PAHRUMP — The Nye County administration building in Pahrump was evacuated midafternoon Thursday, but it was a false call.
A 94-year-old man died Thursday afternoon after a three-vehicle crash in the west valley, Las Vegas police said.
Leaders of a Nevada liberal organization argued Thursday that the mining industry is “putting the muscle” on legislators to force them to vote against a resolution that with voter approval could bring higher mining taxes in 2015.
While acknowledging Southern Nevada’s economy was slowly improving, economist John Restrepo said there was more work to do before the region’s economy was truly healthy.
The Assembly Taxation Committee unanimously approved a bill Thursday that would change how state taxes are distributed to local governments but would not give North Las Vegas the additional $25.8 million a year it sought.
A number of bills that could generate controversy in future committee hearings, from assessing a 5-cent fee on some fast-food purchases to prohibiting pedestrians from texting while crossing a highway, were introduced Thursday in the Assembly.
ATLANTIC CITY — Trump Plaza, the Boardwalk centerpiece of Donald Trump’s one-time Atlantic City empire, was sold Thursday to a California company for $20 million in the cheapest of a series of bargain-basement deals for distressed gambling halls in the struggling New Jersey seaside resort.
Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey introduced a bill Thursday that would mandate that lawmakers meeting between legislative sessions follow the requirements of Nevada’s open meeting law.
The young man and his girlfriend drove to the Pennwood Avenue apartment complex hoping to sell a car.
CARSON CITY — Initial claims for jobless benefits in Nevada fell 13.5 percent in January compared with the same month a year ago.
A Florida teacher was sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years of probation for the death of a man he punched at a Strip casino in 2011.
Las Vegas attorney Andrew Patrick Gordon advanced toward a federal judgeship in Nevada after winning approval Thursday from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
