Lingering drought has helped push Lake Tahoe’s water level below its natural rim for the first time in five years, cutting off flows into the Truckee River.
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Literary events this week include Scott Dickensheet’s visit to the Las Vegas Writers Group, the Vegas Valley Book Festival, a memoir-writing workshop by Joanne D. Gilbert and a signing for the biography “Tony Sacca: Las Vegas Ambassador of Entertainment A 50 Year Journey.”
About 700 homes are without power in the west valley, according to NV Energy.
The woman who facilitated the escape of two convicted killers and another dangerous inmate from a state prison in northwest Arizona has been given a lengthy prison term for a double homicide that occurred in New Mexico two days after the August 2010 getaway.
Preliminary estimates suggest that Nevada’s medical marijuana program could generate as much as $10 million in excise taxes to the state in the upcoming two-year budget.
The state’s jobless rate dips to 7.3 percent as job growth surges at its third-highest pace since November 2008, according to new numbers.
Lawyers for Republican Adam Laxalt have asked Nevada TV stations to stop running an attack ad that “contains false and defamatory statements” about the Nevada attorney general candidate, his campaign said Friday.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Friday rejected a call for travel bans from Ebola-ravaged West Africa, suggesting that it was too early for such a move.
A man who police said befriended a young boy’s family at a hockey arena pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of attempt lewdness with a child.
Handicapped and elderly Regional Transportation Commission customers could soon have an easier way to get around thanks to a new mobility training center that’s being built in Las Vegas.
Meghan Smith is ineligible to run as a Democratic candidate for the Assembly District 34 seat, after a judge ruled she didn’t meet the residency requirements.
A Nevada inmate died Wednesday of what corrections department officials only described as a “medical condition.”
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It’s no wonder why author Ernestine Ulmer advised individuals to eat dessert first: life is always better when you have some sugar. So, it was sweet when college friends Ashley Mastowski and Kristen LoVullo combined their passion for pastries and business backgrounds to open Gimme Some Sugar in 2009.
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The city’s mayor started tearing down a building to kick off the project.
Though some showed support for reining in federal immigration agents, others in the valley said they feel more positive about ICE’s actions.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto touted bipartisanship as she highlighted provisions in the recent defense spending bill, which increased pay for military service members.
The expanded department store version of the grocery store employs 200 people.
