VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. — The Storey County Fire Protection District used a little ingenuity with its latest ambulance upgrade resulting in a $66,000 savings to its tax payers. The savings are a direct result of recycling an old ambulance box and placing it on a new chassis.

A newly released scientific study highlights the importance of collaborative work to prevent the introduction of aquatic invasive species at Lake Tahoe, and confirms what many public and private stakeholders have feared: That the invasive quagga mussel, if introduced, could establish in our mountain lake’s clear, iconic waters.

NOAA’s Spring Outlook released Thursday predicts widespread drought conditions to persist in Nevada, California and Oregon this spring as the dry season begins.

“Periods of record warmth in the West and not enough precipitation during the rainy season cut short drought-relief in California this winter and prospects for above average temperatures this spring may make the situation worse,” said Jon Gottschalck, chief, Operational Prediction Branch, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.

Surveillance video of two U.S. Secret Service agents drunk driving at the White House may have been erased as part of the agency’s policy of deleting recordings every 72 hours, CNN reported on Thursday....

An official with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles told lawmakers Thursday that the long lines at offices are growing in part due to new demands placed on the agency, with bills this session that could add voter ID cards, moped registration and medical marijuana caregiver cards for pet own...

Carson City Fire Department responded to an accident involving a pedestrian at the intersection of South Carson Street and Eagle Station. The accident was reported at 8:51 a.m. The victim was to be taken by ground ambulance to Renown Medical Center in Reno.

Likely GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush is returning to Las Vegas May 13 to headline the Clark County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day dinner....

On this day in 1931 our state legalized gambling; what laws will they be making today? You can always head over to the Legislature building to sit in on a committee meeting or an Assembly session, eat in the café, or track down your representative to voice your opinion. But there is quite a bit more available in those halls.

Sandoval, supporters, opposition sound off in lengthy hearing on planA joint meeting of the Senate Revenue and Economic Development Committee and the Assembly Taxation Commi...

U.S. Senator Rand Paul will declare his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on April 7, MSNBC reported, citing multiple sources inside the Kentucky lawmaker’s camp....

The Bureau of Land Management Carson City District is holding on Thursday a public hearing on the Carson City District Draft Resource Management Plan.Speakers will be required to sign in to speak. There wil...

Las Vegans will not get a chance to weigh in on millions of dollars in public soccer stadium subsidies after all....

After losing his congressional seat in a Republican wave in November, Nevada Democrat Steven Horsford was considered a shoo-in to run for his old seat in 2016 — and win. That won’t be happening.
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Former U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, who was swept from office in a Republican wave last fall, plans to return to public relations rather than try to regain the seat....

U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy of Nevada introduced his first bill on Wednesday, a measure that would restrict federal land purchases until the government gets its budget in balance....

The White House said on Wednesday that it was deeply concerned by the use of “divisive rhetoric” in the Israeli election that sought to undermine Arab-Israeli citizens....

Assembly Republicans have crafted a tax plan that is a hybrid of the business licesne fee component used by the govervor and an expansion of the payroll tax plan sought by some business types, sources confirm.
The plan is expected to drop Monday, the deadline for committee bill introductions.
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NV Energy announced Wednesday that it has launched a new statewide call center telephone system that allows customers 24-hour daily access to pay their bills, turn off power at an old address or power up at a new one, get a balance, make a payment or report an outage.

Nevada should be known for more than nightclubs, aliens and epic hangovers, says Real Estate blog site Movoto, which publishes stories to fit the “lighter side” of real estate trends. On Tuesday it listed 15 restaurants in Nevada “that will blow your taste buds out of your mouth.”
Three of the 15 restaurants listed are found in the capital city. Go here to read which ones made the list.

Despite opposition from Democrats, the Assembly Judiciary Committee today passed three gun bills, including one allowing people with ......

Gov. Brian Sandoval will testify before the entire Nevada Legislature on a plan raising business license fees to help fund K-12 education. The popular Republican governor will speak Wednesday afternoon during ......

In the first two days of this week, lawmakers introduced more than 200 pieces of legislation.The reason: Monday was the deadline for bill introductions by individual lawmakers — a dead...

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of March 18, 2015 and beyond.

Dayton residents long have been battling to convince the state to approve a traffic signal at the intersection of U.S. 50 and Fortune Drive. Last week, they got their wish.
At its March 9 meeting, the Nevada Department of Transportation board of directors agreed to issue a permit to allow the traffic signal.