A judge dismissed a domestic violence case against a Nye County commissioner, but the prosecutor intends to refile once witnesses respond to subpoenas to testify.
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Nevada’s death row houses 64 convicted killers, all men, most of whom have been awaiting execution for more than two decades.
SolarReserve, developer of the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant, last week sued the Department of Energy and Tonopah Solar Energy, the plant’s operator.
Federal prosecutors asked a judge to reconsider her decision to dismiss charges against rancher Cliven Bundy and others, while dropping an indictment against four defendants who have yet to face a jury, according to court papers filed Wednesday.
A federal judge has dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed in 2014 by Las Vegas attorney David Phillips against the State Bar of Nevada.
Voting rights advocates said Monday they have sent a pre-litigation notice letter to Nevada officials, warning that the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles is failing to meet its federally mandated voter registration obligations.
Cliven Bundy’s family is using social media to plan a rally outside the federal courthouse on Thursday before his arraignment on felony charges stemming from the April 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement near Bunkerville.
Parents and students have “suffered irreparable harm” after a state judge put the brakes on Nevada’s education savings accounts, according to the state attorney general’s office.
Attorney General Adam Laxalt on Thursday accused Nevada’s lieutenant governor of “ethical conflicts” and asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit he filed in his private capacity over the state’s new education saving accounts program.
Three Nevada correctional officers who were put on leave after a fatal shooting at a state prison in November have collected a combined $73,000 in salary and benefits while an investigation continues, records from the Department of Corrections show.
Las Vegas Justice Court Chief Judge Joe Bonaventure on Friday said his court lacked jurisdiction to hear motions to dismiss charges and release mentally ill detainees now languishing in jail.
Three face an extra charge of being felons in possession of firearms, the release said.
A cold and cloudy day reflected the somber mood of the the 18th Annual Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Ceremony in Carson City.
A man who was distraught over his severe heart condition shot and wounded his partner before shooting and killing himself in their Fort Mohave, Ariz., home on Tuesday, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.
A recently hired Pahrump elementary school principal and ex-pro football player, has been suspended from work following a domestic-battery arrest, the Pahrump Valley Times reports.