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Deadline coming to sign up for Nevada health insurance option

There are five days left to sign up for a plan on the state of Nevada’s Affordable Care Act exchange, but so far, the health insurance option isn’t as popular among consumers as it was last year.

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Melvin Dummar dead: Supposedly rescued Howard Hughes in Nevada desert

Melvin Dummar has died. He won fame for supposedly rescuing Howard Hughes from the Central Nevada desert in December 1967, but he never saw a dime of the billionaire’s fortune, despite a disputed will that named him as a beneficiary.

Colleges step up to help students of closed Brightwood College

At least three area institutions are stepping up to help students who were displaced by last week’s sudden closure of Brightwood College, a private for-profit nursing school.