All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 28 2017 // Nevada’s gambling regulators are grappling with how to deal with the state’s latest legal vice – recreational marijuana – and they’ve made it clear that pot doesn’t belong in casinos.In the...
Aug 15 2017 // Tesla Inc. is developing a long-haul, electric semi-truck that can drive itself and move in “platoons” that automatically follow a lead vehicle, and is getting closer to testing a prototype, according to an...
Aug 14 2017 // Nevada marijuana regulators have decided to start issuing pot distribution licenses to businesses other than liquor wholesalers to keep up with overwhelming demand since legal recreational sales began July 1.The Nevada...
Aug 1 2017 // With Republican efforts to dismantle Obamacare in disarray, hundreds of U.S. counties are at risk of losing access to private health coverage in 2018 as insurers consider pulling out of those markets in the coming...
Jul 13 2017 // Relief was arriving after a rough stretch of wildfires all around the U.S. West, with firefighters slowly surrounding once-fierce blazes and evacuees starting to stream back home.Authorities surveying the damage from a...
Jul 10 2017 // Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has authorized state regulators to consider emergency rules that would allow officials to determine whether the state has enough marijuana distributors to keep its retail shops supplied.The...
Jun 30 2017 // BCU Risk Advisors has named Kerry Shapiro director of marketing and development in its newly opened Las Vegas, Nev. office. Shapiro most recently ran the national sales office for Marsh PCS. He was previously with Azumidex...
Jun 23 2017 // Legalizing recreational marijuana use in Colorado, Oregon and Washington has resulted in collision claim frequencies that are about three percent higher overall than would have been expected without legalization, a new...
Jun 20 2017 // Nevada’s marijuana regulators are working furiously to launch recreational sales on July 1, a fast-approaching deadline that could hinge on a court deciding whether the powerful liquor industry should be guaranteed a...
Jun 16 2017 // The family of an autistic student will receive $900,000 from the Clark County School District to settle claims the student was improperly restrained by a teacher’s aide during the 2011-12 school year. The Las Vegas...
Jun 6 2017 // Reno Nev.-based Employers has named Scott R. Grinna as vice president of enterprise program management. Grinna has experience in IT and program management with 25 years in the IT industry. Grinna joins Employers from West...
May 15 2017 // Weighing in on how Nevada should test people for stoned driving, lawmakers advanced a measure to eliminate urine samples as a viable measure for police to show a driver to be impaired by marijuana.Under the bipartisan...
May 8 2017 // Weighing in on how Nevada should test people for stoned driving, lawmakers advanced a measure to eliminate urine samples as a viable measure for police to show a driver to be impaired by marijuana.Under the bipartisan...
May 2 2017 // RIC Insurance General Agency has named Jim Watson transportation underwriting manager. He is based in Reno, Nev. Watson worked as a commercial auto product manager at Capital Insurance Group prior to joining RIC. He was...
May 2 2017 // NFP Corp. has acquired Reno, Nev.-based Hole-in-One U.S.A. HIO is a provider of hole-in-one coverage for golf events throughout the U.S. David Nelson, principal of the firm, will join NFP as a director and report to Terry...
May 1 2017 // Robertson Ryan & Associates Inc. has added Ed Feriance a vice president in Las Vegas, Nev. Feriance is a licensed insurance agent and specializes in tow truck operations in California and Nevada and other areas. He was...
May 1 2017 // In his 28 years with the Utah Highway Patrol, Lt. Lee Perry has seen a lot of carnage from crashes in which motorists weren’t wearing seat belts. One crash in 2013 really struck home: He arrived at a scene where two...
Apr 28 2017 // A small city in northern Nevada is moving forward with the demolition of its old police station.The Elko Daily Free Press reported the Elko City Council is considering awarding a $53,000 bid to a company to remove asbestos...
Apr 10 2017 // Gov. Brian Sandoval is asking the Nevada Legislature to spend $3.5 million over the next two years to build up the state’s cybersecurity infrastructure and management.His proposed Office of Cyber Defense Coordination...
Apr 3 2017 // Liquor wholesalers have been slow to sign on to Nevada’s new legal marijuana market, meaning the state must look elsewhere for marijuana middle-men with recreational cannabis sales slated to start July 1, according...