All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 2 2019 // The Reno City Council has approved a $300,000 settlement with for two former city employees who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the city.The lawsuit filed in 2017 said former City Manager Andrew Clinger created a...
Sep 16 2019 // Alera Group has acquired Makro Enterprises in Las Vegas, Nev.Makro will join Alera Group through local firm GLB Insurance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Makro offers employee benefits and insurance services for...
Aug 27 2019 // Authorities say a fast-moving wildfire on rural land along the California-Nevada border burned one home before crews were able to slow its spread.Fire spokesman Adam Mayberry says the blaze about 25 miles north of Reno,...
Aug 14 2019 // The largest health care provider in northern Nevada says some of its patients’ private information was stored on a thumb drive that’s been missing since June 30.Renown Health said in a letter sent to patients...
Jul 23 2019 // A compensation program for those exposed to radiation from years of nuclear weapons testing and uranium mining would be expanded under legislation that seeks to address fallout across the western United States, Guam and...
Jul 19 2019 // Nevada’s governor and congressional delegation are pointing to earthquakes this month in the California desert and calling for the U.S. Energy Department look again at seismic risks of burying the nation’s most...
Jul 18 2019 // Fewer people died in car crashes on Nevada roads in June than they did a year earlier, according to state data.The Nevada Department of Public Safety reported 16 deaths from 16 crashes in June, which is almost half as many...
Jul 15 2019 // Few Nevada residents and businesses have earthquake coverage, but insurance officials said they are expecting interest to increase after the two California earthquakes that rattled the region.The magnitude 6.4 and...
Jul 10 2019 // Investigators are assessing the structural safety of two University of Nevada, Reno, dormitories that usually house 1,300 students, days after explosions injured eight people but none seriously.Nevada University Regents...
Jul 3 2019 // The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says four separate wildfires that broke out in north-central Nevada this week all were caused by humans.The fires that began on Tuesday near Interstate 80 between Lovelock and Winnemucca...
Jun 19 2019 // Nevada’s attorney general expanded the state’s lawsuit against the maker of the opioid OxyContin this week to include the company’s former president, his family, other drugmakers, distributors and...
Jun 17 2019 // A cannabis company paid a $6.3 million settlement to a Nevada dispensary co-owner who claimed the company skimmed millions of dollars from dispensary profits, according financial documents.California-based Terra Tech...
Jun 14 2019 // Nevada’s attorney general is recommending approval of a $25 million settlement with homeowners and insurance companies who sought more than $300 million in damages from the state after a fire destroyed 24 homes south...
Jun 10 2019 // A cannabis company paid a $6.3 million settlement to a Nevada dispensary co-owner who claimed the company skimmed millions of dollars from dispensary profits, according financial documents.California-based Terra Tech...
May 21 2019 // The state of Nevada has reached a tentative settlement with dozens of homeowners and insurance companies that filed an $80 million negligence lawsuit after a fire destroyed 24 homes when strong winds reignited a smoldering...
May 15 2019 // The Las Vegas branch of a national security firm is facing two wrongful death lawsuits in Nevada stemming from encounters with guards employed by the company.The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported one lawsuit was filed in...
Mar 28 2019 // Federal mine safety officials have cited an Idaho-based company for inadequate safety controls at a gold mine it operates in northeast Nevada where a worker was killed in an underground collapse in October.The U.S. Mine...
Mar 27 2019 // A Nevada man is suing the corporate owner of a casino restaurant in Elko where he says he was infected with salmonella after eating contaminated ham or eggs there earlier this month.Harry Wiseman of Elko says he is one of...
Mar 18 2019 // Most states ban texting behind the wheel, but a legislative proposal could make Nevada one of the first states to allow police to use a contentious technology to find out if a person was using a cellphone during a car...
Mar 13 2019 // A former security guard at the Nevada National Security Site is suing her former employer over allegations she was sexually assaulted and harassed by colleagues and then retaliated against for reporting the...