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BLM offers $10k reward in Northern Nevada wild horse shooting

The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for shooting and killing a wild horse in October at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center near Carson City.

Nevada Legislature excuses itself from public records law

NOTE: National Sunshine Week started Sunday. The American Society of Newspaper Editors in 2005 launched the first Sunshine Week, a celebration of access to public information that has been held every year since to coincide with the March 16 birthday of James Madison, father of the U.S. Constitution and a key advocate of the Bill of Rights.

Indian Springs’ speed limit, crosswalk need re-evaluation

Anyone who has driven the rural highways of Nevada knows there are several communities where you’re best off heeding the posted speed limit. If you don’t, count on a ticket from the resulting speed trap.

Nevada judge throws out immigration lawsuit linked to Mexico grandmother

The federal government does not have to explain to a Nevada man why his wife — a grandmother and farmer in Mexico — has been denied entry to the U.S. for more than 20 years under “alien smuggling” rules, a federal judge has ruled.

Artsy kids gain opportunities to shine

For the past 20-plus years, local high school students eager to follow that star have had exactly one place to go: the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts. This school year, however, the options have expanded.

Bundy about to trade soapbox for cell block

There are times it seems Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy has spent as many years on the stump as in the saddle, pouring forth his views on federal lands and the Constitution from the dusty middle of nowhere.

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Nevada man held on firearm and bomb-making charges

Sheriff’s deputies are investigating whether a 26-year-old rural northeast Nevada man arrested with a cache of weapons and explosive devices may have any ties to extremist or terrorist groups.

Man with rifle shot by police near Reno-area highway exit

A man with a rifle who was shot and killed by police Thursday called 911 and acted erratically near businesses off a highway exit north of Reno, according to police.

Heller pursues more drone testing in Nevada, transportation options at McCarran

Nevada’s drone testing sites would have more autonomy to partner with private industry on emerging technology, and McCarran International Airport could use federal funds to build facilities that offer multiple transportation modes under provisions Sen. Dean Heller inserted into a major aviation bill.

Nevada lawmakers clear the way for test crops of hemp

Marijuana’s useful cousin hemp could soon be sprouting on test plots in Nevada after a legislative subcommittee gave final approval Thursday to regulations overseeing the pilot project.

British man living in Las Vegas indicted for fraud

A British man living in Las Vegas was indicted by a Nevada grand jury for multiple counts of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering on Wednesday, according to a release from the Department of Justice.

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