Nevada News

This past week Bureau of Land Management Troops were called upon to seize cattle owned by Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy.

Anti-government conservatives and gun rights activists are applauding what they deem a tide-turning win at the Bundy ranch standoff that went down earlier this month in Nevada.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., remain hopeful that an agreement can be worked out with House Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, to pass legislation extending unemployment insurance benefits.

Jontae Johnson dropped by Centennial Hyundai recently to have the oil changed in his 2013 Elantra and ended up buying a 2014 Sonata.

Nevada's jobless rate held steady in March at 8.5 percent, the same as the month before, the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported Friday.

The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation says the state's unemployment rate stayed at a seasonally-adjusted rate of 8.5% for the month of March.

First Lady Kathleen Sandoval today asked Nevadans to join with her to promote Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Denim Day by wearing jeans on Wednesday, April 23, 2014.

Thank you, Jake Tapper, for covering this shocking story about anti-Semitic propaganda distributed by pro-Russian militants in Ukraine demanding Jews 'register' their religion and property.

T here was rejoicing in many quarters last December when Nevada was chosen as a test site by the Federal Aviation Administration for the development of commercial applications of drones.

You have to be extremely stupid to send a couple of hundred armed government agents to confiscate some bullheaded rancher's cattle without contemplating how the rest of the nation will interpret your actions.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is calling armed backers of a Nevada rancher "domestic terrorists" for using guns in a grazing rights battle with the federal Bureau of Land Management.

Searchable salary data for over 128,000 Nevada government employees, for the 2013 calendar year, is now available at TransparentNevada.com , a website operated by the Nevada Policy Research Institute to make government spending transparent to taxpayers.

One of the first questions that leapt out at the Editorial Staff when the Bundy Brouhaha began driving pretty much everyone on the Internet batsh** insane was, "Why in the heck is so much of Nevada federal property"? It's not that we didn't realize that a good deal of Nevada was federally owned, but over 80% seemed a tad bit excessive.

Fracking is a common method used to pull oil out of the ground, but it's causing quite the debate here in Nevada.

Sandy Morningstar is seen with the cremains of her son Richard Ferst on Thursday, April 10, 2014.

The Tesla Model S, a sedan, is the electric-vehicle manufacturer's second offering.

The dreaded Tax Day is behind us, but the burden of paying Uncle Sam lingers for many northern Nevadans.

According to Nevada's new law, applicants who want to open a marijuana dispensary must supply five years of tax records, information on all owners and employees, including criminal records, and a detailed budget, among other fulfillments.

Fernley and Silver Stage high schools are among the six target high schools in Northern Nevada taking part in the University of Nevada Reno's Upward Bound program, which helps first-generation, income-qualified students gain information on college, careers, study skills, financial aid and standardized test preparation.

Have you noticed the colorful new "Battle Born" seven-starred badges Lyon County Sheriff's deputies are wearing? These badges are classy and historic, too.