Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt on Friday defended his move for the state to join the sage grouse lawsuit over the objections of Gov. Brian Sandoval.
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Scotty’s Castle, a palatial ranch named for a con man that’s become one of the most popular tourist attractions here, could remain closed until spring 2016 or later after its grounds sustained extensive damage from flash floods over the weekend.
WASHINGTON — The House Transportation Committee approved legislation Thursday that could pave the way for construction of a highway directly linking Las Vegas and Reno.
A video of Sunday’s explosions that preceded a fire in a state-owned radioactive waste trench at the US Ecology site 10 miles south of Beatty shows white smoke emanating from the soil before the ground erupts, shooting debris and more white smoke into the air.
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday approved legislation supported by the Nevada delegation, who say it would speed regulatory approval of mining operations for gold, silver, copper and other “strategic and critical” minerals.
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt joined a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging new land use regulations to protect sage grouse. Gov. Brian Sandoval said the state’s top attorney was acting in his own “personal capacity” and does not represent the state in the matter.
Nye County’s sheriff and emergency management chief apologized for not keeping Beatty residents better informed about Sunday’s fire in a radioactive waste trench that followed widespread flash flooding.
A 79-year-old inmate died Tuesday morning at the Regional Medical Facility at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City.
Whatever caught fire Sunday in the state-owned radioactive waste dump at the US Ecology site near Beatty packed a powerful punch, Nevada’s chief fire marshal said Tuesday.
It could be some time before officials know what caused a fire at a low-level radioactive waste dump in Nye County that shut down a 140-mile stretch of Nevada’s main north-south highway for almost 24 hours.
A 24-year-old Yucca man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing that left a 70-year-old man dead.
As thousands of families continue to apply for Nevada’s new education savings accounts, a Las Vegas judge next month will decide whether to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the controversial school choice program.
Parents of autistic children and providers of early intervention services urged state officials Monday to increase Nevada’s proposed rate of reimbursement for treating low-income children, saying to do otherwise will doom the program to failure and deny vulnerable children essential tools to lead productive lives.
Twenty-eight-year-old Syrian refugee Rasha doesn’t know when she’ll see her mother again.
Sandoval is in the People’s Republic this week on yet another trade mission, this time as president of a national group called the Council of State Governments.