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EPA Announces $19 Million for Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Projects in Nevada

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced more than $19 million in funding to Nevada for investments in statewide improvement in local drinking water and wastewater infrastructure and the reduction of water pollution. Nevada’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) provides financing for municipal wastewater treatment projects, while the state’s Drinking Water SRF provides financial assistance for drinking water infrastructure improvements.

Top 5 things you need to know about the Washoe County Board of Commissioners...

The following report highlights several important agenda items from the Washoe County Board of Commissioners meeting. Videos of County Commission meetings are replayed regularly on WCTV (Charter Ch. 193). You may also watch videos on-demand online

Nevada Housing Division receives award for successful launch of homebuyer grant assistance program

The Nevada Housing Division (NHD) has been awarded the 2015 Trailblazer in Affordable Housing Award by Raymond James. The award honors the Division’s highly successful launch of the Home Is Possible homebuyer grant program.

Volunteers, Donations Needed to Help Homeless

Project Homeless Connect is free to attend for those people who are homeless or at risk for becoming homeless. Attendees will be able to check-in from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 17. During last year’s event, about 400 volunteers helped about 3,000 homeless/at-risk people receive help with food, clothing, grooming, housing, transportation, job readiness, health care, mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, child care, veterans assistance and legal services. A comprehensive census conducted in January revealed more than 7,500 homeless people staying in shelters or on the streets.

Law Library to Host Free Estate Planning, Bankruptcy Seminars

The classes are free but seating space is limited. Participants must call (702) 455-4696 to register for the classes. Dates for the bankruptcy and consumer rights seminar are Wednesday, Nov. 18, and Wednesday, Dec. 16, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The estate planning seminar is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 15, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m

Volunteers of America and City of Reno unveil Reno Works program

A joint press conference by Volunteers of America (VOA) Northern Nevada, the City of Reno, and Washoe County will take place outside the Men’s Shelter on the Community Assistance Center (CAC) campus

TITUS STATEMENT ON HISTORIC CLEAN POWER PLAN

Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First District released the following statement today on President Obama and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy's release of the final Clean Power Plan to establish the first-ever national standards to limit carbon pollution from existing power plants. The Clean Power Plan is landmark action to protect public health, reduce energy bills for households and businesses, create American jobs, and bring clean power to communities across the country

Titus Announces Grant to Help Once-Incarcerated Veterans to Avoid Homelessness

Dina Titus, Representative of Nevada’s First Congressional District and a Member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, announced $1.5 million in grants have been awarded by the Department of Labor to assist once-incarcerated veterans who are considered “at risk” of experiencing homelessness. U.S. Vets, located in Nevada’s First Congressional District, has been awarded $110,000 and is one of seven organizations across the nation to receive the “Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program” grant.

Top 5 things you need to know about the Washoe County Board of Commissioners...

The following report highlights several important agenda items from the Washoe County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Videos of County Commission meetings are replayed regularly on WCTV (Charter Ch. 193). You may also watch videos-on-demand online.

Top five things you need to know about the Washoe County Board of Commissioners...

The following report highlights several important agenda items from the Washoe County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Videos of County Commission meetings are replayed regularly on WCTV (Charter Ch. 193). You may also watch videos-on-demand online.

2015-2016 Real Property Tax Bills in the Mail

Tax bills for the more than 740,000 parcels in Clark County are being mailed this week, according to the County Treasurer’s Office. Taxes for the fiscal year are due on the third Monday in August, but may be paid in four installments if the taxes exceed $100.

SENATE COMMITTEE ADVANCES BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO PROMOTE SAFER STREETS AND COMMUNITIES

Yesterday, the Senate Commerce Committee approved the Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act of 2015, which included a bipartisan amendment, introduced by U.S. Senators Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) that will improve the safety of our nation’s roads and expand access for bikers and pedestrians. The amendment directs the Department of Transportation, in coordination with states, to establish standards to ensure safe use of our nation’s roads.

Intersection Closed at Patrick Lane and McLeod Drive

The Clark County Water Reclamation District (District) is announcing lane restrictions as part of sewer construction work in the central segment of the Paradise Whitney Interceptor (PWI) project.

Justice Department Sues Nevada Housing Provider for Discriminating Against Families with Children

The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owners of rental properties in Carson City, Nevada, alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, charges that Betty Brinson and Hughston Brinson, the owners of a single-family rental home, discriminated against families with children by placing a series of advertisements in the local newspaper indicating a preference for adult tenants, and by refusing to rent the home to a family with three children because they did not want children living at the property

NVHousingSearch.org provides one-stop resource for rental housing across Nevada

NVHousingSearch.org has reached a major milestone of 30,000 listed housing units. The one-stop resource for statewide rental housing listings and information was launched in the fall of 2014 and has quickly become a go-to resource for both affordable and market-rate rental listings.

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Nevada Short Sale Information – FTC Cracks Down on Loan Modification...

Las Vegas, NV - January 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Effective January 31, 2011, The Federal Trade Commission has banned loan modification companies from charging up-front fees for negotiating modifications of residential mortgage loans. According to Eric Witksoki, Chief of the Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, and the state consumer advocate, “Money spent on mortgage modification consultants is a bad bet for consumers.” Additionally, Witkoski commented that spending money on loan modification is “worse than some of the odds at the casino tables.”

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BLM PROPOSES TO SELL 754.88 ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND IN CLARK...

The Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office is seeking public comments on a proposal to sell 40 parcels totaling 754.88 acres of public land in Clark County, Nevada. The competitive sale would be by sealed and oral bidding in accordance with the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA). A Notice of Realty Action published in today’s Federal Register opens a 45-day comment period which will close January 8, 2018.