Nevada Highway Patrol

Cell Phone Use While Driving Continues

The Nevada Highway Patrol is stepping up efforts to nab drivers who talk or text on their hand-held cellphones.

2013/04/16

NHP Staff To Increase Despite Salary Restrictions

The Nevada Highway Patrol is training 50 potential recruits in hopes of filling some of the 77 vacant positions in the agency.

2013/02/19

Troopers Begin “Zero Tolerance” On I-15

Drivers along I-15 between Primm and Las Vegas will see more troopers on the road. The Nevada Highway Patrol is targeting violators from the California state line to Sin City.

2013/01/02

Police Targeting Impaired Drivers

Law enforcement officers are putting in more overtime to catch drivers under the influence this Halloween.

2012/10/26

Man Charged In Fatal Hit-And-Run

The driver accused of fleeing the scene of a fatal accident in Las Vegas has been arrested and charged in the five-vehicle crash that killed one person and injured two others on I-215 near Sahara.

KXNT Newsradio–2012/09/23

Four Dead After Fiery Crash

Four people have been killed in a fiery crash involving a trailer hauling livestock in northern Nevada on U.S. Highway 50 east of Dayton.

2012/08/14

File photo of police car and lights. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Head-On Freeway Crash Injures Two

Traffic on northbound U.S. 95 is back to normal after an overnight accident that left two people hurt.

2012/08/07

NHP Finds Second Body At Hoover Dam

Authorities responding to a suicidal man who fell from a Hoover Dam bypass bridge say an unrelated dead body was found nearby around the same time.

2012/07/13

Tire Separation Causes Deadly Accident

A separated tire is being blamed for a deadly accident south of Las Vegas. The Nevada Highway Patrol says an SUV going north on I-15 near the Sloan exit went out of control yesterday afternoon and flipped over.

2012/06/21