Carlos Manuel Perez Jr. might well be the only known inmate to be shot and killed by guards while handcuffed at the High Desert State Prison near Indian Springs, but corrections officers firing shotguns isn’t rare at the state’s largest prison, data show.
Nevada’s burgeoning solar industry on Wednesday accused NV Energy of trying to maintain its power monopoly by stifling a program that lets customers with rooftop solar arrays get credit for producing extra electricity.
A Pahrump man who was attacked by three pit bulls in March has died, the Clark County coroner’s office said Wednesday.
None of the heavily redacted documents obtained from a Freedom of Information Act request sheds light on what led to last year’s armed standoff between supporters of Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy and the Bureau of Land Management.
With Republicans now in charge on both sides of Capitol Hill, lawmakers who want a new life for the Yucca Mountain project launched their latest bid on Wednesday to fund the Nevada nuclear waste site.
Nevada’s jobless rate held steady from February to March, staying at 7.1 percent, the state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported Wednesday morning.
Corrections officers at High Desert State Prison contend untrained assistants are used to pad staffing figures and make it appear they are meeting proper inmate supervision ratios. They say, it is a recipe for neglect, abuse, and tragedy.
A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty in federal court to threatening the life of a top Bureau of Land Management ranger who worked in the April 2014 standoff with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his supporters.
A seven-year prison term was imposed Monday on a northwest Arizona resident who pleaded guilty in an alcohol-involved traffic fatality.
A 30-year-old man from Carson City was sentenced to 10 years in prison on child pornography charges, the Department of Justice said Monday in a news release.
Gov. Brian Sandoval used the backdrop of Nevada’s historic Comstock to sign a bill Monday giving tax breaks to businesses that donate to a scholarship program for disadvantaged students to attend private schools.
Hillary Clinton has started to build her presidential campaign team in Nevada, hiring two Hispanic operatives who helped President Barack Obama win the Latino vote here.
Defiant rancher Cliven Bundy picked a bouquet of wildflowers from what he calls Nevada’s “free land” to kick off a barbecue and festivities Saturday marking a year since his militia-backed standoff ended.
Over three decades numerous studies and media investigations have laid bare systemic problems with conservatorships and guardianships, but there’s been little effort to curb abuses.
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul on Saturday ended his four-day presidential campaign announcement tour with a rally in Las Vegas and a plea to back him so he can put America back on the road to prosperity.
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