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Nevada Democrats To Rely On Paper-Based Early Caucus Voting

Feb 11, 2020
Nevada's Democratic Party has announced new paper-based balloting for its early vote starting Saturday.
 
It's scrambling to reconfigure plans and avoid tech problems and reporting delays that mired Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses.
 
The party dumped
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John L. Smith On The Past, Present And Future Of The Nevada Caucuses

Feb 11, 2020

Nevada's up-coming presidential caucus is facing increased scrutiny in the wake of the chaotic Iowa caucus on February 3. 

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House Yucca Mountain Backer Says Trump Tweet Can't Halt Effort

Feb 10, 2020

For more than 20 years, Rep. John Shimkus, R-IL., has been an advocate for making Yucca Mountain the nation’s nuclear waste repository.

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Verses from a Changing Frontier

Feb 10, 2020

Reflections on the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko

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Nevada DMV Drops Parallel Parking Portion Of Drivers Test

Feb 10, 2020

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles has eliminated the parallel parking portion of the driving skills test.

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Former Lucky Dragon Hotel Reopens As The Ahern Hotel

Feb 10, 2020

The former Lucky Dragon hotel, just off the Las Vegas Strip has re-opened as the Ahern Hotel.

Its new owner, Don Ahern, bought the site for $36 million last April. The rooms have been redecorated and are open for business.

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Carolina Tops Vegas In Shootout, Spoils DeBoer's Home Debut

Feb 10, 2020
Andrei Svechnikov and Justin Williams scored in the shootout, leading the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-5 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights.
 
The loss spoiled the home debut of Vegas coach Peter DeBoer, who was hired Jan.
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Las Vegas Valley Records First Rainfall Of 2020

Feb 10, 2020

Las Vegas saw its first rainfall of 2020 Sunday night with about .04 inches recorded at McCarran International Airport.

Mt. Charleston got a fresh light coat of snow overnight, up to four inches in some areas. Both Las Vegas and Mt. Charleston are expected to have sunny skies Monday.

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Tahoe Ski Resorts Reach Gondola Deal With Conservationists

Feb 10, 2020
Conservationists at Lake Tahoe have agreed to drop a lawsuit challenging plans to build a 2.2-mile-long gondola connecting two ski resorts in exchange for neighboring land purchases and other wildlife protection measures.
 
A wilderness protection group reached the agreement
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Potential Record Gust Of 209 mph Recorded At California Peak

Feb 10, 2020
A gust of 209 mph was recorded atop a California peak, a potential record that wowed forecasters monitoring a cold storm moving south through the state.
 
The blast of wind was captured by an instrument on Kirkwood Mountain south of Lake Tahoe.
 
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Accusations Follow EPA's Ouster Of California Regional Boss

Feb 08, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has pushed out its regional boss for California and other points West. And that's touched off an unusual public dispute between the two about the reason why.

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Nevada Union Warns Members Of Sanders, Warren Health Plans

Feb 08, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's most influential union has not yet decided if it will endorse a candidate in the Democratic presidential race, but it's sending a subtle message to its members discouraging support for Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren over their health care stances.

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Largest Nevada Casinos Report $2 Billion Gain In Fiscal 2019

Feb 08, 2020

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Regulators say Nevada’s largest casinos reaped more than $2 billion from gambling, room rentals, food and beverage sales, and other customer offerings during the 2019 fiscal year.

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Caucusing And The Elusive Nature Of 'Electability'

Feb 07, 2020

Democrats are concerned with one thing and one thing only: Beating President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. 

But a lot of people consider the Iowa caucuses to be a total disaster. 

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Review-Journal Sues Metro Police For Motel Fire Records

Feb 07, 2020

The Las Vegas Review-Journal is suing the Metropolitan Police Department to gain access to information surrounding the recent fire at the Alpine Motel Apartments.

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Utah Shakespeare Festival Co-Founder Has Died

Feb 07, 2020

Utah Shakespeare Festival co-founder Fred Adams has died. He was 89. Adams founded the festival with his wife on a $1,000 budget in 1961.

Today, the event in Cedar City, Utah draws approximately 100,000 audience members and has an annual budget of more than $8 million. 

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Trump Administration Moves Ahead On Shrinking Utah Monuments

Feb 07, 2020
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Las Vegas City Council Denies Marijuana Dispensary Permit

Feb 07, 2020
City officials in Nevada have rejected a special use permit for a marijuana dispensary that was previously approved by the Las Vegas Planning Commission.
 
The Las Vegas City Council voted unanimously voted to deny the permit for applicant Nevada CRT LLC to use the former pe
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Nevada Prison Inmate Serving Life For Murder Dies At Age 85

Feb 07, 2020
Officials say an 85-year-old Nevada prison inmate serving a life sentence for murder has died behind bars, and authorities say they're still seeking to notify next-of-kin.
 
The state Department of Corrections said Thursday that Allen Battenfield died Jan.
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Trump Tweets Reversal Of Push For Nevada Nuclear Waste Dump

Feb 07, 2020
President Donald Trump appears to have reversed position to now oppose creating a national nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain.
 
Trump tweeted Thursday that his administration will respect the state, which has argued that the site about 100 miles from Las Vegas is
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Warren Apologizes To 6 Women Of Color Who Left Nevada Office

Feb 07, 2020
Elizabeth Warren is apologizing to six women of color who left her presidential campaign office in Nevada before the state's caucuses because they felt marginalized and because their concerns weren't addressed by supervisors.
 
The Massachusetts senator said Thursday after a
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Stone, Fleury Lift Golden Knights Over Panthers 7-2

Feb 07, 2020
Mark Stone scored two goals and had three assists, Marc-Andre Fleury recorded his 460th career win and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 7-2.
 
Max Pacioretty scored two goals and had an assist, Nate Schmidt scored a goal and had an assist, and Shea Theodore
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To Smoke Or Not To Smoke In Casinos

Feb 07, 2020

More than a decade ago, Nevadans voted to strengthen indoor smoking laws. It was a huge change for a state that touts itself as live and let live.

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New Study Explores Roots Of Campus Carry Laws

Feb 06, 2020

Though studies show a large majority of college students and faculty oppose laws that allow people to 

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Las Vegas Police: Sexual Assault, Fire In Guest Room Connected

Feb 06, 2020
Las Vegas police say a mattress fire and a sexual assault of a woman in a guest room at a hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip were connected but that no immediate arrest was made.
 
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