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National landmark Hoover Dam sees fewer tourists

The last two years have marked the lowest attendance in at least a decade at Hoover Dam, with just over 720,000 paid visitors in 2015 and fewer than 696,000 in 2014.

3 local issues highlight Board of Regents two-day meeting

Nevada’s higher education board will gather in Reno on Thursday to consider a wide range of issues facing the state’s public colleges, making decisions that affect everything from class offerings and student tuition to presidential hires and school construction.

Metro investigates body found in Laughlin

Las Vegas homicide detectives are investigating a dead body found in Laughlin early Wednesday morning.

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Federal court backs Reno ruling regarding Burning Man bus-turned-ship

A used school bus is still a bus, even if it was elaborately transformed into a 16th-century Spanish galleon that sailed Northern Nevada’s desert sands before being torched for scrap when left on private property.

Navy research prompts FAA to issue GPS alert

What the Navy describes as routine research at a weapons station in Southern California has prompted the FAA to issue an alert to civilian aviators.

State board approves $1.6M for Nevada Corrections Department

A state board Tuesday approved $1.6 million in funding and contracts sought by the Nevada Corrections Department to cover a deficit in inmate medical costs, staff a unit at a Southern Nevada women’s prison and certify kosher meals for inmates on religious diets.

Sandoval says his vote for Trump not absolute after remarks about judge

Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday his vote for Donald Trump as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is not absolute and voiced increasing concerns about the billionaire’s outspoken criticism against ethnic groups.

7 decades later, Nevada WWII vet awarded Purple Heart

More than seven decades after he fought in the Battle of the Bulge, a 92-year-old World War II veteran from northern Nevada has been awarded the Purple Heart.

Passenger-carrying drone company will test in Nevada

The nation’s first passenger-carrying drone manufacturing company is coming to Las Vegas. The Chinese company, EHang Inc. is developing a drone that is capable of carrying passengers.

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