Top Stories of 2024 from KNPR's State of Nevada
These are the top stories, discussions and segments you may have missed in 2024, selected by the staff of KNPR's State of Nevada. Most of these stories are re-airing between Dec. 23, 2024 and Jan. 3, 2025.
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For decades, the fight over wild horses and how many should be allowed to live on Nevada land has divided ranchers, animal advocates, conservationists, the Bureau of Land Management and others.
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Patience Frazier, who lived in Winnemucca — a town of around 7,000 people 70 miles south of Oregon, or 500 miles north of Las Vegas — spent two years in prison after having a miscarriage in 2018.
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The Mirage is coming into the home stretch. Next Wednesday, it will close its doors.
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For more than 40 years, April has been known as National Child Abuse Prevention Month — meant to raise awareness and help stop child abuse.
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The local LGBTQ nightclub Gipsy has had more lives than a cat.
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On April 18, the Bureau of Land Management issued long-awaited revised rules for public lands use decisions.
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A diverse coalition of Amargosa Valley locals asks the federal government to halt mineral claims near Ash Meadows
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In Nevada, an estimated 52,000 people live with autism, and in the U.S., it’s 5 million people. Those numbers are rising fast.
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The history of the of the mob in Las Vegas, and its downfall, is pretty well-known. And at least part of that is due to the late killer Frank Calabrese Sr.
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There's a new airport on the way south of the Las Vegas Valley.
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The Tropicana almost made it to 67 years old. On April 2, two days before the anniversary of its opening, it closes.
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Donny Osmond grew up on stage as a singer, an actor, and really an all-round performer. Now, he's a longtime Las Vegas headliner, with more to come.