Boulder City police are trying to figure out if a fatal moped crash on Wednesday was an accident or a hit-and-run.
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A man convicted in the death of his 4-year-old son who was left in an SUV in June 2008 should get a new trial on myriad issues, including that Stanley Rimer should have been tried separately from his wife, his lawyer told the Nevada Supreme Court Wednesday.
O.J. Simpson’s lawyers were given another week Friday to reformat and resubmit an appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court seeking a new trial in the kidnapping and armed robbery case of the former football star.
Nevada’s state general fund is taking a hit this year of more than $70 million due to changes in the state’s gold mining industry, but the effect on the counties that rely on the net proceeds of minerals will be tougher to absorb.
The UNLV presidential search committee wants a diverse group of three to five candidates to visit campus and complete interviews, but a deadline will not be set.
Republican congressional hopeful Niger Innis last week faced friendly fire from a one-time supporter during a debate with his GOP primary opponent, Assemblyman Cresent Hardy, R-Mesquite, and she suffered the consequences.
Henderson officials are introducing a new paid time-off system for nonunion employees to reduce the city’s post employment payout liability by millions of dollars.
A little known aspect of Nevada’s commercial property tax cap has brought lower revenues for local governments, but the Assembly speaker and others are looking at possible remedies.
A group of women in Southern Nevada on Friday morning recounted how their lives have been affected by the country’s immigration system. Those same women were fasting to support immigration reform. “We have a broken immigration system,” said naturalized U.S. citizen Ivon Meneses, 39, who has six children with an ex-husband who was deported six years ago. “I don’t want any more kids to suffer like mine, who lost a father.”
Some of the most significant injuries to foster children are inflicted by those child welfare agencies lack the authority to screen, according to Nevada child welfare officials. Under its own policies, the Clark County Department of Family Services conducts background checks on people who are not residents of a foster home, but are regularly or routinely found there, said Director Lisa Ruiz-Lee. However, state law doesn’t specifically provide the authority for Nevada child welfare agencies to conduct background checks on such individuals.