Interstate 15 near Mesquite has reopened after a highway patrol chase that started in Utah closed it earlier in the day.
Local Nevada
Your trusted Nevada news source. Discover local updates, breaking news and headlines for Nevada here.
The Washoe County School Board is asking ousted Superintendent Pedro Martinez to return to his job.
The Washoe County School Board is asking ousted Superintendent Pedro Martinez to return to his job.
Members of Congress are going home on Thursday for a five-week summer recess and are further away than ever from reviving unemployment benefits that expired eight months ago for thousands of long-term jobless.
Las Vegas police said they found a man’s body under construction equipment in Laughlin on Thursday morning.
On a warm thunderstorm-filled day Wednesday, the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno previewed “The 36th Star: Nevada’s Journey from Territory to State,” an exhibit celebrating 150 years of statehood for the Battle Born state.
The man who was killed by Henderson police on Tuesday was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office on Monday as Jesse Vigil, 51.
With a small adjustment, a bill that would add 26,000 acres to the reservation of the Moapa Band of Paiutes moved forward in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.
Police say they were professional burglars who quickly became cold-blooded killers. Cody David Winters, 27, also known as “Havoc,” and Natasha Galenn Jackson, 35, terrorized a southeast Las Vegas neighborhood Tuesday, police said, choosing their victims at random in a frantic attempt to escape capture.
A judge has found a 73-year-old Sparks man competent to stand trial for murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed trespasser the former schoolteacher insists was justified under Nevada’s “stand your ground” law.
Like most of the U.S. House on Wednesday, lawmakers from the Silver State split along party lines in voting whether to authorize a lawsuit against President Barack Obama for executive actions he has taken to revise requirements of the Affordable Care Act, a target of relentless Republican opposition since it was passed four years ago.
A family that was stymied for almost a year trying to recover the remains of their murdered brother from the grounds of Lake Mead took their frustrations straight to the top on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — The House overwhelmingly approved a landmark bill Wednesday to refurbish the Veterans Affairs Department and improve veterans’ health care.
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, who has a ready network of libertarian-minded supporters in Nevada, is gearing up for a possible presidential run with 2015 the target date to announce his plans.
A man suspected in a deadly 2012 stabbing was indicted by a Clark County grand jury Wednesday.