U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada made his first appearance of the year in the Capitol on Tuesday, still recuperating from injuries suffered in an exercise accident on New Year’s Day.
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The North Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday will consider partnering with Ledcor Construction Company to study the feasibility of running water to the sprawling industrial park known as Apex.
Two U.S. senators, including Dean Heller of Nevada, are seeking to make permanent a law that allows people to deduct state and local sales taxes on their annual federal returns.
The name crops up in several prominent places at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, from its busiest boat harbor to the road and the wash leading down to it. There is even a park in Boulder City, popular among grazing bighorn sheep, that bears the Hemenway name.
More than a year after a National Park Service road worker died alone in the heat of Death Valley, agency officials have finished their investigation and rolled out new safety measures.
Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $1.1 billion tax package to fund education and other state services caught some industry groups off guard, but representatives of the state’s largest business organizations say they are willing to await details before passing judgment.
A Fort Mohave, Ariz., man faces at least 25 years in prison for killing his girlfriend and a scheme putting him in control of her considerable assets.
Last week’s serious bus stop accident in Las Vegas has Road Warrior readers thinking and writing about what could be done to keep those waiting at bus stops safer.
Nevada in December will be the focus of the political world, or at least the Republican side, after the state on Friday was named host for an official debate of GOP candidates running for president.
Gov. Brian Sandoval reiterated his pledge to education and the state’s youth Thursday and called on lawmakers to pass a huge tax increase to fund his plan, saying the future of Nevada depends on its ability to deliver an educated workforce to succeed in a modern, global world.
Gov. Brian Sandoval unveiled a $7.3 billion two-year general fund spending plan Thursday that includes nearly $1.15 billion in additional tax revenue, including a new business license fee that would generate nearly $440 million for an ambitious plan to improve public education.
Nevada Republicans in the House voted Wednesday to block President Barack Obama’s offer of legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants, but they stopped short of endorsing deportation for people already granted permits to remain in the country.
Alfred Villalobos, the former CalPERS board member facing federal corruption charges, died on Tuesday, a California newspaper reported.
Researchers at Great Basin National Park are trying to unravel the mystery behind a 132-year-old rifle found leaning against a juniper tree in the remote park 300 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
Gov. Brian Sandoval is expected to seek a new business license fee based on gross receipts to raise about $430 million over two years to pay for his proposals to improve public education in Nevada, the Review-Journal has learned.