July 3, 2021 Trans woman wins Miss Nevada, now set to compete in Miss USA: reports A transgender woman has earned the title of Miss Nevada USA for the first time in the pageant’s history, according to reports.
July 2, 2021 Nevada's execution drugs expiring as legal battle continues Nevada prison officials say one of the drugs they originally planned to use this month in the state’s first execution of an inmate in 15 years expires July 31 and another expires six weeks after a new evidentiary hearing a judge has scheduled in October to decide if or when four-time convicted killer Zane Floyd will receive a lethal injection.
June 29, 2021 Ex-Trump DOJ gun rights researcher conned into fake Las Vegas graduation speech demands full video released A gun rights advocate conned by the parents of a teen killed in the Parkland school shooting into delivering a graduation speech for a fake Las Vegas high school class is speaking out, as John Lott tells Fox News his words were “deceptively edited” to make it seem like he’s against background checks.
June 28, 2021 Clark County sheriff launches GOP run for Nevada governor The sheriff of Nevada’s most populous and best- known county on Monday formally launched a Republican campaign for governor in the hopes of challenging Democratic incumbent Gov. Steve Sisolak in next year’s election.
June 26, 2021 Pacific Northwest bakes in historic heat wave, wildfire risks soar The Pacific Northwest is forecast to get even hotter on Saturday as a historic heat wave brings record-breaking temperatures to the region.
June 24, 2021 Liberal dark money group 1630 Fund's election wishlist boosted by Swiss billionaire Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss appears to have helped liberal organizations, including dark money group the Sixteen Thirty Fund, check off their election policy wishlist.
June 23, 2021 Reno man, who was homeless, to likely get probation in mother’s hot car death A man in Reno, Nevada, will likely not serve any jail time for the death last year of his elderly mother, who he left in a hot car while he went to work because prosecutors said there was no intent to harm her.
June 20, 2021 OJ Simpson fighting court claims that he owes $60M in civil-case judgments O.J. Simpson will keep fighting recent court orders in Nevada that he owes at least $60 million in judgments stemming from the 1994 killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, his lawyer said Friday.
June 18, 2021 Death Valley, Las Vegas smash records as heat wave in West persists A blistering heat wave lingering over the western U.S. has smashed record temperatures in multiple states, increasing wildfire danger and worsening historic and life-threatening drought.
June 18, 2021 National weather forecast: Heat continues to threaten West, tropical storm warnings issued for Gulf Coast A disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is becoming better organized and will likely evolve into a tropical or subtropical depression on Friday.