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Northern Nevada man badly burned trying to make hash oil

The victim was hospitalized with third-degree burns aftera fire broke out at a Gardnerville apartment where he was trying to manufacture hash oil using a risky butane extraction process, authorities say.

Public hearings begin on expansion of Nellis bombing range

Sessions to gather input on the plan to expand the Nevada Test and Training Range by 301,507 acres are planned in Caliente, Alamo, North Las Vegas, Beatty and Tonopah starting Wednesday.

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Nevada wants to improve water management from Humboldt River Basin

The Nevada Division of Water Resources is working to better allocate and manage the amount of water that’s allowed to be withdrawn from northeast Nevada’s Humboldt River Basin, where demand currently exceeds supply.

Teacher evaluation process evolving in Nevada

The scoring scheme used to rate the performance of educators in Nevada should not change this year in order to bring an element of consistency to a system that’s been in perpetual flux, an advisory group says.

Congress expected to hold hearings on dismissal of Bundy case

GOP lawmakers, the Trump administration and Democrats were sharply divided over public land use and a Nevada standoff between federal law enforcement and a militia led by Cliven Bundy before he was freed from jail. Now those positions have hardened and the battle is moving to Congress.

Desert tortoise faces uncertain future amid Bundy conflict

In 1990, federal officials listed the Mojave Desert species as threatened across its range, touching off a series of new regulations and initiatives aimed at saving the long-lived reptile.

Inmate serving life sentence dies at Carson City prison

Nathan F. Kimmel was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the October 1976 stabbing deaths of Harold Wilson and Ralph Alfonzo, two black convicts.

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