"When #Nevada’s Republican voters receive their sample ballots for the state’s presidential primary this month, the name of the party’s frontrunner will be missing.
His absence has nothing to do with any legal challenges to Trump’s eligibility to participate in the state’s primary...
Looks like the Boring Company's Las Vegas tunnels are going about as well as you'd expect from an Elon project...
"The muck pooling in the tunnel at the north end of the Las Vegas Strip had the consistency of a milkshake and, in some places, sat at least two feet deep. ... At first, it merely felt damp. But in addition to the water, sand and silt—the natural byproducts of any dig—the workers understood that it was full of chemicals known as accelerants.
"The accelerants cure the grout that seals the tunnel’s concrete supports, helping the grout set properly and protecting the work against cracks and other deterioration. They also seriously burn exposed human skin. At the Encore dig site, such burns became almost routine, workers there told Nevada’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. An investigation by the state OSHA, which Bloomberg Businessweek has obtained via a freedom of information request, describes workers being scarred permanently on their arms and legs. According to the investigation, at least one employee took a direct hit to the face. In an interview with Businessweek, one of the tunnel workers recalls the feeling of exposure to the chemicals: “You’d be like, ‘Why am I on fire?’”"
The Frasher Foto Postcard Collection https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6s2019xp/ hosts over 5,000 picture postcard views of California and the Southwest taken by Burton Frasher in the 1910s–1950s. Among the many shots of landscapes and people are street scenes, offering a time-travel tour of early 20th-century American signmaking.
THACKER PASS AND THE UGLY TRADITION OF EXTRACTION WITHOUT INDIGENOUS PERMISSION
By Tokata Iron Eyes
Peehee mu'huh (or #ThackerPass, as it’s known in English), a sensitive wilderness area located in what is now called #HumboldtCounty, #Nevada, sits on the ancestral homelands of the #Paiute and #Shoshone peoples. Right now, these lands are threatened by a #lithium mining project being developed by a company called #LithiumNevada, a subsidiary of #LithiumAmericasCorp .
NYT: A Republican candidate who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in #Nevada in 2020, and was endorsed by Donald #Trump, surrendered to the police on Wednesday after he was charged with killing a man at a Las Vegas Strip resort last year, his lawyers said.
TRIBES DO NOT CONSENT TO MEVADA'S 270K MINING CLAIMS
by Takota Iron Eyes, Lakota Law Project
Over the last year, we've been sharing with you insights and updates from the frontlines of the Paiute and Shoshone Peoples' resistance in #Nevada. As many of you know, the fight is on at the massive Thacker Pass lithium mine in the northwestern part of the state. Despite the legitimate need to transition to renewable energy, under the guise of "innovation" and, increasingly, "green technology,"
🌧️ Zehntausende Festivalbesucher:innen steckten am Sonntag im tiefen Schlamm in der Wüste von #Nevada fest – nachdem Regen das jährliche „Burning Man“ in einen Sumpf verwandelt hatte. Viele Veranstaltungen des Festivals wurden abgesagt.
Videoaufnahmen zeigen, wie sich kostümierte Teilnehmer:innen durch das matschige Gelände kämpfen. Einige nutzen Müllsäcke als Behelfsstiefel, während dutzende Fahrzeuge im Schlamm stecken bleiben.
A 2-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba infection this week, according to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health and a Facebook post from the child’s mother.
NOW: The father-son duo accused of starting the #CaldorFire in 2021 are sitting in a Placerville courtroom this morning.
Travis Shane Smith (left) and his father David Smith (right) face 3 felony counts of reckless arson, accused of sparking the #wildfire while shooting in a drought-parched forest. They face felony weapons charges as well.
The Caldor Fire burned down Grizzly Flats and forced the evacuation of all of South Lake Tahoe, shutting down highways 50 & 88 for weeks.
Today is the start of a 2-day mini-trial called a preliminary hearing.
The prosecution needs to prove probable cause to the judge in order to force a jury trial.
BREAKING: #Nevada Supreme Court allows #abortion measure to be on the ballot this November. If passed, the measure would enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.
Looks like Hurricane Hilary is predicted to be a Tropical Depression in #Nevada on Tuesday. When's the last time there was a Tropical Depression in Nevada?! (Update: Rosa in 2018, Nora, Kathleen, and Isis!) #HurricaneHilary#Hilary#Hurricane#CAwx#AZwx#NVwx
How One Woman Narrowly Avoided a Bad Deal With a “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise
Royanne McNair believed she had canceled her contract with a “We Buy Ugly Houses” franchise, so she pursued another offer on her house — this one for $100,000 more.
Over the past months, the #LakotaLaw team has spent many hours in #Nevada at Peehee Mu'Huh — #ThackerPass — where construction has begun on a mine to exploit the largest known lithium deposit on #TurtleIsland.
Find out more about the Indigenous-led #resistance, the total disregard by both government and mining interests for an historic #massacre site with great biological #diversity and sensitivity, and the police raid on and dismantling of the #OxSam prayer camp.
2-year-old Nevada boy dies from brain-eating amoeba likely contracted at natural hot spring | CNN (www.cnn.com)
A 2-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba infection this week, according to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health and a Facebook post from the child’s mother.
[News] Trump gains primary election advantage as states set delegate selection rules. New California rules could favor Trump while also making it harder for challengers like DeSantis to make it a two-person race (www.washingtonpost.com)
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