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Extreme heat gripping the Las Vegas Valley will continue into the coming week, with temperatures remaining well above normal throughout the week, the National Weather Service reports. Also today: Voters face a crucial choice in the upcoming midterms to restore constitutional accountability, Preseason top 10: Las Vegas high school football rankings for a season like no other, ‘She’s in our hearts’:...

Nevada officials are declaring victory over Yucca Mountain — even as some experts cautioned the federal government’s pivot away from the long-stalled and controversial nuclear waste repository may create new problems. The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday that five states have agreed to accept nuclear waste from around the country in exchange for federal help to develop nuclear energy an...

Drivers who use the Airport Connector tunnel near Harry Reid International Airport should expect delays starting Friday, when repaving work begins on a route used by thousands of airport travelers, commuters and resort workers each day. Also today: Las Vegas adds crossing guards at 5 high schools for new school year, Cortez Masto reintroduces reform bill to protect undocumented immigrants while th...

Roger Loesch spent eight years fighting the Department of Veterans Affairs for benefits he believed he had already earned. It took an unaccredited company two months to finish the job — and charge him for it. That’s the trade-off at the center of a growing fight that has reached Congress. In June, Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., signed on as a cosponsor of the SAFEGUARD Veterans Act, which calls for rei...

Gas prices in Nevada kept climbing this week, with the statewide average for a gallon of regular gasoline rising 14 cents to $4.69, according to AAA’s weekly fuel report. Nationwide, the average price for regular gasoline rose 15 cents from last week to $4.09 per gallon. Also today: Nevada lawmakers introduce federal legislation to shut down sports betting loophole, Progress report: Where Raiders’...

The Henderson City Council on Tuesday set aside a vote on a proposed 180-day moratorium on new data centers, opting instead to direct staff to revise the standards that will govern future applications for such facilities. Also today: Aaron Ford campaigns with Maryland governor focusing on small businesses, affordability, UNLV opens as early favorites against Memphis and Hawaii, prime playoff hurdl...

A botched arrest attempt by federal immigration agents last week at Harry Reid International Airport departed from several standard law enforcement practices, according to a retired FBI special agent who reviewed the incident. Also today: Trump's plan to charge for Truth Social alerts institutionalizes insider trading, New report warns the Colorado River crisis puts trillions of dollars and m...

About 6:50 a.m. July 7, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, a Mexican national who had spent decades building homes in Houston, loaded his crew into a van and headed for a construction site. Within minutes, unmarked federal vehicles surrounded him. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent opened fire. Salgado Araujo was pronounced dead at Ben Taub Hospital. A source told CNN he was not the person agen...

Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar isn’t buying what the Trump administration is peddling. Hours after President Donald Trump and the Department of Homeland Security claimed to have uncovered hundreds of thousands of noncitizens registered to vote across four states — including Nevada — Aguilar pushed back hard, calling the announcement part of a “predictable playbook” designed to sow doubt a...

In a two-page letter dated Monday and addressed to the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, Aguilar told federal officials that Nevada’s office had already addressed the same questions at length in a response letter dated July 25, 2025, and that the most recent DOJ letter — sent simultaneously to all 50 states and the District of Columbia — did not point to a single flaw in Nevada’s voter-list maintenance...

Aaron Ford had a surprise waiting for the Telemundo reporter who asked the final question at his news conference: The Nevada gubernatorial hopeful answered him in Spanish. Turning to face the camera directly, Ford used the moment to lay out his economic vision for the Silver State — speaking to Nevada’s Latino community, which makes up 31% of the state’s population, in their own language. Also tod...

Former Nevada U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, long aligned with Nevada’s gaming industry, broke sharply with casinos Thursday, defending a prediction market company that is regulated as a financial exchange rather than a gaming operator and arguing that casinos “manipulate everything” to ensure the house wins. Also today: Hoping to snuff out smoking, health advocates push to nearly double Nevada tobacco ta...

