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Plane strikes pickup truck in Reno

Nevada Highway Patrol say a small airplane with engine trouble struck a pickup truck as it made an emergency landing on a northern Nevada highway on Saturday morning, and all people involved escaped serious injury.

Ousted Washoe schools superintendent sues district

Washoe County School Superintendent Pedro Martinez is suing the school district over his ouster, and the Reno-Gazette Journal is asking the Nevada attorney general to investigate whether the School Board violated Nevada’s open meeting law.

Arizona man found guilty in slaying

A northwestern Arizona man has been convicted in the December 2012 death of another Lake Havasu City man who police say was also involved in the illegal drug trade.

Lawmakers consider amending sex offender law

Nevada’s controversial sex offender law was adopted to comply with a federal act in 2007 but remains in limbo. A halt to its enforcement remains in effect, but several bills will be submitted to the state Legislature in 2015 to amend the law.

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Nevada creates controversy for teen pageant

They crowned the wrong teen queen. Now two Nevada girls may be headed to Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Pageant in Orlando, Florida.

 
Judge wants Nevada juvenile centers’ restraining policies reviewed

A Las Vegas Family Court judge said Thursday that he wants to tour the Caliente Youth Center a week after ordering the removal of all Clark County’s juvenile offenders from a facility in Elko amid allegations of hogtying.

Lawmaker says BLM was ‘completely insane’ on Bundy standoff

Republican lawmakers on Thursday criticized the Bureau of Land Management’s handling of the April standoff with Clark County rancher Cliven Bundy, saying tensions could have been eased by local authorities rather than the BLM’s use of heavily armed agents.

Another sheriff’s boat sinks at Tahoe

For the second time in two months, Washoe County sheriff’s deputies have had to rescue one of the boats they use for search and rescues at Lake Tahoe.

VA chief: Agency ‘playing catch-up’ on women’s health

The Department of Veterans Affairs is lagging when it comes to providing health care to women veterans, the agency’s director acknowledged Thursday under questioning at a House hearing.

House bill targets homeless youth, runaways

A bill that passed the U.S. House on Wednesday seeks to bolster counselors who work with runaways and homeless young people.

Laxalt pledge: Won’t accept political gifts

Nevada GOP attorney general candidate Adam Laxalt on Wednesday pledged not to accept political gifts if elected and criticized his Democratic opponent, Ross Miller, for taking more than $70,000 in gifts while in office.

VA nominee advances; Heller votes yes

The U.S. Senate is wasting little time in advancing President Barack Obama’s pick to head the embattled Department of Veterans Affairs.

Panaca shares sesquicentennial with Nevada

Nevadans will celebrate 150 years of statehood on Oct. 31, but residents of a small town near the state’s eastern border are getting two sesquicentennials in one year.

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