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Paul Simon donates $25K to Nevada conservation group

The gift by the legendary singer-songwriter to the Friends of Nevada Wilderness was announced Tuesday and will assist the 34-year-old group’s work to preserve some of the state’s most pristine places.

California fires blanket Reno area with historic air pollution

A heavy blanket of smoke Monday from large wildfires burning in California and northern Nevada created some of the worst air pollution levels ever recorded in the Reno-Sparks area.

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Clark County sends many to death row, but executions are rare

While Nevada has struggled to execute a condemned killer who volunteered for his sentence to be carried out and as other parts of the country move away from capital punishment, Clark County jurors handed down the second most death sentences in the United States last year.

Historical railroad car finds new life in Northern Nevada

Wendell Huffman, curator of history for the Nevada State Railroad Museum, has worked for years to ensure preservation of Coach 17. Its storied past includes a role on the day in 1869 when two railroad lines joined to form the nation’s first transcontinental railroad.

2 dead after rollover crash near Primm

A man and woman are dead after a fatal rollover crash near Primm late Friday night, the first of three deaths from crashes on Southern Nevada highways in a six-hour period.

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