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Clark County’s chief judge to step down from bench

District Judge David Barker, who consistently received some of the highest ratings from lawyers, will end his career on Friday, his last day before retirement.

Northern Nevada braces for winter storm

Blowing snow is creating poor visibility for travelers east and west of Reno as a winter storm makes its way into the Sierra Nevada, where a foot or more of snow is expected around Lake Tahoe by Wednesday night.

Lawsuit: Dude ranch owner told black chef to prepare ‘black people food’ not ‘white people food’

Madeleine Pickens wanted the African-American chef she recruited from the country club she owns in Southern California to cook “black people food” — not “white people food” — at her rural Nevada dude ranch and wild horse sanctuary, according to a federal lawsuit accusing her of racial discrimination.

Appeals court denies Nevada mining project

A federal appeals court has vacated the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of a mining project in central Nevada, concluding the agency’s analysis of air quality impacts was insufficient.