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Nevada takes first sip of Colorado River drought plan

Thursday’s 6-0 vote by the Southern Nevada Water Authority board aims to keep more water in the shrinking river system through voluntary cuts. The deal isn’t done, though, as Arizona and California are still debating their cuts.

Tax bill preserves tax break for Las Vegas stadium, convention center

The House had sought to eliminate the tax exemption for bonds used to build professional sports stadiums, but the provision was removed during the GOP leadership’s conference negotiations.

 
US flag turns 240 on June 14 — VIDEO

Staff Sgt. Robert Mattey and Airman 1st Class Michele Faiella, of the 99th Security Forces Squadron, raise the U.S. flag Tuesday, June 13 at Nellis Air Force Base.

 
For Las Vegas WWII vets, Memorial Day is another day to be thankful

Vernice “Lucky” Gaar, 91, and Frank Costa, 99, traveled similar paths without ever meeting until they recently shared a bronze-worthy moment during a trip to the Tomb of the Unknowns in Washington, D.C.

 
Expert says US should send envoy to North Korea to mitigate nuclear threat

The specter of North Korea armed with nuclear-bomb-tipped missiles is such “a serious threat for the world” that a top U.S. scientist says President Donald Trump should send an envoy to Pyongyang to persuade Kim Jong Un’s regime to end its doomsday posturing.

Nevada has science edge if Yucca Mountain licensing resumes

The Department of Energy’s Yucca Mountain program was defunded and dismantled under President Barack Obama, leaving only a handful of scientists from the hundreds who once worked on the project.

 
Remembering Nevada’s ‘Wild West’ division in World War I

At the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into the “war to end all wars,” the improbable tale of the Army’s 91st “Wild West” Division — a ragtag legion of shopkeepers, cowboys, farmers, miners, Native Americans and immigrant railroad workers who helped change the course of history — demands one more telling.