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Dean Heller amasses nearly $4.2M to defend Senate seat

Vulnerable GOP incumbent added about $1.1 million to his coffers during the third quarter in advance of primary and general election challenges next year.

Zinke chartered oil exec’s plane for Las Vegas-Montana flight

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke chartered a flight from Las Vegas to near his home in Montana this summer aboard a plane owned by oil-and-gas executives, internal documents show.

In Nevada, poor eighth-grade math scores come with asterisk

Classmates who take high school-level math course while still in middle school aren’t included in state’s results, making a bad statistic look even worse.

GOP health-care bill will cut funding to 34 states, analysis finds

A Republican bill to repeal Obamacare and redistribute federal funds in block grants would take money from 34 states — including Nevada — over the first seven years, according to an analysis released Wednesday.

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Residents coached on preparing for Nevada-style natural disasters

Texas residents knew for days that Hurricane Harvey was coming. But for Nevadans, who call the third-most seismically active state in the country home, a mobile-phone warning would come just minutes before a major earthquake.

Monumental silence from Trump administration on Zinke’s review

Interior Department, White House remain mum on what actions the secretary recommended after his review of 22 national monuments created since Jan. 1, 1996, including Gold Butte and Basin and Range in Nevada.

Zinke says he recommended no national monuments be eliminated

But Interior secretary says he will urge changes in the boundaries of a handful of the monuments he reviewed, while declining to provide specifics of his report to President Donald Trump.

Thursday is deadline day for national monuments review

Thursday is the due date for the Trump Administration’s national monument review, but it’s unclear when the public will get to see Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s full slate of recommendations.

Donald Trump to make Reno visit

Trump will speak at the American Legion’s national convention in Reno, said a Republican source familiar with his plans. The event will be Trump’s first trip to Nevada as president.

Forum participants back Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and American citizens with immigrant family members from across the West Coast are stationed at the Stratosphere over the next two days to learn how they could use their stories to shift opinions in DACA’s favor.

Officials seek Gold Butte reduction to guarantee water supplies

Water district chief says he asked Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to consider downsizing the national monument to ensure the Southern Nevada city will be able to access springs it says are crucial to its future growth.

Zinke completes review of 2 more national monuments, leaves them as is

Interior secretary says he will recommend no change in the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in northwestern Arizona, just across the border from Nevada, and Montana’s Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument.

 
Stakeholders fume over Zinke’s shortened Nevada monuments visit

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s cancellation of planned meetings with tribal leaders and Rep. Dina Titus prompted an angry news conference Monday at which they accused him of not wanting to hear “the whole story.”