A host of dignitaries, U.S. Navy veterans and others turned out at the state Capitol in Carson City on Friday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the launching of the famed battleship U.S.S. Nevada.
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The Nevada Policy Research Institute released a report this week claiming to have found 33 ways to improve Nevada’s education system without spending more taxpayer money.
Bruce Gilbert, the new executive director of the Silver State Health Exchange, says he’s undaunted by the big job of fixing the troubled Obamacare agency
Nevada wildlife officials say a black bear with a rap sheet had to be killed after it turned up at Lake Tahoe again this week posing a safety threat to beachgoers.
As Nevada celebrates its 150th year of statehood, one of her storied namesakes — the battleship USS Nevada — is marking an anniversary as well.
Savaged by drought, Lake Mead has shrunk to its lowest level since the Great Depression.
A Thursday story about a bill to help clean up the Three Kids Mine in Henderson incorrectly stated the relationship between two of the people leading the effort. Bob Unger and Mindy Unger-Wadkins are brother and sister and partners in the project.
Clark County firefighters will have body armor when they aid law enforcement officers in situations involving active shooters and mass casualties, fire officials said Thursday.
A new report from a national organization dedicated to fighting hate groups and racism takes the government to task for mishandling the April 12 armed showdown with Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy, but its authors were equally critical of Bundy and his militia supporters.
RENO — A 24-year-old Reno man has been arrested on drug and animal cruelty charges after the manager of a Reno motel reported suspicious activity in one of the rooms.
You can’t burglarize your own home, according to a ruling from the Nevada Supreme Court in a Las Vegas murder case.
The Clark County Republican Party has a filed a complaint against State Controller Deborah Kim Wallin, alleging that she appears to be gaining financially from her campaign contributions.
The leader of the Moapa Band of Paiutes told Congress on Wednesday that adding land to the tribe’s Southern Nevada reservation would allow it to expand further into solar energy while encouraging young people to stay close to home.
Sparks police say it appears a man was sitting on railroad tracks before he was fatally hit by a train, although it’s unclear why he was there.
Issues raised at the first meeting of Nevada medical marijuana panel Wednesday ranged from employment protections for patients to ensuring that patients who grow their own will be allowed to continue to do so.