It was on Nov. 8, 1864, that Nevadans cast their ballots for the first time in a U.S. presidential election, exactly 152 years ago today. Republican President Abraham Lincoln was fighting for re-election against Democrat George McClellan, a former Union general running on a peace platform, when the Silver State joined the Union barely a week earlier, on the date now known as Nevada Day, October 31.

It was on Nov. 8, 1864, that Nevadans cast their ballots for the first time in a U.S. presidential election, exactly 152 years ago today. Republican President Abraham Lincoln was fighting for re-election against Democrat George McClellan, a former Union general running on a peace platform, when the Silver State joined the Union barely a week earlier, on the date now known as Nevada Day, October 31.

Once the last campaign speeches are made, and the final votes are counted, what then? The United States will have a new president-elect but, after a corrosive campaign, will the American people easily accept the outcome?

Roughly 290 million years before rancher Cliven Bundy brought international attention to the Gold Butte area, an early reptile the size of a baby crocodile left its own lasting impressions there. A team of researchers from UNLV recently announced the discovery of fossilized footprints 60 million years older than the earliest dinosaurs on a slab of sandstone about 115 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

Americans are voting in huge numbers on Election Day. More than 130 million Americans will decide if Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will be the 45th president of the United States, and turnout across the country will be a huge factor in the outcome.

Early voting here in Clark County ends this Friday, but on Tuesday, students across the country participated in mock elections. Decisions at the ballot box they say will have a major impact on their lives too.
“It is a very difficult decision,” said student, Luis Escobar.

What was the most alarming of all the alarming moments in the unprecedented 2016 presidential campaign? Here’s a possibility: October 19, two-thirds of the way through the third presidential debate in Las Vegas, when Donald Trump, the strangest Republican presidential candidate ever, refused to say whether he would accept the result of the election if he lost.

What was the most alarming of all the alarming moments in the unprecedented 2016 presidential campaign? Here’s a possibility: October 19, two-thirds of the way through the third presidential debate in Las Vegas, when Donald Trump, the strangest Republican presidential candidate ever, refused to say whether he would accept the result of the election if he lost.

The staff of the Rebel Yell, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ student newspaper, has launched an Internet donation drive to survive after budget cuts. Meanwhile, the paper is under pressure to change its name, which some students have called a reminder of Civil War-era racism.