WASHINGTON -- Despite pronouncements that the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site is as good as dead when Barack Obama becomes president, the Energy Department project director cautioned today against throwing dirt on the grave just yet.

Nevada’s college students won’t see a tuition increase this year, higher education officials said today.

Bank of America increased its lead this year in Nevada and accounted for almost one of every four dollars deposited in the state, data compiled by SNL Financial show.

A judge denied former professional body-builder Craig Titus’ request for a lower sentence today.

A conservative Nevada think tank today turned up the heat on the public agency charged with promoting Las Vegas.

Representatives for Nevada's Nuclear Projects Agency, the state attorney general's office and the city of Las Vegas urged the Surface Transportation Board today to suspend its review of federal plans to build a rail line to haul nuclear waste to a proposed repository at Yucca Mountain.