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Nevada experiments with ‘biochar’ to improve health of forests

State land stewards are experimenting with an ancient method to improve the health of Nevada forests and make use of the renewable resource — baking tree trunks and limbs in a slow cooker to turn them into charcoal.

Nevada Supreme Court limits life sentences for juveniles

The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that multiple prison terms handed out to juvenile offenders that amount to a life-without-parole sentence for crimes other than murder are unconstitutional because of a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision.

4 hospitalized in wrong-way crash on US 95 Thursday night

At least four people, including the driver of a car that was going the wrong way, were hospitalized after a crash that closed U.S. Highway 95 for four hours on New Year’s Eve.

Scenes from a cold, clear New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas — PHOTOS

With all the flair and fascination Las Vegas can offer, the nation’s largest fireworks display blasted off at midnight over the Strip as 80,000 bursts of sound and color danced across the frigid nighttime sky in sync to music.

Teen struck by bullet from outside east valley house

A teen was struck by what may have been “celebratory gunfire” just after midnight Friday and taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Las Vegas police.

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