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RENO, NV — Interagency wildland firefighting teams made significant headway across Northern Nevada as containment on the Bug Fire climbed to 31%, despite the blaze swelling to 91,125 acres across Washoe, Lassen, and Sierra counties. The fire—which ignited August 8 off U.S. Highway 395 before merging with the Fred Mountain...

CARSON CITY, NV — The Nevada Department of Education (NDE) announced the appointment of veteran education policy and technology executive Tom Greene as its new Chief Strategy Officer, effective September 1, 2026. The announcement was made by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Victor Wakefield. In his new cabinet-level advisory...

LAS VEGAS, NV — Hundreds of marked patrol vehicles, emergency service units, and thousands of community members lined Las Vegas Boulevard on Friday morning to pay their final respects to fallen Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Officer Austin Abdelnabi. Officer Abdelnabi lost his life in the line of duty...

RENO, NV — The National Weather Service (NWS) in Reno issued an immediate Tornado Warning for Storey, Southern Washoe, and North Central Lyon counties, as severe convective thunderstorms swept across western Nevada. The rare atmospheric event introduced severe turbulence, quarter-sized hail, and flash flood threats across active high-desert wildfire zones....

CARSON CITY, NV — Global mining giant Newmont Corporation has expanded its exploration footprint across Nevada, entering into a major earn-in agreement with Headwater Gold Inc. to fund up to US$30 million in exploration expenditures at the Jupiter Gold Project in Nye County. The deal allows Newmont to acquire up...

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...