Due to a possible rise in smoke levels from Fourth of July fireworks and barbecues, Clark County on Tuesday issued an air quality advisory for Wednesday through Thursday.
A spark on a White Pine County target shooting range apparently ignited a wildfire in northeast Nevada that damaged power transmission lines between Ely and McGill, authorities said.
BEAVER, Pa. – Sheriff’s deputies say a western Pennsylvania county jail inmate wearing an orange-and-white striped uniform tried to hail a taxi to escape from a hospital where he was taken for medical treatment.
RALEIGH, N.C. – Andy Griffith, who made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in “The Andy Griffith Show” and the rumpled defense lawyer in “Matlock,” died Tuesday. He was 86.
Reno sent 12 batters to the plate and scored eight runs in the seventh inning to break open a close game and gain a 15-8 victory over the visiting 51s in the Pacific Coast League on Monday night.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air could face its third union battle in less than two years as its pilots have filed for an election to be represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
A last-minute campaign touting Las Vegas for an auxiliary U.S. Patent and Trademark office fell short Monday when patent officials announced the three satellite offices - and hundreds of high-paying jobs – will go elsewhere.
Jones Vargas, which traces its roots back to 1928 as one of Nevada’s oldest law firms, has given up its independence to join Phoenix-based Fennemore Craig.
No. 1 seed and 2004 Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova was overpowered in a 6-4, 6-3 loss to No. 15 Sabine Lisicki as drama unfolded at Wimbledon’s “Manic Monday.”
Imagine District Judge James T. Russell’s surprise back in January 2011 when he was approached outside the Carson City courthouse by a circulator seeking to add his name to an initiative petition.
