Despite questions from state lawmakers about the costs and benefits of a $1.3 billion tax incentive package proposed by Gov. Brian Sandoval to bring Tesla to Nevada, 4 bills to make it happen won unanimous approval at the meeting.
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Traffic relief will come to Interstate 15 Friday night, but northbound truckers will continue to feel the pain of a 77-mile detour for at least another week as Nevada Transportation Department officials prepare to open a flood-damaged portion of the highway.
Monday’s rain and flash floods damaged 91 homes in Moapa and did more than $1 million in damage to public roads, Clark County’s flood damage assessment team said in releasing preliminary figures Thursday.
Although the drawndown of troops in Afghanistan is bringing most American military personnel home with the expected end to U.S.-led combat operations in December, more citizen-soldiers from Nevada are being tasked with overseas deployments.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said that as chairman of the Western Governors’ Association he wants to bring states together to talk about how best to manage and prepare for drought.
A judge has decided that the woman facing dozens of animal cruelty charges in the Prince and Princess Pet Boutique fire may not leave the state for a memorial service.
A baby died at a Laughlin home early Thursday morning, Las Vegas police say.
A mentally troubled Lake Havasu City, Ariz., resident pleaded no contest Thursday for the February 2012 murder of his wife.
Metro’s Search and Rescue team rescued an injured hiker on Thursday morning at Red Rock Conservation Area.
The Nevada State Treasurer’s office is opening up another 35,000 college savings accounts with $50 each in seed money to get kindergartners around the state ready for the future.
The Nevada Legislature launched a special session just before 1 p.m. today to consider Gov. Brian Sandoval’s deal with electric car company Tesla to build a $5 billion battery factory in Nevada in exchange for a generous package of tax breaks that will essentially allow the company to operate tax free for nearly a decade.
Nevada members of Congress expressed varying levels of enthusiasm Wednesday after President Barack Obama presented a strategy to combat jihadist forces that have shaken up the Middle East.
Nevada Transportation Department crews say they’re optimistic they’ll be able to have one lane of traffic flowing in each direction of Interstate 15 by Friday.
Nevada has been awarded $29.3 million in federal grants for road improvements in its two major cities, according to state lawmakers.
A public memorial service is scheduled Thursday for an 8-year-old girl whose body was found in a shallow grave less than a mile from her Bullhead City, Ariz., home on Sept. 2. She had been strangled