About 30 soldiers from the Nevada Army National Guard’s most-deployed unit mobilized Thursday in a ceremony in Las Vegas.
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A chemical explosive equal to 196 pounds of TNT detonated deep underground sent seismic signals detected by sensitive equipment on and off the former Nevada Test Site.
Creech Air Force Base officials on Monday said their suggestions for the new “Good Kill” movie, about a pilot flying drones from an unnamed base, fell on deaf ears.
He died May 13 in Boulder City at 93. On Dec. 7, 1941, he scrambled to get the wounded into lifeboats before the USS Arizona sank.
The House on Monday approved a bill that would make it easier for low-income disabled veterans to qualify for government housing assistance.
The U.S. House approved an amendment Thursday that seeks to ensure Air Force activities in central Nevada are not hampered by a 1,100-square-mile federally protected national monument area being weighed by the Obama administration.
Upgraded security for one of the most sensitive laboratories in the federal government’s nuclear weapons complex quadrupled in cost and fell years behind schedule before the Nevada project was put on hold to await a restart, according to an audit made public Wednesday.
Eight months after Nevada lawmakers said they were told groundbreaking was imminent, the Department of Veterans Affairs is being pressed to explain continuing delays in building a veterans health clinic in Pahrump.
Among the accomplishments of Nevada’s late-Sen. Howard Cannon, from his 33-year political career to his Air Force Reserve service as a major general, his biggest achievement arguably was his role in delivering paratroopers in the lead plane during the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Normandy, France.
Nellis and Creech Air Force bases have bumped up their force protection levels to Bravo, third-highest on the five-tiered scale, as U.S. military installations increased security measures in response to reports of a perceived domestic threat by Islamic militants.
Janna Hoehn is close to notching another state to her photo collage list for the “Faces Never Forgotten” project. She needs some help, however, to find the last 19 photographs of Nevada’s fallen military personnel from the Vietnam War.
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A jury on Friday awarded $3 billion in punitive damages to eight plaintiffs who sued the Real Water bottled water company.
Homes in Las Vegas have to endure long and scorching summers. Here are some tips on how to protect your home from damage caused by extreme heat.
Air quality is expected to be in the moderate category or perhaps a bit worse Monday as smoke from wildfires continues to drift into the Las Vegas Valley.
Murray Sawchuck has figured out how to quadruple his appearance fee. Ditch a couple of historic magic institutions.