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Conservation groups sue feds to protect bistate sage grouse

A coalition of conservation groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal court challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s failure to protect the imperiled bistate sage grouse in California and Nevada under the Endangered Species Act.

Las Vegas police ready for Bundy demonstration

Las Vegas police will have a presence Thursday when Cliven Bundy supporters rally outside the federal courthouse, according to Undersheriff Kevin McMahill.

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Judge dismisses defamation lawsuit against state bar

A federal judge has dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed in 2014 by Las Vegas attorney David Phillips against the State Bar of Nevada.

Voting rights group threatens Nevada with possible DMV lawsuit

Voting rights advocates said Monday they have sent a pre-litigation notice letter to Nevada officials, warning that the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles is failing to meet its federally mandated voter registration obligations.

Bundy supporters plan courthouse rally in Las Vegas this week

Cliven Bundy’s family is using social media to plan a rally outside the federal courthouse on Thursday before his arraignment on felony charges stemming from the April 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement near Bunkerville.

Reno-area woman arrested for stabbing dog to death

Washoe County sheriff’s detectives have arrested a Reno-area woman suspected of stabbing and bludgeoning her dog to death to avoid having to pay veterinary fees to euthanize the animal.

Woman gets life in prison without parole in death of husband, a Nellis airman

Calling her crime “incredibly unfathomable,” a judge on Thursday sentenced Michelle Paet to life in prison without the possibility of parole for orchestrating a plot that left her husband, Nathan Paet, dying in his blood-soaked Air Force fatigues in front of their four children.

 
14 more Bundy Bunkerville suspects indicted

Fourteen more people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Las Vegas in connection with the April 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement near the Bunkerville ranch of Cliven Bundy.

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