Las Vegas police, not gunman, shot victim in Rio incident

Lazareo Jones sprinted for his life. With gunfire behind him at the Rio parking garage, he ran toward the casino doors, where a group of Las Vegas police officers were waiting.

Sheriff’s video asserts DA’s move for grand jury is ‘mistake’

Five days after rebuffing requests from news media and a top police union official, the Metropolitan Police Department on Friday released an internal video of Sheriff Doug Gillespie opposing the district attorney’s decision to have a grand jury review a controversial deadly police shooting.

Week 8: Green Valley runs past Las Vegas, 43-14

Go to nevadapreps.com for updates on some of the biggest prep football games tonight, including Green Valley at Las Vegas and Desert Oasis at Legacy.

Latino rights group alleges voter intimidation in Nevada

It’s not a widespread problem, but a few instances of voter intimidation have been reported in Nevada, enough to cause a California-based Latino rights group to ask Secretary of State Ross Miller to investigate.

Parts of real Fremont Cannon found near Nevada border

An archaeologist with the U.S. Forest Service and a curator at the Nevada State Museum both say that five parts of the Fremont Cannon have been discovered in a creek near the West Walker River, just inside the California state line, north of Bridgeport, Calif.

Guatemala immigrant sentenced in Bullhead City slaying

An illegal immigrant from Guatemala was given a 16-year prison sentence Friday for killing another man who had an affair with his girlfriend in Bullhead City, Ariz.

Heller debate phrase ‘these people’ draws Democratic criticism

The U.S. Senate campaigns for Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., tussle over “these people,” a phrase Heller used at Thursday night’s debate to refer to Hispanics.

Entity that purchased Wayne Newton’s property placed in bankruptcy

CSD LLC, the entity that purchased entertainer Wayne Newton’s Casa de Shenandoah ranch in June 2010 and began renovating it into a Graceland in the desert, was placed in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings Friday after months of legal and internal bickering among the owners.

Plan to streamline solar development in West OK’d

Federal officials on Friday approved a plan that sets aside 285,000 acres of public land for the development of large-scale solar power plants, cementing a new government approach to renewable energy development in the West, including Nevada, after years of delays and false starts.

Tahoe development project loses appeals court case

A federal appeals court has sided with a conservation group in its appeal over regulators’ approval of a major residential development at Lake Tahoe.

Arguments heard on Nevada education tax petition challenge

A judge declined Friday to make an immediate decision on whether the Nevada State Education Association can continue circulating its petition to impose a 2 percent business margins tax to raise funds for public education.

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