Nevada was one of two states that experienced a small increase in overdose deaths, which experts attribute to factors such as poor mental health, the makeup of the drug supply and delays in trends.  

Is there a "right" way to celebrate Juneteenth? Here’s a quick overview of festivities and the history of the holiday.

The demonstrations, part of the 50 protests, 50 states movement known as 50501, have been planned by various progressive organizations for weeks, with the left-leaning group Indivisible helping organize the Reno and Carson City gatherings. The protest in Las Vegas was also organized by Indivisible. 

With Spanish the most popular and Tagalog in second, about a third of the Nevada population speaks a language other than English at home.

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts.

Edmundo Escobedo Jr. wants the weekly newspaper he founded with his father almost half a century ago, El Mundo or The World in English, to be remembered as the last major Spanish-language paper in Las Vegas. 

Funding is still up in the air and the Washoe County Board of Commissioners are hesitant to give libraries extra funding for fiscal year 2026, which starts June 1.

Gov. Joe Lombardo orders flags to be lowered to half staff and lawmakers have taken to social media to remember the pope, who died Monday at 88.

Norm Clarke, a colorful journalist who became a popular entertainment columnist in Las Vegas, has died after a long battle with prostate cancer.

In Nevada, about a third of the population speaks a language other than English at home, most of those individuals being Spanish speakers, followed by those who speak “Asian and Pacific Island languages.”

The old Nishikida laundry building in Gardnerville holds ties to the detainment of Japanese Americans during World War II and is one of the state’s rare properties associated with Nevada’s Japanese American heritage.

Trump’s executive orders, as well as crime, homelessness and state budget issues, were just a few of the topics discussed during the fifth community listening session of the Nevada Democracy Project.

For the first time, the public can get an up-close look at Capone's favorite personal weapon and a short home movie shot by the mob boss himself in 1929.

Photographers Jeff Scheid, David Calvert and Daniel Clark share their favorite photos from the last year.

As we did at the end of 2023 and 2022, Indy reporters are pleased to share some of their favorite stories from the past calendar year.

Officials sought to rework the plan amid concerns that the state would not be able to use all of the money before spending deadlines. But a request was not made before a state committee meeting this week, the last chance to change the funding plan.

Nevada has among the lowest rates of volunteerism in the country, with fewer than 1 in 5 people formally serving. But that, and informal helping rates, have risen in the past two years.

State officials no longer want pandemic relief funds to bankroll most of the project because amid fears that all of the money would not be used before spending deadlines. Lawmakers and residents worry it could imperil the project.

The event was billed as a place to honor and remember the more than 1,200 people killed a year ago, but Johnson’s speech focused little on the attack itself and more on the importance of God and America’s “weakness” on the global stage.

As immigration policy becomes increasingly stringent and visas remain hard to come by, attendees at the event described Corazón de Plata — which translates to Heart of Silver — as a lifeline, allowing them to reconnect with family members they might have never seen otherwise.