Plans to turn Yucca Mountain into the nation’s nuclear waste repository have long received opposition from both sides of the aisle. But, is that changing?
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Farmers have shown overwhelming interest in getting paid to retire rights to pump groundwater in rural Nevada. Could a state-run program save the water below us?
A Las Vegas woman was arrested Thursday for her alleged participation in the U.S. Capitol riot after the 2020 presidential election.
Where’s the outrage? Strip giant stands up to extortion — and ends up under federal investigation.
Legislation that would allow mining companies to use public land regardless of whether mineral deposits have been found on the land passed the House and will head to the Senate.
Extremist groups, including the pro-Trump, far-right, anti-government Oath Keepers and the Three Percenters, a loose anti-government network that’s part of the militia movement, were among those descending on the halls of power on Jan. 6.
The new high in fatalities came just eight days after the state broke the previous high mark of the coronavirus pandemic.
Halfway through his first term as Nevada governor, Steve Sisolak has $4.5 million in campaign cash on hand after more than doubling his coffers in 2020.
The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday warned Nevadans to be wary of a new wave of coronavirus-related scams as the second round of stimulus checks are being distributed.
President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial could begin at on Inauguration Day next Wednesday as President-elect Joe Biden is being sworn into office.
Two blocks from the White House, a group of National Guard troops emerged from a bus and headed into a hotel as a state of lockdown descended on Washington that will last through the inauguration.
The board is expected to decide Thursday whether to allow small groups of students to return to the classroom after 10 months of distance learning.
“If you’re going to be here for CES, why not be here all year around?” city Information Technologies Director Michael Sherwood said.
The updated figures posted to the state Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website brought cumulative totals for Nevada to 253,985 cases and 3,596 deaths.
The vaccinations will begin on Tuesday, city reports.
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