A man has been arrested after police say he drove his car through an apartment building on Nichols Boulevard in Sparks. Police say 30-year-old Chad Fowers had gotten into an argument with his girlfriend in the parking lot, then reversed over the curb into the side of the building inside the Green Leaf Apartment complex.…… MORE

Democratic state lawmakers are proposing Nevada workers earning the hourly minimum wage get a raise over the next five years. Senate Bill 106 would increase the minimum wage by 75 cents each year until employers who offer health insurance pay workers at least $11 an hour and those who do not offer it pay $12…… MORE

One person was injured in an officer-involved shooting on West 2nd Street, between Stevenson and Ralston. Reno Police officers originally responded to the area on the report of two men engaged in a fight, shortly before 4:30 Monday afternoon. Upon arrival, officers ordered a man holding a knife to drop it. He did not comply…… MORE

Nevada has its first ever African-American assembly speaker. He is Jason Frierson, a democrat from District 8 in Las Vegas. Frierson calls it an historic moment that sends a message that Nevada embraces all who are committed to serving. Both the Senate and the Assembly are led by black lawmakers.… MORE

People who own wells demonstrated before the Nevada Legislature convened, to protest proposed measures to regulate domestic wells that will be considered during the session. One measure would give the state engineer authority to limit domestic well use to a half-acre foot, instead of the two-acre feet under existing law, in distressed groundwater basins. Some…… MORE