With the Memorial Day weekend almost here, the Nevada Highway Patrol says it will increase enforcement on state highways. 

The California Highway Patrol will also have additional officers on Interstate 15 south of the state line. 

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman says a trooper injured when he was struck by a hit-and-run vehicle early Thursday morning in metro Las Vegas has been released from a hospital.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Highway Patrol is cracking down on drivers who fail to move over to the far lane when passing roadside emergency response vehicles.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — State troopers in California and Nevada are joining forces to step up enforcement next week along more than 600 miles of U.S. Interstate 80 from San Francisco to the Nevada-Utah line.

A handful of Nevada Highway Patrol vehicles are being outfitted in what officials call “ghost markings” that make the vehicles tougher to identify.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a crash on a Las Vegas freeway that left one pedestrian dead.

Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Jason Buratczuk says a man was walking on the freeway Friday morning when he was struck by an SUV.

John O’Rourke has been named the colonel in charge of the Nevada Highway Patrol.

He has served more than 20 years with the department in multiple positions and has been acting colonel for several months. He will officially assume command of the NHP on Monday.

ELKO, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Department of Safety has announced it will be closing the Nevada Highway Patrol dispatch center in Elko.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Highway Patrol is unveiling a program to use flying drones as an eye in the sky over crash scenes.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper was apparently uninjured after being shot during a confrontation with a man who was killed during the exchange that started after a traffic stop.