AP Nevada

By TOM VERDIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Caldor Fire near Lake Tahoe can be measured in more than acres burned. While it has…

By SAM METZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press/Report for America SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters are bracing for strong winds a day after…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — City officials in Las Vegas say they’ll use a $50,000 grant from the National Park Service to fund research about five decades…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two people died and northbound lanes of busy Interstate 15 were closed for several hours after a car slammed into the back of a…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy was a bit out of place for the Las…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — An urban search and rescue team from the Las Vegas area has been sent to Louisiana to help amid flooding and damage from Hurricane…

By SAM METZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press/Report for America SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Fire is forcing thousands of people to rush to leave…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers showed off their two-quarterback system by getting rushing…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say four people have been shot and wounded in a confrontation near an intersection in the central part of the…

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Fire officials have ordered more evacuations around the Tahoe Basin as crews deal with a two-week old blaze.…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A growing number of school board members across the U.S. are resigning or questioning their willingness to serve…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas hospital has opened a clinic to provide ongoing care to so-called long-haulers — people with long-term medical…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Riquna Williams scored 15 points and  Kelsey Plum added 14 and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Indiana Fever 87-71. The Aces…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say a homeowner is dead after being stabbed  by a burglary suspect during a confrontation in the victim’s home…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities have opened cooling stations in metro Las Vegas this weekend due to a heat wave expected to produce highs of 110…

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — An enormous windfall of federal pandemic aid for schools presents Nevada with a rare…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press Health investigators across the U.S. are finding it nearly impossible to keep up with the deluge of new…

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican efforts questioning the outcome of the 2020 presidential race have led to voting…

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A small lake in southwest Reno that’s popular for recreation is contaminated by a blue-green algae bloom. The city is…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors said Friday they plan to seek the death penalty at trial of a 29-year-old convicted felon accused of killing three men…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kurt Busch will drive next season for 23XI Racing, the NASCAR team owned by Denny…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former state court judge who was reprimanded for cursing and throwing a pocket U.S. Constitution in an outburst over a juror’s…

SPRING CREEK, Nev. (AP) — High-speed fiber-optic internet is finally making its way to a remote northeast Nevada community — brought by a company…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — School officials in Las Vegas have assigned a task force to craft an anti-racism policy by next January. That’s amid calls…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — An equestrian supply store in Nevada has sold out of a drug primarily used to deworm horses that vaccine skeptics are peddling as…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The nation’s fifth-largest school system has begun using ultraviolet light as a classroom germ-killer to stop the spread of…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A newspaper reports the health insurance trust providing medical coverage to about 34,000 Clark County teachers and their…

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling a stubborn California wildfire near the Lake Tahoe resort region are facing gusty winds and…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man from the Las Vegas area won the $1 million grand prize Thursday to cap an eight-week coronavirus vaccination jackpot program…

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — A’ja Wilson bounced back from one of the worst games of her career with 21 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists to help…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A robotics company that produces driverless vehicles for grocery, pizza and prescription deliveries…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Hospital facilities and public health agencies are scrambling to add capacity as the number…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A panel planning a permanent memorial at the Las Vegas site of the deadliest mass shooting in…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada casinos set another winnings record in July, riding a streak of robust revenues that has the…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A California appeals court has blocked the expansion of Lake Tahoe’s famed Squaw Valley ski…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Las Vegas Raiders have gotten help at their banged-up linebacker spot by acquiring Denzel Perryman from the…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s COVID-19 positivity test rate is continuing a two-week decline statewide but has…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada has joined a small number of states rejecting a $26 billion multistate settlement reached…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury in Las Vegas has awarded $38.8 million in damages to the family of an 11-year-old girl who was fatally hit by a trash truck…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wants to conserve more of the state’s…

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a body found at the Grand Canyon is believed to be a Hungarian man who was reported…

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Death Valley National Park rangers are reminding visitors to limit stressful activities during summer…

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of firefighters are trying to box in a California wildfire that is advancing toward Lake Tahoe and has…

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Briann January scored a season-high 19 points, DaWanna Bonner added 18 and the Connecticut Sun clinched a playoff berth…

PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — A prosecutor says an Arizona man arrested after a head-on crash that killed three members of an Idaho family on a rural Nevada…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal scientists are launching an effort to better understand the hydrology in the…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Three-time All-Pro receiver Cliff Branch and Super Bowl-winning coach Dick Vermeil are finalists for the Pro…