HENDERSON, Nev. – Henderson Libraries’ new James I. Gibson Library – located at 100 W. Lake Mead Parkway – will celebrate its grand opening Wednesday, July 7. The library will open to the public that day at 9:30 a.m. Between its children’s programs, adult classes, books, programs and services, the James I. Gibson Library had [...]

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s unemployment rate keeps creeping upward despite signs the economic slowdown has hit bottom, and April statistics from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation show job losses are now being seen in the government employment sector as well. Nevada’s record 13.7 percent seasonally adjusted unemployment rate reported for the month [...]

CARSON CITY – Gov. Jim Gibbons said today he will deliver a special State of the State address to Nevadans on Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. to discuss Nevada’s budget crisis. He will also announce his intention to call the Legislature into special session to deal with a budget shortfall that is well over half [...]

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s first drivers’ licenses and identification cards that comply with the federal Real ID Act will be issued beginning Monday here in the capital. The Advanced Secure Issuance, or ASI, is a new license or ID card marked with a gold star indicating it meets federal identification standards for boarding commercial aircraft [...]

by Sean Whaley CARSON CITY – For the first time in decades, Nevada’s population actually declined from one year to the next, dropping 1 percent from 2008 to 2009, according to preliminary estimates prepared by the Nevada State Demographer’s Office. The estimates, which have not been finalized, show the state population on July 1, 2009 [...]