A marijuana bust in a remote mountain range in northeast Nye County netted $34 million worth of plants, according to estimates from sheriff’s deputies there.
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Rep. Joe Heck took himself out of the running for a U.S. Senate race in 2016, saying Thursday it would complicate his duties as a congressman and newly promoted brigadier general in the U.S. Army Reserve.
Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno was recognized Thursday as the only Nevada hospital that exceeded key quality measures last year related to treatments aimed at increasing the chances for healthy outcomes for its patients.
Republicans passed over Sen. Dean Heller for the job of protecting their new majority in the U.S. Senate.
Pressed by Republicans in Washington to run against Sen. Harry Reid, Gov. Brian Sandoval shrugged off the idea on Wednesday, at least for the time being.
Scientists say a swarm of earthquakes since July in the remote desert linking Oregon, California and Nevada can be traced to the constant stretching of the Earth’s crust.
A state panel voted unanimously Wednesday to approve $782,500 to fund the new state appeals court that is expected to begin operations early next year. Approval came as 36 applicants filed for one of the three new court positions by a 5 p.m. deadline.
Sen. Harry Reid struck a note of conciliation on Wednesday in his first public remarks since Democrats lost control of the U.S. Senate and he was unseated as majority leader on Election Day this past week.
The Nevada Democratic Party said Monday it plans a review to determine “what went wrong in 2014” elections in which Republicans swept to power, winning all the state’s top offices and taking control of the Legislature.
A Nevada inmate died over the weekend in what prison officials called a “medical episode.” Kirt Robinson, 57, died at the medical center in the Northern Nevada Correctional Center. Prison officials released no details about his death.
A book documenting every Nevadan who gave his or her life while serving in the U.S Armed Forces was unveiled Monday by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
Reno police are investigating after a cab driver was found shot over the weekend and died.
We’ll be back. That’s the message a handful of Nevada Democratic candidates delivered after suffering losses in Tuesday’s election.
Beyond the one that prowls the university in Reno, Nevada is not known for its wolf packs. But a national environmental group believes the Silver State could someday support wolves, assuming the animals survive long enough to make it here.
An earthquake swarm that began in a secluded northwest Nevada region this summer has grown more intense in recent days, increasing the chance of a large quake occurring, geology officials said.
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