Death Valley National Park officials said this year’s wildflower bloom is not likely to deliver an explosion of color like the one last year that drew record crowds to the national park.
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One Nevada state legislative leader said Wednesday he agrees that it is time to replace the statue of the former U.S. Sen. Patrick McCarran in the Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol because of his history of racism and anti-Semitism.
Efforts to resuscitate inmate Joe Nathan Scott, 38, were unsuccessful after he was discovered unresponsive in his cell around 8 a.m. Tuesday.
One man is in serious condition after a shooting in Laughlin Tuesday night.
Nevada is one of 10 states that will receive a $2 million, three-year grant from a J.P. Morgan Chase initiative that aims to improve career and technical education.
The top two Democrats in the Nevada Legislature are calling on U.S. Sen. Dean Heller to explain how Republicans in Congress will replace key provisions of the Affordable Care Act if they repeal it.
Las Vegas-based data storage company Switch gets top marks in a new report released by Greenpeace ranking internet companies on their renewable energy efforts.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval toured the aftermath of the flooding on Monday, traveling from Fernley to Pyramid Lake to Sparks to the capital to take a first-hand look at the damage.
A natural spring that drew Native Americans to the region will be restored under a $818,866 project to further improve the newly created Kiel Ranch Historic Park.
James Dzurenda, who took over the state Corrections Department in April, is asking for public and financial support for efforts to emphasize rehabilitation and reduce recidivism.
Three former prison employees involved in a deadly 2014 shooting at High Desert State Prison will receive private legal counsel, paid for by taxpayers, in pending civil lawsuits.
Fire officials say an elderly man has died after a fire broke out inside his Reno apartment and left 19 people displaced.
Flooding in Reno forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 homes, closed streets and highway stretches and prompted Gov. Brian Sandoval to tell nonessential state workers to stay home Monday.
Inmate Johanna Hudnall’s situation reflects what advocates and academics say is a widespread pattern throughout the U.S. of inmates facing challenges in getting treated for hepatitis C with effective but expensive drugs.
Although the cold kept an audience from forming in an amphitheater at the edge of Lake Mead on Saturday night, National Park Service employee Yolanda Sherwood braved the 45-degree temperatures to deliver an important message: Coyotes aren’t to be trifled with.