CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 12 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford is pleased to announce that Reginald D. Mason, a/k/a Reginald D. Hayes, was granted a Certificate of Innocence and awarded $975,000.00 from the State of Nevada as compensation for the 13 years spent in prison following his wrongful conviction. Eighth Judicial District Court Judge Douglas W. Herndon entered stipulated orders on December 9, 2020, which AG   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 9 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford warns Nevadans of ongoing scams related to the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine and planned financial relief from the U.S. government. "Now, more than ever, people are being lured by fraudsters regarding the COVID-19 vaccine, treatment, and relief," said AG Ford. "I want Nevadans to be extremely cautious of these scammers and mindful of the misinform  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 13 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general fighting alongside President Joseph Biden to pause deportations pending the Administration's review of policies. On the first day of the Biden-Harris Administration, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memo ordering a moratorium on deportations for 100 days while a thorough review of the DHS  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 12 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak announced the easing of certain COVID-19 mitigation measures and set a long-term strategy to return the management of COVID-19 to local counties by May 1. The Governor announced strategic and responsible next steps as the State continues navigating this pandemic and ramping up our vaccination efforts through an efficient and equitable approach. The plans for a safe  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 9 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Sisolak has approved Board Member Johnson's continued service to the Nevada Gaming Control Board for several additional months. Johnson was originally appointed to the Nevada Gaming Control Board on November 12, 2012, and was reappointed in 2017. Board Member Johnson completed his second term as a member of the Board on January 29, 2021. With this approval, Johnson will be serving in  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 9 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak announced the appointment of Isla Young as Executive Director for the Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation (OWINN), effective February 8, 2021. "I am very excited to welcome Isla Young as the new Executive Director for OWINN," said Governor Sisolak. "Isla's brings over 19 years of workforce development experience that will be instrumental in advancing OWINN's mis  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 12 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following statement on Feb. 11, 2021: * * * Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak issued the following statement after the unanimous passage of AB 106, which provides an additional $50 million for small businesses through the Pandemic Emergency Technical Support (PETS) Grant Program: "Throughout this pandemic, Nevada's small businesses have been hit the hardest and have been struggling every single day. Small businesses are go  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 10 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2021: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak called into the Washoe County School District Board of Trustees meeting to provide public comment and support for a safe reopening of schools. The recording of the meeting can be found here (https://washoeschools.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=219ab950f21c6fb1c693a4962&id=2cdd60aee6&e=6864318f51) and the Governor's comment is below. Governor's re  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 13 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed Assembly Bill 106, which provides an additional $50 million for small businesses through the Pandemic Emergency Technical Support (PETS) Grant Program. The Governor prioritized the additional funding for the grant assistance program in his State of the State address in January. "During my State of the State, I asked lawmakers to prioritize allocating an additi  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Feb. 12 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak will hold a virtual bill signing ceremony on Friday at 9:15 a.m. to sign Assembly Bill 106, which provides an additional $50 million for small businesses through the Pandemic Emergency Technical Support (PETS) Grant Program. The Governor will be joined by State officials and members of the Nevada Legislature for the ceremony. The piece of legislation, which was a pr  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 13 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: After creatively refusing to answer questions about baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election just one week ago, Nevada Senator Carrie Buck has now fully committed to spreading these false claims-specifically, that upwards of a thousand deceased Nevadans voted in November. At a joint legislative operations hearing on elections yesterday, Buck-who won her own election by just a few hundred vo  more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 9 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news on Feb. 8, 2021: Miss Nellie Verrill was a mere sixteen years old when she and fellow Maine, New Hampshire native Henry Mighel fell in love. When Henry, whom Nellie affectionately called Harry, left in 1863 to fight in the Civil War, the two carried on a long courtship, corresponding until 1866. These letters are the subject of the University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives Henry & Nellie Mighel Cor  more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 9 (TNSPer) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: On Dec. 18, 2020, University of Nevada, Reno President Brian Sandoval announced that Kevin Carman, provost and executive vice president, was leaving the provost's position and will return to his role as professor. To provide administrative continuity for the University, Jeff Thompson, dean of the College of Science, agreed to serve as acting provost and executive vice president, a role he started in late Decemb  more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 11 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: The Louise Hay Award for Mentoring is given to individuals who significantly advance the field of mathematics education. Through her contributions as a member of the advisory board of Women and Mathematics Education (WME), her research, conference presentations and decades of experience in community outreach that further gender equity in the field, Lynda Wiest, Professor of Mathematics Education and Educational Equity,  more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 9 (TNSPer) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Stephanie Parker has received an appointment to the Nevada Employee Management Committee by Governor Sisolak, a body comprised of members equally representing both employees and managers. The committee serves in an advisory capacity to the Governor and the division of Human Resource Management and is governed by NRS 284.068. Parker said that she sees the committee as an objective venue for employees and manage  more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 13 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Research to control and mitigate SARS-CoV-2 particles that linger on surfaces has shown that titanium oxide coated materials subjected to ultraviolent light can be highly effective in killing the virus, according to a study at the University of Nevada, Reno. "Our work indicates that surfaces protected with a well-known photoresponsive oxide coating serve as effective deterrent to the proliferation of COVID-19  more

RENO, Nevada, Feb. 10 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: For the past several months, the University Libraries staff have been curating a portion of the new University Libraries mining exhibit, "Nuggets: Short Stories About Nevada Mining," which features portions of the Western Shoshone Defense Project collection. The exhibit was made possible by the generous support of IGT. While the physical exhibit was developing and taking shape on the walls inside the Knowledge Center,  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 12 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: To outsiders, Las Vegas might seem like a sunny, party destination consisting of mega resort-casinos, but Bill Doyle wants his students to know that the city they live in is so much more. "I still remember seeing my first tumbleweed and roadrunner and coyote, not on a hike, but running errands and attending outdoor events around Henderson," Doyle said. "I want my students to be ready for,  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 11 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: Over the last few years, cybersecurity challenges have rapidly increased as attacks have grown more intense and intrusive. The scale of threat for these attacks varies from stolen funds and identities to large-scale attacks on companies and government agencies. In 2020, the city of Las Vegas revealed that its data systems were attacked more than 279,000 times per month, on average. At UNLV  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 9 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: A historic $8 million philanthropic gift from the James J. Baumberger estate, which is the largest estate gift in UNLV Athletics history, will provide permanent and life-changing scholarship and strategic support for UNLV men's and women's basketball student-athletes. "This gift is transformational in every regard," said UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield. "The impact on our basketball prog  more