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Audit uncovers problems in Nevada youth care agencies

A state audit on Wednesday uncovered a slew of problems at taxpayer-funded foster homes, a youth mental hospital and a juvenile correctional center, including unsafe medication management and weak training policies.

Clark County demands answers from WestCare in funding dispute

Clark County commissioners appeared frustrated Tuesday when representatives of WestCare, a national nonprofit addiction treatment group threatening to close its Las Vegas clinic, couldn’t answer questions about funding and care.

Las Vegas Valley in violation of new federal limits on smog

The Environmental Protection Agency designation could lead to stripping of federal highway money and takeover of local clean-air programs by the EPA, but local official says such actions are a long way off.