Elections

Foothill resident files for Congress

Douglas Republican Fred Simon seeks to challenge Rep. Mark Amodei in Second Congressional District

Update: Final days filing sees races develop for three county commission seats

The candidate dam burst on Thursday with four filing for Douglas County Board of Commissioners setting up three races.

Seven races set as districts see 29 candidates file

For more information, visit Govotedouglas.com and click on candidates

County opposes Painted Rock Mine

Residents of Johnson Lane in Carson Valley have been fighting the proposal to establish a mine at Painted Rock since it was first revealed in 2020.

Settlement reached in lawsuit seeking records from school board trustees

After four hours of testimony on Wednesday, a settlement was reached on a records lawsuit against the Douglas County School District.

Republican National Committee names Douglas in voter roll lawsuit

A federal lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee claims that Douglas County has 4 percent more active voters than it has than residents eligible to vote.

School board rejects records lawsuit settlement

The Douglas County School Board group of three rejected approval of the records lawsuit settlement that accused the four other trustees of records law violations during Tuesday’s board meeting.

VHR petition lawsuit inches forward

As of Thursday morning, no date has been set for a hearing on the appeal of the insufficiency of a petition seeking to place a ban on vacation home rentals in residential neighborhoods.