June Whitley, remembered as a civil rights pioneer and a unifying force during her 15-year tenure on Nevada’s higher education board, has died. She was 79.
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As President Barack Obama hosts other world leaders in his final summit on nuclear security, several Nevada college students are expected to join a nearby rally Friday to push for eliminating nuclear weapons from the planet.
Local and state law enforcement agencies have banded together in hopes of protecting the elderly and infirm from those who want to exploit them.
The Nevada Supreme Court ordered a new trial Thursday for a Las Vegas man given two death sentences for killing two prostitutes a decade ago, finding that the prosecution engaged in “purposeful discrimination” in jury selection.
Henderson police are searching for a missing or runaway 13-year-old girl. Kaylee Witters-Morris was last seen leaving her home on the 500 block of Walnut Port Place about 10:30 a.m. Thursday morning,
Southern Nevada had nine fatal drowning incidents in 2015 — the most since 2009 — and the Southern Nevada Child Drowning Prevention Coalition is doing something about it with its April Pools Day media event.
A rock climber was pronounced dead at the scene after a medical episode at Red Rock on Thursday morning, according to Las Vegas police.
Henderson business representatives have already begun collaborating to determine which Interstate 11 corridor would be the best for Nevada’s second-largest city.
The man who died in a multivehicle collision in North Las Vegas Wednesday night has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office
Three people were rescued from Mount Charleston’s Robber’s Roost trail on Wednesday night, Las Vegas police said.
“I’m up here for those kids that I helped kill.” That’s what Cian Westmoreland, former Air Force drone program communications technician, said his motivation was for speaking Wednesday night at a UNLV symposium on drone warfare.
Jillian Lafave, a former Valley High School teacher arrested in January on suspicion of sexual misconduct with a student, never received a license to teach in Nevada.
A key defendant in armed standoffs with law enforcement in Oregon and Nevada pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges in the Nevada case.
Multiple car crashes in North Las Vegas on Wednesday evening have left one dead, North Las Vegas police said.
County health officials are recommending voluntary blood tests for schoolchildren and others who may have consumed lead-tainted water in the tiny town of Goodsprings, 40 miles southwest of Las Vegas.
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