A moderate earthquake and a string of aftershocks have hit a sparsely populated area of northwest Nevada near its borders with Oregon and California, but there were no reports of damage.
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Authorities were investigating but releasing few details Wednesday after a law officer shot and killed a man on the edge on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.
The new Nevada Senate Republican majority wasted no time in making their leadership decisions for the 2015 legislative session, naming Sen. Michael Roberson of Las Vegas the majority leader after a meeting Wednesday.
As Republicans were taking a victory lap after scoring the U.S. Senate majority in midterm elections, Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada on Wednesday confirmed he will seek to lead the GOP effort to keep the majority in 2016.
A 77-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle in northwest Arizona on Monday, but the victim’s name was withheld pending notification of kin.
A notice to seek the death penalty was filed Wednesday in the prosecution of a Bullhead City, Ariz., man charged in the death of his friend’s 8-year-old daughter.
The 45.51 percent voter turnout in Tuesday’s general election is the lowest reported in Nevada going back to at least 1978, the secretary of state’s office said Wednesday.
The Bureau of Land Management is recommending almost 280,000 acres in Southern Nevada for special protection as part of a sweeping plan update that would also open more land for solar energy projects and other development.
Republicans took control of the Nevada Legislature for the first time in decades Tuesday, handing GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval a huge political victory as he begins his second term and focuses on an agenda that includes education reform and school choice.