There were more than 200 incidents of correctional officers firing shotguns during inmate incidents in the past three years at six prisons, with the vast majority occurring at High Desert State Prison, a review released Tuesday shows.
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The Nevada Board of Examiners on Tuesday approved four legal settlements worth $1.6 million, including $400,000 to the city of San Francisco to settle a patient-busing lawsuit against the state.
Two people were killed and five others were injured when two boats collided on the California side of the Colorado River on Friday.
A homicide investigation is underway in the tiny northwest Arizona community of Yucca, west of Kingman.
A panel of scientists from across the Colorado River region wants more study of the possible effects of climate change before policy decisions are made about the future of the river.
The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected a request to determine if the Legislature’s “single subject” rule requiring bills to be limited in scope is constitutional.
The alpine lakes high in Nevada’s only national park are warmer now than they have been for thousands of years, according to findings by a team from Ohio State University.
Much like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get with new federal regulations, but Nevada appears to have come out mostly OK on several controversial actions this year.
Sure, the 310-acre resort 60 miles west of Las Vegas comes with the standard 20-something women offering the age-old allure of forbidden lust. And they do most of the work once customers get onsite.
Cave Lake State Park in White Pine County just grew significantly bigger thanks to the transfer of almost 3,000 acres from U.S. Forest Service control.
Nevada taxpayers will have to shell out more than $600,000 in legal fees to a group that successfully sought to overturn the state’s ban on gay marriage if a proposed settlement to be considered by the state Board of Examiners on Tuesday wins approval.
A new statewide coalition has been formed to get the country’s presidential candidates to focus on chronic disease as the real driver of increasing health care costs.
The total annual radiation dose from activities at the Nevada National Security Site in 2014 was well below the Department of Energy limit, according to a report summary released Thursday by the department’s Nevada Field Office.
An inmate serving time for sexual assault of a minor under 16 years old died Tuesday evening at High Desert State Prison, the Nevada Department of Corrections announced Wednesday.
CARSON CITY — Southern Nevada hotel-casino operators are asking state regulators to mandate that Nevada Power provide detailed information on other competitive options to contrast with the utility company’s preliminary proposal to build a new $965 million gas plant to meet Southern Nevada’s future energy needs.
