Sources: BBC
In ice hockey, the first day of the draft for the National Hockey League is held at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., with the San Jose Sharks selecting Macklin Celebrini with the first overall pick. 2024-06-28
Heavy flooding at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, United States, kills one person and leaves tens of thousands of people stranded in the Black Rock Desert. Organizers close the festival to vehicles after the death was reported. 2023-09-3
President of the United States Joe Biden designates two new national monuments, Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada and Castner Range in Texas. 2023-03-21
Flash flooding occurs on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. 2022-07-28
Nevada reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant in a person who travelled from South Africa to Reno and who later began showing symptoms of COVID-19. 2021-02-18
A fire at an apartment building in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, kills six people and injures thirteen others. 2019-12-21
Stephen Paddock's former neighbors in Reno, Nevada, describe him as having a possible gambling problem. 2017-10-2
Notable propositions are passed in several states including legal recreational marijuana in California, Massachusetts, and Nevada; medical marijuana in Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota; tougher firearms restrictions in California and Washington state; physician assisted suicide in Colorado, and the reimposition of capital punishment in Nebraska. 2016-11-9
Armed militiamen, including members of the Bundy family of Nevada, take over and occupy the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon following a peaceful rally in support of Dwight and Steve Hammond, who were convicted of arson in 2012 for setting fires on public land adjacent to their property. 2016-01-2
A gunman is dead after shooting and killing one person and wounding two others at the Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, United States. 2013-12-17