Philanthropist, education advocate and media pioneer Jim Rogers, 75, died Saturday night following a lengthy battle with cancer.
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A new Nevada law aimed at mentally ill offenders who keep tying up the criminal justice system because they won’t stay on their medications isn’t being used for those considered too noncompliant, and a Clark County judge and deputy public defender are fighting back.
The city of Henderson is taking a different path toward licensing medical marijuana facilities, letting the state decide who is best qualified to operate dispensaries before applicants go before the City Council.
One more big hearing is coming to Las Vegas on three options for the Interstate 11 project’s corridor through the Las Vegas Valley.
Jim Rogers, the former chancellor of Nevada’s university system and owner of KSNV-DT, died on Saturday, according to a report from KSNV. Rogers had been battling cancer.
A suspect in the deaths of two people near Reno died after exchanging gunfire with law officers following a high-speed chase Friday night, authorities said.
Allegiant Air said a flight from Las Vegas to Missoula, Mont., was diverted after a light warned of a problem with the plane’s hydraulic system.
Nevada hikers and bikers seek a little federal help for the American Discovery Trail, a coast-to-coast trail stretches 496 miles through Nevada from Baker to Incline Village, goes over 10,000- and 12,000-foot mountain summits, through thick stands of aspen, crosses paths of elk herds and mountain lions and along the shore of Lake Tahoe.
Henderson is opening two new parks Saturday that are part of the Lake Mead Parkway Trail and Wetlands Trails Connections project.
A Utah judge said Friday that hundreds of people living in Warren Jeffs’ polygamous sect on the Utah-Arizona border who have collectively failed to pay millions in occupancy fees for their houses should be evicted.
A Henderson woman is still missing after hiking to the Arizona Hot Spring with a man who was found dead within Lake Mead National Recreation Area earlier this month, the National Park Service said Friday.
Rep. Joe Heck of Nevada and other Iraq veterans on Capitol Hill watch almost helplessly as Islamic militants push through the country that Americans fought to stabilize following the U.S. invasion in 2003.
On a sunny, windy afternoon at the steps of the state Capitol, Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki handed six letters to riders of the National Pony Express Association to honor the historic route completed more than 150 years ago.
The changes in Gov. Brian Sandoval’s office continued this week with the departure of Stewart “Mac” Bybee, who served as director of public relations and community affairs.
Thousands — many in uniform — gathered Thursday to bid farewell to officer Igor Soldo at Canyon Ridge Christian Church, 6200 W. Lone Mountain Road, one of two Las Vegas police officers ambushed and killed Sunday while having lunch.