Latest Nevada Headlines
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As California Wildfire Wanes, Evacuees Return and Damage is Measured
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...
Nevada Regulators Will Consider Emergency Pot Distribution Rules
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...
BCU Risk Advisors Adds Marsh’s Shapiro in Nevada
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...
Weed Warning: Legalizing Marijuana Tied to Rise in Crashes in 3 States by HLDI
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...
Nevada’s Recreational Marijuana Sales Launch Hinges on Court Decision
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...
Nevada Family of Abused Autistic Son Awarded Nearly $1M
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...
Employers in Nevada Brings on West Bend’s Grinna as Vice President
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...
Nevada Lawmakers Pushing Blood-Only Detection of Marijuana DUIs
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...
Lawmakers in Nevada Pushing Blood-Only Detection Of Marijuana DUIs
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...
RIC in Nevada Names Watson Transportation Underwriting Manager
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...
NFP Acquires Hole-in-One in Nevada
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...
Robertson Ryan & Associates Adds Feriance in Nevada
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...
More States Adopt ‘Click It or Ticket’ Laws; Do They Work?
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...
Asbestos Removal At Nevada Site to Cost $53K
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...
Nevada Governor Wants $3.5M for Cybersecurity Boost
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...
Liquor Wholesalers in Nevada Pass on Licenses for Marijuana Distribution
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...
LP Insurance Services in Nevada Adds Holland as Shareholder
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...
How Senate Republicans Are Split Over Obamacare Replacement Bill
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 —...
Black Pedestrians at Higher Risk Than Whites at Crosswalks from Motorists Not Stopping
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...
LP Insurance in Nevada Adds Peitz, Ruiz, Pierce
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...
