The Bureau of Land Management is recommending almost 280,000 acres in Southern Nevada for special protection as part of a sweeping plan update that would also open more land for solar energy projects and other development.
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Air Force Airman Shaun M. Miller graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio. He is a 2013 graduate of Sunrise Mountain High School.
The driver of the motorcycle that crashed Tuesday night, seriously injuring a toddler, was charged with driving while impaired, Las Vegas police say.
Early Las Vegas civil rights leader James A. “Jimmy” Gay III was honored by having the first star on the Garden of Dreams dedicated in his honor Sept. 25.
Republicans took control of the Nevada Legislature for the first time in decades Tuesday, handing GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval a huge political victory as he begins his second term and focuses on an agenda that includes education reform and school choice.
Las Vegas police Assistant Sheriff Joe Lombardo was leading retired Capt. Larry Burns in the race for Clark County sheriff with 51 percent of the votes as elections officials continued to tally Tuesday night. If Lombardo holds his lead, he will win the right to replace his biggest supporter, outgoing Sheriff Doug Gillespie.
Two Clark County Family Court judges were defeated on Tuesday, although voters favored incumbents in most of the judicial races.
Voters didn’t agree with the Clark County School Board on its pick to replace the former District D trustee. Constituents voted out appointee Stavan Corbett, who resigned from the Nevada State Board of Education in December 2013 to finish Lorraine Alderman’s term and was seeking his own four-year term beginning next year.