Federal authorities are expanding their cremains investigation after more than 300 piles of cremated human remains were discovered scattered across the Nevada desert outside Las Vegas.
The future of the Thacker Pass lithium mine—the largest planned lithium project in the United States located in northern Nevada—now hangs in the balance after Department of Energy officials cast doubt on its viabilit
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo officially launched his 2026 re-election campaign on Monday, warning voters that the Nevada Way is on the line if Democrats retake the governor’s office.
A man attending the Burning Man festival in Nevada was found dead Saturday night in what authorities are investigating as a homicide. The discovery was made as the festival’s iconic wooden effigy was set ablaze in Black Rock City.
Burning Man’s infamous “Orgy Dome”—a decades-old staple of the countercultural festival—was destroyed by high winds sweeping through Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, organizers confirmed on August 24. The structure, promoted as a “sex-positive” space, has been a controversial fixture at the event since 2003.
A powerful dust storm tore through the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert over the weekend, blasting tents, toppling art installations, and triggering a wave of safety concerns. Wind gusts reaching 52 mph battered campsites on Saturday, as thousands of attendees gathered at Black Rock City for the annual countercultural event.
Thirty-four hospitals across 13 Nevada counties are bracing for nearly $232 million in losses as federal Medicaid reductions take effect under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The cuts follow the disenrollment of approximately 115,000 Nevadans from the state’s Medicaid program, a move Republicans say is aimed at reining in decades of explosive entitlement growth.
Nevada has officially launched the Nevada Employees Saving Trust (NEST), a state-sponsored retirement savings program aimed at helping private-sector workers without access to employer-provided retirement plans. The program is expected to benefit an estimated 593,000 employees across the state.
