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Nevada group pushes for marriage equality

Freedom Nevada, a nonprofit coalition, this month formed a statewide 20-member advisory committee to establish marriage equality in Nevada in 2016 or sooner.

Air Force grounds F-35s for safety check after fire

The Air Force Thursday grounded its fleet of F-35 fighter jets made by Lockheed Martin Corp., including those based at Nellis Air Force Base, as a safety precaution after a fire on one of the planes forced an aborted takeoff in Florida.

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Older residents fuel Clark County population growth

Looking for someone to thank for Nevada’s population mini-boom? Thank the baby boomers. Clark County’s over-65 crowd grew by nearly 6 percent in 2013, according to census figures released Thursday.

Super Summer Theatre gets $600,000 grant

Super Summer Theatre at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, has received the largest grant in its 39-year history: a $600,000 grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.

Reid declines to second-guess UNLV paying for Hillary Clinton speech

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Thursday declined to second-guess officials at the UNLV Foundation who have agreed to pay $225,000 for Hillary Clinton to speak at a fundraiser this fall, a month after she is speaking for free at an energy conference Reid and the university are holding in Las Vegas.

BLM: No money, room for more mustang roundups

Saying they don’t have money or room to corral many more wild horses, federal land managers have sided with horse advocates in calling for the dismissal of a Nevada lawsuit demanding acceleration of roundups.

Ex-Simpson lawyers in Las Vegas case reach settlement

O.J. Simpson’s feuding former Las Vegas trial lawyers have settled a breach-of-contract lawsuit in Nevada federal court and a slander claim in Florida state court, leaving one dispute remaining between the imprisoned former football star’s ex-lawyer from Miami and one of his current attorneys in Nevada.

‘Pony Bob’ among best of Pony Express riders

Given the romance that Americans have enjoyed with the Pony Express era, you would be forgiven for thinking those courageous riders were in the saddle for decades instead of just 18 months from April 1860 to October 1861.

Dems try to create momentum for new jobless bill

Advocates for unemployed workers tried to create some momentum Wednesday for a new bid in Congress to reinstate federal jobless benefits for people unable to find work.

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