Nye County authorities increased patrols around area schools after a shooting in Pahrump on Wednesday morning.
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One of the 17 defendants in the Cliven Bundy case wants a federal jury to visit the spot where the armed standoff unfolded in 2014 between supporters of the Nevada rancher and federal agents who impounded his cattle.
One of the protesters at a Native American rally in Reno in October has been sentenced to 16 hours community service after he admitted punching a passenger in a pickup truck that drove into the demonstrators near the city’s famous arch.
It’s a litmus test for Nevada Democrats and membership in the state’s education establishment: The belief that increased education funding leads to improved student achievement.
Campus police at the University of Nevada, Reno say they won’t file any criminal charges after an 18-year-old fraternity pledge died in October following a fall down a frat house stairway.
Nevada’s own Catherine Cortez Masto became the first Latina to serve in the Senate on Tuesday as lawmakers convened for the 115th Congress.
District Judge David Barker, who consistently received some of the highest ratings from lawyers, will end his career on Friday, his last day before retirement.
A 14-year-old Reno boy shot last month by a school police officer is showing improvement and soon will be moved to a rehab center.
A popular loop road through colored rock formations in Death Valley National Park will be closed for repairs for three months starting Monday, the Park Service announced Tuesday.
A woman died New Year’s Day after being ejected from a vehicle during a rollover crash, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
Blowing snow is creating poor visibility for travelers east and west of Reno as a winter storm makes its way into the Sierra Nevada, where a foot or more of snow is expected around Lake Tahoe by Wednesday night.
Madeleine Pickens wanted the African-American chef she recruited from the country club she owns in Southern California to cook “black people food” — not “white people food” — at her rural Nevada dude ranch and wild horse sanctuary, according to a federal lawsuit accusing her of racial discrimination.
A federal appeals court has vacated the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of a mining project in central Nevada, concluding the agency’s analysis of air quality impacts was insufficient.
Holiday travelers heading to California and Arizona after the New Year’s weekend may wish to explore alternate routes due to heavy traffic on southbound Interstate 15 and U.S. Highways 95 and 93.
2017 was in just its second day, but Foothill High School’s marching band and color guard were making a memory to last all year, and maybe many more.