CARSON CITY — William “Bill” Swackhamer, a leader in the Nevada Legislature during four decades who also served 14 years as secretary of state, died Thursday in Idaho. He was 93.
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SALT LAKE CITY — A Las Vegas man who devised a calendar that features shirtless Mormon missionaries is facing a disciplinary hearing and possible excommunication because of the project.
WASHINGTON — After holding up a mortgage rescue bill for more than two weeks, Sen. John Ensign was not in town on Friday when the Senate finally passed it.
Four boys whose brother died after being left in a vehicle for 17 hours will remain at the Child Haven shelter while officials research other custody options.
CARSON CITY — An Ely State Prison inmate was pronounced dead after guards found him hanging in his single-man cell Friday, a day after a death row convict at the maximum-security prison was found dead in his cell.
Continuing his bid to attract Hispanic voters in Nevada, Republican presidential candidate John McCain began a new television ad Friday that pays tribute to Hispanics in the military.
Lawrence Anthony has seen former Iraqi and American combatants come together to save the Baghdad Zoo. Now he’s hoping Las Vegas and South African schoolchildren will unite to save the planet.
WASHINGTON — Nevada wilderness advocates have launched a new drive for Congress to designate more federally protected land in Clark County, and are targeting Rep. Jon Porter to take a lead on what could be a controversial issue.
RENO — Gov. Jim Gibbons asked for and received a property tax break on a vacant rural parcel he owns in Elko County that saved Nevada’s chief executive thousands of dollars a year and left the county assessor feeling pressured.
After 10 years at the top, Daniel Walters, director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, has announced his retirement.
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Leaders of law enforcement organizations expressed alarm Sunday over the latest deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis while use-of-force experts criticized the Trump administration’s justification of the killing, saying bystander footage contradicted its narrative of what prompted it.
Richard Hsieh is looking to reverse a ruling that gave two outside lawyers a role in his son’s estate.
Jack Smith on Thursday defended his investigations of Donald Trump insisting that he had acted without regard to politics and had no second thoughts about the criminal charges he brought.
Though some showed support for reining in federal immigration agents, others in the valley said they feel more positive about ICE’s actions.
