Internet Outage: DMV And Nevada State Agency Offices Shut Down

Officials are claiming that an internet outage has caused Nevada Department of Motor Vehicle offices, plus many other state agency offices to unexpectedly shut down today (Friday, October 14).

According to an article posted by the Fox 5 Staff on Fox5Vegas.com, a fire has caused damage to fiber optic connections. The Nevada Department of Administration sent out the initial report on Thursday evening that there was a fiber connection issue which was affecting all websites associated with the state of Nevada. Then, early this morning, state officials tweeted a message that state government websites were still unavailable "due to a physical failure with fiber connection."

Subsequent tweets from the Nevada Department of Administration have included information about Nevada Department of Motor Vehicle offices closing for the day, and the fact that the fiber connection failure was caused by fire. These tweets also included information which stated that repair work was ongoing, but there was no estimated time of return to full service on DMV or other state agency websites.

If you have a Twitter account and you would like to follow along with further messages from the Nevada Department of Administration on this or other topics, you can do so at @NVDeptofAdm.

In the meantime, we hope you did not have any urgent business to conduct with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles or any other Nevada state agency office today as it appears to be a day off for everyone employed by these agencies...except for the repair workers.

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This is probably one of the worst lists to be ranked high on.

According to the American Automobile Association, Nevada is one of the most expensive states when it comes to the price of gasoline.

The average price for regular gasoline in Las Vegas is $3.98, and that price is even higher in Reno, which is $4.23.

The Energy Information Administration further reported that the national average for regular gasoline increased since Monday, February 21, 2022, and will most likely continue to rise. The rising crude prices also happened after Russia launched its military invasion against the Ukraine on Monday.

"Pump prices will likely continue to rise as crude prices continue to climb," according to AAA's report.

With global situations that will ultimately affect the supply chain, drivers should prepare for rising costs at the gas pump.

Out of the top states with the highest gas prices, Pennsylvania is one of the "cheapest." This state has consumers spending about $3.74 per gallon at the pump. 

$3.76 is the average price for gas in our nation's capital. 

Illinois comes in with $3.77 as its average cost for gas. 

Although New York is often thought about as a "very expensive state," it actually has a lower average cost for gas compared to Nevada. New York's average price is $3.78.

$3.79 is the average cost of gas for consumers in this state.

This state ranks as #6 for most expensive gasoline price; the average cost will run a consumer by about $3.88.

Washington is the fifth most-expensive state for gasoline. $3.99 is the average cost for gas. 

Pure pain at the pump is what we're all feeling. As stated before, the average price in Nevada is $3.98. According to energy analysts, prices are most likely to keep climbing with increasing demand for travel and rising tensions in Eastern Europe being factors in this situation.

Oregon is the third most expensive state for gas. $4.01 is the average cost for regular gasoline.

Gas in Hawaii will cost roughly $4.55, making it the second most expensive state for gasoline. 

According to AAA, this state is the most expensive for gas. California's average price of gas is $4.79, edging right at $5 a gallon.