Gov. Brian Sandoval has called physicians, politicians and law enforcement officials to a summit meeting this week to address the national opioid epidemic’s impact on Nevada.
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The Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection is now accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the Clark County District Court bench.
Supreme Court case that blocked Obama immigration program not expected to accelerate expulsions
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., will host the 20th annual Lake Tahoe Summit, with invitees including President Barack Obama and Nevada’s own The Killers performing at the event Wednesday at Harveys Lake Tahoe Hotel and Casino at Stateline.
With a 77,000 deficit in registered Republican voters compared with numbers of registered Democratic voters, state GOP officials are putting an emphasis on voter outreach this year.
Thousands of people paid their respects to a Vermont firefighter Saturday who died earlier this month while battling a wildfire in Great Basin National Park in Nevada.
Populations of a rabbit-like animal known as the American pika are vanishing in many mountainous areas of the West as climate change alters its habitat, according to findings released Thursday by the U.S. Geological Survey.
For the first time in five years, there is change in the town of Empire. Grass is being cut, machinery is being moved and people are coming and going through the front gate.
Angry domestic well owners packed a legislative subcommittee Friday to protest proposals to restrict water use in times of severe shortages and require meters.
The flames are out, but officials fear that the most destructive fire in the history of Great Basin National Park isn’t done destroying things.
A pregnant woman in Northern Nevada has contracted Zika virus, health officials said Friday, providing the first public acknowledgement of such a case statewide.
Nevada Site Science Support and Technologies Corp., was awarded a $5 billion, 10-year contract to manage and operate the Nevada National Security Site, officials for the National Nuclear Security Administration said Friday.
When the time came to open the dome for the first time at Great Basin National Park’s new observatory, astronomer Tyler Nordgren knew just where to point the telescope.
Guilty plea agreements were accepted Thursday for two men who are part of the federal prosecution of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy.
Test your park proficiency as the National Park Service celebrates its 100th birthday.