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National Park Service announces fee hikes for parks

Starting June 1, all 117 fee-collecting parks will charge an extra $5 for admission, including Lake Mead, Death Valley, GrandCanyon, Zion and other park sites in the Las Vegas vicinity.

Get in free at Red Rock Canyon on Presidents Day

The Bureau of Land Management is waiving entrance fees Monday at the popular park 17 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip.

Man who fled Las Vegas shooting is killed by hit-and-run driver

Roy McClellan, who had worked odd jobs, had good days and he had bad days before the festival, his wife said. But the shooting’s aftermath was a blow, worsening his existing troubles. Then, on Nov. 17, she learned he’d been killed. A driver on State Route 160 in Pahrump hit him and sped away.

 
Runners brave lonely Nevada road during marathon near Area 51

About 600 people raced along a lonely stretch of highway to compete in the 11th annual Extra Terrestrial Full Moon Midnight Marathon and related races that began at midnight Saturday in Rachel, about two hours north of Las Vegas.

 
Police horses train for stints at Laughlin River Run

On Wednesday afternoon, officers gathered at a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police stable near Horseman’s Park and began shoeing their steeds, not with horseshoes, but with stabilizing booties.