Las Vegas may face record-setting high temps this week
LAS VEGAS — Sin City may feel like purgatory this week as a heat wave is expected to overtake Las Vegas.
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US West swelters in record-busting heat, risking wildfires
PHOENIX — Dangerous, record-busting heat spread across the U.S. Southwest on Tuesday and into parts of Utah, Montana and Wyoming as a dome of...
As COVID-19 cases wane, vaccine-lagging areas still see risk
JACKSON, Miss. — New COVID-19 cases are declining across the most of the country, even in some states with vaccine-hesitant populations. But almost all...
Energy Secretary says US wants ‘responsible’ lithium mining
NORTH LAS VEGAS — Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said the Biden administration wants to see lithium needed for electric cars to be mined...
Nevada plans to use 3 or 4 drugs for late-July execution
LAS VEGAS — Nevada prison officials on Thursday disclosed that they want to use a never-before-tried combination of drugs for the state’s first lethal...
Richard Branson marks opening of Virgin hotel in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Billionaire businessman and investor Richard Branson marked the opening Thursday of the new Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, promoting weekend events that...
Nevada becomes 2nd state with ‘public option’ insurance law
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Gov. Steve Sisolak on Wednesday signed into law a bill that paves the way for Nevada to become the second...
Early states’ GOP opposes Nevada as 1st presidential primary
LAS VEGAS — Republicans in the four early presidential nominating states on Tuesday jointly opposed a Democratic push in Nevada to make the Western...
Drought-stricken Nevada enacts ban on ‘non-functional’ grass
CARSON CITY, Nev. — In Sin City, one thing that will soon become unforgivable is useless grass.
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GOP chair expects former Nevada AG Laxalt to run for Senate
LAS VEGAS — The head of the Senate Republican political arm says he expects former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt to challenge Democratic Sen....