The official airport measuring station reached 108 by 4 p.m. Wednesday. Thursday may top out at 112.
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An unusual road feature in Henderson will become a thing of the past as Station Casinos plans to construct its latest hotel-casino in the area.
The heat wave may set a record for the earliest 110-degree reading at the Las Vegas airport. Area cooling centers will be open Wednesday through Friday.
Five people were treated for minor injuries after a six-car accident Sunday on U.S. 95 and South Decatur Boulevard, including one car that rolled over.
UNLV President Keith Whitfield Sunday denied reports that he was considering releasing details about the university’s assets invested in firms with ties to Israel and divesting from them.
The festival brought together dozens of organizations with unique missions. But underlying this diversity was a theme of unity.
In Nevada, both the number of heat-related deaths and heat-related worker complaints more than doubled from 2022 to 2023, signaling a scorching future.
The weekend highs will be a bit above normal before a few days of excessive heat in the middle of the coming week.
The resignation of Sharon Knafo, head of Shenker Academy, was announced May 24, a week after the arrest of teacher Eryka Westover.
The Board of School Trustees decided on an Illinois-based search firm to recommend candidates for the office.
Red Cross disaster relief teams from across the nation are mobilizing to support evacuees in states slammed by storms.
Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks died after he was hit by a vehicle near the district courthouse in downtown Reno, the Reno Police Department said. He was 80.
A fire that has been burning through Red Rock Canyon has been fully contained, according to the Bureau of Land Management.
The fire was first reported before noon on Memorial Day and is located near the Late Night trailhead along Route 160, west of Las Vegas.
The park near Bermuda Road and Pebble Road honors a Metropolitan Police Department sergeant who was shot and killed in the line of duty in 2006.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. In the city, you get The Strip (along with the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
“It’s just heartbreaking,” said Judy Roman, whose houseboat was totaled and whose security camera recorded the fire.
Members of the Henderson Fire Department demonstrated how they respond to a 911 call about a child trapped in a hot car.
A fatal shooting at a Walmart parking lot is being investigated as a possible case of self-defense, according to the Henderson Police Department.
A suspect accused in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian told investigators that she had struck construction equipment, according to her arrest report.