The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a pedestrian who was struck by three vehicles on U.S. Highway 395 south of Gardnerville, including two Douglas County sheriff’s patrol cars.
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A Lake Havasu City, Ariz., woman who had numerous sexual encounters with a boy she met through her high school-age children has been sentenced to the Arizona Department of Corrections.
At least one person is dead after a fatal crash in the southeast valley, Las Vegas police said. The crash happened at 2:38 p.m. near Russell Road and Annie Oakley Drive.
Stephens Media, the parent company of the Review-Journal, spent six figures preparing to defend itself against a federal lawsuit filed by Las Vegas Sun owner Brian Greenspun.
A 71-year-old inmate died Saturday at the Regional Medical Facility at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City of a chronic medical condition, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
SALT LAKE CITY — Federal investigators say a small plane that crashed in northwestern Arizona last month while carrying two teenagers from Clinton, Utah, was flying in a very windy canyon.
The Clark County School District has requested temporary licenses for new teachers who need time to meet state requirements, as was allowed last school year. No more, the state responded.
Congressional candidate Cresent Hardy said he believes young immigrants brought to the United States illegally by their parents should be allowed to stay to work, study and become U.S. citizens, while adults could seek legal status or go to the back of the line if they want to become Americans.
In the race for the 3rd Congressional District in Southern Nevada, the candidates or their supporters might have found a solution to bothersome and politically dangerous trackers: tell them they can’t videotape an event because it’s private.
Flash flood victims last week dug out more debris from 2-plus inches of rain that struck their Mount Charleston homes and roadways July 28, knowing that they could be tested again, and yet some of them are voicing optimism that the state and Clark County will broker a deal leading to a flood diversion project.
Sunset Road in Henderson might become the main corridor of medical marijuana dispensaries for the city.
Nevada has seen about the same number of traffic-related deaths so far this year compared to 2013, but statistics show a marked increase on rural roadways.
The state’s 17-month investigation into cheating allegations at Kelly Elementary School yielded no conclusive evidence. Transcripts of subpoenaed testimonies obtained by the Review-Journal, an analysis of the state’s findings and interviews with those privy to the investigation reveal a multi-agency probe that critics claim ignored evidence to arrive at a conclusion of wrongdoing by school staff.
A Las Vegas family that faced more than $1 million in unpaid medical bills due to a state insurance exchange mix-up is finally covered.
A suicidal gunman climbed through the window of a friend’s house at the Elko Indian Colony and asked her to videotape him killing himself before he eventually fatally shot another friend who lived in the home, federal prosecutors say.
