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2 Nevada lawmakers seek to shield public lands

Angered over President Barack Obama’s protection of public lands, two Nevada lawmakers filed legislation Wednesday that would prevent executive action to expand or designate national monuments without congressional approval.

District Judge Jessie Walsh to retire next week

Judge Jessie Walsh is stepping down from the bench next week, leaving a second vacancy in Clark County District Court.

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Las Vegas council approves annexing 4,500 acres in northwest

The city of Las Vegas will grow by roughly 7 square miles, after the City Council on Wednesday approved annexing 4,500 acres of Bureau of Land Management land adjacent to the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument and the Red Rock National Conservation Area.