CARSON CITY — A two-member panel of the state Ethics Commission has dismissed a complaint filed by the Nevada Republican Party against Democrat state Treasurer Kate Marshall.
A man critically injured when he fell six stories from the Colorado River Belle in Laughlin was identified Friday as David Clary, 42, Mohave Valley, Ariz.
A small group of medical marijuana advocates marched on Las Vegas City Hall on Friday, complaining that the city had dragged its feet on a business license and was leaving patients and caregivers in legal limbo.
A man who asked the jury to give him the death penalty after it convicted him of killing his wife got his wish after less than two hours of deliberations Friday.
WASHINGTON — Two Nevada lawmakers are seeking to designate parts of two valleys in Lincoln County as “solar energy development zones” where leases for commercial projects would be fast-tracked and initial royalty payments could be reduced or forgiven.
HOUSTON — New numbers showing the amount of oil gushing from a well in the Gulf of Mexico may be double as much as previously thought means the crude is likely to travel farther away, threatening more wildlife that call the fragile waters their home, scientists said Friday. The new figures could mean about 40 million gallons to more than 100 million gallons of oil have already fouled the Gulf’s delicate ecosystem and are affecting the coast from Louisiana to Florida – and perhaps beyond.
A Las Vegas gunman involved in a deadly triple shooting earlier this month was arrested Friday, according to Las Vegas police.
North Las Vegas police have arrested a suspect in the May shooting death of 16-year-old Donald Troutman.
Former CSN coach Tim Chambers was introduced as the Rebels’ coach Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center, and he quickly set high standards for himself.
Dr. Dipak Desai pleaded not guilty Friday to a 28-count criminal indictment stemming from the valley’s 2007 hepatitis C outbreak. In his first court appearance since health officials disclosed the outbreak in February 2008, the 60-year-old Desai looked fit and stood tall in the courtroom of District Judge Donald Mosley, but did not enter the plea himself.
CADDO GAP, Ark. — Floodwaters that rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour rushed into a remote Arkansas valley early Friday, killing at least 16 people, many of them campers who became trapped by a devastating wall of water. Dozens more were missing and feared dead. Heavy rains caused the normally quiet Caddo and Little Missouri rivers to climb out of their banks during the night. Around dawn, floodwaters barreled through the Albert Pike Recreation Area, a 54-unit campground in the Ouachita National Forest that was packed with vacationing families who were probably still asleep when their tents began to fill with water.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google’s home page has gone back to basics after users griped about a promotional stunt that wrapped colorful photos around the Internet’s most popular search engine.
CANBERRA, Australia — A 16-year-old sailor on a round-the-world journey was adrift in the frigid southern Indian Ocean on Friday as rescue boats headed toward her yacht, damaged by 30-foot waves that knocked out her communications and prompted her to set off a distress signal. After a tense 20 hours of silence, a search plane launched from Australia’s west coast made radio contact with Abby Sunderland on Friday. The boat’s mast was broken, ruining satellite phone reception, said search coordinator Mick Kinley.