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New name, new opportunities: Introducing WNC's Latino Leadership Academy
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 05/12/2020 - 3:17pmWestern Nevada College has provided Latino students with the opportunity to attend, thrive and excel academically for a decade. Since its inception, WNC’s Latino Cohort has provided support to more than 500 Latino students, empowering them to earn their associate degree before pursuing a four-year degree or entering Nevada's workforce.
Nevada Unemployment Initial Claims Total 28,550 for Week Ending May 2; Continued Claims Above 300,000
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 11:59amFinalized data from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) show initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 28,550 for the week ending May 2, down 13,991 claims, or 32.9 percent compared to last week’s total of 42,541.
2020 primary voting guide for candidates seeking Carson City offices
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Thu, 05/07/2020 - 3:50pmBallots have been sent (or will be sent soon) to Carson City residents for the local upcoming elections. These are your candidates, who they are, and what they stand for.
Nevada gaming commission approves safety guidelines for casino reopenings
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/07/2020 - 12:58pmThe Nevada Gaming Commission has ratified a set of health and safety policies that casinos and other gaming licensees will have to follow when they reopen to the public from coronavirus-related closures that have lasted nearly two months so far.
Free meal program for hospitality workers expands to Carson City
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/07/2020 - 8:11am— Hospitality Industry Partnerships is expanding its free meal distribution to restaurant and hospitality workers to Carson City. Starting today, May 7, HIP ...
Northern Nevada's Q&D Construction celebrates successful 'Local Food Love' challenge
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 05/06/2020 - 12:38pmThe #LocalFoodLove challenge, a campaign sponsored by locally-owned construction company Q&D Construction, is recognizing a successful effort to support a variety of local restaurants across northern Nevada during the coronavirus pandemic.
Meals for Carson City area food industry, hospitality workers available at The Union
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 12:10pmHospitality Industry Partnerships (HIP) is excited to announce that they are expanding their meal distribution to Carson City starting Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 4 PM.
Nevada small businesses get more aid in second round of SBA emergency loan funding
Submitted by admin on Mon, 05/04/2020 - 10:23amAfter faring poorly in the initial round, Nevada small businesses received the second highest number of approved loans and total aid in the second round of funding for the Small Business Administration emergency loan program compared with six similar-sized states.
Carson City's Boys and Girls Club children brighten Carson-Tahoe hospital with artwork and hope
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Sun, 05/03/2020 - 11:04amWhile the Boys and Girls Club in Western Nevada in Carson City is currently closed to the public during the pandemic, they have offered their services to a worthy cause: keeping the children of essential first responders safe and happy.
Nevada Secretary of State: 2020 Primary Election Mail-in Ballots on the Way to Nevada Voters
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Fri, 05/01/2020 - 8:27pmNevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske announces that county election officials have begun to mail out 2020 primary election ballots and that voters can expect to receive their ballot in the mail in the next two weeks.
Voters in some counties may even begin to receive their ballots in the mail as early as May 1. Secretary Cegavske previously announced that the 2020 primary election would be a vote-by-mail election due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lyon County responds to Governor's 'Roadmap to Recovery'
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Fri, 05/01/2020 - 1:09pmLyon County officials have reviewed the Nevada United Roadmap to Recovery plan as introduced by the Governor on April 30, 2020. The Governor’s Office provided Lyon County with a questionnaire to determine the County’s ability to enter Phase 1 of the plan.
Carson City transportation awarded $3.7M as part of Nevada's COVID-19 federal response
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 04/30/2020 - 12:29pmThe U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration announced Thursday a $3.7 million grant award to the Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization in Carson City as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed by President Donald Trump on March 27.
Nevada auto dealers donate $100,000 to COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund
Submitted by editor on Tue, 04/28/2020 - 11:53amIn an effort to help support the state’s healthcare workers and first responders, the Nevada Franchised Auto Dealers Association and its southern chapter, Southern Nevada Franchised New Car & Truck Dealer Association, have donated a combined $100,000 to the state’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund.
Air Guard to fly over Northern Nevada, Tahoe area hospitals Tuesday to recognize COVID-19 battles
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 04/27/2020 - 11:07amThe Nevada Air Guard High Rollers will be honoring the men and women in healthcare who are battling COVID-19 by doing a flyover of Northern Nevada and Lake Tahoe area hospitals with a C-130 on Tuesday, April 28, 2020.
