Henderson and North Las Vegas soon will be able to sponsor and oversee charter schools, after the Nevada Department of Education gave its blessing this week.
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A political action committee says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ineligible to appear on the November ballot unless he resubmits his petition to comply with Nevada law.
The Department of Interior announced a $700 million investment in water conservation projects in the Lower Colorado River Basin.
Lithium abounds in Nevada’s federal lands and could hold the key to moving away from fossil fuels. But some worry about the environmental impact of lithium mining.
County fair horse races in White Pine and Elko counties are among rural Nevada’s most important tourism events.
The positivity rate in Clark County fell below 10 percent for the first time this year on Friday, amid another day of declining averages.
Most Clark County coronavirus metrics continued their decline Friday, ending a third week of decreasing COVID-19 rates.
It was the first three-day decline in the 14-day average of new cases since early December, adding to evidence that the local surge of the disease is at or near its peak.
Clark County added more than 3,500 new cases of the disease, while the state topped 4,000 cases for the first time on Friday.
Nevada will be the first state to charge state workers enrolled in public employee health insurance plans a surcharge if they aren’t vaccinated.
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced another round of winners Thursday as part of the seventh and penultimate “Vax Nevada Days” raffle.
The State of Nevada said Friday it will follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation and will resume use of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson doses.
The Legislative Building in Carson City will reopen to the public Thursday, the state announced.