The city of Las Vegas has stopped charging people with misdemeanor domestic violence in the wake of a recent Nevada Supreme Court decision.
Colton Lochhead
Carson City bureau chief
Email: clochhead@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-4638
Colton Lochhead covers pot and politics for the Review-Journal, where he started as an intern covering crime and breaking news in 2012. Raised in Las Vegas, the life-long desert rat graduated from Bonanza High School before earning his journalism degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Two Nevada lawmakers say they are interested in exploring a law that would allow college athletes to make money from endorsement deals and other uses of their image and names.
State and county officials are moving forward on a stalled effort to build a memorial commemorating the 1 October shooting victims.
The state of Nevada has launched an investigation of marijuana testing labs for allegedly manipulating the levels of THC to make products seem more potent.
The Nevada Department of Taxation on Monday issued a health notice after batches of marijuana sold from four Las Vegas dispensaries were found to have fungus, bacteria and high levels of mold and yeast.
Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt is holding his annual Basque Fry in Gardnerville, which this year features current and former aides to President Donald Trump.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, fresh off the stage of the third presidential debate, campaigned in Reno and Carson City on Friday, the first stop on a two-day visit to Nevada that will end in Las Vegas today.
Clark County Commissioners are allowing some marijuana businesses not subject to a court injunction to apply for special use permits.
No Republican received a grade of less than 50 percent, but some came dangerously close. The conservative group did not hand out favorable grades to any of the Democrats.
A top Nevada marijuana official who has faced criticism over his conduct during the state’s cannabis licensing process was placed on administrative leave last week.
A state panel upheld a permit issued for the Mount Hope Molybdenum Mine north of Eureka, but asked state officials and environmentalists to hash out their differences and return in six months.
Colon Jackson, charged with killing a 3-year-old girl on on Ely Shoshone tribal land earlier this year will remain in jail until his trial, a judge ruled Thursday.
The Washoe County Commission has approved a $3 million settlement for a woman wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years and later freed by DNA evidence.
Longtime Northern Nevada journalist Dennis Myers, who wrote about the Legislature and state politics for decades, has died at age 70 following a stroke.
The Nevada Department of Taxation is warning marijuana customers about certain batches of marijuana that tested positive for high levels of yeast and mold.