Nevada News

It's one of Summerlin's best kept secrets, and it's open to all Southern Nevadans.

Cash 1 Loans on West Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas is seen on Wednesday. The CEO of one of the largest credit unions in Nevada expressed concern about his members' use of payday loans, but said short-term credit union loans came with cheaper rates and better service than those offered through store fronts or online.

As Oklahomans struggle to recover from a massive tornado that wrought devastation Monday afternoon, Southern Nevadans are stepping up with recovery aid and assistance.The American Red Cross of Southern Nevada already has one volunteer in Moore, Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City where at least 24 people were killed in the disaster.Jennifer Ramieh ... (more)

Salary data for more than 132,000 government employees statewide, for the 2012 calendar year, is now available at TransparentNevada.com , a Nevada Policy Research Institute website that makes government-spending data easily accessible to taxpayers.

Today, economic development leaders from the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance announced their support for AB 413, a bill currently being considered by the Nevada Legislature.

More than 100 people have died this year on Nevada roads. That's why the Nevada Department of Transportation is taking new steps to remind drivers to be more careful behind the wheel.

Making money internationally was the topic today at a special exporting seminar at TMCC today .

Nevada Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, listens to debate on the Senate floor at the Legislative Building in Carson City, Nev., on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

A bill creating a state-managed fund to distribute donations and grants to victims of human trafficking has cleared the Nevada Assembly.

The Board of the Governor's Office of Economic Development last Thursday approved tax abatements for nine companies, creating nearly 330 jobs initially and increasing capital investment in Nevada by an additional $200 million.

Jim Grant / Nevada Appeal Western Nevada College graduate Gary Christy admires his Associate of Applied Science degree for computer networking technology.

"Battleborn," the astonishingly wise debut story collection by Claire Vaye Watkins, takes its title from the tattoo-worthy nickname of her home state, Nevada; the stories are set in the beautiful, treacherous territory of the desert, and are populated by characters drawn to its dry washes, their psychotic delusions or lucky-strike fantasies hazily ... (more)

West Valley police have called a 3 p.m. news conference they say will involve "detailed updates" pertaining to the 3 ½-year-old case.

The Nevada delegation had hoped that the Lyon County Economic Development Act, their first priority public lands bill by mutual agreement, would be moving through the House at a little bit faster clip than this.

I have been wrong for decades. I have been one of those Nevadans who believed that the Legislature should meet no more than every two years and for no more than a specific amount of time.

Earlier this year, I wrote about Dr. Sean Steele , an internist who was accused of a brutal sexual assault after a night of drinking in Las Vegas.

We're headed into a wild weekend in Northern Nevada. This weekend the Fallon area will turn its eyes to the skies and to the marshlandswith the annual Spring Wings Bird Festival.

Data released Thursday by the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation shows the jobless rate is down two percentage points year-over-year. It's also down slightly from 9.7% in March.

With fire season already underway across the western United States, it's only a matter of time until Northern Nevada gets its share.

As the Legislature rushes to close its business in the final two weeks of its session, lawmakers and Gov.