The administrators of two Las Vegas Facebook groups donated more than 300 life jackets to Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Wednesday in honor of a 6-year-old girl who drowned there in May.
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A power outage that began at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday impacted about 8,000 customers, NV Energy spokesperson Jennifer Schuricht said.
A search committee began the process Wednesday to hire a new chief of staff and special counsel for Nevada’s higher education board.
For 2021-22, 233,258 students have registered, including 11,853 who have signed up for a distance learning option, as of June 21.
Thousands of animals are reported missing each year around Independence Day, with July 5 widely known as the busiest day of the year for animal shelters.
There is about a 20 to 30 percent chance of rain on Wednesday, National Weather Service meteorologist Brian Planz said. Thunderstorms are possible throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
Nevada’s case count continues to rise at a significant rate, and the state now has a higher 7-day case rate per 100,000 people than any other state in the country.
Zion National Park was open Wednesday but visitors were told to anticipate delays as park officials clean up from a flash flood that closed the popular park in southern Utah.
The Nevada Highway Patrol was expected to re-open U.S. Highway 95 at Las Vegas Boulevard by 7:30 a.m. Wednesday following an investigation into a pedestrian being struck.
Henderson police discovered a body while investigating a burglary on the east side of the city Tuesday afternoon.
A pedestrian was killed Tuesday after a suspected impaired driving crash in northwest Las Vegas.
A Las Vegas hospital said it had experienced a criminal data breach after a notorious hacker group began posting personal information purportedly obtained in the cyberattack.
John Ascuaga, the son of Basque sheepherders who became a northern Nevada gambling icon has died.
Authorities briefly shut down a section of state Route 169 near Overton because of flooding. Monsoonal rains are expected over the next two days, the National Weather Service said.
A large loader that slid into the waters of Lake Mead at the South Cove launch ramp has been retrieved, federal officials said Tuesday, but the launch ramp remains closed.