All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 31 2017 // Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Tim Holland as its newest shareholder. Holland will continue as an employee benefits sales executive with LP Insurance. He has been in that role since 2011. Tom...
Mar 21 2017 // The House is racing to find enough votes for its health-care bill this week, but even if it passes, prospects in the Senate have only darkened.More than enough Senate Republicans oppose the House bill to kill it —...
Mar 17 2017 // Motorists approaching mid-block crosswalks are less likely to yield for black pedestrians than white pedestrians and the pedestrian bias is apparently even worse in high-income than low-income neighborhoods, according to a...
Mar 6 2017 // RENO, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has added Steve Peitz, Carlos Ruiz and Loren Pierce at risk management consultants.Peitz was previously a safety specialist at Panasonic Energy North America, and an assistant...
Feb 6 2017 // California-based Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. announced a recall on Jan. 22 of certain 12-ounce bottles of its pale ales, IPAs and other beers after detecting a packaging flaw that could cause a piece of glass to break off...
Jan 31 2017 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed, the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” of Employers Insurance GroupEmployers...
Jan 25 2017 // California-based Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. announced a recall on Jan. 22 of certain 12-ounce bottles of its pale ales, IPA’s and other beers after detecting a packaging flaw that could cause a piece of glass to break...
Jan 11 2017 // LP Insurance Services Inc. has added John Flueckiger to the southern Nevada employee benefits sales team. Flueckiger is responsible for developing new business relationships as well as retaining and servicing existing...
Jan 10 2017 // Three former Nevada high school football players have filed a federal lawsuit that says they had to leave the team after they challenged bullying from their coach.The lawsuit names the coach, Galena High School principal...
Jan 10 2017 // Hundreds fled homes as a massive winter storm packing heavy rain, damaging winds and lightning caused mudslides and widespread flooding in Northern California and Nevada.The Russian River in California’s Sonoma...
Jan 9 2017 // A trio of significant earthquakes that struck a remote part of western Nevada along the Sierra Mountains’ eastern last month were big enough to cause as much as $1 billion in damage if they had been centered beneath...
Jan 3 2017 // Confie has acquired Auto Insurance America from Western National Mutual Insurance Co. Auto Insurance America is a provider of non-standard auto insurance serving Nevada and New Mexico. The company has five locations in Las...
Dec 30 2016 // A trio of significant earthquakes that struck a remote part of western Nevada along the Sierra Mountains’ eastern front Wednesday were big enough to cause as much as $1 billion in damage if they had been centered...
Dec 28 2016 // A swarm of earthquakes in Nevada produced shaking in wide parts of Northern and Central California early this morning, including in Sacramento and Fresno.The first shock, a magnitude 5.7, occurred shortly after midnight...
Dec 28 2016 // A.M. Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B- (Fair) from B (Fair) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bb-” from “bb” of Nevada-domiciled Golden Insurance Company, A Risk...
Dec 9 2016 // Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Jared Banes a shareholder and director of risk management.Banes will also continue as a sales executive at LP Insurance, a role he’s held since 2013. He will also...
Nov 23 2016 // Jobs are growing in Nevada, and more people are coming to fill them, according to the state demographer.State demographer Jeff Hardcastle said Nevada’s recovery was slow compared with the rest of the country, The...
Oct 19 2016 // Fears of flooding are dissipating after rainfall helped quell a wind-whipped wildfire in Northern Nevada that destroyed 22 homes and 17 other structures in the Washoe Valley north of Carson City.Sierra Front Fire...
Oct 7 2016 // Bully’s Sports Bar & Grill has agreed to pay $375,000 in back wages to settle part of a class-action lawsuit with 15 cooks who accused the oldest sports bar chain in northern Nevada of denying them overtime pay...
Sep 1 2016 // LP Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Elko, Nev.-based McMullen Insurance. McMullen co-owners, John Smales and Trinity Steelman, have both been named LP Insurance shareholders. Terms of the deal were not disclosed Reno,...