Seven out of 10 Latino voters nationwide say it’s “very” or “extremely” important for Congress to pass an immigration reform bill this year, according to a new poll released Tuesday with a summer window of opportunity closing by Aug. 1.
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A semi-truck driver who admitted he was speeding when he slammed into a car and tow truck on the side of a rural Northern Nevada highway apologized to the families of three victims before he was sentenced to up to four years in prison.
A man diagnosed as being paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed his mother 48 times and buried her body on her remote property in northwest Arizona pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Tuesday.
A wild rose that grows in Northern Nevada and Northern California will be protected through the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced Monday.
Tea Party Patriots filed a Senate complaint on Monday against Sen. Harry Reid, saying the majority leader from Nevada was using his office to “unlawfully and unethically” target private citizens, namely billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch.
A Nevada man was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for trading laptops for sex with minors, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Nevada.
Most of the questions posed in the aftermath of Cliven Bundy’s April skirmish with armed federal agents in Bunkerville have centered on what the government will do next, but even deeper questions remain about the future of the Gold Butte area where the rancher’s cattle grazed, a geological and archaeological treasurehouse frequented by ATV users.
A pro-marijuana group seeking to legalize the recreational use of the drug in Nevada is getting organized, creating a website where information about the effort, including how to volunteer, can be found.
A National Park Service video, obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal through a Freedom of Information Act request, shows Wayne Newton’s 65-foot luxury houseboat quickly sinking to the bottom of Lake Mead last year after a salvage crew freed the damaged vessel from a covered slip at Temple Bar Marina in Arizona.
Wild horse advocates fighting government roundups across the West are citing past rulings that shot down their own legal challenges in urging a U.S. judge to throw out a lawsuit by livestock interests seeking the gather of thousands of more mustangs.
The U.S. House voted to block the Drug Enforcement Administration from raiding marijuana outlets and prosecuting users in states that have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes.
The woman who died Friday night at Calico Basin has been identified by Clark County coroner’s office as 60-year-old Linda Brock of Las Vegas.
The famous Golden Rooster that spent a half century at John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks is headed for auction this summer with an estimated value up to $300,000.
In preparation for Nevada’s sesquicentennial on Oct. 31 this year, Nevada has new commemorative coins and Gov. Brian Sandoval minted the first medallion in the third of a series celebrating the 150th anniversary of the silver state.
Rep. Joe Heck has widened the money gap to close to $1 million over challenger Erin Bilbray in the weeks leading to Nevada’s June 10 primary election, according to newly released documents.