Latest Nevada Headlines
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Fire Official Says Arcing Power Lines Caused Big Nevada Brush Fire
Jan 21 2021 // Satellite imagery and surveillance video from a casino roof 5 miles away helped pinpoint arcing power lines in gale force winds as the cause of a November brush fire that destroyed five Reno homes and damaged two dozen...
LP in Nevada Adds Cantlon, Ennis, Garcia, Rossi to Ownership Group
Jan 15 2021 // Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services LLC has added Andrea Cantlon, Matt Ennis, Dustin Garcia and Jared Rossi to its ownership group. LP Insurance Services currently has 24 member-owners throughout the footprint. Cantlon...
Platinum Specialty Underwriters Acquires IPC in Nevada
Jan 5 2021 // Platinum Specialty Underwriters has acquired International Property & Casualty Insurance Brokers of Nevada Inc. IPC will continue to operate under its established brand name. Terms of the deal weren’t...
Nevada Judge Says Gig Workers Must Get Pandemic Benefits
Dec 8 2020 // A state court judge held the Nevada unemployment office in contempt and gave it until the end of the month to comply with his July court order to resume paying pandemic relief benefits to almost 9,500 out-of-work gig...
Nevada Supreme Court Rules Undocumented Injured Worker Can Get Benefits
Nov 25 2020 // The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that an undocumented worker is entitled to permanent disability. The court ruled on Nov. 23 that an undocumented worker suffering trauma due to a workplace accident is entitled to...
Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Confirmed in Remote Corner of Nevada
Nov 17 2020 // A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck a remote corner of Nevada early Friday, shaking the desert and a nearby town, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The quake struck at 1:13 a.m. and was centered about 21 miles southeast...
Data of About 200K Nevada University Alumni, Donors May Have Been Stolen
Sep 21 2020 // University of Nevada, Reno alumni and donors may have had their information stolen in a data breach that occurred in May, university officials said. The school was told of the breach on July 16 by Blackbaud, a third-party...
Data About 200K Nevada University Alumni, Donors May Have Been Stolen
Sep 14 2020 // University of Nevada, Reno alumni and donors may have had their information stolen in a data breach that occurred in May, university officials said. The school was told of the breach on July 16 by Blackbaud, a third-party...
Worker Offered $1M to Sew Malware in Nevada
Aug 28 2020 // A Russian citizen has been arrested and charged with offering an employee of a Nevada company $1 million to sew malware for an attack to harvest company data for ransom, U.S. authorities said. Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, 27,...
Judge Questions Authority Issue in Lawsuit on Closed Las Vegas Bars
Aug 17 2020 // A Nevada judge has said she wants proof she would have the authority to order the governor to rescind a coronavirus pandemic directive and let Las Vegas-area bars and taverns reopen. “What is the law that says I have...
Nevada Governor Signs Business Liability And Worker Protection Bill
Aug 14 2020 // Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed legislation expanding workplace safety protections for hotel and casino employees and shielding businesses that follow health directives from coronavirus-related...
Tesla Says Hedge Fund Is Behind Ex-Employee’s Lawsuit
Aug 13 2020 // Tesla Inc. says hedge fund Cable Car Capital LLC, which is shorting the company’s stock, is funding a former employee’s allegations that the company smeared him by accusing him of sabotage and stealing...
Nevada Passes COVID-19 Liability and Worker Protection Deal
Aug 7 2020 // Nevada lawmakers voted to shield certain industries from coronavirus-related legal liability and require hotels and casinos to enact worker protection measures after days of complicated negotiations with Gov. Steve...
Nevada Governor Rolling out County-By-County Virus Response
Aug 5 2020 // Nevada will shift this week from broad restrictions in response to the coronavirus to an ongoing, county-by-county review where officials hope to target hot spots and specific businesses where the virus is spreading. Gov....
Nevada Gig Workers Should Get Stopped Benefits, Judge Rules
Jul 22 2020 // A Nevada judge said the state unemployment office has to begin paying pandemic relief benefits to out-of-work gig and independent workers who haven’t completely stopped working and were cut off from receiving...
North Dakota GOP Wants Dem Insurance Commissioner Candidate Off Ballot
Jul 13 2020 // The North Dakota Republican Party is asking the state Supreme Court to remove Democratic candidate for state insurance commissioner from the November ballot, alleging she hasn’t lived in the state long enough to run...
Circus Circus Sues AIG in Nevada over Rejected Coronavirus Claim
Jul 8 2020 // Circus Circus Hotel and Casino has filed a lawsuit against AIG Specialty Insurance Co. alleging that AIG wrongfully denied coverage for the company’s losses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit was filed...
Nevada Reports 843 Additional COVID-19 Cases, 4 More Deaths
Jul 7 2020 // Nevada health officials reported 843 more confirmed cases of coronavirus on Sunday and four more known deaths. The cumulative number of statewide COVID-19 cases now is 22,418 with 534 known deaths. That’s 1,700 more...
LP Insurance Services Acquires Meridian Insurance Services in Nevada
Jul 2 2020 // LP Insurance Services LLC has acquired Meridian Insurance Services in Nevada. As a result of the acquisition, Karen Wagner, former head of sales and service operations for Meridian, has been named the executive vice...
Las Vegas Casino Workers Sue Over Coronavirus Safety Concerns
Jul 1 2020 // Unions representing 65,000 Las Vegas-area casino workers accused some resort operators on Monday of putting employees at risk of illness and death during the coronavirus pandemic by skimping on safety measures like a...
