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LAS VEGAS, NV — Detectives with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Homicide Section have arrested and charged 76-year-old Orvil Grimes with open murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a man found in a commercial parking lot along South Eastern Avenue earlier this week. Grimes was taken...

RENO, NV — In a major development for statewide disaster readiness, the Nevada Seismological Laboratory (NSL) at the University of Nevada, Reno, has entered into a new cooperative planning agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to chart the expansion of the federal ShakeAlert® earthquake early warning system into Nevada....

WASHINGTON, D.C. / CARSON CITY, NV — The federal government has officially approved a Presidential Emergency Declaration for the State of Nevada, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to deliver direct disaster assistance to supplement ongoing wildfire recovery across Washoe County. The executive action—designated as FEMA Release HQ-26-124—follows an...

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Homicide Section has launched an active death investigation after an unresponsive male discovered in a parking lot along South Eastern Avenue was determined to have been fatally shot. Patrol officers and medical personnel were initially dispatched at approximately 1:46...

LAS VEGAS, NV — In a major regulatory shift impacting Southern Nevada’s housing landscape, Clark County’s strict ordinance prohibiting hosting platforms from processing booking transactions for unlicensed short-term rentals officially went into effect on Wednesday, September 2, 2026. The measure—passed unanimously by the Board of County Commissioners—shifts the front line...

LAS VEGAS, NV — Clark County administrative officials have issued an urgent advisory warning commercial developers, residential contractors, and homeowners to beware of a sophisticated email phishing scheme targeting applicants with the Clark County Comprehensive Planning Department. The alert—issued by County Chief Communications and Strategy Officer Jennifer Cooper—cautions that scammers...

LAS VEGAS, NV — In a major legal move aimed at safeguarding Southern Nevada’s economic and urban foundation, the State of Nevada filed a federal lawsuit against the federal government, challenging its new management framework for the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin. The complaint alleges that federal water administrators violated statutory...