Latest Nevada Headlines
All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nevada Gold Mine Criticized for 61 Workplace Safety Violations
Feb 2 2014 // An assistant U.S. secretary of labor is criticizing a Nevada gold mine for failing to protect its workers after federal inspectors issued 61 citations and orders for health and safety violations at Elko County’s...
Small Increase in Nevada Workers’ Comp Loss Costs In 2014
Jan 27 2014 // Many Nevada employers will see a small increase in the premiums they pay for workers’ compensation insurance this year. The average premium increase in the voluntary market will be about 3.2 percent. Nevada employers...
Carmakers At Nevada Show: Driverless Cars Need Legal Framework
Jan 13 2014 // The future of driving is right around the corner. Hydrogen- and solar-powered vehicles are on the streets. So are cars that can get you through stop-and-go traffic while you sit back and send texts from behind the wheel....
Most Fail Test For Driver Authorization Card: Nevada DMV
Jan 7 2014 // Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles officials have advice for immigrants seeking a driver authorization card: study. They estimate 75 percent of applicants have failed the written test needed for the card under a new law...
Southwest Taps Zerarka in Arizona, Nevada
Dec 6 2013 // Southwest Insurance Agents Alliance named Patrick Zerarka regional vice president of western Arizona and southern Nevada. Zerarka is responsible for membership service, development, and insurance company relations for all...
Soderberg Named Nevada Division of Industrial Relations Administrator
Dec 3 2013 // Donald Soderberg has been named administrator of Nevada’s Division of Industrial Relations. Soderberg is based out of the Las Vegas office and will oversee the division’s statewide operations, which encompasses...
Construction Worker Killed In Nevada
Nov 22 2013 // Authorities say a man was killed after an accident at a construction site in south Reno, Nev. According to the Reno Fire Department, the victim was run over by a water truck Tuesday morning. He was pronounced dead at the...
Nevada Mine Pollution Deal Brings Residents $19.5M
Nov 18 2013 // Rural neighbors of an abandoned World War II-era copper mine that has leaked toxic chemicals in northern Nevada for decades have won up to a $19.5 million settlement from companies they accused of covering up the...
Nevada Mine Pollution Deal Brings Residents $19.5M
Nov 8 2013 // Rural neighbors of an abandoned World War II-era copper mine that has leaked toxic chemicals in northern Nevada for decades have won up to a $19.5 million settlement from companies they accused of covering up the...
Nevada DMV Approves Final Rules for Driver Cards
Nov 4 2013 // People living in Nevada without legal residency can begin logging on to a state website for information about a driver authorization card program set to begin Jan. 2. Department of Motor Vehicles officials say a state...
Nevada HOA To Pay $65K After Banning Family’s Ambulance
Nov 1 2013 // A Las Vegas homeowners association agreed to pay $65,000 to a family after refusing to allow them to park an ambulance they used for their disabled son in the driveway, federal officials said Wednesday. The HOA admits no...
$167K Settlement in Nevada Apartment Discrimination
Oct 31 2013 // The owners and operators of a Reno, Nev. apartment complex have agreed to pay $167,000 to settle a housing discrimination lawsuit over illegal restrictions on service dogs used by the disabled. The Justice Department says...
Nevada DMV Approves Final Rules For Driver Cards
Oct 24 2013 // People living in Nevada without legal residency can begin logging on to a state website for information about a driver authorization card program set to begin Jan. 2. Department of Motor Vehicles officials say a state...
Allstate Wins Major Medical Fraud Lawsuit in Nevada
Oct 7 2013 // Allstate Insurance Co. received a judgment of more than $7 million following a Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations investigation nearly 10 years in the making. It is the company’s first medical fraud...
Allstate Wins Major Medical Fraud Lawsuit in Nevada
Sep 18 2013 // Allstate Insurance Co. received a judgment of more than $7 million following a Racketeering Influenced in Corrupt Organizations investigation nearly 10 years in the making. It is the company’s first medical fraud...
Nevada Legislator Wants Names of Doctors Who Overprescribe
Sep 9 2013 // The chairman of the Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee is asking the drug company that makes OxyContin to turn over information about Nevada doctors suspected of overprescribing the powerful pain medication. Sen. Tick...
California Fire Prompts Unhealthy Air Warnings in Nevada
Aug 29 2013 // The giant wildfire burning at the edge of Yosemite National Park has not only destroyed buildings and threatened water supplies, electricity and sequoias, it has also unleashed a smoky haze that has worsened air quality...
Nevada Legislator Wants Names Of Doctors Who Overprescribe
Aug 21 2013 // The chairman of the Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee is asking the drug company that makes OxyContin to turn over information about Nevada doctors suspected of overprescribing the powerful pain medication. Sen. Tick...
Report: Climate Change Is Impacting California
Aug 9 2013 // Coastal waters off California are getting more acidic. Fall-run chinook salmon populations to the Sacramento River are on the decline. Conifer forests on the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada have moved to higher...
Las Vegas Sands Appealing $70M Nevada Jury Award
Jul 31 2013 // Las Vegas Sands Corp. is asking a Nevada judge to throw out a second jury verdict awarding a former consultant a $70 million settlement in a breach-of-contract case. Attorneys for the largest U.S. casino company have come...
