SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New Census figures show Utah’s African-American community grew the most of any minority group last year, although it still accounts for less than 1% of the state's total population.
Four students in UNLV’s athletics programs have tested positive for COVID-19. The school says voluntary workouts, which began for some sports June 8, are now on hold until July 5 at the earliest.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A hard-hit tribe in Arizona is putting tougher restrictions in place to prevent further spread of the coronavirus in a state where infections are surging.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada has ended a 2-year legal battle with the U.S. Department of Energy over the secret shipment of weapons-grade plutonium to a site near Las Vegas.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — When Nevada lawmakers convene for a special session to address coronavirus-related budget shortfalls, the normally bustling legislative building will be closed to the public.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Democratic members of Nevada’s congressional delegation are renewing a proposal to remove a statute of a former Nevada Sen. Patrick McCarran from the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall, saying that he left a “legacy of racism, anti-Semitism, and xenophobia.”
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers voted to ban knee-to-neck chokeholds similar to the one used in the death of George Floyd during a special session Thursday, though the measure stops short of criminalizing the use of all chokehold methods.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists say Nevada’s unprecedented interpretation of state water laws to restrict groundwater pumping in the desert northeast of Las Vegas could help prevent the extinction of a tiny endangered fish.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada political group wants a federal judge to order state officials to accept electronic signatures and allow more time to qualify a ballot measure to appoint a commission to redraw statewide voting districts.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Economic signs are dire in Nevada, where the state jobless rate hit a record 22% on Friday - well above the national unemployment rate of 14.7%.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hair salon and barber shop owners, an events company, a physician and a man who wants to treat his COVID-19 with malaria drugs touted by President Donald Trump are suing the governor of Nevada over stay-at-home and other orders he issued in response to the spread of the coronavir
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge says he will issue a decision Monday on a request from tribal nations to temporarily halt the distribution of $8 billion in coronavirus relief funding.
While many Nevadans are taking precautions ordered by Governor Steve Sisolak seriously, others are eager to get back to work, school and other parts of life before COVID-19.
Registered nurses in Nevada and 14 other states are coming together this week to shine a light on what they call a lack of preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic on the part of hospital parent company HCA Healthcare. National Nurses Unite held events Wednesday at multiple HCA hospitals, including MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas. More actions are planned for Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has postponed a meeting of leaders of southeast Asian nations that was set for Las Vegas in mid-March due to the spread of the coronavirus.
That's according a senior Trump administration official.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Campus police are teaming up with students at the University of Nevada, Reno to use red paint and bull horns to alert distracted pedestrians to get off their cell phones and pay attention when crossing the street.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Mormon crickets, the grasshopper-like insects that pose threats to crops and drivers. are hatching early this year in northern Nevada.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has pushed out its regional boss for California and other points West. And that's touched off an unusual public dispute between the two about the reason why.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's most influential union has not yet decided if it will endorse a candidate in the Democratic presidential race, but it's sending a subtle message to its members discouraging support for Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren over their health care stances.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Regulators say Nevada’s largest casinos reaped more than $2 billion from gambling, room rentals, food and beverage sales, and other customer offerings during the 2019 fiscal year.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas will be playing for attention in a place it once was banned when tourism officials roll out an ad featuring an updated “What happens, only happens here” slogan during the run-up to the NFL Super Bowl on Sunday.
