No major change in strategy explained the Basic boys volleyball team’s surge past Rancho on Tuesday. The Wolves just started playing harder.
CARSON CITY — The Assembly voted Tuesday for a judge-protection bill that was sought by a Reno judge wounded by a man who was going through a contentious divorce and had just killed his estranged wife.
CARSON CITY — The capstone of the state’s next two-year budget finally fell into place late Tuesday as lawmakers agreed to spend about $300 million more than Gov. Jim Gibbons had proposed on the state’s higher education system.
CARSON CITY — The Assembly has passed a bill to create a funding stabilization account for K-12 education.
Citing executive privilege, the Nevada attorney general’s office has determined that Clark County School District officials did not violate the state’s open meeting law when they refused to share information about proposed budget cuts prior to a Dec. 11 School Board meeting.
No fool when it comes to TV ratings, Donald Trump said Tuesday he would “love” to have celebrity blogger Perez Hilton back as a judge for next year’s Miss USA contest at Planet Hollywood Resort.
CARSON CITY — On a party-line vote, the Assembly Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday for a bill to give domestic partners, whether gay or straight, many of the rights and benefits that Nevada offers to married couples.
RENO — A state judge in Lyon County has granted class-action status to flood victims suing the Truckee Carson Irrigation District over the collapse of part of a century-old canal that sent water into Fernley in January 2008.
CARSON CITY — Nevada’s two biggest counties are fighting a proposal to redirect property taxes from the county to the state. The measure is one of several on an "ugly list" that lawmakers are considering to help fill the state’s budget hole.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada Senate panel voted unanimously Tuesday for an Assembly-approved plan imposing fines that could add up to $1 million, besides any criminal penalties, on sex traffickers who lure or force children into prostitution.
“Homeless” is a word that covers a broad range of people. Some are mentally ill. Some are addicted to alcohol, drugs or gambling. Some found themselves on the streets after losing a job or a house, or were victims of domestic violence. Some will say they simply like being outside.
She says it’s happened so many nights — fear pulls Josephine Washington out of her sleep so she can see whether her husband is still breathing.
Police say officers shot and killed a stray dog after it attacked three people at a northwest Las Vegas convenience store about 8 a.m. Tuesday.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Senate has passed an Assembly-approved bill that would tighten state laws to ensure that people convicted of drunken driving in urban areas attend meetings with victims or family or close friends of DUI victims.
The recent KTNV-TV 13 Action News investigative stories on questionable business practices at Tire Works Total Car Care seemed like pretty traditional stuff.
This week readers want to know if you still need to stop at a stop sign if there is also a yield sign (Confused? Don’t worry I’ll explain.) and is there any way to avoid getting a temporary permit if you buy a car from a friend?
The legal battle over a controversial 2,900-acre shooting park appears to be over, meaning gun enthusiasts will likely pack up their weapons and head to the public facility when it opens late this year.
A 22-year-old woman was arrested on Mother’s Day on murder charges in connection with the death of her son, according to a police report.
RENO — Nevada dodged a fire assault last year, but after three years of drought, officials are bracing for what they say could be a severe summer of smoke and flames.
Brad Flamm was the kind of man who always gave his grandmother a Christmas present, a birthday present and called her on Mother’s Day.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s fundraiser later this month is to be a star-studded affair at Caesars Palace.
ATLANTA — Pregnant women should take prescription flu medicines if they are diagnosed with the new swine flu, health officials said Tuesday.
Teachers, firefighters and police employees are using the radio airwaves to challenge Nevada’s business community to do more to plug gaping holes in state and local government budgets.
MIAMI — The top Veterans Affairs official in Miami said Tuesday that she has taken steps to prevent the kind of problems that exposed patients to contaminated medical equipment at VA hospitals in three states.
Employees at Ashley Furniture Homestore were devastated when store manager Robert Bills was gunned down in front of the store in 2007 during a robbery attempt.
The current administration’s spending spree — $1 trillion deficits for as far as the eye can see — certainly present a long-term challenge to the future generations who will be responsible for paying it all back.