A new Nevada commission says the celebration of America’s 250th birthday will stretch from Jan. 1 to July 4, 2026, and will ...

Efforts to advance the recognition and education of Juneteenth Day hit a snag last week when Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed ...

Free HIV testing is available in Las Vegas for National HIV Testing Day, emphasizing the importance of knowing one's status ...

Isabella Aldrete, the Nevada Independent It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been ...

The Indy breaks down the biggest issues of the 2025 legislative session in our Nevada Policy Tracker. Nevada’s 2025 ...

Who knows why some of us are here today and why some of us had our name on the Vietnam Wall” -- Bob Holmes, Vietnam veteran ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies on the Hill, Trump grapples with the Israel-Iran conflict, and the Supreme Court ...

Yet in Nevada, the day is observed on August 9. A bill in the State Legislature would have brought Nevada’s Indigenous Peoples Day in line with the national observance.

Claire Thomas (D-North Las Vegas) sponsored AB140 to establish Juneteenth as a paid day off for state, county and city workers. The bill was signed into law that month by Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, ...