Untethered from the region’s main water and sewer systems, infrastructure has been an obstacle — and for some, perhaps a bulwark — to growth in Lemmon Valley. With a new demand for industrial parks and homes, the rural status quo is being challenged by developers looking to build on the fringes.

Last month, the City Council voted to continue pursuing regulations on the strip clubs as city staff continues working on an ordinance that would require the businesses to move out of downtown into an industrial zone within five years. Although strip clubs must be in industrial areas under the current zoning rules, four existing clubs are improperly zoned downtown.

California police are investigating Storey County Sheriff Gerald Antinoro for his possible involvement in the 2015 rape of a woman in a Lodi hotel. Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt informed California police and the FBI of the accusation centering around a deposition made as part of an ongoing lawsuit against Antinoro by a former deputy, according to emails obtained in a public records request by The Nevada Independent.

A former deputy to an embattled rural Nevada sheriff has filed a lawsuit in federal court against her former boss, accusing him of discrimination and violating equal employment laws. Melanie Keener, a former deputy to Storey County Sheriff Gerald Antinoro, filed the civil lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday against the county and Antinoro after receiving a “right to sue” letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in June.

“Brothels coerce young girls into the sex trade, make them line up for display, and sell them like a piece of meat,” said campaign spokeswoman Brenda Simpson. “This campaign is about whether voters in Lyon County will continue to let that happen.”

The Washoe County School District Board of Trustees voted Tuesday night to renew contracts with Renown Hospital and its insurance arm while also beginning the process of scouting out alternative options over the next year to address the long-term solvency issues of its health insurance fund.

The Clark County School District has reached its longest contract with the teachers’ union in at least a decade, ending a bitter arbitration battle that has dragged on for months.

The Oakland Raiders, moving to Las Vegas in 2020, toured three potential summer training facilities in Reno on Thursday, but the team’s president did not commit to establishing a presence in Northern Nevada. The stadium has long been a source of tension in Northern Nevada, where lawmakers have argued that the stadium — and the tax dollars — will only benefit Las Vegas.

Airport spokeswoman Christine Crews said this week it’s impossible to offer a weight or quantify exactly how much has been collected in the six months since the boxes were installed because of the diversity of marijuana products that’s turned in — everything from cannabis-infused drinks to marijuana flower to vape pens.

The Washoe County School District Board of Trustees delayed a decision Tuesday night about whether to renew contracts with Renown Hospital and its health insurance arm after legal concerns were raised about pursuing alternative options for district employees.

Gov. Brian Sandoval stopped by a Las Vegas high school Monday to see an award-winning robotics program. While there, he touched on a variety of education issues, including the need for a weighted funding formula.

During the last legislative session, the Nevada Department of Agriculture received a $500,000 appropriation to fund conservation projects for farmers and ranchers across the state. Under the appropriation, the Nevada Department of Agriculture has funded 11 conservation projects to decrease demands on streams, rivers and aquifers throughout the state.

The Nevada education community is on the hunt for a magical number. The mystery number — probably large and most likely unachievable all at once — is the dollar figure that could propel the state’s long-struggling K-12 system to higher ground through better class sizes, resources and programs.

Clearer answers on why there’s an uptick in the prison population could be on the way now that the state has partnered with the Crime and Justice Institute. The organization’s staff will be spending about a year making large-scale data requests from courts, prisons and other agencies, interviewing people who work in the criminal justice system and helping Nevada leaders develop policy recommendations that could become law through the 2019 legislative session.

Clark County School District officials said 530 classroom positions remained vacant at the beginning of August — up from 408 last year and 355 in 2016. Still, it’s far below the peak of 944 classroom vacancies at that same time in 2015.

The Clark County School Board of Trustees approved a controversial gender-diverse policy Thursday night, ending more than a year of lengthy meetings and heated rhetoric. The 4-3 vote came after dozens of community members testified.

The Washoe County School District is poised to renew on Tuesday a contract with Renown Hospital and its insurance arm to provide health care to teachers and other district employees, but the hospital’s biggest competitor, Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center, is crying foul over the process, saying it can provide care more cost-effectively and wasn’t given a fair shot to prove it can do so.

Nye County authorities say workers at Republican Assembly candidate Dennis Hof’s Love Ranch Brothel surrendered their work cards, brothel license and liquor license “without a problem” Tuesday after commissioners voted not to renew the permits.