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Few laws govern children at shooting range
 

An instructor’s death at the Last Stop outdoor shooting range in White Hills, Ariz., has raised questions about allowing young children access to automatic weapons at firing ranges.

Reimbursements up for treating mentally ill in Nevada

Nevada officials on Wednesday received the green light from federal officials on a crucial part of the plan to reduce the number of mentally ill patients seeking treatment at valley emergency rooms.

 
Arizona shooting range reopened after fatal shooting

An outdoor shooting range in northwest Arizona where a 9-year-old girl mortally wounded an instructor Monday is open for business, its operator said Wednesday.

Politicians hate ‘corporate inversions,’ but fix elusive

Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., and a Republican congressman who are members of the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday suggested Congress get serious about reforming the nation’s corporate tax policies to keep American companies in the United States.

 
Death Valley’s moving rocks caught in the act

For decades, people have puzzled over Racetrack Playa in Death Valley, where hundreds of rocks weighing as much as 700 pounds roam across the surface of the dry lake bed.

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Board takes no action to repeal opinion on HOA fees

A state board that oversees the operation of Nevada’s common interest communities voted Wednesday to take no action to repeal its advisory opinion that says collection and attorney costs can be recovered as part of a super priority lien for homeowner dues in foreclosure cases.

Nevada legislators OK $1.4 million to fight Yucca

A panel of lawmakers on Wednesday approved nearly $1.4 million to continue Nevada’s fight against Yucca Mountain despite the nuclear waste repository project being described by some critics as “the walking dead.”

Rain delay doesn’t dampen enthusiasm for Burning Man

Burning Man organizers announce end to rain delay and welcome attendees to the weeklong Northern Nevada rave in the wilderness. By midmorning Tuesday all but a few dozen of the RVs were back on the road again, and by most accounts, no worse for the wear.

Chaltiel, businessman, mayoral candidate dies at 72

Victor Chaltiel, a businessman and member of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. board of directors, who ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Las Vegas, died of cancer Monday.

Nevada inmate dies in apparent suicide

An inmate died in a suspected suicide Sunday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.

Arizona warns of weekend I-15 delays

PHOENIX — Arizona transportation officials are warning motorists traveling on Interstate 15 in the northwest corner of Arizona over the Labor Day weekend to expect traffic delays and to allow extra travel time.

Rain delays Burning Man festival

BLACK ROCK DESERT — Thousands of Burning Man enthusiasts are on the outside looking in after a rare batch of heavy rain forced organizers to temporarily close entry to the counterculture event in the desert 90 miles north of Reno.

Nevada activists protest Missouri police shooting

RENO, Nev. — Local activists and leaders of the NAACP in Nevada joined the call on Monday for the immediate arrest of a Ferguson police officer who shot and killed an unarmed 18-year-old Missouri man more than two weeks ago, triggering raucous street protests and police patrols in the St. Louis suburb.

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