The Bureau of Land Management will hold a series of public meetings in the coming weeks as it drafts the guiding documents for Basin and Range National Monument, 115 miles north of Las Vegas.
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Two major highway improvement projects stemming from the successful recruitment of electric car makers Tesla and Faraday Future to Nevada will see major milestones this week.
Nevada has 10 individual donors or entities that have given more than $200,000 to congressional and presidential campaigns, PACs and super PACs in this election cycle.
An exotic animal petting zoo 50 miles northwest of Las Vegas has been cleared to reopen its gates, just as soon as it gets all of its kangaroos in a row. Roos-N-More is targeting Labor Day weekend for its first open zoo day in more than two years.
The state Board of Examiners, chaired by Gov. Brian Sandoval, will consider the Nevada Department of Corrections funding requests when it meets Tuesday in Carson City. Also on the agenda is a nearly $400,000 contract to certify kosher meals for Nevada inmates.
When it comes to reporting hate crime statistics, only a few law enforcment agencies in Nevada have numbers for each of the nine years leading up to 2014, the latest year avaiable, a Review-Journal examination shows.
Hundreds of sex offenders previously categorized as low risk will be subject to public disclosure and new reporting requirements starting in July
Researchers are still assessing the damage from an April 30 break-in at Devils Hole, but experts are hopeful that the beer-fueled romp by three men won’t amount to an extiction-level event for Nevada’s most endangered fish.
Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske responded Friday to a request from a U.S. senator for information about the state’s oversight of companies tied to the Panama Papers.
Former school teacher died from injuries suffered when her personal water craft hit a bridge piling near Laughlin
Former Nevada Gov. Richard Bryan told a legislative panel on Friday that although the state’s case against Yucca Mountain is strong, keeping the high-level nuclear waste repository at bay will be a challenge with U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s departure.
The Coast Guard has rescued a former Navy pilot from Reno who spent 20 hours treading water in the Gulf of Mexico after falling out of his boat without a lifejacket.
Nevadans love their open space and public lands, favor renewable energy and are less likely to vote for a candidate who supported Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy in his 2014 standoff with federal authorities.
Nevada’s senior citizens’ health and quality of life was again ranked among the lowest nationally in a UnitedHealthcare report released last week, placing 42nd — a single spot above the state’s 2015 ranking.