FERNLEY — Until now, the graves of Nevada veteran cemeteries were mandated to be groomed with green grass, an adornment deemed fitting to show respect and reverence for those who served their country.
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All but one southbound lane of Interstate 15 at the Cajon Pass were open Saturday night after a fast-moving 5,400-acre blaze burned through cars and trucks, chased motorists with its hot flames and shut down the main thoroughfare between Las Vegas and Southern California for six to 11 hours.
Laughlin residents have been told to boil their tap water before drinking or cooking with it after flash flooding Friday washed dirt and mud into the community‘s water supply.
For decades, scientists have collected fossils from the hills at the northern edge of Las Vegas and carted them off to collections from New York to California.
Las Vegas resident Dulce Inzunza has always dreamed of sending her daughter to private school.
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush said Friday that the designation of the Basin and Range National Monument signed by President Barack Obama was an overreach of executive power that he opposed.
Next time there‘s a Tesla, North Las Vegas will be ready.
Private-sector representatives discussed ways that Nevada‘s four-year drought has affected their business operations at a Nevada drought forum on Friday.
The corrections officer whose encounter with an inmate escalated into a full-scale riot at the state prison in northwestern Arizona has taken his life.
The past is returning to life at the former main U.S. Post Office building here as private investors restore the original splendor of the historic Art Deco structure and turn it into mixed retail and office use.
Nevada‘s unemployment rate hit a seven-year low in June as nine of the state‘s 10 biggest job sectors grew.
The once-cuffed hands of juvenile offenders helped earn national recognition for a Mount Charleston trail system.
Marta Adams, a senior attorney for the state of Nevada and its chief in-house lawyer on Yucca Mountain, has announced her retirement at the end of the month.
Racers are lacing up their running shoes, trying on their Dri-Fit shorts and getting ready to compete in what organizers call "the toughest foot face in the world," a 135-mile, mid-summer run across Death Valley National Park.
WASHINGTON - Nevada Democrats offered a cautious first impression of the nuclear agreement with Iran that President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday. Republicans were more challenging whether the deal will prevent Iran from developing a bomb.