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CCSD overhaul plan gets first of three critical votes
 

A controversial plan to overhaul the Clark County School District cleared one of three critical votes late Tuesday as a bipartisan group of state lawmakers granted their unanimous approval to a final set of regulations needed to set the plan in motion.

Sections of I-15 closed as more than 82,000 people flee Southern California wildfire

A new wildfire spread Tuesday at a staggering pace through drought-parched canyons east of Los Angeles, growing to 10 square miles in a matter of hours and forcing the shutdown of a section of Interstate 15, the main highway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

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Henderson police receive three-year contract extension

Henderson City Council approved on Tuesday a three-year contract extension for police officers that will cost the city $3.5 million through 2018.

Nevada is out of the execution business, at least for now

Nevada has dozens of killers on death row, but should any of their appeals bottom out, it would be impossible to do away with any of them. That’s because a pharmaceutical company is no longer supplying one essential drug.

Milwaukee turns to curfew to tamp down violence

The neighborhood rocked by violent protests after a black officer fatally shot a black man was calmer after police pledged to strictly enforce a curfew for teenagers in Milwaukee, the latest place where authorities have invoked decades-old, often little-enforced laws to try to tamp down unrest.

1 person injured, fire contained on Tahoe paddle wheeler

Fire ripped through the upper deck of a docked tourist cruise boat under repair at Lake Tahoe on Tuesday, injuring one worker on board before crews contained the blaze on the popular paddle wheeler.

Harry Reid voices concerns about recreational pot ballot question

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Tuesday voiced serious concerns about Question 2, the Nevada referendum on the Nov. 8 ballot that could legalize recreational use of marijuana for adults over 21 years of age.