The mountains that feed the Colorado River already have seen more snow this winter than they normally would through an entire snow season.
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Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford discusses his unlikely path from growing up in Las Vegas to chairing the Congressional Black Caucus, the first Nevadan to head a major group in the House of Representatives.
“You don’t have to buy it if you don’t want to drink it,” Lincoln County Commissioner Janine Woodworth said.
A Senate committee unanimously passed a proposed amendment that which would strike language allowing for slavery or involuntary servitude from the state constitution.
The bill, by Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, D-Las Vegas, would codify an executive order put in place last year by then-Gov. Steve Sisolak.
For years, Alamo residents who wanted alcohol simply drove to gas stations and small stores outside the town limits. Then last year the town’s attention turned to self-preservation.
Voters could soon be asked whether references to slavery should be removed from the Nevada Constitution after the Assembly voted to advance a joint resolution Thursday.
Nearly three-quarters of Nevada children ages 5 and younger don’t have access to a licensed child care provider, according to the report.
It would guarantee that state, tribal and local officials have a seat at the table when a permanent nuclear waste repository is proposed in their backyards.
Gov. Joe Lombardo said he is not aware of any reports of price gouging following last week’s shutdown of a pipeline that supplies gasoline to Las Vegas.
The Center for Biological Diversity argues that the state constitution prohibits former state Sen. James Settelmeyer, R-Minden, from holding a state job so soon after his term ended.
As the 2023 Nevada Legislature gets off to its usual slow start, some are lamenting the loss of an in-house deli that provided both sustenance and a place to gather.
One of the Colorado River’s two major reservoirs is expected to collect better than average runoff this year, thanks to an unusually wet La Niña pattern that dropped a deluge of snow up and down the basin.
Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno, D-North Las Vegas, announced her bid Tuesday to run for chair of the Nevada State Democratic Party.
Gov. Joe Lombardo is calling for a review of Nevada’s public school district’s finances, according to an executive order signed Monday.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. In the city, you get The Strip (along with the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
The awards ceremony was a highlight of the World’s 50 Best Restaurant week that confirmed the city as a global dining destination.
A pedestrian was found dead south of Harry Reid International Airport in what police are describing as a possible hit-and-run.
Vegas Stronger CEO Dave Marlon said the most effective members of the organization’s street team have personal experience with homelessness, substance abuse and mental illness.
Las Vegas officially reached its first 110-degree day Thursday, the earliest point in the year in the valley’s recorded weather history.