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Anonymous campaign mailers strike Nevada candidates again

Nevada Assembly candidate Gary Fisher made a choice not to respond to anonymous and apparently illegal mailers and phone calls that resurrected his past battling drugs and alcohol, and it might have cost him a primary election win.

Repeat offenders called too much for Nevada mental health program to help them

A new Nevada law aimed at mentally ill offenders who keep tying up the criminal justice system because they won’t stay on their medications isn’t being used for those considered too noncompliant, and a Clark County judge and deputy public defender are fighting back.

Henderson eyes different approach to medical marijuana dispensaries

The city of Henderson is taking a different path toward licensing medical marijuana facilities, letting the state decide who is best qualified to operate dispensaries before applicants go before the City Council.

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Local media owner Jim Rogers dies

Jim Rogers, the former chancellor of Nevada’s university system and owner of KSNV-DT, died on Saturday, according to a report from KSNV. Rogers had been battling cancer.

Las Vegas flight on way to Missoula diverted

Allegiant Air said a flight from Las Vegas to Missoula, Mont., was diverted after a light warned of a problem with the plane’s hydraulic system.

Remote trail through Nevada has rugged political path

Nevada hikers and bikers seek a little federal help for the American Discovery Trail, a coast-to-coast trail stretches 496 miles through Nevada from Baker to Incline Village, goes over 10,000- and 12,000-foot mountain summits, through thick stands of aspen, crosses paths of elk herds and mountain lions and along the shore of Lake Tahoe.

Henderson to open two new parks Saturday

Henderson is opening two new parks Saturday that are part of the Lake Mead Parkway Trail and Wetlands Trails Connections project.

Judge: Evict ‘free rider’ polygamous families

A Utah judge said Friday that hundreds of people living in Warren Jeffs’ polygamous sect on the Utah-Arizona border who have collectively failed to pay millions in occupancy fees for their houses should be evicted.

Henderson woman missing after hiking companion found dead

A Henderson woman is still missing after hiking to the Arizona Hot Spring with a man who was found dead within Lake Mead National Recreation Area earlier this month, the National Park Service said Friday.

Heck served in Iraq, now ‘appalled’ at collapse

Rep. Joe Heck of Nevada and other Iraq veterans on Capitol Hill watch almost helplessly as Islamic militants push through the country that Americans fought to stabilize following the U.S. invasion in 2003.

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