
Authorities in Nevada have launched a search for an Arizona man they believe set a house on fire this week at a ranch he was recently fired from.

Gov. Steve Sisolak has ordered flags lowered to half-staff in recognition of another somber coronavirus milestone.

Utah polygamist Tom Green, who spent six years in prison after being convicted of child rape in a case that garnered widespread attention, has died.

Las Vegas attorney Sigal Chattah, who has filed lawsuits against Gov. Steve Sisolak over coronavirus-related restrictions he imposed on churches and his proposed vaccination plan, announced Thursday that she’s running against Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford in 2022.

Pro-Trump demonstrators convened in front of the Nevada Capitol to hand-deliver what they said were 12,000 complaints of election fraud to Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske and demand she investigate them.

Nevada’s entire congressional delegation, governor and several advocacy groups have lined up behind a bid for Congress to set aside vast federal lands in Clark County for conservation and recreation while freeing some for development around Las Vegas.

School and elected officials in Nevada are acknowledging the mental and emotional strain the coronavirus pandemic has had on children.

A lawsuit in Nevada is accusing four companies of producing and selling baby food tainted with toxic metals and harming at least seven Las Vegas children who were diagnosed with autism.

Authorities in Nevada have said the Washoe County sheriff’s office announced plans to eliminate an enormous backlog of concealed carry weapons permit requests by July.

Las Vegas police say the deaths of a husband and wife apparently involved a murder-suicide that occurred after an argument Wednesday.

Las Vegas Sands is selling the iconic Venetian casino resort and its Sands Expo and Convention Center for $6.25 billion, withdrawing from gambling operations on the Las Vegas Strip after changing the nature of the casino business there and just about everywhere else.

Gov. Steve Sisolak has reclassified lacrosse from a full-contact to minimal-contact sport in Nevada’s coronavirus playbook, amid moves to let indoor and outdoor practices and competitions resume with social distancing and other requirements.

A Nevada man who was exonerated after spending more than two decades in prison for a 1992 murder that he didn’t commit has been awarded a $1.35 million settlement and a certificate of innocence from the state.

State water authorities say California will likely face a critically dry year with much less runoff from the Sierra Nevada snowpack than normal and reservoirs that already are showing the impact of winter precipitation that is well below average.

The rural Nevada county where a blockchain technology company wants to form a jurisdiction with governmental power passed a resolution opposing the idea.

Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada is reviving a push to block the creation of a national nuclear-waste dump at Yucca Mountain.

The Biden administration’s plan to funnel more coronavirus aid into states with greater unemployment has irked governors with lower jobless rates, even though many have economies that weren’t hit as hard by the pandemic.

A federal agency and a Nevada water conservation district have agreed to re-evaluate a preliminary plan to turn part of a 140-year-old irrigation ditch in Reno into a water pipeline.

Authorities in northern Nevada say a suspect in a Reno homicide was taken into custody over 200 miles away after a chase involving officers from multiple agencies.

Nevada officials are preparing to cede decision-making power over the state’s coronavirus measures to county officials.

Authorities identified a 57-year-old Massachusetts man killed during the weekend in a single punch pre-dawn confrontation with another man on a Las Vegas Strip pedestrian walkway.

Nevada saw a slight increase in registered voters in February, when more voters signed up as nonpartisan than with any political party.

Nevada expects to get 24,000 dosesk of the newly authorized Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this week, but state officials have not yet detailed whether the single-shot vaccine will be targeted for use in any particular community.

Activists in Las Vegas are attributing a rise in reports of hate crimes against Black residents in 2020 to an increase in racism nationally and a willingness by victims to document incidents.

Authorities are offering a $500 reward in the search for the driver of a vehicle that fled the scene of a hit-and-run accident in Sparks that seriously injured a motorcyclist over the weekend.

A Utah nonprofit that provides resources for LGBTQ+ youth will expand to other states after receiving $4 million in donations.

A panel planning a permanent memorial to the 2017 massacre on the Las Vegas Strip is making a nationwide call for ideas about how best to remember the 58 people killed and thousands affected by the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

With the U.S. vaccination drive picking up speed and a third formula on the way, states eager to reopen for business are easing coronavirus restrictions despite warnings from health experts that the outbreak is far from over and that moving too quickly could prolong the misery.

Las Vegas police say a man has died after he was punched while walking along the Strip.

Health officials in Nevada on Sunday reported 266 new confirmed COVID-19 cases but no additional deaths.

Police say they are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in the Las Vegas Valley of Southern Nevada.

Members of a northern Nevada tribe play a supporting role in a new music video by rock star Peter Gabriel.

Prosecutors say a man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the death of a baby in Elko.

When school bells ring Monday, Las Vegas will become the latest of the nation's largest districts to return kids to classrooms during the coronavirus pandemic.

Reno police say a second arrest has been made in a January 2020 fatal shooting of a man found dead in a crashed car.

State officials in Nevada said the Department of Corrections has been incorrectly reporting COVID-19 cases in facilities because of data entry errors.
