Ben Collins is retired now and living in Oregon, but he spent most of his career roaming Nevada and the region with the Bureau of Land Management. When it comes to the complex discussion of the management of Western lands, he brings an even-handed perspective that only a fellow of his experience can provide.
A Nevada prison inmate has reached a $60,000 settlement in a civil rights lawsuit that claimed he endured “unbearable pain” and resorted to removing his own teeth after officials ignored his requests for medical attention.
The beauty of Red Rock Canyon may be timeless, but a new poster commemorating the conservation area is straight out of the 1930s. The Bureau of Land Management unveiled the limited edition, vintage-style poster in a ceremony at the Red Rock vistor center Friday morning.
A memorial service will be held Monday for Thomas Cahill, a retired Nellis Air Force Base captain who received the Silver Star Medal, the nation’s third-highest valor award, for piloting a daring helicopter rescue of U.S. troops during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan.
A federal appeals court will not reconsider its decision to overturn the decade-old tip-pooling program at Wynn Resorts’ Las Vegas properties.
A member of the Washoe County School Board has resigned amid accusations of misconduct involving a teenager.
A single-car rollover crash near Searchlight left a woman dead after she was ejected from the vehicle Friday morning.
June Whitley, remembered as a civil rights pioneer and a unifying force during her 15-year tenure on Nevada’s higher education board, has died. She was 79.
As President Barack Obama hosts other world leaders in his final summit on nuclear security, several Nevada college students are expected to join a nearby rally Friday to push for eliminating nuclear weapons from the planet.
A key defendant in armed standoffs with law enforcement in Oregon and Nevada pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges in the Nevada case.
County health officials are recommending voluntary blood tests for schoolchildren and others who may have consumed lead-tainted water in the tiny town of Goodsprings, 40 miles southwest of Las Vegas.
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles has revamped its remote check-in system, saying that it’s much better than the initial Dash Pass used in 2015 that drew long lines and left frustrated motorists waiting for hours.
Police in Bullhead City, Arizona, are conducting an investigation following the recovery of a man’s body from the Colorado River. Agency spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said a citizen spotted the body in the river near the 2700 block of Camino Del Rio last Friday.
Nevada “cautiously” accepted a Superfund priority listing to clean up an abandoned copper mine near Yerington under an agreement reached with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, state officials announced Tuesday.
A Democrat running for the open 3rd Congressional District seat says U.S. Sen. Harry Reid dissuaded him from running, saying because he’s Muslim he cannot win the race.
