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LAS VEGAS, NV — The National Weather Service (NWS) in Las Vegas has issued an Extreme Heat Watch spanning Clark, southern Nye, and surrounding tri-state desert counties, as a high-pressure thermal ridge builds across the Mojave Desert. The multi-day heat event will bring dangerously hot conditions across Southern Nevada, with...

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Clark County School District (CCSD) is finalizing a comprehensive legislative policy agenda aimed at overhauling the state’s Pupil-Centered Funding Plan (PCFP) when the Nevada Legislature convenes for the 2027 biennial session. District trustees and administrators represent more than 300,000 public school students across Southern Nevada....

RENO, NV — Multi-agency wildland fire crews made critical strides toward suppressing two of the state’s largest active blazes on Saturday, pushing containment on the Bug Fire to 58% and the Stallion Fire to 74% across Washoe County. First igniting along U.S. Highway 395 before merging with the Fred Mountain...

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....