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Deadline Friday to apply for Raggio’s state Senate seat

January 12, 2011 - 12:00 am

RENO -- Candidates interested in serving the unexpired term of retiring state Sen. Bill Raggio have until 5 p.m. Friday to apply.

Washoe County commissioners Tuesday said they will make an appointment Jan 18 .

The 84-year-old Reno Republican is the longest-serving senator in Nevada history, elected to the seat in 1972.

Former state Treasurer Patty Cafferata, former Reno Councilwoman Toni Harsh, former Washoe County Commissioner Jim Galloway, former School Board member Kevin Christensen and Reno businessman Steve Weber have expressed interest.

Congressional candidate Bobby Khan speaks during an interview at the Review Journal on Friday, ...

He was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Now he’s running for Congress

By Jessica Hill / RJ

August 9, 2025 - 8:00 am

Bobby Khan, a former celebrity luxury car dealership owner and convicted felon, hopes to win the Republican primary and defeat Democratic Rep. Dina Titus.

Spencer Evans, special agent in charge of the FBI's Las Vegas division, speaks during a press c ...

‘Disgraceful moment’: FBI fires official who was head of Las Vegas field office, attorney says

By Noble Brigham / RJ

August 9, 2025 - 1:29 pm

Attorney Mark Zaid said Spencer Evans was fired without due process because he followed the Justice Department’s COVID-19 policies.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth prepares to give a television interview outside the White House ...

Hegseth reposts video on social media featuring pastors saying women shouldn’t be allowed to vote

By Konstantin Toropin Associated Press

August 8, 2025 - 5:04 pm

The man who oversees the nation’s military reposted a video about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to vote.

Gov. Joe Lombardo talks to the Review-Journal at his Las Vegas office on March 24, 2025. (K.M. ...

Lombardo to deploy Nevada National Guard to assist ICE

By Jessica Hill / RJ

August 8, 2025 - 7:45 pm

Gov. Joe Lombardo is preparing to authorize the Nevada National Guard to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a temporary, administrative capacity.

President Donald Trump gestures during a trilateral signing ceremony with Armenian Prime Minist ...

Trump says he will meet Putin next Friday in Alaska

By Will Weissert and Vasilisa Stepanenko Associated Press

August 8, 2025 - 3:45 pm

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, a potential major milestone after expressing weeks of frustration that more was not being done to quell the fighting.

A sign outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention campus in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike ...

Suspect dead, police officer injured near CDC and Emory University

Associated Press

August 8, 2025 - 4:54 pm

A suspected shooter near the campuses of the CDC and Emory University is dead and one law enforcement officer is injured, authorities said.

Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., speaks during an event at Midbar Kodesh Temple on Monday, Oct. 7, 202 ...

Rise in anti-Jewish hate crime draws alarm from Nevada senator

By Jessica Hill / RJ

August 8, 2025 - 2:11 pm

“All Americans should be deeply troubled” by the latest FBI statistics on anti-Jewish hate crime, said Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.

‘Students deserve better’: Arbor View reveals safety improvements after teen’s death

By Megan Howard / RJ

August 8, 2025 - 6:09 pm

The city of Las Vegas had announced safety improvements would take place at the Buffalo Drive crosswalk where an Arbor View senior was struck and killed in May.

In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut James Lovell, Apollo 13 Commander, is shown in his sp ...

Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97

By Don Babwin The Associated Press

August 8, 2025 - 12:43 pm

It was during his last mission — immortalized by the popular film starring Tom Hanks — that he came to embody for the public the image of the cool, decisive astronaut.

Frank Macias, a paralegal trainee who spent 17 years in prison, sits for a portrait at the Las ...

After 18 years in prison, Las Vegas man helps cancel medical debt for formerly incarcerated

By Jessica Hill / RJ

August 10, 2025 - 2:34 pm

Frank Macias, who spent nearly 18 years in prison, helped push legislation that cancels the medical debt formerly incarcerated people owe.