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.
A contentious bill that would end a COVID-19 era requirement for daily room cleanings is headed to the Assembly floor after being approved through committee Friday afternoon.
The hospitality industry and the union are on opposite sides of a debate over a bill which would repeal pandemic-era measures that required daily room cleaning.
The gaming industry is in support of removing a law that requires them to clean guests rooms daily, but union workers see safety and job issues.
The operator of WSOP.com says there could be costly consequences to developing a list of online poker cheaters similar to the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s “Black Book.”
A joint resolution introduced on Friday would repeal Nevada’s lottery ban, which has been part of the constitution since statehood.