The Trump administration has moved to replace Sigal Chattah as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, nominating Las Vegas attorney George Kelesis for the role. Chattah’s tenure in Nevada has been one legal controversy after another. Last September, a lawsuit challenged her appointment, claiming she was unlawfully occupying a position she was supposed…

In response to a late summer cyberattack that disrupted much of Nevada’s state infrastructure, officials have implemented a new statewide policy governing how government data is classified and protected. The Statewide Policy for Data Classification took effect this month and applies to all executive branch agencies. The framework establishes uniform standards for identifying, categorizing, and…

Families and students at Eagle Valley Middle School received a warning last week stating that participating in political protests alongside other local and regional schools could result in truancy marks and in-school suspension (ISS), prompting civil rights attorneys to consider potential legal action. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada (ACLU) says that the message…

A Las Vegas woman has pleaded guilty to operating a large-scale counterfeit coupon scheme that federal authorities say defrauded retailers out of millions of dollars. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Serena Reamy Hedden admitted to manufacturing and selling fake coupons from her residence between August 2017 and September 2019. During that time, investigators…

A 26-year-old Los Angeles man died Friday following a ski accident at Northstar Ski Resort, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to the resort after receiving a report of a serious accident on the advanced Martis Trail run. When emergency personnel arrived, the skier, identified as Nicholas Kenworthy, had already been pronounced…

A garage fire caused by an exploding electric bike left a home in the Virginia Foothills neighborhood of Reno uninhabitable on Wednesday afternoon. Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue (TMFR) reported that the incident occurred around 2:37 p.m. on Riata Circle. According to Fire Communications Manager Adam Mayberry, the e-bike caught fire while charging and subsequently…

The Nevada Highway Patrol reported a crash Tuesday evening on the westbound off-ramp from I-80 to West McCarran Boulevard. According to the NHP, the crash occurred at approximately 6:24 p.m. The Nevada Department of Transportation confirmed that the two left lanes of the off-ramp are closed as a result. Authorities have not yet released information…

Keith Adkins received 90 active days to be served consecutively with another case, following his conviction on Jan. 14. Michael David Christensen was sentenced to 180 days in jail, suspended for two years, but must serve 45 active days. He was convicted on Nov. 12 of stealing from Scheels and is required to have no…

I grew up in the 60s and 70s, which was a fine time to be alive if you didn’t mind being mostly unsupervised and slightly damp. I’m still a country boy at heart, and always will be. You can put a person in a city, but you can’t take the redwood shade out of their…

I should’ve known better than to make promises before coffee. That’s where I went wrong. Kyle was a little over three years old, all energy and opinions, and I’d told him we’d go to McDonald’s for lunch and let him run wild in the play area afterward. He’d been talking about it since breakfast, and…