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RENO, NV — Federal disaster officials approved emergency funding on Wednesday to bolster wildland firefighting operations across northern Nevada, as the Stallion Fire expanded past 30,000 acres near Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal Land. The Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG)—authorized by the Acting Regional Administrator for FEMA Region 9—enables federal funds...

LAS VEGAS, NV — Drivers navigating the persistent highway bottleneck west of downtown Las Vegas are set to receive early relief, with state transportation officials confirming an accelerated completion schedule for the Interstate 11 Active Traffic Management Project. According to updated project timelines from the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT),...

LAS VEGAS, NV — Hundreds of healthcare workers, community partners, and labor leaders lined Maryland Parkway outside Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center to stage an informational picket, demanding that hospital operator HCA Healthcare address severe chronic staffing shortages and deliver inflation-matched wage increases. Organized by SEIU Local 1107—which represents roughly...

RENO, NV — Nevada officials have issued a state of emergency as interagency wildland fire crews battle the rapidly expanding Bug Fire, which has burned past 15,000 acres along the California-Nevada border. Driven by dry sagebrush fuels, steep terrain, and gusty afternoon winds, the wildfire forced mandatory “EVACUATE NOW” directives...

RENO, NV — Emergency wildland response crews, backed by Nevada Army National Guard air units, are battling the rapidly expanding Bug Fire, which has surged to 15,000 acres along the California-Nevada border and forced mandatory “EVACUATE NOW” orders across northern Washoe County. First igniting Saturday afternoon off U.S. Highway 395...

LAS VEGAS, NV — Nearly three decades after a fatal drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip captivated the global music industry, jury selection officially commenced Monday morning in the murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis. The proceedings inside the Regional Justice Center in downtown Las Vegas represent the...

RENO, NV — Interagency wildland fire crews successfully halted forward progress overnight on the Moose Fire (also referred to as the Moose Ridge Fire), a brush fire that ignited along the lower slopes of Peavine Peak in Northwest Reno. Emergency dispatchers first received reports of heavy smoke and flame near...