CARSON CITY, Nevada, April 14 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford is pleased to announce that the Nevada Board of Examiners approved the award of damages for Frederick Steese, following the court's grant of a Certificate of Innocence and award of $1,350,000.00 from the State of Nevada as compensation for the 18 years Steese spent in prison following his wrongful conviction. Eighth Judicial District Court Judge Jasmine  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, April 17 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak joined College of Southern Nevada (CSN) officials and local business leaders in dedicating its new advanced manufacturing rapid response program on the Henderson campus. This expansion was made possible by a grant of nearly $2 million from the Governor's Office of Economic Development WINN fund, and meets one of the priorities outlined in the recently-released Every   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, April 17 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak hosted a panel called "Women on the Front Lines: Nevada's COVID-19 Response" as part of the Women's Leadership Series. The series of roundtable discussions are a way to continuing to highlight female leadership across the State and create connections to the next generation of leaders. "For the last year, it's not been lost on me that many of the leaders in our State  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, April 13 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak held the first panel as part of a new Women's Leadership Series, as a way to highlight female leadership across the State and create connections to the next generation of leaders. "The State of Nevada is committed to celebrating and highlighting the contributions of women all year round, and this effort will help connect and inspire the next generation of leaders,"   more

RENO, Nevada, April 17 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news on April 16, 2021: Lesley Morris has joined the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources as an associate professor of rangeland ecology & management in the Department of Agriculture, Veterinary & Rangeland Sciences. She is also a faculty member in the Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology doctoral program. In addition to teaching classes in rangeland ecosystems and range and forest admi  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, April 15 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: From a once-in-a-century pandemic to an irrational stock market, 2020 was a year of anomalies. And you can add the buoyant housing market to the bizarre year. Although housing markets were up across most Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), the case of Las Vegas warrants particular attention. Before the pandemic, few would have expected Southern Nevada to be the beneficary of   more