Neither a sleigh nor a chimney was used but the founder of the Colorado River gaming town of Laughlin played Santa Claus on Tuesday, unwrapping a multi-million-dollar Christmas gift as an expression of thanks to Bullhead City, Ariz.
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Police are looking for an inmate who walked away from a minimum-security facility in Jean on Tuesday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man accused of injuring a deputy in an ambush, officials announced late Tuesday night.
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday appointed Terri Albertson as director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, effective immediately. Albertson had been serving as the interim director since September following the retirement of Director Troy Dillard.
The state Board of Transportation was told Monday that Ames Construction Inc. is the “apparent best value” proposer to design and build a new road to improve access to the Tesla battery plant at a cost of $75.9 million.
Boulder City Police Chief Bill Conger said he won’t be making any more statements regarding a scandal at the city’s animal shelter, including to clarify remarks the city attorney contradicted.
The U.S. Postal Service is now being overseen by a Board of Governors made up of a single presidential appointee — former Rep. James Bilbray of Nevada.
Four mass shootings took place in the Las Vegas Valley this year, according to the ShootingTracker.com website, but you’ve probably never heard them described that way.
The U.S. Senate last week easily gave final legislative approval and President Barack Obama signed into law a long-awaited education bill that overhauls the much-maligned No Child Left Behind Act.
A 67-year-old inmate died at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno on Saturday, the Nevada Department of Corrections said in a release.
Faraday Future’s decision to build a $1 billion auto plant in North Las Vegas will generate economic waves throughout the region and attract other companies, positioning Southern Nevada as a hub for international corporate headquarters, some economic development officials say.
Faraday Future has picked the Apex area in North Las Vegas for a $1 billion auto plant expected to start producing electric cars as early as 2017.
A Clark County inmate serving time for burglary walked away Tuesday evening from a prison camp in eastern Nevada, prison officials said Wednesday.
A rooftop solar company on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Gov. Brian Sandoval to compel the release of public records sought in its inquiry into any discussions he or his staff have had with NV Energy lobbyists relating to net metering in Nevada.
A federal judge Tuesday denied a preliminary injunction seeking to block federal land use regulations intended to protect sage grouse.
