One of the world’s most endangered species took a small step away from oblivion over the past year, as the wild population of Devil’s Hole pupfish nearly tripled and researchers made strides on a captive-breeding program. But with fewer than 100 of the tiny fish left in the only known habitat on Earth — a single water-filled cavern in Nye County, about 90 miles west of Las Vegas — no one is popping champagne just yet.
The nation’s largest veterans organization and senior Republican senators are calling for the resignation of Gen. Eric Shinseki as head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, prompted by reports of lagging services and blockbuster allegations about veterans deaths in Phoenix. But Shinseki still enjoys the support of Sen. Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader from Nevada who says the Cabinet member should be commended and not criticized as he attempts to lead an agency beset by challenges brought on by the end of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Las Vegas police are looking for a man who escaped from an Oregon mental health facility and is suspected of killing his grandfather. Metro police said they believe Steven Woodard, 43, killed an elderly man in a home near Tropicana Avenue and Eastern Avenue in the Southeast valley.
Nevada may be in the midst of a celebration of 150 years of statehood, but a recent announcement that the oldest petroglyphs in North America were identified on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Indian Reservation show just how far back human roots go in the Silver State.
Police are investigating a fire-related death in Sandy Valley, about 60 miles southwest of Las Vegas, Metro said Monday.
All three lanes of Interstate 15 in Hesperia are closed in both directions after a construction worker’s blowtorch caught the overpass bridge’s wooden supports on fire. The freeway is Southern California’s main connector to Las Vegas and has been closed since 1:30 p.m.
There are no good choices for Nevada as it tries to decide what do to about its troubled health insurance exchange, Gov. Brian Sandoval said. The governor said he’s frustrated by the position Nevada finds itself because of a botched online system developed by Xerox.
Republican congressional hopeful Niger Innis last week faced friendly fire from a one-time supporter during a debate with his GOP primary opponent, Assemblyman Cresent Hardy, R-Mesquite, and she suffered the consequences.
Henderson officials are introducing a new paid time-off system for nonunion employees to reduce the city’s post employment payout liability by millions of dollars.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to continue allowing lawmakers to lease personal cars with taxpayer money if they choose.
U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford on Saturday called on Gov. Brian Sandoval, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller and the Clark County sheriff to take action to move militia members out of Bunkerville after hearing more complaints from residents about the armed supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy.
CARSON CITY — A former commanding officer of Camp Pendleton in Southern California has been chosen as city manager of Carson City.
The city of Reno is spending thousands of dollars sending firefighters to emergency medical certification training at out-of-state tourist destinations despite the fact the same training is offered in Northern Nevada.
A Douglas County man is facing charges after authorities said he interfered with firefighters trying to extinguish a blaze in his garage.
Nevada would hold its Democratic presidential caucuses no later than Feb. 20, 2016, under a Democratic calender proposed Friday that maintains the Silver State’s status of holding the first White House vote in the West.
