Nevada News

Project Neon, the project to widen interstate 15 from Sahara to the spaghetti bowl, has been given the green light.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval delivers the State of the State address at the Legislature in Carson City, Nev., on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013.

Nevada Bureau of Mines Photos for this calendar were taken by members of the Geological Society of Nevada from all over the state.

This undated family photo provided by the Pershing County Sheriff's Office shows Shelby Fitzpatrick, left, and Chloe Glanton.

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Despite some Republican opposition, the Legislative Interim Finance Committee agreed today to release $1.8 million to lay the groundwork for starting the expanded medical marijuana program in April.

A search resumed Monday in the remote mountains of northwest Nevada for a couple and four children who went to play in the snow and haven't returned after a night of sub-zero temperatures.

With a great line up of local artisans selling a wonderful variety of items in time for Christmas, the Nevada Historical Society will host History for the Holidays open house 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 14. The annual event promotes local partners who offer unique gifts including leather, photography, blown glass, wood products, pottery, knitted ... (more)

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March 30, 1981 file photo of President Ronald Reagan speaking to the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO at a Washington hotel.

Nevada trails the United States in health care insurance across several demographic categories, but the differences are especially large for Nevada's poor.

At a time when policymakers are increasingly focused on better educating Nevada's growing Hispanic population, several state and local education boards are virtually without representation from the Hispanic community.

In the past two fiscal years, the Governor's Office of Economic Development has granted tax abatements totaling $112.74 million to a long list of companies.

In a unanimous vote Thursday, university system regents approved an agreement between UNLV and UNR that could lead to a public medical school in Southern Nevada.

As advances in smartphone technology and revelations about the National Security Administration's surveillance activities have heightened the public's privacy concerns, a Reno Gazette-Journal investigation found that local law enforcement agencies are also using cellphones to track Nevadans.

Home means Nevada. It can mean the sagebrush, vibrant skies, expansive desert and deep and colorful history.

Professor Steve Carman speaks to a group of Carson High School seniors during a College Day event at the Western Nevada College campus in Carson City, Nev., on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013.

Currently, close to 19 percent of households in the top 10 percent of income have holdings in non-residential property.

Student fees are going up next year for undergraduates at the University of Nevada to help pay for construction of a new $46 million dollar fitness center for students, faculty and staff.

Aspire at the University of Nevada, Reno. If that sounds to you like some sort of advertising pitch to get students to enroll at UNR, you're wrong.