Washoe County School Board member Dave Aiazzi said he has been diagnosed with leukemia and will resign from the board by the end of September, but added that it has nothing to do with Superintendent Pedro Martinez’s firing and reinstatement.
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The Southern Nevada Teen Pregnancy Coalition’s annual forum, held at North Las Vegas City Hall, sought to get community leaders engaged in reducing the rate of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
A state panel on Tuesday approved nearly $1.4 million to continue Nevada’s fight against Yucca Mountain, despite the nuclear waste repository project being described by one official as “the walking dead.”
President Barack Obama’s request for Congress to spend almost $4 billion to address the immigration crisis on the southern border drew a mixed reaction Tuesday from Nevada Democrats, while Republicans greeted it warily.
A low-key but high-stakes campaign is underway by opposing groups to win the hearts and minds of Nevada voters ahead of the general election and a critical vote on a margins tax to fund public education.
A Henderson woman’s find of more than $11,000 feeds increase in the number of Nevadans claiming their abandoned property, according to the state treasurer’s office.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Tuesday confirmed he and his wife, Landra, have picked a home in the upscale Henderson community of Anthem, and plan to move in later this summer.
O.J. Simpson’s imprisonment in Nevada for convictions stemming from his 2007 robbery of two memorabilia collectors at Palace Station was raised at a legislative hearing Tuesday as an example of questionable policies leading to unnecessary incarceration costs.
An eminent domain dispute over land needed for the Boulder City bypass was resolved Tuesday when the state Board of Examiners approved a $4.6 million payment for the property, far less than the last $33 million offer from the landowner.
Western governors, including Gov. Brian Sandoval, have sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture expressing concerns about a proposed directive that could affect states’ authority over their water resources.
Rain helped firefighters increase containment of several wildfires covering a combined 33 square miles in remote rangeland in eastern Nevada and southwestern Utah.
The Virgin Valley Black Fire Opal is No. 1 in Nevada’s state gemstone pecking order. The opal is the Silver State’s official “precious” gemstone.
At least at the polls in Nevada, state election officials say it’s the Democratic, not the Democrat, Party.
Nevada’s housing market closed out the first half of 2014 with steady gains. Monday numbers from the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors showed continued increases in median prices.
The sun is up and the heat is building, so Jason Jones heads out to look for monsters.
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