Posts Tagged ‘Nevada’
Who Is Bridget Robb? Nevada Judge Who Served on Supreme Court Task Force Retires Days after Being Accused of Stalking Younger Female Attorney
A judge in Nevada suddenly announced her retirement just days after a court issued a protective order to a lawyer she allegedly had been stalking for over a year. Washoe County Judge Bridget Robb, 63, reportedly repeatedly stalked gaming and administrative law attorney Kelci Binau, showing up at multiple homes, workplaces, and several other locations…
Read MoreLatino Organization Announces It Will Scrape Over $133 Million In Medical Debt in Nevada
Somos Votantes Education Fund announced on Wednesday it will eliminate over $133 million in medical debt for tens of thousands of people in Nevada. The organization noted in a press release that most of the funds will be distributed among people in Clark County, while another fraction will go to others in Washoe County. Overall,…
Read MoreNevada Deputy District Attorney Arrested for Performing Lewd Acts with Woman at Casino
Washoe County Deputy DA Kenneth Ching was arrested over the weekend for performing lewd acts with a woman at a Reno casino. According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by KOLO TV, officers with the Reno Police Department responded to The Peppermill at around 1:30 a.m. Aug. 30 on reports of two people who had…
Read MoreNebraska Principal Found Dead in Nevada Amid Investigation That He Inappropriately Touched Student
A principal in western Nebraska was found dead in Nevada amid an investigation into sexual abuse at the school. As reported by KLKN, On Jan. 20, the Logan County Sheriff’s Department received a report from a concerned parent at Stapleton Public Schools. Principal was Being Investigated for Making Sexual Advances on a Student in a…
Read MoreNevada Woman Arrested After Video Showed Her Sexually Assaulting Teen Girl with High School Football Coach
Las Vegas Metro police said they tracked down a woman seen on video sexually assaulting an underage girl with a high school football coach. Jada Cole, 26, faces multiple charges in two separate sex crimes cases. Cole’s arrest comes after a grand jury indicted Valley High School’s former head football coach Antwone Washington, 45, on…
Read MoreNevada Is Struggling to Fix Rejected Ballots Because Young Voters ‘Don’t Have Signatures’: Official
Clark and Washoe counties have already rejected more than 10,000 mail-in ballots for unverified signatures. Ethan Miller/Getty Images More than 10,000 mail-in ballots have been rejected in Nevada, a number that is expected to rise, because voters’ DMV signatures do not match their ballot signatures. Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar said more than 13,100 voters…
Read MoreNevada Lithium Mine Will Destroy Critical Plant: Lawsuit
A Tiehm’s buckwheat plant starts to bud in its native habitat and other mineral rocks on public land in the Silver Peak Range in Esmeralda County, Nevada beside Rhyolite Ridge, the site of a proposed lithium mine, on May 7, 2024. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Conservationists and a Native American tribe have filed a…
Read MoreNevada County Installs ‘Panic Buttons’ At All Polling Stations
A county in battleground Nevada has installed panic buttons in all voting sites for the first time ever in case election workers are threatened with violence this year, according to a report. “We’ve stepped up our security measures,” Washoe County spokesperson Bethany Drysdale told the Reno Gazette Journal. “If a vote center manager feels there’s…
Read MoreIt’s The Economy, Say Voters In Swing State Nevada
Las Vegas may be America’s playground but for those who live and work in Sin City, high costs make life difficult, and that single issue will be decisive when they vote for a new US president in November. But who will make things better for people who serve the drinks, wait the tables and deal…
Read MoreBlaire Fleming: Nevada University Refuses to Stand by Its Women’s Volleyball Team after Players Refuse to Compete Against Rival With Trans Star
The University of Nevada women’s volleyball team is at loggerheads with their own school after deciding to forfeit a match against a rival team with a transgender player. The issue of trans athletes has stirred debate within the college volleyball season recently, largely due to San Jose State University’s Blaire Fleming. Fleming, a redshirt senior,…
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