The Truckee Meadows Water Authority doesn’t expect to have to impose any extra water conservation measures in the Reno-Sparks area this summer thanks to a series of late-winter Sierra Nevada storms that helped take the bite out of the region’s lingering drought.
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There’s gold in them thar antlers, and as a result, the Nevada Department of Wildlife is looking at regulating the growing practice of “shed hunting” to protect the state’s deer and elk populations.
Edgar Flores of Las Vegas, a 27-year-old Democrat, first-year attorney and first-time candidate, is Nevada’s newest state lawmaker.
Bipartisan Senate legislation to renew benefits for the long-term unemployed is unworkable, House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday as aides circulated a letter from state officials envisioning a series of difficulties they would encounter in administering the measure.
A District Judge rebuked lawyers for wasting taxpayers dollars on who would have the right to give 27 dogs nearly burned in a pet store arson.
The Elko City Council is taking steps to allow homeless people to camp on city-owned property.
Police say a man dressed like a member of the “Thunder From Down Under” dance crew snuck backstage at Excalibur on the Strip and pulled a handgun on the real dancers. He left in handcuffs — with a shiner — after a rumble with “The Blokes” and a few of their mates.
Three felons have been indicted by a Las Vegas federal grand jury in an undercover sting set up by agents who had been investigating illegal weapons trafficking.
It’s not cars that Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval needs to look out for on his walk to work — it’s flying deer.
Blanca Gamez felt like her life started all over again last April.
Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting that happened at Las Vegas and Nellis boulevards.
The Las Vegas SWAT officer who shot and killed a man near the Jean Airport on Sunday has been named.
Former Henderson businessman Robert D’Errico was sentenced Wednesday to six months in federal prison and six months of home confinement for failing to pay the Internal Revenue Service $158,076 in taxes.
A state panel on Tuesday approved a $1.5 million contract with a consulting firm to fix Nevada’s health insurance exchange.
A former Clark County School District teacher was sentenced Tuesday to five years probation for kissing a 15-year-old male student.