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The rapidly growing optical and sunglasses brand out of New York will open its first brick-and-mortar shop in the state at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Two DC fast chargers were added at Terrible’s Road House in Jean, about 30 miles south of Las Vegas, as part of the Nevada Electric Highway initiative.
The helicopter was supposed to undergo maintenance by a mechanic to fix the issue but it appears this did not happen, a preliminary report states.
The U.S. Census Bureau crowned Nevada the nation’s fastest-growing state in 2018, and the Silver State ranked second in 2017 and 2016.
The Clark County coroner’s office determined that an inmate who died on Sept. 2 died of natural causes.
A man found dead in August near a cliff-jumping area at Lake Mojave died from accidental drowning, the Clark County coroner’s office said.
Experts say more Native Americans are moving to Clark County because of its strong economy, employment opportunities and proximity to tribal land in nearby states.
Nevada emergency officials say they continue to fight a wildfire that has threatened about 100 homes near Reno.
Proposed temporary storage sites for nuclear waste around the country have aroused local opposition, which is putting pressure on Congress to resume building the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site in Nevada.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is recommending attendance be capped at existing levels for the next 10 years at the annual Burning Man counter-culture festival in the desert 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Reno.
A measure to prevent patients from being surprised with huge, out-of-network bills passed the Legislature on Tuesday and is headed to Gov. Steve Sisolak for a signature.
A House bill stripped $116 million requested by President Trump to get a license to build the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, 90 miles north of Las Vegas.
The parcels were bought by the park service for $224,600 from the Mojave Desert Land Trust, a California nonprofit that buys land for conservation purposes.
Gov. Steve Sisolak and legislative Democrats are advancing a two-pronged plan to add money to schools: First, use a 10 percent excise tax on recreational marijuana sales, and second, authorize county governments to raise the local sales tax.
