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Conservationists fight Ruby Mountains oil development

Conservationists are bashing the latest move to open more federal land in Nevada to oil exploration, this time in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County.

Titus on bill to regulate ‘bump stocks’ like machine guns

A bipartisan bill that would provide a framework to restrict and regulate “bump stocks” was filed Tuesday — a day before the one month anniversary of the Las Vegas Strip shooting massacre.

Titus urges full funding of grants after Las Vegas shooting

Nevada Democrat urges Homeland Security Secretary-nominee Kirstjen Nielsen to erase proposed budget cuts to the Urban Area Security Initiative grants in light of the Las Vegas mass shooting.

Henderson constable Earl Mitchell to seek seventh term

Earl Mitchell has lived in Nevada since 1975. He served more than 20 years in the Navy and Navy Reserve and worked 22 years as a Henderson police officer before retiring in 2008.

Federal grant to let Clark County district add 3 magnet schools

The $14.8 million U.S. Department of Education grant will allow Gehring Elementary and Lied and O’Callaghan middle schools, all in Las Vegas, to fully convert to magnet schools with a focus on science, technology, engineering and math.

Analysis: Push to ban bump stocks likely to have predictable end

After the Oct. 1 Las Vegas shooting that left 58 dead and hundreds wounded, Washington partisans launched a determined effort to find someone else to blame.

Henderson, district tussle over size of new elementary school

The Clark County School District wants to build an 850-student school to ease overcrowding, while the city is holding out for a 700-student campus with a smaller footprint.

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