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Nevada drugmaker gets OK to intervene in abortion pill case brought in Louisiana

GenBioPro, a Las Vegas-based drugmaker that sells generic mifepristone, has been allowed to intervene in Louisiana’s federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ...

Lake Mead partners investing more than $800,000 to restore Historic Railroad Trail

A popular but eroding Lake Mead-area hiking trail will undergo improvements to keep the path safe and accessible. The National Park Service, which manages the ...

Cyberattack prompts two federal lawsuits against Wynn Resorts

A former Wynn Resorts employee filed suit this week seeking class-action status after a cyberattack against the resort operator, alleging the company was negligent in ...

Attorneys say due process required immigrant’s release in Nevada case

Federal prosecutors in Nevada publicly blamed a judge for freeing an immigrant once tied to MS-13, but immigration attorneys who reviewed the case say it ...

Nevada business owner to attend State of the Union as face of tourism decline

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., is highlighting the Trump administration’s impact on Nevada’s tourism-dependent small businesses at this year’s State of the Union ....

Lash by lash, Las Vegas students’ careers take shape in beauty industry

SECTA has housed Nevada’s only high school cosmetology prep program since the school opened as the Southern Nevada Vocational Technical Center in 1966.

CCSD, a school district built for growth, adjusts to contraction

Six months after celebrating its lowest teacher vacancy rate in years, CCSD now has more than 1,000 of its educators in uncertainty — their positions ...

Overwhelmed Las Vegas animal shelters see hope ahead

With Las Vegas animal shelters bursting at the seams, county leaders are moving ahead on new facilities they hope will ease the crisis — starting ...

Customs and Border Protection pulls out of College of Southern Nevada job fair

U.S. Customs and Border Protection abruptly withdrew from a recruiting career fair at the College of Southern Nevada after an outcry from students and faculty, ...

In the Las Vegas desert, beavers turn a drainage channel into habitat

Wildlife experts agree that beavers are uncommon and unexpected in Southern Nevada. But wherever streams burble and woody trees grow, beavers can establish a home ...

Nevada’s Cortez Masto explains her requirements to vote for DHS funding

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., joined community leaders Tuesday morning to emphasize the local fear caused by immigration enforcement activity and ...

Teachers union forecasts no layoffs despite CCSD surplus list

The Clark County Education Association is moving quickly to reassure its members after the Clark County School District announced it had identified more than 1,200 ...

Nevada ethics panel advances complaints against AG Aaron Ford

A review panel from the Nevada Commission on Ethics agreed last week to advance a complaint against Attorney General Aaron Ford to the rest of ...

Environmentalists seek federal protections for Red Rock sunflower native to Southern Nevada

Environmentalists are petitioning federal authorities to protect a rare yellow sunflower threatened by the millions of visitors who flock to Red Rock Canyon each year.

UNLV-based effort expands testing and outreach on childhood lead exposure

Southern Nevada loves to reinvent itself. Casinos are imploded, resorts are rebranded, whole neighborhoods seem to spring from bare dirt overnight. But tucked between master-planned ...

As prediction markets boom, Nevada fights to protect betting base

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, a Democrat whose district includes the Las Vegas Strip, is trying to shut off sports prediction markets at the federal level. ...

Federal regulators uphold Nevada OSHA’s withdrawal of citations for Elon Musk firm

Nevada workplace safety administrators were justified in withdrawing citations against Elon Musk’s Boring Company, federal regulators determined. The state last year withdrew $425,000 in fines ...