Latest Nevada Headlines
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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...
California-Based Sierra Nevada Issues 36-State Recall of Select Beers
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...
A.M. Best Upwardly Revises Outlooks for Employers and Subsidiaries in Nevada
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 Group Employers...
California-Based Sierra Nevada Issues 36-State Recall of Select Beers
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...
LP Insurance Adds Flueckiger to Benefits Team in Nevada
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...
Nevada High School Football Coach Targeted in Bullying Suit
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...
Hundreds of Evacuations in California, Nevada from Flooding
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...
Expert: Remote Nevada Earthquakes Big Enough to Cause $1B in Damage
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...
Confie Acquires Auto Insurance America in Nevada and New Mexico
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...
Expert: Remote Nevada Earthquakes Big Enough to Cause $1B in Damage
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...
CEA Reports No Claims So Far from Nevada Quake
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...
A.M. Best Downgrades Golden Insurance, RPG in Nevada
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...
LP Insurance in Nevada Names Banes Shareholder, Director of Risk Management
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...
