Projections from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation show Lake Mead is in danger of dropping low enough to trigger its first federally declared water shortage next year.
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To target the socioeconomically disadvantaged community, public health officials used a senior center membership roster to fill appointments at the “pop-up” immunization site.
House Democrats moved Friday to expel a freshman Republican who has called recent mass shootings — including the Oct. 1 tragedy — fake events that are part of a government plot to confiscate guns.
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stirred more controversy with a social media post claiming the Las Vegas mass shooting may have been part of a plot to get Republicans to give up their guns.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara began his annual State of the Schools speech on Friday by focusing on the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures have had on the mental health of students and staff.
Nevada’s 2021 Legislature is set to begin Monday, with mostly virtual sessions because of the coronavirus.
The Metropolitan Police Department assisted the FBI on Thursday in two arrests related to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The city is the first Southern Nevada jurisdiction to announce eligibility for that age group, with shots scheduled to begin next week for residents only.
People seeking a coronavirus vaccine may have to wait for months to get it, according to an adviser to the White House COVID-19 response task force.
He could be found on social media timelines taking a seat on the subway, the moon and the couch with the cast of “Friends,” among other creative locales.
While the state has made progress in gun violence legislation, the authors note Nevada’s gun death rate and gun suicide rate remain 40 and 60 percent higher than the national average.
The new briefings, beginning just a week into the president’s tenure, are meant as an explicit rejection of his predecessor’s approach to the coronavirus outbreak.
“If it doesn’t get fixed, it’s going to get worse,” said Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., who blamed a cumbersome bureaucratic process for creating a delay in delivery of vaccines.
Seventy years ago, an atomic blast detonated in a remote, sprawling swath of desert known as Frenchman Flat was seen and felt in Las Vegas, 65 miles to the southeast.
The 55-45 procedural vote to set aside an objection from Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul puts the Senate on record as declaring the proceedings constitutional.
Quick quiz: What’s one of the safest beverages you can drink in Southern Nevada? If your answer is “tap water,” you’re right! Southern Nevada’s municipal water supply meets or surpasses all State of Nevada and Federal Safe Drinking Water Act standards. In fact, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) tests your water 300,000 times a […]
A proposed change to county code could make it easier for liquor stores to open nearer to schools and churches.
Giovanni Ruiz had faced the death penalty and was set to go to trial later this month in the 2019 killing of 19-year-old Paula Davis.
A Las Vegas homeowner filed a new appeal of a $180,000 fine for allegedly renting his home through Airbnb, citing violations of his constitutional rights.
Several Clark County School Board members, who claim Katie Williams no longer lives in the district, want her to relinquish her seat on the board.