Twenty states saw an increase in their homeless populations between 2013 and 2014, with Nevada experiencing the largest surge of 1,733 more individuals, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Exotic dancers at the Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club in Las Vegas won a victory from the Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday over efforts to collect wages for their work.
An expert on Ebola told a Nevada panel of public health officials Wednesday that the virus has virtually no chance of becoming a health care crisis in the United States despite the number of headlines the pathogen is grabbing across the country.
A Kingman, Ariz., schoolteacher vindicated at trial Wednesday expressed relief and was critical of the decision to prosecute him for sex crimes alleged by a Boulder City teenager.
Put away your summer wear and prepare your heaters, Las Vegas. Temperatures are expected to significantly drop during your Nevada Day and Halloween festivities, the National Weather Service said.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday revived an effort by the FDIC to recover more than $2 million that Las Vegas developer James Rhodes borrowed from a now-closed bank.
A woman was in critical condition and a man was arrested for suspicion of DUI following a Thursday morning auto-pedestrian crash in the south valley, Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Marion “Suge” Knight, the rap mogul arrested in Las Vegas in connection with a California robbery, made a brief appearance in traffic court Thursday.
A Henderson police officer accused of driving under the influence and heading the wrong way down U.S. Highway 95 wants to work out a deal with prosecutors, his attorney said Thursday.
Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man connected to a Wednesday afternoon armed robbery of a bank in the southwest valley.
An early Thursday morning apartment blaze displaced three women and caused over $100,000 in damage, the Clark County Fire Department said.
A Boulder City teenager’s allegations that she was sexually abused by a family friend in Arizona were rebuffed by a Mohave County Superior Court jury Wednesday.
More than most Nevada candidates, Democrat Lucy Flores has counted on Hispanic voters to back her for lieutenant governor to boost her chances of beating Republican Mark Hutchison.
Calling all comic book fans. The seventh annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival is planned from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road.
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Construction crews recently started tearing down motel buildings on Fremont Street that had a history of fires and squatters.
A person was found dead and several dozens of homes were evacuated after a brush fire extended to a residential area in Henderson on Wednesday, the city’s fire chief said.
The fourth grade teacher told police that he had a crush on his student and gave into his urges to touch the boy by grabbing his genitals, according to his arrest report.
A missing child was safely located within minutes after Metropolitan Police Department officers deployed a drone to assist in the search, according to a post on X from Metro.
