bowls. We are also seeking cone 6 white clay, kiln firings and other materials.

The Nevada Arts Council will participate in a national research study, known as Arts and Economic Prosperity 5, to measure the economic impact of nonprofit arts organizations and their audiences.

The study is being conducted by Americans for the Arts, the leading nonprofit arts organization for advancing the arts in the United States. The Council is one of nearly 300 study partners across the U.S. that will help with gathering detailed financial and event attendance data from nonprofit arts and cultural organizations during 2016.

Carson City’s lodging properties collected more than $16 million in revenues in 2015, up about $1.4 million from the previous year.

“That means we’re seeing lots of people visiting Carson City,” Joel Dunn, executive director of the Carson City Visitors Bureau told his board Monday evening. “They’re spending money and driving our economy.”

Nevada’s unemployment rate fell slightly to a seasonally adjusted 6.4 percent in December, the lowest it has been since June 2008, said Bill Anderson, chief economist for Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Nevada’s small businesses added 12,000 more jobs to the state’s labor market in the second quarter of 2015 than in 2014, according to figures released Friday by the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Nevada’s major casinos reported total revenues of $24.6 billion in fiscal 2015.That is the fifth consecutive increase and $695.4 million more than the year before. Although it’s still less than the $2 ...

Carson City Ward 2 Supervisor Brad Bonkowski will hold his first “Breakfast with Brad” of 2016 on Friday, Jan. 8, from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Cracker Box restaurant. All Carson City residents are invited to join Bonkowski for coffee and conversation.

Dozens gathered Wednesday afternoon in support of the grand opening Carson City’s long-awaited Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1870 Russell Way.

The MAC, as it has come to be known, is a project twenty years in the making. It began in 1996 as one of a host of improvement projects that the municipality of Carson City hoped to fund from the passing of Question 18, known as the “Quality of Life” ballot measure.

Dozens gathered Wednesday afternoon in support of the grand opening Carson City’s long-awaited Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1870 Russell Way.

The MAC, as it has come to be known, is a project twenty years in the making. It began in 1996 as one of a host of improvement projects that the municipality of Carson City hoped to fund from the passing of Question 18, known as the “Quality of Life” ballot measure.

This is a picture of an unsung hero of Carson City, though few know of him. No, it's not really Santa under a rainbow but it is a picture of a simple hard working business owner who, like countless other business owners, makes this city work as part of the free enterprise system. This man is out before dawn cleaning and preparing the property where he runs his business and is still at work long after dark every day throughout the year.

The unemployment rate in Carson City and Reno areas saw slight increases in November, according to figures released Tuesday by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Economists told the Economic Forum on Thursday Nevada’s jobs growth rate is once again the best in the nation.The growth rate was tops until the 2007 recession but dropped to last in the nation in 200 ...

Unemployment claims in Nevada continued a stable trend, with claims down 10.3 percent statewide in October, the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation said Tuesday.

In October, 11,620 initial claims for unemployment insurance were filed in Nevada, continuing the stable trend seen over the last several months.

The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation will hold a business lunch, discussion and orientation in Reno this month to officially launch Platform to Employment, a nationally recognized program addressing the specific needs of long-term unemployed workers.

Jonathan Shoff knows the value of a good job and a good education. Raised in Southern California primarily by his two grandfathers, one retired Navy and the other a pastor, Shoff moved to Carson City in 2000 to live with his uncle, and get back on the right track. Early brushes with the law for being, as he said, “young and dumb,” didn’t deter him from seeking a better life.

The Nevada JobConnect will hold a job fair for those looking for a job in retail services on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Reno Town Mall at 4001 S.

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that will make attending Lake Tahoe Community College more affordable for residents in neighboring Nevada communities.

Carson City based Miles Construction has hired Victor Mejorado as a project engineer to support project management teams on two large regional projects, the AquaMetals lead battery recycling AquaRefinery and the Fulcrum BioEnergy Sierra feedstock processing facility.

Nevada’s unemployment rate remained at a seasonally adjusted 6.8 percent in August, but is down relative to a year, and the lowest since July 2008, according to figures released Friday by the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

After being neglected for years during the recession, Nevada’s Capitol is getting nearly $1 million worth of much-needed repairs and upgrades.The most prominent work right n...

Nevada’s unemployment rate fell slightly to a seasonally adjusted 6.8 percent in July, the lowest since July 2008 and the 53rd consecutive month of year-over-year declines in the rate, according to figures released Wednesday by the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

CARSON CITY — State officials are dimming the lights and preparing to phase out an ambitious but short-lived program initially intended to help people stay in their homes as Nevada's housing market crumbled and home values plummeted during the Great Recession.

The unemployment rate for the Carson City area rate rose to 7.3 percent in June, but declined 1.1 percentage points from 2014, according to figures released Tuesday from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Nevada’s unemployment trust fund, decimated by the recession, has climbed back to $341.3 million as of this week, Employment Security Administrator Renee Olson told the Employment Security Council on Tuesday.But Olson...

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Initial unemployment insurance claims filed in Nevada during the month of may amounted to 10,963, a 12.5 percent decrease compared to a year ago, according to figures released Thursday from Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Nevada’s unemployment rate fell to 7 percent in May, down from 7.1 percent in April and down from 7.9 percent a year ago, according to figures released Wednesday by the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

I know much has been written about the passage of SB483 by the Assembly, especially about how many Republicans voted in favor of the Budget Bill, despite their campaign promises to not support a Gross Receipts Tax.

Our freshman District 40 Assemblyman, P.K. O’Neil, announced his support of SB483 prior to voting, including this statement: “I believed our state employees are hard-working Nevadans who had been asked to sacrifice in a disproportionate way since the beginning to the budget crisis and economic downturn.”

Members of the legislative money committees voted on Wednesday to revive the foreclosure mediation program for the coming two years.The program was created at the height of the recession when Nevada had the nation’s h...