A team of researchers from UNLV has announced the discovery of a set of fossilized footprints from a 290-million-year-old reptile on a rock slab in the Gold Butte area, about 115 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
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Almost half of all registered voters in Clark County cast their ballots early this year. The final count shows 488,938 residents voted early in this year’s election, an 11 percent increase from the 2012 general election.
For many, this election seems about which presidential candidate is somehow tolerable after months of angry rhetoric and claims of doom and destruction should the other side claim the White House.
An Advisory Committee’s decision to hire a consultant for $1.2 million blindsided the Clark County School District, done in a harried manner that left many officials scratching their heads.
More than 57,000 Clark County voters had cast ballots as of 10 p.m. Friday, the final day of early voting in Nevada. That number would likely increase into the night, said Dan Kulin, a county spokesman.
Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy is suing Democratic congressional candidate Ruben Kihuen over political attack ads that try to tie Bundy’s 2014 dispute with federal agents to the shooting deaths of two police officers later that year.
Just five days before Election Day, nine local business groups voiced their support for a county ballot measure that would require motorists to pay more at the pump over the next decade to help cover the cost of roughly $3 billion in new transportation projects.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton campaigned Wednesday in Las Vegas with the hope of spurring Democrats to early vote. And based off Wednesday’s early voting numbers, her efforts were not in vain.
A divided North Las Vegas City Council voted 3-2 Wednesday night to approve a new Jack-in-the Box restaurant with a 24-hour drive-thru window that will be built in the Aliante master-planned community, despite a drawn-out protest from nearby residents.
A newly created bus route and service changes to 27 other routes will go in effect Sunday, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada said.
Landscape irrigation is now limited to one assigned day per week through Feb. 28.
The Clark County zoning commission has recessed discussion about a use permit application for a planned Las Vegas Monorail expansion until their Nov. 16 zoning meeting.
A national campaign from the Center for American Progress has unveiled a nine-step strategy that states such as Nevada can use to address dire teacher shortages under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.
The Nature Conservancy, Bureau of Land Management, developers of Summerlin and others were honored Wednesday for their work to preserve the desert near the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
The Henderson City Council has approved an interlocal agreement between the city’s police department and the College of Southern Nevada to provide mutual aid assistance for five years.