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Nevada a finalist for geothermal lab

A site within the U.S. Naval Air Station in Fallon was one of five the Department of Energy is considering for its Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy lab. California, Utah, Idaho and Oregon also are competing.

5 places you have to see between Las Vegas and Reno

Despite the sweltering heat, Nevada was named the sixth best state for a summer road trip, for the drive from Las Vegas to Reno. Here are some places to see on the 450-mile journey.

Washington Digest: Senate confirms Lynch as new AG

The U.S. Senate broke a five-month impasse last week in voting to confirm federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to become attorney general.

Hillary to bring her campaign to Nevada on May 5

Hillary Clinton will campaign in Nevada on May 5, a campaign official said Friday, demonstrating the state’s importance to winning the White House.

Pop-store selling megafight merchandise opens in downtown Las Vegas

You’re probably not going to watch the Fight of the Century in person on May 2. But at least you can buy a $35 T-shirt — 0r even a $10,000 charcoal framed pastel — at a pop-up merchandise store that opened in a downtown Las Vegas parking lot at noon Friday.

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Will Assembly serve the elite or the masses?

It’s the Nevada Assembly’s turn to be the grown-ups in Carson City when it decides whether to gut the anti-SLAPP law, which is meant to deter lawsuits filed to punish and silence critical commentary and investigative journalism.

Open U.S. Senate seat a lure to Heck, Titus

The siren call of an open seat is proving an allure to Nevada members of Congress who were not giving the U.S. Senate a second thought when incumbent Sen. Harry Reid was in line to run again.

Training ‘a joke’ for state prison officers

Officers at Southern Desert Correctional Center can relate to the challenges of watching over hundreds of inmates with insufficient staffing and equipment.

PUC wants Switch to pay $27.7M ‘exit fee’ to leave Nevada Power

Staff with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission is recommending that the data storage company Switch pay a $27.7 million “exit fee” to leave Nevada Power and secure its own electricity on the wholesale market.

Interior secretary: No protection needed for bi-state greater sage grouse

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that the bi-state population of greater sage grouse found along the California-Nevada border does not require the protection of the Endangered Species Act, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced Tuesday.

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