State employees and covered family members in Nevada will have health coverage for gender reassignment and other transgender procedures under a new insurance policy that takes effect July 1.
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A proposal that surfaced in Congress this week aims to spur a revival of the Yucca Mountain project, providing necessary land and water rights to build out the site if federal officials find that nuclear waste can be buried safely inside
First, Sen. Harry Reid decided not to seek re-election. Then, Gov. Brian Sandoval opted not to run for the open seat. Candidate Bob Beers might have then imagined his senatorial stock would rise. But it didn’t.
Key senators on Wednesday warned the Department of Veterans Affairs against diverting money from a Filipino veterans fund to rescue a hospital project in Colorado or any other purpose.
The operator of the government weapons laboratory at Los Alamos, N.M., faces fines totaling $247,500 after losing track of classified material that was supposed to have been shipped to Nevada in 2007, but never arrived.
A Bureau of Land Management team is managing two wildfires on the Arizona Strip, the agency said Tuesday.
Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a proclamation Tuesday endorsing Western Governors University Nevada, a nonprofit online institution that offers undergraduate and advance college degrees in business, teaching, information technology and health professions.
A 52-year-old man incarcerated at Northern Nevada Correctional Center died Sunday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
Southbound Interstate 15 will be closed at Yates Well Road just south of the California border from 1-4 a.m., and traffic will be diverted off the highway at Primm. Northbound traffic won’t be affected.
Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed Richard Whitley on Monday as the director of the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services. Whitley had served as interim director since February.
A man was found dead behind the Pahrump Nugget Hotel and Casino Monday morning, according to sheriff’s deputies.
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday appointed Richard Whitley director of the Department of Health and Human Services.
A man died Sunday afternoon after an apparent drowning near Boulder Beach at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, the park service said.
Downtown Reno residents are watching with a mixture of loss and anticipation as demolition work continues on the historic Virginia Street Bridge, which played a brief but important supporting role in the Marilyn Monroe film “The Misfits.”
The man who died after jumping from a cliff in Laughlin Sunday morning was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
