Nevada’s response to urban heat is still young, but a Southern Nevada research team is paving the way.
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Offering rest from the sweltering desert heat, cooling centers can mean the difference between life and death for victims of heat illness. But that’s only if they use one.
Rapid growth has caused the Cottonwood Peak Fire to cover 64,258 acres as of Tuesday night, more than doubling in size, according to the Bureau of Land Management, Elko District.
A Southern Nevada detention center that houses ICE detainees in deportation proceedings might double its ICE capacity by the end of the year, according to a report.
More than 280 personnel are working to combat the flames, though they are facing high winds with gusts, and dry conditions, the Bureau of Land Management said.
The lawsuit seeks to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding federal funds from crime victims if states don’t cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts.
Officials said nearly one in three high school students and about one in six middle school students in Clark County reported having tried e-cigarettes.
Krystle Johnson said her mother-in-law’s body was in such poor condition after being held at McDermott’s Funeral Home that the family can no longer have an open-casket service.
The AI race is transforming northwestern Nevada into one of the world’s largest data-center markets — and sparking water concerns in the nation’s driest state.
A fire is burning brush and grass in Elko County about three miles north of Tuscarora, Nevada, according to the Bureau of Land Management.
The war of words erupted a day after the ACLU of Nevada announced in a Friday news conference that it has filed a lawsuit against the Nevada DMV.
A new projection affirmed that Lake Mead is likely to fall to its lowest level ever in 2027.
A foreign online gaming company has acquired a Las Vegas-based website and ticket sales platform to connect better with the Southern Nevada market.
A funeral home whose license was revoked after years of disciplinary actions was improperly storing bodies that were “leaking blood and bodily fluid,” records show.
The law was first introduced by Jovan Jackson, Nevada’s first formerly incarcerated state lawmaker.