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Already this summer, inspectors have intercepted 24 boats headed to Lake Tahoe with troublesome quagga mussels and other invaders attached, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada said Wednesday in seeking more federal help to track and contain the hostile species.
Despite promises of reform, veterans in Nevada continue to suffer the longest waits in the nation to have disability claims completed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller on Wednesday told a top VA official trying to turn around the troubled agency.
A bill that passed the U.S. House on Wednesday contains a message that federal agencies shouldn’t discriminate against Las Vegas or other resort cities when they plan conferences or meetings.
A future Maryland Parkway facelift received a $50,000 grant Wednesday from the National Endowment for the Arts to bankroll public art. The Maryland Parkway project — which stretches from McCarran International Airport to downtown Las Vegas — is one of 66 projects nationwide receiving “Our Town” grants.
Vice President Joe Biden is coming to Las Vegas next week for an NAACP conference and to rally support for Erin Bilbray, the Democratic opponent of U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., her campaign confirmed on Tuesday.
A 52-ton concrete bridge survived a series of 10 earthquakes in the first multiple-shake-table experiment at the University of Nevada, Reno’s new Earthquake Engineering Lab.
A Las Vegas father is asking the Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider its recent decision involving his young son’s move to California.
Nevada lawmakers’ experiment last school year in giving $17.4 million to 14 Clark County elementary schools that teach English language learning students and post poor academic performance has shown early success.
The Navy and Air Force have approved a limited return to flight for their new-generation F-35 fighter jet, keeping alive the possibility that it could make an appearance at the Farnborough International Airshow in England this week.
A senior fellow of the CATO libertarian think tank criticized the proposed Nevada business margins tax in Reno on Tuesday, calling it “something that chokes off the start of new businesses.”
The woman who died in a car crash Saturday night at Lake Mead National Recreation Area has been identified.
College students in Nevada who do not complete college-level introductory math courses early on in their studies are far less likely to graduate than those who do, a new report shows.
The National Weather Service has announced a second severe thunderstorm warning that could result in gusty winds along U.S. Highway 95, west of Indian Springs.
Federal officials have identified more than 5,500 acres high in the Spring Mountains as critical habitat for the endangered Mount Charleston blue butterfly.
The Nye County sheriff’s office Monday was seeking a prisoner who didn’t report back to jail from a work-release program.
