Statewide requirements to help prevent copper wire theft will become law on Jan. 1 despite a lawsuit by the scrap metal workers claiming the legislation will effectively shut down their industry. The ...

A lawsuit has been filed against the state, saying that a new law intended to prevent costly copper wire thefts will unintentionally shut down the state’s scrap metal industry if it goes into effect ...

Clark County is implementing new rules on scrap metal recycling as part ... Naft said that thieves had stolen more than 1 million feet of copper wire within the county since 2022, “leaving ...