Last year's Capitol Christmas tree was an 80-foot Sitka spruce harvested in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. In 2023, a 63-foot Norway spruce was harvested from Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. The last time the tree came from the Sierra Nevada was in 2011, when a 65-foot Sierra white fir was harvested from Stanislaus National Forest.

Governor Joe Lombardo said using state funds to support SNAP benefits during the federal government shutdown is not a “viable solution.” Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo called on Congress to end the ongoing federal government shutdown in a letter sent to Senator Jacky Rosen.

The State of Nevada plans to quickly funnel $38.8 million toward local food banks in hopes fewer people will go hungry next month when $90 million in federally funded “food stamps” are not delivered to low-income people and families.

Union Army reenactors march to their spot on the battlefield at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Sunday morning. The two-day event, titled Civil War Days in the Battle Born State, was put on, in part, by the Southern Nevada Living History Association. Photo by: Erin Dostal

A grant worth nearly $51 million from the U.S. Department of Education will help expand access to charter schools in Nevada, a Las Vegas-based nonprofit announced Tuesday. Opportunity 180, a nonprofit that says its aim is to improve children’s access to high quality public education,

The USDA has announced that, come Nov. 1, no SNAP benefits will be issued. Hundreds of thousands of Southern Nevadans who rely on the program will be affected.

Explore Nevada’s forgotten corners where crumbling buildings and deserted towns are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Nevada’s SNAP food program faces shutdown as federal rules block state funding, leaving 500,000 residents at risk while officials urge bipartisan action.

Police evacuated residents and issued a shelter-in-place order Tuesday morning after a suspicious item was found in Goodsprings, roughly 40 miles southwest of Las Vegas.

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has announced that as of effective Oct. 22, all vehicle transactions will start online which includes new registration, titling, registration renewals, movement permits,

The study analyzed data from about 6,500 wells across Nevada and found that about 40% had significant declines over the last three decades.