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Paul Laxalt, former Nevada governor, senator, dies at 96

The son of Basque immigrants who settled in Carson City early in the 1900s, Laxalt served as governor from 1967 to 1971, was a U.S. senator from 1974 to 1986 and supported establishment of Nevada’s first community colleges and its first medical school.

Pedestrian killed in western Las Vegas crash ID’d

The Clark County coroner’s office identified the pedestrian who died after being hit by an SUV in the western Las Vegas Valley on Saturday.

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Work begins on permanent wall at Healing Garden in Las Vegas

Crews began by removing photos and mementos from the current wall and dismantling the wall’s wooden pallets, which have begun to weather in the scorching Las Vegas heat.

Las Vegas pastor killed in canoe accident remembered as selfless

Sheri and Steve Willis, both 50, were celebrating their first wedding anniversary when their canoe capsized in a river in Alaska. The two decided to take a trip to Alaska while they were on their belated honeymoon cruise in November.