Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

Labor Day may be a three-day weekend for many Americans and is frequently connected to sales, family barbecues, and the unofficial end of summer, but the holiday has much deeper significance. The holiday was first observed clandestinely by labor activists in the late 1800s after they demanded better working conditions,...

According to court records, the woman accused of killing her 7-year-old son in a mountainous location outside Las Vegas has reached a guilty plea agreement. Samantha Moreno-Rodriguez, 36, reached an agreement on Thursday, September 1. The agreement’s terms were not immediately known. Moreno-Rodriguez was charged with murder in the death...

OPEC and other oil-producing countries, including Russia, reduced their supplies to the global economy by 100,000 barrels per day, highlighting their dissatisfaction with low crude prices caused by recession fears. Concerns about future demand have helped bring prices down from June heights of more above $120 per barrel, reducing the...

According to Elko Interagency Dispatch, firefighters are battling a blaze near Harrison Pass Road south of Jiggs. The fire was reported at 9 a.m. near Green Mountain, about five miles southeast of Jiggs. According to Northeastern Nevada Interagency Fire officials, it had burned approximately eight acres as of Monday morning....

Each of the previous three days’ high temperatures in Elko broke records, and four more days of triple-digit heat are predicted. On Thursday, the high at the airport in Elko surpassed the previous record of 97 and reached 98. On Friday, the high increased to 100, breaking the previous record...

Authorities were looking for a suspect Sunday in connection with the fatal stabbing of a journalist in Las Vegas. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, investigative journalist Jeff German was discovered dead and stabbed outside of his home early on Saturday. According to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, it is believed...

According to a national advocate in the recovery community, there were 109,000 overdose deaths in the United States last year – deaths that could have been avoided. That is why, on Labor Day, Ryan Hampton, co-creator of Mobilize Recovery and founder of the nonprofit Voice Project, will kick off a...