A new internal state audit raps the Department of Corrections for overcharging prisoners on supplies and medical co-pays, high overtime costs during the pandemic, and lax oversight on how it assigns state-owned vehicles to staff.
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After six minutes in court Monday, Samuel Gallardo returned to state prison facing at least three more years on his sentence, but knowing that the family of the man whose death he caused had forgiven him.
Nevada will unconditionally pardon anyone with a now-outdated conviction for low-level marijuana possession, a move that could apply to more than 15,000 people dating to the mid-1980s.
Three family members found shot to death in their south Reno home on Wednesday in an apparent murder-suicide were killed by the mother, who then turned the gun on herself, Reno police said Friday.
The Washoe County medical examiner’s office Thursday identified a family of four as the victims in an apparent murder-suicide discovered Wednesday in a quiet Reno neighborhood.
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Title Max broke state law by offering loans twice as long as state law allows, thus overcharging customers, but the company won’t have to pay damages because it didn’t willfully violate the law.
Roger Hillygus used a fake legal document to take his mother from a Reno care facility in a battle over the family trust, landing him in jail in Los Angeles.
California has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, but the man accused of killing three people at the Gilroy Garlic Festival was able to purchase a semi-automatic rifle across the border in Nevada.
The Carson City District Attorney will seek charges against the juveniles whose bike- and scooter-riding exploits two weeks ago damaged the state’s brand-new memorial to fallen war veterans on the state Capitol grounds.
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Markeisha Foster was one of two people accused of leaving Reba the bulldog in a taped-shut plastic container outside a Las Vegas supermarket in July 2024.
The Bureau of Land Management requires homebuilders get a grant to run basic utilities and other services through its land, a process that can take up to three years because of government backlog and red tape.
North Las Vegas kicked off its annual Hispanic Heritage Month festivities with a “parade of nations,” performances from mariachi bands and traditional dancers in front of City Hall.
Tropical Storm Mario, brewing off Mexico’s Pacific coast, could bring some showers to Las Vegas later this week.
