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LAS VEGAS, NV — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) is mourning the loss of Police Officer Austin Abdelnabi, who died from injuries sustained during an exchange of gunfire with an armed suspect near Interstate 11 and Mountain Vista Street. The incident marks LVMPD’s ninth officer-involved shooting of 2026....

LAS VEGAS, NV — A federal grand jury in Las Vegas has returned two separate indictments charging two Southern Nevada men with aiming high-powered laser pointers at Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) air support helicopters. The charges follow investigations led by the LVMPD Air Support Section, the Federal Bureau...

CARSON CITY, NV — Nevada U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto introduced landmark federal legislation on Tuesday aimed at permanently preventing Yucca Mountain from ever being utilized as a national nuclear waste dump. The bill, titled the Jobs, Not Waste Act, seeks to formally codify recent federal administrative...

CARSON CITY, NV — The Nevada Division Of State Parks Click to open side panel for more information  has officially opened public voting to select the permanent name for Nevada’s newest state park property. Spanning 4.5 miles along the Carson River corridor, the newly acquired state parkland protects historic 19th-century...

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Clark County School District (CCSD) is entering the upcoming 2026–2027 academic year on firm operational footing, with Superintendent Jhone Ebert confirming the district is nearly fully staffed across classrooms and transportation hubs. The announcement provides welcome predictability for Nevada’s largest school system, which serves more...