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.
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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.
Nevada Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro called Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara’s administration a “failure”
Peterson Academic Center was mentioned during a March 22 joint meeting of the state’s Senate Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Preliminary results Wednesday showed Heather Brown, Susan Brager, Michelee “Shelly” Crawford and Stephanie Goodman leading.
Officers of the Clark County School Board approved new “assurances” to be added to his employment agreement and mediation of his workplace harassment claims.
The report by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and U.S. Chamber of Commerce looked at pre-COVID-19 pandemic standardized test scores and high school graduation rates.
Lisa Levine, who was told by a male staffer during a 2020 meeting to stop with her “child speak,” said it felt like déjà vu when she read Melody Rose’s hostile work environment complaint.
FEMA is working with the state to provide on-the-ground assistance starting early next week in response to an increase in COVID-19 cases and stagnant vaccination rates.
The statue of Comstock Lode mining baron John Mackay, which was dedicated in 1908, was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum, best known for his work on Mount Rushmore.
The University of Nevada, Reno, says its aiming to have mainly in-person classes and student services for fall semester. Southern Nevada colleges have not yet announced plans.
Melody Rose started Sept. 1 as chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education. She has 25 years of higher education experience and was previously chancellor of the Oregon university system.