Advocates are concerned that the impending loss of some rental assistance programs will contribute to an eviction crisis, as rising rents outpace the growth of wages in the state, and because the state has tens of thousands fewer affordable housing units than it needs.

The explosion sent a shock wave through southern Nevada and left behind an atom-age mystery: What happened to the life-like mannequins used in the test?

Turner and Sanders said there are three parts to African American genealogy — history in Africa before enslavement, history in America following enslavement and DNA testing. A similar three-way approach can provide insight for groups such as some Afro-Latinos who were taken to the Caribbean from Africa during the slave trade.

“There’s just no comparing the scale of SNAP to the charitable food sector,” said Andrew Cheyne, who works at a nonprofit focused on reducing childhood hunger. “It’s simply not possible to make up that difference.”

With 2022’s underwhelming red wave in the rearview mirror, leaders at Americano, a new Spanish-language conservative news and commentary platform, are hoping to reach centrist or nonpartisan Latino voters.

Weiss is one of many performers who settled in Las Vegas after a career of traveling with the circus. The city offered job opportunities and a large community of former circus folks, who supported him when Laura died last year from ovarian cancer. The community was especially close after living together in the tight quarters of circus trains, being cut off from normal society and sometimes literally holding the life of their fellow performers in their hands. 

The Nevada prison system, facing an anticipated increase in the inmate population and dealing with aging infrastructure, is confronting a severe staffing shortage that presents a danger to guards, prisoners and the community, its new director told lawmakers. 

The Nevada Latino Legislative Caucus wants to increase access to health care services by expanding Medicaid to Nevadans regardless of citizenship or immigration status.

Reports from the Anti-Defamation League indicate 2,717 antisemitic incidents took place throughout the United States in 2021 — the most since tracking began in 1979 and a 64 percent increase in incidents from the previous year.

Black Nevadans are most concerned about inflation or the cost of living and housing affordability, according to a statewide survey that found the issues of wages and racism trail close behind. The poll results come as legislation seeking to advance affordable housing has failed in recent years.

Getting from place to place in Northern Nevada is often complicated by winter weather. It is even harder when you don’t — or can’t — drive

Housing professionals predict a storm of evictions pushing people from their homes as the safety net dissolves because federal funding has begun to “phase out.”

Thousands of spectators braved the wind and rain to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at the 41st annual parade in Las Vegas. From floats to marching bands, church groups to drill teams, the line stretched out for hours.

Reno is welcoming its first female police chief to the force — a longtime member of the Stockton Police Department.

Vegas New Edition was started by 40-year drill team veteran Felicia Day-Weathers, 51, a former Hi Stepper and former member of the Las Vegas Westernette Drill Team, and Jason Boyd, 36, a former Hi Stepper who is widely known and held in high regard for performing at the Martin Luther King Jr. parade and other competitions for more than two decades.

Officials estimated 450,000 Nevadans would see a reduction in food assistance once the additional aid ends.

Assemblyman Reuben D’Silva said all five of the bills he’s proposing are based on strengthening education in Nevada. He said his No. 1 priority is incrementally increasing the yearly education budget by at least $2 billion within the next 10 years, to match the national average per pupil dollars. 

Democratic California Rep. Ro Khanna introduced the resolution in Congress Tuesday to urge President Joe Biden to acknowledge the United States’ role in El Salvador’s 12-year civil war.

At an elevation of almost 9,000 feet, Mt. Rose corridor is the highest mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada that is open year round. As the winding, two-lane road connecting Reno and Lake Tahoe is pummeled by a series of snow storms fueled by an atmospheric river, it’s Chris Howland’s job to keep the road open.

The new sheriff, who is taking over the state’s largest police agency after former Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo defeated incumbent Democrat Steve Sisolak and became governor, said he plans to avoid using the same failed strategies “over and over again.”