Nevada authorities are accusing the political advocacy group ACORN and two former employees of illegally paying canvassers to sign up new voters last year.

The 26 U.S. cities with the worst foreclosure problems are concentrated in four states _ California, Florida, Arizona and Nevada, a report released Wednesday shows.

Things were already bad for Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons. His approval ratings were down, he was tagged as one of the nation’s most vulnerable governors and fellow Republicans were lining up to challenge him in a primary more than a year away.

Solar manufacturer First Solar Inc. said Wednesday it will build the largest photovoltaic power plant in the U.S. near an existing facility in Nevada.

Advocates of a lottery in the nation’s No. 1 gambling state have faced a long run of bad luck in getting Nevada legislators to back the idea _ but they’re betting the time is right for one more attempt.

Nevada sports books have picked North Carolina as a slight favorite to win the NCAA tournament this year, assuming point guard Ty Lawson is OK to play.

Utah State benched its mascot for Saturday night’s championship game between the Aggies and Nevada a day after “Big Blue” the bull and New Mexico State’s “Pistol Pete” got physical with each other near the end of a semifinal matchup in the Western Athleti

Energy Secretary Steven Chu sought Wednesday to assure skeptical senators that the Obama administration supports continued development of nuclear energy, even as it backs away from building a nuclear waste dump in Nevada.

Police in suburban Las Vegas say officers fatally shot a man in a hospital emergency room after he brandished a gun and threatened suicide.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Thursday the proposed Yucca Mountain site in Nevada no longer is an option for storing highly radioactive nuclear waste, brushing aside criticism from several Republican lawmakers.