While the Nevada Legislature’s lawyers are adamant that no lawmaker communications outside of final votes are public records available upon request, several lawmakers say the blackout is extreme and worth revisiting.
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Kim Wanker has a serious case of lead foot. Trained as a professional race car driver, she thrives on the exhilaration that comes with going fast, pedal to the metal, the high-desert scenery hurtling past her car window. For the 54-year-old Wanker, speed takes her mind off her stressful work — dealing with alleged wife-beaters, child molesters and drug abusers across central Nevada.
Nevada state treasurer is hardly a high-profile job, but Republican Dan Schwartz has managed to stay in the news.
North Las Vegas Police issued 192 citations during a “joining forces” event, according to a release from the agency.
In October, the state adapted the Nevada Corrections Department’s Casa Grande 400-bed, dormitory-style facility to accommodate prisoners whose poverty prevented their parole.
A handful of political candidates, nearly all of them incumbents running for reelection, received the best present any office-seeker could ask for Friday: a free ride to a new term in public office.
A mountain lion may be loose in Pahrump, police said Friday.
Nevadans have a reason to know Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland’s name beyond the highly charged U.S. Senate debate over whether his nomination should get a hearing, much less a confirmation vote.
Call it a daydream from a fan, but there’s a show I’d like to see on the Boulevard: Jerry Lewis, Marty Allen and Don Rickles in a night of classic comedy.
Las Vegas police will team up with law enforcement agencies throughout the state to crack down on drunk drivers starting Thursday.
A $5 million judgment awarded in a 2005 fender bender was vacated Thursday by the Nevada Supreme Court, which ordered a new trial after finding that a Clark County district judge made multiple errors during trial.
Morse Arberry Jr. never made good on the $121,545 he promised to pay back in 2011 after illegally funneling campaign contributions from a Nevada Assembly run into his personal bank account.
He was driving when the SUV went off the fifth floor of a Laughlin’s Edgewater casino parking garage Wednesday morning, police said.
The cries of children mourning their friend’s death interrupted a planned 30 seconds of silence outside Guinn Middle School early Wednesday.
The North Las Vegas City Council unanimously approved its biggest capital improvement plan in six years Wednesday.