LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents voted Friday to approve a lease agreement for a Nevada State University building in North Las Vegas.

The vote marked the first official step toward establishing a campus in North Las Vegas.

The North Las Vegas campus will be located in Downtown North Las Vegas at the intersection of Lake Mead Boulevard and Las Vegas Boulevard North. The planned three-story, 30,000-square-foot academic building will anchor the “NLV Gateway,” Agora Realty and Management’s 19-acre mixed-use development.

The campus will feature academic programming, workforce development opportunities and student support services. The campus is expected to serve thousands of students over the coming year, a Friday press release said.

“Our partnership with the City of North Las Vegas is a bold investment in Nevada’s future. Through an innovative public-private model, we are building a next-generation Nevada State University campus that expands access to higher education, drives workforce development, and strengthens long-term economic growth,” said Dr. Amber Lopez Lasater, acting president of Nevada State University. “This collaboration shows what’s possible when public institutions, local and state governments, and private partners come together to unlock innovation and opportunity for every learner and every family.”

The North Las Vegas Campus will be supported by significant public and private investment from the City of North Las Vegas, state leadership, NV Energy, and a generous anonymous donor, according to NSHE.

Construction on the new campus is expected to begin in spring 2026 with an anticipated opening in Fall 2027.

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – The Nevada Army National Guard hosted their groundbreaking ceremony to begin construction on the Nevada Army National Guard qualification training range.

When completed, the range will become the only department of the army approved qualification range in the state of Nevada.

The project has been in the works for years, and those who have had a hand in it say this has been a long time coming.

“I’ve been working on it for about eight years myself. And there’s a couple of the other individuals that are standing around in the background over here that have been working on it even longer. So, it’s been about 10, 12 years that we’ve been trying to get this thing together,” says Major Jacob Sanford, Deputy G3 with the NV Army National Guard.

The new range will allow Nevada soldiers to meet military marksmanship standards without having to leave the state

Since 2019, the Nevada army guard has sent more than 1,000 soldiers to neighboring states annually for marksmanship qualifying.

Which is an expensive task and keeping this in state will create economic benefits for Nevada.

“So we’re very much looking forward to what we’re gonna be able to do out here and be able to train about 12,000 soldiers a year out here. Economically, it’s gonna be a great boon for the state. We’re gonna be able to embolden the Mineral County and the Hawthorne community out here,” says Sanford.

“They’re working together, training together. It’s only going to just benefit our community of Hawthorne, our service community, our National Guard, but I would say our entire country,” says Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen, who NV Army National Guard personnel say had a major role in getting the funding necessary for this range.

Units spend up to four training days annually and. The four days equated to more than 15 percent of the unit’s allocated training days and significantly impacted on the soldiers’ ability to train on other tasks.

The new $20 million Hawthorne Army Depot Record Fire Range facility will include 16 lanes for rifle training, 15 for pistol, four machine gun lanes (up to M240) and seven buildings. Four full-time U.S. Army, federal employees will maintain operations at the range.

“It’s just one of those things that Nevadans have known, but the fact that other people are figuring it out is like, hey, we can do that out there, let’s do that,” says Congressman Mark Amodei.

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