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Secret Las Vegas airline posted job ad for trips to Area 51

A U.S. military contractor made headlines this week after posting a “help wanted” ad for a flight attendant job on Janet Air, which flies between McCarran airport and certain, ahem, undisclosed locations in Nevada and elsewhere.

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Nevada has science edge if Yucca Mountain licensing resumes

The Department of Energy’s Yucca Mountain program was defunded and dismantled under President Barack Obama, leaving only a handful of scientists from the hundreds who once worked on the project.

Cutting-edge VA outpatient clinic opens in Pahrump

New $12.1 million, 15,000-square-foot facility will better serve area’s growing veteran population, CEO of the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System says.

Congress rejects raid on Filipino veterans fund

A plan by the Department of Veterans Affairs to redirect $35 million from a Filipino veterans fund to help bail out a troubled hospital project outside Denver was rejected by Congress on Thursday.

More Nevada troops deployed despite drawdown

Although the drawndown of troops in Afghanistan is bringing most American military personnel home with the expected end to U.S.-led combat operations in December, more citizen-soldiers from Nevada are being tasked with overseas deployments.