Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

RENO, NV — Emergency wildland response crews face severe containment challenges across northern Washoe County as the Bug Fire expanded to 70,757 acres after merging with the Fred Mountain Fire, prompting extended Level 3 “EVACUATE NOW” directives for thousands of rural residents. Driven by high-desert sagebrush fuels, steep terrain, and...

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) has officially identified 36-year-old Officer Zaira Venegas-Hernandez as the officer who was wounded during a domestic violence call and subsequent barricade situation in the southwest valley. The incident—which marks LVMPD’s 10th officer-involved shooting of 2026—left Officer Venegas-Hernandez hospitalized, an...

RENO, NV — Federal disaster officials approved emergency funding on Wednesday to bolster wildland firefighting operations across northern Nevada, as the Stallion Fire expanded past 30,000 acres near Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal Land. The Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG)—authorized by the Acting Regional Administrator for FEMA Region 9—enables federal funds...

LAS VEGAS, NV — Drivers navigating the persistent highway bottleneck west of downtown Las Vegas are set to receive early relief, with state transportation officials confirming an accelerated completion schedule for the Interstate 11 Active Traffic Management Project. According to updated project timelines from the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT),...

LAS VEGAS, NV — Hundreds of healthcare workers, community partners, and labor leaders lined Maryland Parkway outside Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center to stage an informational picket, demanding that hospital operator HCA Healthcare address severe chronic staffing shortages and deliver inflation-matched wage increases. Organized by SEIU Local 1107—which represents roughly...