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Review-Journal visual journalist wins Emmy for dance group video

Members of the dance group Brothers are Radically Superb (BARS) don’t want to be in a gang, so they choose dance. “Not everyone has to face that kind of a decision,” said Rachel Aston, a Las Vegas Review-Journal visual journalist who took home an Emmy on Saturday night for her video, “Brothers Are Radically Superb.”

Nevada board gives up supermajority rule for switching unions

A state board overseeing worker elections of unions said it will change its 13-year-old policy that a supermajority is needed for one union to oust another, noting that it was “a failed experiment.”

Machine drills 3-mile tunnel under Lake Mead — PHOTOS

The American and Italian flags hang from the front of a tunneling machine that just finished drilling a three-mile tunnel under Lake Mead and into a water intake structure placed at the bottom of the reservoir in 2012.

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Nevada pursues Route 160 widening project

Nevada highway officials hope the era of car crashes, injury accidents, road rage and misery on the road to Pahrump is nearing an end.

Las Vegas man found innocent 8 years later

Victor Villalta waited eight years to prove in court he was innocent of sexually assaulting two girls, 6- and 9-year-old sisters in Las Vegas. Now he’s a free man.

Henderson constable’s salary a mystery

Henderson Township Constable Earl Mitchell’s salary is something of a mystery, even though he’s an elected official.

Dead 3-month-old Las Vegas girl identified

A 3-month-old girl who died in the the southeast valley on Friday night has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Rhylee Brown.

 
Thousands honor slain Las Vegas police officer Igor Soldo

Thousands — many in uniform — gathered Thursday to bid farewell to officer Igor Soldo at Canyon Ridge Christian Church, 6200 W. Lone Mountain Road, one of two Las Vegas police officers ambushed and killed Sunday while having lunch.

Report: Highway fund shortfall would lead to congestion, job losses

Nevada drivers will have to live with increasing road congestion and multi-year delays to critical highway projects if Congress does not act by September to address a looming federal highway funding shortfall, state officials were told Monday.

Nevada GOP drops platforms against abortions, gay marriage, endorses Sandoval

Amid raucous debate, Nevada Republican Party conventioneers on Saturday stripped opposition to gay marriage and abortion from the party platform and endorsed Gov. Brian Sandoval for governor in the June 10 primary despite misgivings by conservatives, his criticism of the process and his absence from the meeting.