The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has filed a disciplinary complaint against Resorts World Las Vegas, one of the largest casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, alleging that the casino was involved in illegal bookmaking, permitting individuals with gambling-related felony convictions and connections to organized crime to gamble on its premises. The complaint, filed on…

The Nevada Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that had deemed the classification of cannabis as a Schedule I Controlled Substance unconstitutional. This decision came in response to a legal challenge from the ACLU of Nevada, which argued Schedule I status should be for substances deemed to have no medical use and high…

Nevada, Arizona, and Mexico will continue to face water reductions from the Colorado River, as the U.S. government announced existing water cuts will remain in place. The measures are part of ongoing efforts to address long-term challenges for the 40 million people who depend on the water. Spanning 1,450 miles, the Colorado River is a…

Ahead of the 2024 general election, Nevada has initiated a significant update to its voter rolls, resulting in some voters moved to ‘inactive’ status, following a statewide effort by all 17 counties to clean up voter registration lists. The process began after election officials sent postcards to over 150,000 voters whose previous election mail had…

Nevada Copper Corp. and Southwest Critical Materials have agreed to a $128 million price tag for much of Nevada Copper’s assets. The agreement comes after Nevada Copper filed for Chapter 11 on Monday, June 10, initiating a sales process managed by Moelis & Company LLC. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court and the Superior Court of Justice…

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is under fire for how he has handled public records requests related to the Nevada opioid litigation settlements. The issue revolves around allegations of substantial legal fees paid to a firm connected to Ford and delays in providing requested documents to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. In July 2023, the newspaper…

A Yerington teenager reported missing and endangered since late June has been located, according to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO). Natalie Mays, who had been missing since Sunday, June 23, was found in the Reno area on Wednesday, August 7. The LCSO’s Major Crimes Unit in the Investigations Division searched for Mays since her…

Perhaps he was still tight from the bender he partook of the night before. Whatever the case, he stumbled into the restaurant and sat at a table nearest the wall. With a sudden jerk of realization, he saw the man seated to his left and apologized, “So sorry, I didn’t see you sitting here, please…

After being convicted in May, a Pennsylvania man, John Matthew Chapman, has been sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping and subsequent murder of 33-year-old Jaime Rae Feden, whom he drove to Nevada and killed in the desert of Lincoln County. The case began on November 14, 2019, when the Bethel Park Police Department…

After a racial altercation at the Hot August Nights classic car festival in Virginia City on Friday, August 2, the Storey County Sheriff’s Office arrested three people. The incident involving a Black man, Ricky Johnson, and resident Gary Miller has sparked widespread social media outrage and drawn condemnation from local and state officials. The argument…