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Nevada State News is an independent publication launched in 2020. Founded by the minds behind This Is Reno, NSN publishes Nevada news beyond just what This Is Reno would normally report with an emphasis on Nevada's rural areas and issues.
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LAKE TAHOE – A bald eagle holding a Lahontan cutthroat trout will be constructed of litter removed from Lake Tahoe and placed at the new Tahoe South Events Center. The sculpture design was chosen by the community, who cast votes to decide how some of the more than 25,000 pounds ..read more
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RENO – Reno resident and Davidson Academy student Maya Park-Weber earned the top prize in the National Radon Poster Contest after taking home first place in the Nevada Radon Poster Contest. Park-Weber’s poster, “Radon Can Cause Lung Cancer,” earned her $1,000 for the national prize, a $75 gift card ..read more
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CARSON CITY–A collection of artwork by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people is now on display at Western Nevada College in Carson City and up for auction as well, with proceeds benefitting the school’s Higher Education Prison Program. The artworks—more than 60 in all—were donated by Dr ..read more
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RENO – The University of Nevada, Reno’s School of the Arts has launched a new Artist-in-Residence Program at Great Basin National Park, slated for summer 2021. The application period is open now and continues through March 15. “The park offers the solitude of the wilderness and provides expansive and renowned ..read more
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CARSON CITY–Carson City this week unveils a new outdoor mural on the north facing wall of the Carson City Visitors Center, at the corner of Carson and Washington streets. The mural was painted by local muralist Abner Rivera. Carson City has been adding murals to its public art collection ..read more
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CARSON CITY—The Bureau of Land Management is hoping Nevadans will take a lot of photos of the state’s landscape between now and Sept. 15. It has partnered with TravelNevada, the state’s tourism bureau, for the 2021 BLM Nevada photo contest. “Nevada is a state full of wide-open ..read more
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CARSON CITY–Nevada’s State Fire Marshal Division this week announced four winners in the 2021 State of Nevada Fire Prevention Week Poster Contest. The winning artwork will be featured on billboard in Elko, Reno/Sparks, Carson City and Las Vegas during Fire Prevention Week Oct. 3-9. The winners of ..read more
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CARSON CITY–Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak this week appointed author and University of Nevada, Reno professor Gailmarie Pahmeier as Nevada Poet Laureate. She will serve a two-year term from September 2021 through August 2023. The state’s Poet Laureate is tasked with “propagating the art of poetry and encouraging literacy ..read more
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By Willie Puchert LAS VEGAS — Maryland Parkway is a street east of the Las Vegas Strip, which has a block across the from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus that in the 1990s was lined with record stores, cafés, shops, bars and restaurants, most of which are gone ..read more
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