Two Silver Springs men are facing felony charges after a fight involving juveniles was recorded and posted on social media, Lyon County deputies said. Michael Rogers, 18, was arrested and booked into the Lyon County Jail on one count each of battery by strangulation and child abuse. Austin McGuigan, also 18, was arrested on charges…

Reno Police responded around 1:53 p.m. to reports of shots fired near Kietzke Lane and Vassar Street, later determining that two juveniles had been shooting BB guns at each other. The teens fled the scene by boarding a city bus. Officers arrested the pair, who are facing charges of carrying a concealed weapon without a…

I was standing in the kitchen early Tuesday morning, waiting on the coffee to finish sputtering its last heroic breaths, when the whole room turned a warm yellow. Golden light poured through the windows as if someone had opened a giant jar of sunshine and tipped it right across the countertops. “Mercy,” I muttered, waving…

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s office is experiencing significant upheaval as Ford focuses on his campaign for governor and an ethics complaint moves through the state system. Earlier this month, Teresa Benitez-Thompson, Ford’s chief of staff, resigned to run for Congress in Nevada’s 2nd District. She cited the challenge of balancing the demands of Ford’s…

A Nevada man convicted of killing a young mother and her 4-year-old son in 1993 has been released from prison, sparking outrage from the victims’ family. However, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford had no role in the decision. Michael Domingues, who strangled 24-year-old Arjin Chanel Pechpho and stabbed her son Jonathan Smith in Sunrise Manor,…

A man convicted of killing a woman and her 4-year-old son in 1993 has been released from prison, prompting outrage from the victims’ family. The man, identified as Domingues, strangled 24-year-old Arjin Chanel Pechpho and stabbed her young son, Jonathan Smith, in Sunrise Manor. The attack occurred as Pechpho returned home with her child; Domingues…

A new poll showing Danny Tarkanian leading Adriana Guzmán Fralick in the Republican primary for Nevada Attorney General is under fire, not for the numbers themselves, but for how the surveyors presented the questions. The poll, conducted by Pulse Decision Science and released March 24, surveyed 410 likely Republican primary voters by phone from March…

A new poll of Nevada voters suggests strong support for state control over elections, along with backing for voter ID requirements and changes to the state’s mail ballot system. The February survey of 600 Nevadans, conducted by The Tarrance Group and sponsored by the nonprofit RightCount Nevada, found that 80% of respondents believe states should…

Officials say the new voting machines will feel familiar to voters who are used to casting ballots in person. The key difference comes at the end of the process: after making their selections, voters will print a paper ballot for insertion into a vote center scanner for tabulation. The updated system emphasizes a paper record…

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is asking a judge to compel the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles to turn over records detailing the agency’s communications with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging that the DMV has unlawfully withheld more than 100 documents. In a motion filed in the First Judicial District Court, the…