"Reno's driving me nuts," said the homeless drifter who went by the name Angel. "Every night that I'm out here, the meth heads are everywhere. They'll steal anything. Anything."

Two grocery-store chains are calling it quits.

What happens in China doesn't stay in China.

Acres of vineyards and quaint wineries probably don’t come to mind when most people think of Nevada. But that could change, thanks to a new state law allowing wineries in population hubs, such as Clark County.

Hot on the heels of San Francisco and Seattle, Los Angeles became the most recent city on the West Coast to pass a $15-an-hour minimum wage.

Economic growth in Nevada is accelerating faster than the U.S., economic analysts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Center for Business and Economic Research, said Thursday, but housing remains tight and the state trails woefully in advanced industry.