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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    The decision on Monday was a partial victory for Black Lives Matter protesters but Judge Richard Jones found that in several instances, Seattle Police Department officers were justified in their use of less lethal weapons.
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    Seattle Police Ruled In Contempt For Firing Less Lethal Weapons At BLM Protesters

    Dec 08, 2020
    A federal judge said "the court cannot ignore the clear violations" of an injunction limiting the police department's use of the weapons, but added some instances were in compliance.
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    'Wildish' Podcast Explores Complicated Web Of Wild Horse Management In the West

    Sep 21, 2020

    Believe it or not, one of the most controversial debates in the West isn’t about conservative and liberal politics; it’s about wild horses.  

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    Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
    A boy lights a candle commemorating Aaron 'Jay' Danielson on Saturday night. Danielson, 39, was a member of Patriot Prayer. He was killed during a Portland protest on Aug. 29.
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    'I'm On Edge': Portland Area Braces For Opposing Rallies On Labor Day

    Sep 07, 2020
    "We're out here and we need to be, but I'm tired and I'm on edge," a left-wing demonstrator said on Sunday evening. "I'm also terrified," she added, noting rising tensions between the opposing groups.
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    Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
    A memorial in Rochester, N.Y. where Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, died while in police custody this past March. In New York City hundreds of Black Lives Matter demonstrators took to the city's streets in protest.
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    Car Rams Into Black Lives Matter Protesters In New York City's Times Square

    Sep 03, 2020
    One video of the attack shows a dark sedan, plowing into a crowd of people standing in front of the vehicle. The car lurches through an intersection leaving a chorus of screaming people in its wake.
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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    People are reflected in a window near a flower arrangement that includes the acronym for Black Lives Matter as they wait in line to attend the public viewing for George Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church on June 8, 2020 in Houston.
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    Protests May Prompt Dialogue On Racism, But 'It's Going To Be Uncomfortable'

    Aug 16, 2020
    Protests across the country in the wake of the killing of George Floyd amplified racial divisiveness and prejudice, but that pushed some to try and have hard conversations.
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    Annals of Change: Different This Time?

    Aug 01, 2020

    As the movement toward racial justice gathers momentum, there’s a danger of mistaking symbolic change for the real thing.

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    John L Smith: Prosecutors Try Bundy Case Revival

    Jun 05, 2020

    Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and several of his sons walked free from a courtroom in 2017 after spending nearly two years in jail. 

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    BLM Whistleblower: Government Is Giving Public Lands to Robber-Barons

    Feb 18, 2020

    A federal whistleblower complaint says open pits of toxic wastewater, roads bulldozed through protected wildlife habitat, and secret hunting cabins are 

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    US Land Agency Seeks To ID Public Parcels That Lack Access

    Jan 27, 2020
    U.S. land managers say they will release by mid-March a priority list of federal lands that need but don't have public access.
     
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    Shifting Lands

    Jan 01, 2020

    Is the county hiding something in its public lands bill, or are the scientists just paranoid?

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    BLM Pulls Acreage From Oil And Gas Auction

    Nov 07, 2019

    The Bureau of Land Management has pulled more than 332,000 acres from a November 12 oil and gas lease auction in western Nevada in response to a 

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    Threats, Assaults Against Federal Employees On The Rise

    Nov 04, 2019

    The number of threats or assaults against federal employees who oversee public lands is on the rise.  

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    Agencies Lift Summer Fire Restrictions In Southern Nevada

    Sep 27, 2019

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal, state and local agencies that manage public lands in southern Nevada are lifting seasonal fire restrictions that were aimed at preventing wildfires over the summer.

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    Gemini Project Is the First of Many Big Solar Developments to Come

    Feb 26, 2020

    The 690-megawatt Gemini solar power plant, slated for development on 7,000 acres a half-hour northeast of Las Vegas, had its first public vetting last week.

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    BLM Plans To Remove Wild Horses From Northern Nevada Herds

    Jul 31, 2019

    The Bureau of Land Management announced it will begin gathering and removing wild horses in Northern Nevada.

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    Writer Who Supports Selling Off Public Land Picked To Head BLM

    Jul 31, 2019

    Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has signed an order making Wyoming native and lawyer William Perry Pendley the acting head of the Bureau of Land Management.

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    BLM Finalizes Burning Man Environmental Review

    Jul 18, 2019

    RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has issued a final environmental impact statement for the Burning Man counter-culture festival that will cap attendance at the current 80,000 limit for the annual gathering in the northern Nevada desert.

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    Feds: Moving Land Agency Will Save Money, Improve Decisions

    Jul 17, 2019
    DENVER (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it can save taxpayers millions of dollars, make better decisions and trim a "top heavy" office in Washington by moving the headquarters of the nation's biggest land agency to Colorado and dispersing scores of jobs across
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    Agency Recommends Current 80K Attendance Cap At Burning Man

    Jun 17, 2019

    RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is recommending attendance be capped at existing levels for the next 10 years at the annual Burning Man counter-culture festival in the desert 100 miles north of Reno.

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    Burning Man waits for US decision on big changes at festival

    May 31, 2019
    RENO, Nev. (AP) — With Burning Man three months away, organizers are still waiting for permits and decisions by U.S. land managers that could reshape the counterculture festival in northern Nevada.
     
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    Zinke Steps Down Amid Ethics Investigations

    Jan 02, 2019

    Ryan Zinke has officially stepped down as Interior Secretary, resigning as planned amid a series of ethics investigations.

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    BLM Says Too Much Trash Was Left After Burning Man Event

    Dec 29, 2018
    RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal officials have informed organizers of the Burning Man counter-culture festival in Nevada that they left too much trash behind after the 2018 event.
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    Sierra Off-Roaders Sue US Over Grouse In Nevada, California

    Dec 25, 2018
    RENO, Nev. (AP) — Off-road vehicle enthusiasts are suing the U.S. Forest Service over the bistate sage grouse in Nevada and California, arguing that a protection plan enacted this year could increase fire danger across rangeland habitat of the bird already proposed for threatened status.
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    BLM Names New State Director

    Dec 14, 2018

    The Bureau of Land Management has named a new state director for its Nevada office.

    The agency announced Thursday that 20-year BLM veteran Jon Raby will take the position in Reno next month.  

    Raby is currently serving as the acting director for Montana and the Dakotas. 

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    US Officials End Effort To Revamp Southern Nevada Land Plan

    Nov 13, 2018

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal officials have decided to walk away from a decade-long effort to rewrite a blueprint for managing southern Nevada land.

    Environmental groups suspect new restrictions from the Trump administration may have made it impossible to complete.

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