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The University of Nevada, Reno made the top 200 colleges and universities in the nation, according to the annual survey conducted by U.S. News and World Report released Tuesday.
For a change, Sen. Harry Reid found himself Tuesday on the receiving end of another politician’s verbal miscue.
An economic analysis of the economic impacts of the Tesla Gigafactory project in Northern Nevada suggests the electric car manufacturer will create 6,500 jobs over the next four years with an average wage of $27.35 per hour.
The National Park Service announced Tuesday that the entrance fee at Lake Mead National Recreation Area will be temporarily waived to help alleviate traffic from Interstate 15 detours.
A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty to two felony counts of voter registration fraud and identify theft, the Nevada secretary of state’s office announced Tuesday.
Crews were working around the clock on Tuesday to reopen highways that were washed out by flooding on Monday, the Nevada Department of Transportation said.
As the valley recovers from Monday’s storms and flooding, the National Weather Service on Tuesday said to expect mostly dry conditions.
Thanks to a staggering $1.3 billion in public subsidies, tax inducements and even a free road, Tesla chief Elon Musk has scored a coup for his company. Stinking sales and property taxes? Tesla won’t pay no stinking sales and property taxes for a decade.
A pilot has died in a plane crash in Nevada while attempting to qualify for the Reno National Championship Air Races.
All roads don’t lead to Tesla, but Interstate 11 apparently will.
A Nevada judge has ordered a new trial for a 64-year-old woman who has been in prison for more than 30 years for a killing she says she didn’t commit.
Henderson City Council members last week delayed a property tax hike measure until the Nevada Legislature has a chance to relax the property tax cap … and after the 2015 municipal elections, when three council members will be up for re-election.
One of the elements of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s plan to bring Tesla and its 6,500 high-paying jobs to Nevada could add significantly to the cost of the overall project, over and above the tax breaks and incentives already estimated to be as much as $1.3 billion to get the deal done.
Wild turkeys are starting to cause problems at Great Basin National Park, about 300 miles northeast of Las Vegas, where the prolific birds threaten to disrupt some of the more sensitive native species. They’re also making a bit of a mess.