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A District Court judge in Clark County ruled Friday against eight Bernie Sanders supporters who sued the Nevada State Democratic Party’s executive board, alleging party officials didn’t properly notify them of an important change in application deadlines to run for leadership positions at the state party convention Saturday.
Authorities say a small single-seat helicopter crashed in a remote Nevada canyon about 75 miles north of Las Vegas.
Charges could include conspiracy to commit a crime, destruction of property, trespassing, destruction of habitat, killing of an endangered species — a felony — and a charge of possessing a firearm as an ex-felon.
Backers of a move to repeal Nevada’s new commerce tax are not ready to quit after the state Supreme Court issued a potentially lethal blow to their efforts, state Controller Ron Knecht said Thursday.
The oil and gas industry on Thursday challenged in federal court drilling restrictions imposed by the Obama administration to protect a struggling bird that ranges across 11 Western states.
Chancellor Dan Klaich resigned Thursday. The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents accepted his resignation at a special meeting that was called in response to demands from legislators and the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce following a Las Vegas Review-Journal article published Sunday.
A county prosecutor in Utah wants a grand jury to probe a complex case that includes allegations of an attempt to bribe U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.
A doctor who sued Caesars Entertainment Corp. when it barred him from its properties and prevented him from attending a medical conference at Paris Las Vegas lost his appeal Thursday to the Nevada Supreme Court.
Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske did not comment Wednesday when asked how her office will respond to a letter from a U.S. Senate Finance Committee member about Nevada’s oversight of companies tied to the Panama Papers.
More than 67,000 wild horses and burros now roam public land across the West, an increase of 15 percent from last year, according to estimates released Wednesday by the Bureau of Land Management.
The day before regents will consider whether system officials misled the Legislature, regents received a potential retirement deal for Chancellor Dan Klaich following calls for his resignation.
The Nevada Supreme Court’s decision rules that an explanation of what the referendum would do is defective.
The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action has launched an informational website to stop the “Californication” of Nevadans’ gun rights.
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida engaged in an angry, in-your-face exchange Wednesday after Grayson interrupted Reid at a Congressional Progressive Caucus meeting to challenge the Nevadan over his criticism and calls for Grayson to abandon his Senate bid.
Shell companies registered in Nevada have attracted the attention of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. The committee’s ranking member, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is asking Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske for information about more than 1,000 business entities linked to Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