Initial Nevada unemployment claims decline to 39,145; continued claims above 230,000
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 04/26/2020 - 1:19pmCARSON CITY — Finalized data from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) show initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 39,496 for the week ending April 18, down 19,145 claims, or 32.6 percent compared to last week’s total of 58,641.
Trump administration allows small casinos to tap SBA emergency loan program
Submitted by admin on Sun, 04/26/2020 - 8:28amMembers of Nevada’s congressional delegation celebrated the White House’s decision Friday to allow small casinos to access a Small Business Administration emergency loan program.
Ron Wood Family Resource Center open to help Carson City area community
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 04/22/2020 - 1:25pmRon Wood Family Resource Center in Carson City is open daily to assist the community during the pandemic and to assist with emergent needs. Walk-in clients can receive assistance with:
Nevada Governor: Business reopening can begin when state meets health benchmarks
Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 5:55pmGov. Steve Sisolak will extend the state’s shutdown order to an as-yet undetermined date and close schools for the rest of the academic year, but he will allow some businesses to reopen if the state sees a consistent downward trajectory of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
Find the Carson City Library 'at your place' as part of National Library Week celebration
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Mon, 04/20/2020 - 10:44amHappening now through April 25 is National Library Week, a time to highlight the valuable role libraries, librarians and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening communities. This week, the Carson City Library invites all community members to find the library at their place by visiting www.carsoncitylibrary.org to access virtual services and resources.
Initial unemployment claims in Nevada decline for week ending April 11; claims already at historic level
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 04/19/2020 - 10:18amCARSON CITY, Nev. — Finalized data from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation show initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 58,641 regular initial claims for the week ending April 11, down 20,644 claims, or 26 percent compared to last week’s total of 79,285.
Carson High School awash with light in honor of graduating class of 2020 and front line workers
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Sat, 04/18/2020 - 3:01pmLast night, Carson High School turned on the lights on the football, soccer, track and baseball fields for 20 minutes from 8:20-8:40 p.m. (20:20 to 20:40) in support of their 2020 Graduating Class, Spring Sport Athletes, Coaches, Staff and those on the front lines fighting COVID-19.
#bethelight Carson High School.
Thanks to Angela Golik and Adam Hunsaker for capturing the moment.
A Public Service Announcement from Your Quad County Elected Officials on COVID 19
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Fri, 04/17/2020 - 11:47amBill would expand insurance protections for laid-off workers
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/16/2020 - 3:57pmU.S. Rep. Steven Horsford of Nevada has proposed an expansion of worker health care protection that he hopes will be ...
In the face of COVID-19: Why wearing a mask protects others, how to make them yourselves
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Thu, 04/16/2020 - 12:36pmNevada got smallest number of emergency loans compared to similar-sized states, PPP now out of money
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/16/2020 - 10:49amNevada received the fewest number of loans and the least amount of money under the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) compared to states with comparable populations sizes, according to an analysis of
Nevada brothel owner awarded federal relief
Submitted by editor on Thu, 04/16/2020 - 10:24amOf any legal business in Nevada, sex work may pose the most flagrant possible violation of safe social distancing guidelines of any occupation. Since Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak closed nonessential businesses, a handful of sex workers have been sheltering in place at Bella’s Hacienda Ranch in Wells, Nevada.
The Indy Explains: What's happening with Nevada unemployment insurance?
Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/16/2020 - 9:02amMary “Aileen” Forman’s job as a blackjack dealer at the Aquarius casino in Laughlin was put on indefinite hold as soon as widespread casino shutdowns were announced last month.
New unemployment call center begins Wednesday for Nevadans, DETR reiterates new online filing system method
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 04/15/2020 - 9:58amCARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation will open a new Unemployment Insurance call center Wednesday, April 15, 2020 to help assist claimants with general questions related to the unemployment insurance filing process.
Nevada governor expands unemployment insurance, backdates claims to help people locked out of system
Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 8:26pmGov. Steve Sisolak says that he has ordered Nevada’s unemployment insurance agency to pay out claims retroactively — to as early as March 15 — as claimants struggle to get through in a system overwhelmed by unprecedented job losses.
Nevada State Public Health Lab director talks rapid testing, lab preparedness and more
Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 1:38pmWith the deployment of Point of Care Machines and an expansion of recent efforts to manufacture collection kits to use in testing for COVID-19, The Nevada Independent once again talked with the director of the Nevada State Public Health Lab, Dr. Mark Pandori, to learn where the state is with its various testing efforts.