Nevada state officials and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe worked to reintroduce desert bighorn sheep to the hills above the lake Monday, the first time since the early 1900s that they’ve been seen in the area 50 miles north of Reno.
Colton Lochhead
Colton Lochhead covers pot and politics for the Review-Journal, where he started as an intern covering crime and breaking news in 2012. Raised in Las Vegas, the life-long desert rat graduated from Bonanza High School before earning his journalism degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Nevada law doesn’t require consulting with Native American tribes in some cases if legal construction projects turn up a burial site.
Nearly two months after much of the Nevada Board of Dental Examiners resigned or was not reappointed, Gov. Steve Sisolak filled the board with new members he hopes will improve its operations.
A Sparks marijuana testing lab has been fined $70,000 for engaging in “unsound testing practices” that led to it producing inaccurate THC results, the Department of Taxation said.
Acting State Engineer Tim Wilson, who has been in the job since his predecessor retired in January, was named to the permanent job on Thursday.
The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected a libel lawsuit filed by former congressional candidate Danny Tarkanian against his 2016 rival, Jacky Rosen.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Tuesday expressed skepticism about requests from Nye and Lincoln counties for state disaster relief funds related to the September Storm Area 51 events.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was reunited with a Navy veteran who had been depressed to the point of suicide about medical bills, but who credited Sanders help with saving him.
When it comes to marijuana testing labs in Nevada, results may vary — wildly — according to an analysis of state data conducted by a Washington-based scientist.
George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley, who testified in impeachment hearings on Wednesday, has a long history in Nevada, including representing workers at the secret Area 51 base near Groom Lake.
Gov. Steve Sisolak has appointed Charles Daniels as director of the Nevada Department of Corrections, replacing James Dzurenda who resigned in August.
The Nevada attorney general’s office has withdrawn from a multistate lawsuit against T-Mobile and Sprint.
The Nevada Supreme Court won’t stop the extradition of a Nevada inmate accused of killing four people in Colorado more than three decades ago.
Gov. Steve Sisolak has issued an executive order requiring state agencies to cooperate with other governments, the private sector and Native American tribes to find ways to combat climate change in the state.
A marijuana testing facility that had its license suspended this week called accusations of THC manipulation by Nevada regulators “baseless” and “appaling.”