Clark County commissioners signaled Tuesday they will begin developing regulations for data centers — and are weighing a possible pause on new applications — after an outpouring of public concern over the industry’s environmental impact. No formal action was taken, but Commissioners William McCurdy and Tick Segerblom said they plan to work together on a framework that could set uniform standards f...

U.S. Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto, both D-Nev., have joined a group of Senate colleagues in calling on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government to bar the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from using federal funds to stop states and tribal nations from regulating online prediction markets. The push, led by Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Co...

The 1,627-acre park, which spans both the north and south sides of the Carson River and extends into the surrounding sagebrush hills, is just outside Dayton in Lyon County near Fort Churchill State Historic Park. Nevada State Parks is asking the public to help name the park: People can submit unlimited suggestions through an online survey after reviewing an interactive map and guide, with entries...

She was honored Tuesday by the Las Vegas Grand Prix with two free tickets to this year’s race in November. Fontanilla, 26, said working on cars wasn’t always a passion of hers, but she would always watch her dad tinker with whatever vehicles they had at the time. When Fontanilla moved to Las Vegas about five years ago, her initial goal was to enter the medical field. But in 2024, she found a spark...

Clark County, Metro Police and Las Vegas Fire & Rescue are urging Southern Nevadans to keep their Fourth of July celebrations within the law, reminding residents that only “safe and sane” fireworks are permitted — and only during a specific window of days surrounding the holiday. Also today: Theme park veteran takes the wheel at Area15 to capture growing local and family market, The US lags ot...

For decades, CCSD had seen enrollment growth while combating chronic understaffing. Now it faces the reality of declining birth rates, increasing costs and more competition for students from charter, private and homeschooling pinching its workforce. Also today: Nevada helps stop Trump’s election orders in back-to-back court rulings, Ford’s Nevada economic plan targets NV Energy fees, prescription...

Nevada Democrats and reproductive rights advocates on Wednesday renewed their push for voters to approve Ballot Question 6 this November, casting the measure as a critical step to permanently protect abortion access in the state Constitution. Also today: Going through changes: Golden Knights can't run it back after coming within two wins of the Stanley Cup, A $25 million parking garage will o...

Reggie Daniel, a Special Olympics athlete whose life began with what many describe as a rare medical miracle, is now representing Nevada at the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games. Daniel has become a beloved figure in Special Olympics Nevada bowling, known for both his competitive spirit and infectious positivity.  Also today: Why Skye Canyon is getting Las Vegas' last new elementary school buil...

A wave of discontent with data centers has risen across the United States, and that wave is continuing in Nevada. The latest target? An expansion to the already massive Switch facility in the southwest Las Vegas Valley. Switch’s plan was unanimously approved Wednesday by the Clark County Commission, sitting in its capacity as the Clark County Zoning Commission. But it didn’t come before residents...

Las Vegas-based e-commerce operator Neato is expanding its reach. Neato functions within a unique business model it has dubbed “2P.” Instead of first-party sales, which would be a brand selling to a retailer, or third-party sales — a brand selling on a retail platform — Neato acts as a middleman with brands to sell their product in online marketplaces for them, said Anthony Connelly, founder and C...

Juneteenth once lived in the shadows of the national calendar — a day of profound reverence in Black communities, yet omitted from most public school lessons and state recognition. On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden shifted that trajectory by signing the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, establishing June 19 as the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983. Two...

Nevada’s casino markets diverged sharply in fiscal 2025. While some posted gains and others held steady, profits collapsed on the Las Vegas Strip and in Laughlin, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s annual Gaming Abstract. Also today: Sierra Club condemns Lombardo’s federal land map as a blueprint for taxpayer subsidized sprawl, Raiders are stoked with Stukes, How James Dolan being ‘dis...

The Washington Post reported Tuesday that internal contractor documents show the White House ballroom’s total cost has climbed to $600 million, with taxpayers covering roughly $307 million split among the U.S. Secret Service, the White House Military Office and the Executive Residence — all funded by public dollars. Also today: CSN breaks ground on early childhood lab that will train future teache...