Occupy group facing internal squabbling, end of permit

Clark County management will not renew a permit for the Occupy Las Vegas encampment once it expires Feb. 20.
The decision comes days after internal squabbling among protesters made a splash online.

Marine from Pahrump dies in Afghanistan

The week before he was killed Sunday in an electric generator accident in Afghanistan, Marine Cpl. Jon-Luke Bateman, of Pahrump, wrote on his Facebook page that he was “back now loving life in some freakin’ heat” because where he had been was too “cold for my taste.”

Valley to see strong winds, dust as storm moves in Saturday

High winds are expected to stir up dust in the valley Saturday, Clark County air quality officials said. Blowing dust is expected through the afternoon, according to an advisory issued Friday by the Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management.

Ex-Henderson councilwoman sues Sisolak as charity’s troubles continue

Former Henderson City Councilwoman Kathleen Vermillion has filed a lawsuit that accuses Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak, her ex-boyfriend and a major contributor to the charity she founded, of disseminating her personal health records.

29 homes lost in Reno fire; 2,000 evacuated

Reno hasn’t seen a winter this dry in more than 120 years. So residents welcomed a forecast that a storm was due to blow across the Sierra Nevada this week.

Wisconsin recall webcam so boring it’s mesmerizing

MADISON, Wis. — You know you live in a state consumed by politics when a webcam showing bureaucrats silently shuffling around a nondescript room feeding papers into a scanner attracts tens of thousands of viewers.

Illinois man didn’t know he’d shot nail into his brain

ORLAND PARK, Ill. — A suburban Chicago man thought the errant nail that discharged from the gun he was working with had whizzed by his head. Instead, it was lodged in his brain.

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