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The stars haven’t aligned just yet for a planned observatory at Great Basin National Park, but its backers are within in sight of their goal.
An inmate with the Nevada Department of Corrections died at Centennial Hills Hospital Saturday, according to a release.
After a bureaucratic nightmare left her virtually homeless for a year, unsure what her future would hold, Bonnie McGrew has a plan.
William G. “Bill” Roberts, a Tonopah native and longtime central Nevada journalist, died Saturday at Renown Medical Center in Reno following a brief illness. He was 64.
Two people are confirmed dead after a Wednesday morning collision between a tractor-trailor and pickup on state Route 318 near mile marker 18 in Nye County, according to Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Loy Hixson.
While families across America enjoy Thanksgiving dinner Thursday, another Nevada Army National Guard unit will be packing their duffle bags for a tour of Afghanistan.
Nevada residents may soon be able to proclaim their support for the right to life for unborn children by requesting a special license plate from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
After surviving crowds on Black Friday, who wants to jab elbows with throngs of people at the Department of Motor Vehicles?
Nevada officials dispute the findings of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff’s latest impact report for the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
The battle over maintaining life support for a 20-year-old Las Vegas woman continues this week in Reno. It focuses on the question of when is a person considered dead.
he House last week approved legislation to require tighter screening of Syrian and Iraqi refugees seeking to enter the United States out of fear that ISIS might try to exploit the current program, which has allowed 2,174 Syrian refugees to come to the United States since Sept. 11, 2001.
The mystery rifle of Great Basin National Park has returned home to Nevada, and it brought with it a tantalizing new clue.
Nevada’s medical marijuana industry has barely gotten off the ground. But already, people on both sides are quietly preparing for a public fight over what would be an even bigger revolution.
A state panel Friday finalized short-term and long-range recommendations for dealing with drought, from requiring meters on all water outlets in Nevada to stepping up drought monitoring and conservation efforts.