Nevada Republicans gather in Reno next weekend for a two-day state convention where they will elect delegates to attend the national convention in Cleveland this summer, vote on the party platform and endorse primary candidates.
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Reno firefighters have resumed the search for a man in the Truckee River.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at 1:53 a.m. Sunday about 14 miles northeast of Gerlach.
Nevada state wildlife veterinarian Peregrine Wolff worked at zoos in the Midwest, with farm animals in Florida and exotic species on movie sets in Hollywood. She never dreamed she’d have to help pull the trigger on a contentious strategy to slaughter a diseased herd of bighorn sheep.
The three Democratic candidates seeking a primary win in June to take on Rep. Mark Amodei in the 2nd Congressional District in November agree on one point: The GOP incumbent from Carson City is out of touch with many of his constituents.
Repair work will begin Monday on a highway into southern Death Valley that was washed out by flooding in October.
Community members gathered Saturday morning at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery for the 24th Annual Unserviceable Flag Retirement Ceremony.
After watching 39 new correctional officers being sworn in Friday, new Nevada Department of Corrections Director James Dzurenda said he plans to temporarily prohibit the use of birdshot while a newly formed research committee looks at alternatives and reviews the department’s use of force.
Nevada should re-evaluate sentencing ranges for some felony crimes and make better use of probation for low-level, non-violent offenders to keep its prison population in check, a criminal justice consultant said Friday.
Attorneys involved in creating limited liability corporations in Nevada and other states questioned Friday whether new rules announced by the White House to bring more transparency to the process are an overreach that won’t successfully combat tax evasion, money laundering and financial crime.
Donald Trump’s apparent lock on the Republican presidential nomination means advocates of large-scale transfers of federal lands to states in the West likely won’t find support in the White House regardless of who wins election in November.
Fire officials are investigating the cause of an overnight fire that destroyed three buildings and a shed about 35 miles north of Las Vegas, and charred 3 acres of surrounding trees and farmland.
An inmate serving a life sentence died at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center on Thursday.
Great Basin National Park just won certification as an International Dark Sky Park, a rare designation that places it alongside other starry wonderlands such as Death Valley National Park, Capitol Reef and Canyonlands.
Gov. Brian Sandoval has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff Thursday in honor of National Police Week.
