Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks died after he was hit by a vehicle near the district courthouse in downtown Reno, the Reno Police Department said. He was 80.
Politics and Government
Five-year projections, which the Bureau of Reclamation releases three times a year, are showing that snowpack may have boosted Lake Mead.
Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, cast Donald Trump as a threat to democracy and threw their support behind Pres. Joe Biden during an event in Las Vegas Wednesday.
Henderson and North Las Vegas filed a petition in March challenging a policy change that affected nonvoting school board members’ power during meetings.
Environmentalists have filed an application with the federal government to list the Amargosa toad, found only in the Oasis Valley northwest of Las Vegas, as an endangered species.
Las Vegas imposed a $180,000 penalty on a home officials determined was being rented through Airbnb without a city-mandated license.
Two private ambulance companies that operate within the city of Las Vegas will continue to do so after they received contract extensions this month.
While the city of Las Vegas doesn’t know how many sidewalk food vendors operate within its jurisdiction, it estimates that only about 25 of them might seek upcoming licensing.
The taxpayer dollars will go into a $2.25 million fund that will be completed with private donations.
The City Council approved rules for up to 15 cannabis lounges that might begin to open in the city beginning this year.
The Las Vegas City Council voted Wednesday to adopt state-mandated changes to its short-term rentals ordinance in order to comply with the Nevada law that recently legalized the practice.
The would-be developer of housing planned for the defunct Badlands golf course is ready to settle its longstanding legal dispute with the city of Las Vegas for $64 million, according to documents prepared for Wednesday’s City Council meeting.