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1st measles case since 2015 confirmed in Southern Nevada

An adult living in Southern Nevada imported the area’s first measles case since 2015, the Southern Nevada Health District said in an emailed statement Thursday.

 
Prospectors search for denim gold in old Nevada mine shafts

The two amateur prospectors spied what they had come looking for— an abandoned mine shaft possibly hiding treasure within. But it wasn’t gold or silver the two sought in a rural Nevada forest. It was blue jeans from the long-ago days of the Comstock Lode.

UNR joins UNLV on prestigious research list after mistake fixed

The University of Nevada, Reno, has earned the designation as a top research institution along with UNLV, but was inexplicably left off the list published this week, officials said Friday.

Legal fight grows over rental home rules at South Lake Tahoe

City officials have postponed enforcement of new restrictions on short-term vacation home rentals at South Lake Tahoe, California, after local property owners filed a lawsuit saying the unconstitutional rules are wreaking havoc with out-of-town families who plan to spend the holidays at the mountain resort.

Optum drops Nevada clinics from DaVita buyout amid antitrust scrutiny

DaVita, in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week, indicated that while Optum will continue with its planned purchase of DaVita, it will carve out the Nevada clinics, helping reduce the price of its purchase to $4.34 billion.

2 earthquakes felt near Carson City

A 3.64 magnitude earthquake struck four miles southeast of Carson City at 5:24 a.m. today.