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Hof says yanking brothel license is political payback

A day after Nye County officials yanked the Love Ranch’s brothel license right off the wall, owner Dennis Hof vows he will get it back within days.

Officials to plug shafts at abandoned Las Vegas Valley mine

Starting in early April, crews will begin back-filling at least 40 mine shafts at a long-abandoned gypsum mine on county-owned land near Fort Apache and Warm Springs roads.

Nevada breaks with UNLV health clinic over patient conditions

Nevada health officials confirmed Tuesday they cut ties with UNLV’s mental health clinic, after the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported the university continued placing mentally ill clients in an unlicensed home previously closed by the state because of filthy conditions.

Trump, lawmakers reflect national divisions on gun control

Following school shooting, President Trump promised to tackle school safety and “the difficult issue of mental health” but victims’ families and some politicians want more done.

Nevada OKs $5.1M legal contract for Yucca Mountain fight

The state Board of Examiners approved the expenditure this week after the head of Nevada’s Nuclear Projects Agency said the state lacks the expertise in dealing with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission to do the work itself.

Nevada brothel owner files 1st Amendment suit

“Instead of carving penises into rocks and public roads,” Hof created a yellow and black, diamond-shaped “Lovers at Play” street sign directing traffic toward his Nye County brothels so customers would not get lost on their pursuit of satisfying lust, the complaint states.

 
EPA chief says he is disarming agency ‘weaponized’ by Obama

EPA chief Scott Pruitt said the Trump administration is “righting the wrongs” of President Barack Obama by reversing regulations designed to “weaponize” the agency and punish the fossil fuel industry.

Obscure federal rule erased apostrophes from place names

Something is clearly missing at such natural wonders as Angels Landing, Devils Hole and Dantes View, but unless you’re a grammar teacher or a copy editor you probably never noticed.