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Annual list of unclaimed property in Nevada due out Tuesday

The Nevada State Treasurer will release its yearly unclaimed property list in several of Nevada’s newspapers this month, with the Las Vegas Review-Journal publishing the list Tuesday.

Payers of gas tax hike not only ones on hook for Las Vegas water park signals

Among the burning questions that emerged a few weeks ago when it was announced with great fanfare that traffic signals would be built in the vicinity of the Wet ‘n’ Wild water park in southwest Las Vegas was why are taxpayers on the hook for the cost and what took Clark County so long to get around to dealing with the traffic issue.

Chinese immigrants helped build, feed early Nevada

On a stroll down Spring Mountain Road, there are many ways to immerse yourself in the Asian cultures it represents. The area is known as Chinatown, but it’s home to Korean, Thai, Vietnamese and Japanese eateries, shops and cultural amenities.

Elko-area mines still thriving despite continued slide in gold prices

The state’s mining industry might be taking a hit right now due to low gold prices, but walk through the Northern Nevada city of Elko on any weekday morning about 6 a.m. and you wouldn’t know it.

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Oil, gas project OK’d on Northern Nevada sage grouse land

Federal land managers have approved an oil and gas project involving hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in a portion of northeast Nevada identified by state wildlife officials as essential habitat for the imperiled greater sage grouse.

Feds to help keep bistate sage grouse off threatened list

The Obama administration is launching an effort to accelerate protection of sage grouse along the California-Nevada line with $31 million in spending through 2024 to help ranchers and others improve habitat in what one top official says might be the best, last chance to keep the bistate population off the list of threatened species.

For a Las Vegas teen, World Cup trip is a wish come true

As a child, Tavori Lockhart could always be found on the field kicking a ball around, dreaming of becoming a professional soccer player. But all of that changed two years ago when the 17-year-old from Las Vegas was diagnosed with hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy. Tavori’s soccer career was over. But he can still watch.

Report: Nevada repository missing thousands of criminal records

A study has found more than 800,000 criminal cases, some going back 20 years, that have not been forwarded by Nevada law enforcement agencies and the courts for entry into the state criminal information repository.

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