After a series of catastrophic blazes in the early 1900s, the U.S. Forest Service mandated the "10 a.m. rule," declaring that wildland fires should be put out by 10 a.m. the day after they were reported. The plan backfired, leaving forests with debris that fueled more dangerous fires.

Fast-moving fires have burned millions of acres and destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings in the West, including hundreds of thousands of acres in Nevada. The Indy partnered with five other nonprofit newsrooms in the West to show how on-the-ground changes made by the Trump administration have affected the ability to fight fires amid increasingly destructive conditions. 

In a typical year, fires break out in different parts of the West at different times so resources can shift from one to the next without every state needing help simultaneously. This year, fires were burning across the region at the same time, leaving little slack anywhere.

New data shows homelessness across Nevada is increasing, although more slowly in Washoe County than in Clark County. Nearly 3 in 5 of the homeless residents counted in Clark in 2026 were unsheltered.

Since January 2023, the Las Vegas Valley Water District has charged residential customers a flat $9 for every 1,000 gallons they use beyond a seasonal threshold — roughly five times the district's base tier rate, and nearly 1.5 times its top-tier rate. 

The move to target surrogacy is a natural next step for abortion opponents who have so far failed to meaningfully restrict access to IVF, said Mary Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California, Davis.

Officials said they have identified only 185 potential noncitizen voters in the state so far, and the number they originally gave was a "ceiling."

Many fans walk over a nearby bridge from the Las Vegas Strip to attend Raiders games. The new entry would create a more direct path to the venue.

The office is first in line to succeed the governor. It deals with benign issues such as promoting tourism, but candidates have edgier goals.

A's ballpark partner Bally's Corp. reassured the Stadium Authority on Thursday that the stadium is on track for completion in time for the 2028 season.

The Indy asked Nicole Cannizzaro (D) and Adriana Guzmán Fralick (R) where they stand on key issues in the race, ranging from the prioritization of Medicaid fraud to lawsuits against the Trump administration.

The plan is part of a new data center policy platform that Ford's campaign released Wednesday, which also calls for a statewide ban on evaporative cooling and tracking more metrics of data centers receiving tax breaks.