LAS VEGAS — EXCLUSIVE: A former Trump official running in one of this year’s crucial battleground Senate races is launching a major initiative to help end the crisis at the southern border amid his effort to oust an incumbent Democrat. Republican Nevada Senate candidate Jeff Gunter, the former U.S. ambassador to Iceland, announced Saturday his “Build the Wall, Deport Them …
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Man convicted of kidnapping girlfriend, suffocating her in Nevada desert
A Pennsylvania man who authorities say killed his girlfriend in a Nevada desert has been convicted. A jury in U.S. District Court in Nevada on Wednesday found John Matthew Chapman, 44, guilty of one count of kidnapping resulting in death, court records show. He faces life in prison at a sentencing hearing scheduled for Aug. 2. NEVADA COUPLE ACCUSED OF …
Read More »Top battleground Senate race heats up as party-backed Republican faces onslaught from former Trump official
LAS VEGAS – What is expected to be one of this year’s most closely watched Senate races has morphed into a one-sided slugfest for the Republican nomination as a well-funded former Trump official continues his relentless onslaught against the national party-backed candidate. Dr. Jeffrey Gunter, who served as former President Trump’s ambassador to Iceland, made waves in Nevada last month …
Read More »Voters in major swing state sound off on Trump trial: video
RENO, Nev. – Voters in one major swing state were not happy when asked about their views on former President Donald Trump’s ongoing criminal trial in New York City as well as the multiple other prosecutions he faces. Most of those voters, who Fox News Digital spoke to at a campaign event for Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown in Reno, …
Read More »Biden admin advances review of Nevada lithium mine despite concerns over endangered wildflower
The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of what could become the third lithium mine in the U.S., amid anticipated legal challenges from conservationists over the threat they say it poses to an endangered Nevada wildflower. The Bureau of Land Management released more than 2,000 pages of documents in a draft environmental impact statement …
Read More »Building starts on high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles area
Work is set to begin Monday on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, with officials projecting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. Brightline West, whose sister company already operates a fast train between Miami and Orlando in Florida, aims to lay 218 miles of new track between a …
Read More »Dem senator's claim downplaying border crisis resurfaces after staffer killed by illegal immigrant
Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto, D-Nev., claimed that there were “no open borders,” just two days before the migrant arrested in a deadly car accident that killed her adviser illegally entered into the U.S. In a resurfaced video from March 10, 2021, a month when Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) reported over 170,000 migrant encounters at the border, Cortez Masto is seen …
Read More »OJ Simpson cremated in Las Vegas
Former NFL running back O.J. Simpsonhas been cremated in Las Vegas following his death last week at the age of 76, the executor of his estate says. Attorney Malcolm LaVergne told Reuters that he, relatives and friends were in attendance Wednesday for the private gathering at the Palm Downtown Mortuary & Cemetery. Simpson, who famously was acquitted in the double …
Read More »911 service restored in many areas after several states hit with outages
Emergency call service has been restored in some areas where issues were reported from Wednesday into Thursday, but the cause of the failure has still not been identified. The entire state of South Dakota experienced 911 emergency call line outages, as well as parts of Nebraska, Nevada and Texas. Officials in South Dakota and Nevada told Reuters early Thursday morning …
Read More »Plumbing problem at Glen Canyon Dam threatens water supply of Colorado River system
Plumbing problems at the dam holding back the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. are spurring concerns about future water delivery issues to southwestern states supplied by the Colorado River. Federal officials recently reported damage to four tubes known as “river outlet works” at Glen Canyon Dam on the Utah-Arizona border. The dam is responsible for generating hydropower and releasing water …
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