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CSN professor charged with lewdness

Attorney and College of Southern Nevada professor Mark Peplowski has been arrested on lewdness charges.

Ryan Bundy tells Las Vegas jury: ‘I am an innocent man’

Ryan Bundy invoked personal freedom and constitutional rights, God and religion, state history and his family’s deep roots in the desert landscape Wednesday as he proclaimed his innocence to a federal jury.

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Auto insurance bills growing in Nevada amid robust economy

The average annual price of car insurance in Nevada was about $970 for 2014, the latest year available, according to the Insurance Information Institute. That’s about 7 percent higher than the average rate for 2011.

Investigation of Ammon Bundy’s treatment finds no criminal violations

An investigation by the Nye County Sheriff’s Office has concluded that staff at the Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump did not commit any criminal violations when they disciplined incarcerated rancher Ammon Bundy, who is accused of organizing an assault on federal agents.

Nevada receives $1.17m to help erase backlog of untested rape kits

Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee authorizes use of the funding to continue the effort to test some 7,800 untested kits — some decade old — collected after sexual assaults.

How clean is Las Vegas’ water?

The Las Vegas Valley Water District said it conducted 320,000 analyses on more than 55,000 water samples from Lake Mead and other storage reservoirs.