The unrelenting spread of casino gambling across America is reaping billions of dollars for the industry and government coffers yet is also creating more compulsive gamblers.
A national group that helps local, nonprofit land trusts buy up property to protect natural resources is creating a first-of-its-kind liability insurance company to help them cover the costs of legal battles with developers.
A truck driver from Washington State has pleaded not guilty to federal drug charges after the Nevada Highway Patrol says he hid heroin and methamphetamine in his tractor trailer hauling watermelons.
A Reno man has been sentenced to four months in jail on an animal cruelty charge in the death of a puppy that police say he threw off the balcony of a third story apartment.
Now showing at the Nevada Legislature: Reruns. At least, that's what's on the marquee. But it's the unadvertised, sneak preview everyone is waiting for as lawmakers enter the final month of session.
A small desert island in Pyramid Lake that serves as home to 10,000 American white pelicans is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a wildlife sanctuary about 30 miles north of Reno.
Police confirm the disoriented woman found near Plumas is 69-year-old Hilaria Segura who went missing earlier Friday from the Home Depot on Summit Ridge Court.
Two men got away after making off with several bottles of stolen alcohol from a Sparks liquor store. One of them is accused of throwing a broken bottle at the store's clerk as they ran.
Sunny early Saturday, with partly cloudy skies into the afternoon. A chance for thunderstorms, mainly to the west along the Sierra. Increasing chances for thunderstorms in western Nevada early next week.
Friday, for the 26th year, Nevada's law enforcement family gathered in Idlewild Park at the James Hoff Memorial to remember the sacrifice of the state's fallen officers.