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Piper Heath

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · By Piper Heath, The Nevada Independent

    Wildfires keep hitting Northern Nevada. Why do developers keep building into harm's way? - Carson Now (opens the original)

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    Northern Nevada developments continue to be approved in high-risk terrain. Why is it happening? By the time the Hawk Fire crested Peavine Peak northwest of Reno, Meghan Ebert and her family had barely finished unpacking from evacuating another fire two weeks earlier. Ebert, a Reno city councilwoman, witnessed the sky over Lemmon Valley go black with smoke, then watched flames descend over the ridge above her house. Ash began falling. She loaded her kids, dog and her daughter’s two pet lizards in

  2. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · By Piper Heath, The Nevada Independent

    Nevada's firefighting system is built to borrow. This season is already testing it. - Carson Now (opens the original)

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    As the Bug and Stallion fires burned across a combined 134,000 acres north of Reno this month, the Nevada Army National Guard sent helicopter crews to battle the flame. Less than a month later, a third major fire broke out. The Hawk Fire ignited Saturday near Somersett, northwest of Reno, and by Sunday evening had grown past 15,000 acres and remained fully uncontained, forcing an estimated 42,000 people to evacuate and threatening homes across the region. Currently, 720 personnel are assigned to

  3. Article · Aug 15, 2026 · By Piper Heath, The Nevada Independent

    As wildfires burn in Northern Nevada, insurance experts say document what you can — safely - Carson Now (opens the original)

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    With the Bug and Stallion fires north of Reno already claiming homes, there’s a piece of advice being shared on social media by homeowners in nearby evacuation zones: If there’s time before you have to leave, document your home and belongings, however you’re able. That matches what the country’s leading insurance consumer advocacy group tells people threatened by wildfires. “We strongly recommend that you take your cellphone, put it on video, and walk around the house and narrate as you go,” sai

  4. Article · Aug 9, 2026 · By Piper Heath, The Nevada Independent

    Massive data center in Lyon County is one step closer to being built - Carson Now (opens the original)

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    The vote clears a key hurdle for the 1,000-megawatt project, though Copia still needs final design approval and additional permits before construction begins. Lyon County commissioners voted 3-1 Thursday to approve a zoning change needed to build the massive Monarch Data Center near Yerington, clearing a hurdle for a data center development even as many other jurisdictions in the state look to pause or re-assess data center buildout. Reno, Nye County and Humboldt County have all passed moratoriu

  5. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · By Piper Heath, The Nevada Independent

    Northern Nevada's economic development agency rebrands; abatement-driven strategy to stay - Carson Now (opens the original)

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    The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, Northern Nevada’s primary economic development organization for more than 40 years, has a new name. But its mission — recruiting top-tier tech companies such as Tesla, Google and Apple, largely through a strategy built on tax incentives — hasn’t changed. “This is not a change in direction,” said Taylor Adams, president and CEO of the organization, now called Northern NV Now, a name meant to be action-oriented and forward-thinking. “It is a cl

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