Reading test scores plummet for CCSD students

Clark County School District officials blamed more rigorous state tests for a significant decline in reading proficiency rates at the middle and high school levels.

Heck lays out plan for Henderson mine cleanup

To reclaim the long-abandoned Three Kids Mine in Henderson, technicians will need to deal with sheer cliff open pits as deep as 400 feet and waste ponds up to 60 feet deep filled with more than a million cubic yards of poisonous tailings.

Convicted ex-CSN official allowed bail

The state Supreme Court has allowed bail for the former construction chief of the College of Southern Nevada while he appeals his August 2010 conviction for stealing building material and equipment from the school to build a million-dollar home near Mount Charleston.

Firefighters gaining upper hand against two blazes

Firefighters fully contained the 29-acre Gritty Gulch wildland fire at the Nevada National Security Site and crews were expected to have the 45-acre La Madre fire in Red Rock Canyon controlled late Thursday, authorities said.

Lady Gaga’s YouTube account is suspended

NEW YORK — Even one of online video’s biggest stars isn’t immune to copyright claims.

New Mexico man accused of handing out semen-tainted yogurt

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico man indicted on charges that he handed out yogurt samples tainted with semen at a grocery store has made his initial appearance in federal court.

Record 208 pounds of meth seized in bust

Like some scene from a Martin Scorsese movie, 208 pounds of methamphetamine covered the table, heaped high in bulging zipper bags and stacked plastic containers. A shotgun and five handguns, one with a silencer, topped the pile.

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