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Suspect in Pahrump incident arrested in Las Vegas

A 29-year-old man was arrested in Las Vegas on Friday in connection with Oct. 2 activities that resulted in the lockdown of one school and reports of guns at two others in Nye County.

 
In Las Vegas, Al Gore says renewable energy economy ‘taking off’

The Strip was hit by “An Inconvenient Truth” Friday, as former Vice President Al Gore opened the National Clean Energy Conference in Las Vegas with an alarming vision of an unfolding global climate crisis.

Nevadans sue Governor Sandoval over gun background check law

A lawsuit has been filed against Gov. Brian Sandoval over the state’s failure to implement a private gun sale background check approved by voters in November 2016.

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Washoe County sees 1st deadly case of hantavirus since 1995

Washoe County health official says unidentified male resident likely contracted disease while working in an enclosed area, garage, barn or shed where mouse droppings or urine was present.

Suspect arrested in triple slaying in northern Nevada

The ex-boyfriend of a 46-year-old Nevada woman killed in a triple slaying east of Carson City has been arrested in California as a suspect in the homicides in Silver Springs.

Marijuana confiscated in Nye County bust buried in desert

Authorities seized nearly 2,400 marijuana plants from an illegal growing operation in northern Nye County late last month and airlifted them so they could be buried in the desert, it was announced Wednesday.

NPS preps low-water plan for Lake Mead’s worst-case scenario

The park service is developing a low-water plan to address access and infrastructure issues should the surface of Lake Mead fall another 130 feet to levels never before contemplated.

Nevada officials OK $9.2M deal to ship inmates to Arizona

The Nevada Board of Examiners on Tuesday approved a $9.2 million contract with a private corrections company that will allow the state to send 200 inmates to an Arizona prison.

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