Elko County
Nevada State Treasurer Zach Conine announced today that the Nevada State Infrastructure Bank approved $1.75 million in financing to West Wendover to enhance public safety for the community.
Clark County
Eighth Judicial District Court Judge May Kay Holthus was assualted today by a defendant who jumped over the judge’s bench to attack her.
Crime & Law Enforcement
A Nevada grand jury on Wednesday indicted six Republicans who submitted certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential election in their state, making Nevada the third to seek charges against so-called "fake electors."
Las Vegas
Nevada Highway Patrol officials announced two of its officers were killed while on duty Nov. 30, 2023, in Las Vegas.
Mineral County
Two knives and a stolen handgun were found at Mineral County schools Wednesday, Nov. 8, spurring local law enforcement officials to issue a zero-tolerance policy for weapons and violence at area schools.
Crime & Law Enforcement
By Suzanne Potter This story was originally published by Public News Service. WASHINGTON — America locked up almost a quarter-million children in 2019, according to a new report called “Too Many Closed Doors” from the Sentencing Project. In the past, policymakers have relied on the annual point-in-time counts, which are about
Crime & Law Enforcement
CARSON CITY – Gov. Steve Sisolak this week said he has asked prosecutors not to pursue charges against the men who accosted him and his family at a Las Vegas restaurant in late February. The request, he said, was made in an effort to put the incident in the past and
Crime & Law Enforcement
RENO–A Winnemucca man was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 1 in Reno on several federal charges related to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. Josiah Kenyon, 34, made an initial court appearance Friday and will remain in custody while awaiting other court proceedings. Charges
Crime & Law Enforcement
CARSON CITY–Officials from Nevada’s Department of Safety this week said they’d helped to shut down two illegal marijuana grow sites with nearly 28,000 plants worth an estimated $2.8 million. The operations were on public lands in Lincoln and Nye counties. DPS officials said the Lincoln
Agriculture
By Ky Plaskon SMITH VALLEY — Back when COVID first came to flare and shelves were bare from a false food shortage scare, rural thieves in the night snuck onto the Smith Valley School grounds. They killed a dozen turkeys and thousands of bees, making off with thousands of dollars worth
Crime & Law Enforcement
CARSON CITY—An employee of the Ely State Prison was arrested this week after a multi-agency investigation found her to be smuggling methamphetamine into the prison for an inmate. Angelica Aguilar, 25, had been a food service employee in the prison since April of this year. She was arrested after
Crime & Law Enforcement
CARSON CITY–A mob of “heavily armed” Trump supporters and so-called patriots created an atmosphere of “extreme tension” last year in Douglas County. That is according to a criminal defense attorney who attended the early August Black Lives Matter [BLM] rally in Minden. The angry mob of hundreds surrounded a
Crime & Law Enforcement
LAS VEGAS — Robert Coache has applied to receive an official exoneration by the State of Nevada after serving time in prison for crimes the Nevada Supreme Court later dismissed for lack of evidence. Whether he is granted that status, however, remains to be seen. Coache, who spent 16 months in
Crime & Law Enforcement
By Jeri Chadwell CARSON CITY–Authorities on Monday arrested a suspected serial arsonist and then found more than $50,000 in firefighting equipment on his property. On June 14, the Nevada Department of Public Safety (DPS) State Fire Marshal Division, in conjunction with the Central Lyon Fire Protection District, investigated
Crime & Law Enforcement
LAS VEGAS–Post-conviction claims of innocence in Nevada can now be handled in-state with the formation of the Innocence Center of Nevada (ICON). The organization launched earlier this year and this week announced formation of its board of directors. Prior to the formation of ICON, Nevada’s casework for wrongful
Crime & Law Enforcement
By Jeri Davis / This Is Reno CARSON CITY–A newly introduced bill in the Nevada Legislature would create a statewide police reform advisory task force. In addition to creating the task force, Assembly Bill 243 would also revise current provisions relating to how people who are younger than 21 are