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Sheriff's Deputy Arrested, Allegedly Pointed Gun At Wife

Mar 30, 2015


 

PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — A sheriff's deputy has been arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at his wife during a domestic dispute.

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Bill Aims To Update School Safety Standards, Add School Counselors

Apr 01, 2015

A bill brought to the Nevada Assembly last week would update school safety standards.

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Police Report Claims Misconduct in Officer Body Camera Case

Mar 30, 2015

 

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police are recommending more serious charges against an officer facing a misdemeanor battery charge after a body camera recorded a confrontation with a woman during an arrest.

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TRPA gets $200K Grant for Vehicle Charging Station Strategy

Mar 30, 2015

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The California Energy Commission has awarded a $200,000 grant to help develop a plan for the expansion of charging stations for electric vehicles around Lake Tahoe.

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State Sen. Ruben Kihuen Announces 2016 Bid for Congress

Mar 30, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's Democratic state Sen. Ruben Kihuen has announced his bid for Congress.

Kihuen says he will run to represent Nevada's 4th Congressional District in the 2016 election.

The district includes urban North Las Vegas and a large swath of rural, central Nevada.

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Forest Service Eyes Development of Improved Fire Shelter

Mar 30, 2015

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says it's picking up the pace on developing a new fire shelter after the deaths of 19 firefighters in Arizona where officials say flames and heat went beyond the current shelter's protective capabilities.

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Restoring Historic Indian School a Priority for Lawmakers

Mar 30, 2015

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Generations of Nevada's Native Americans passed through the doors of the Stewart Indian School, some enduring painfully harsh treatment as their culture was stripped away while others left in later years with fond memories.

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Officer In Body Camera Case Could Have Faced More Charges

Mar 27, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Las Vegas police had recommended more serious charges against one of their officers now facing a misdemeanor battery charge after a body camera recorded a confrontation with a woman during an arrest.

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Reid Retirement Spurs Talk of His Replacement

Mar 27, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sen. Harry Reid's surprise announcement that he will retire at the end of his term throws the state into a frenzy about who might replace the man who rose from small town Searchlight, Nevada to wielding national influence.

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Nevada Unemployment Rate Steady at 7.1 Percent

Mar 27, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada's unemployment rate stayed the same in February, after the first monthly increase was reported in years.

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Where The State Legislature Shuffle Stands Today

Mar 27, 2015

Carson City is a town so remote most Las Vegans have never been there, but it remains the focus of state politics.  

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Harry Reid Will Not Run For Re-Election

Mar 27, 2015

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said he wants to be remembered as a kid who grew up in Searchlight and then fought hard for all the little kids growing up in the same hard scrabble way he did.

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Suzanne Somers Brings Musical Nightclub Act to Las Vegas

Mar 27, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Television personality Suzanne Somers is bringing a nightclub act to Las Vegas starting in May.

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Dozens of Trains Rerouted after Derailment in Nevada

Mar 27, 2015

FALLON, Nev. (AP) — Union Pacific officials hope to a reopen a stretch of one of the busiest east-west railroad routes in the nation by Friday after a freight train derailed in Nevada's high desert about 60 miles east of Reno.

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Nevada Casino Regulators Scold Caesars for Bankruptcy

Mar 27, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada gambling regulators are calling the bankruptcy of Caesars Entertainment Corp.'s debt-heavy subsidiary an embarrassment and lamenting the company's inability to pay 63 former executives some $33 million in promised pension payments.

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Bill would Exempt Out-of-State Gun Buys from Sales Tax

Mar 27, 2015

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A group of Nevada Republicans are bringing forward a bill changing sales tax requirements on gun sales.

Republican Assemblywoman Jill Dickman is sponsoring AB 316 which is scheduled for a hearing Thursday in the Assembly Taxation Committee.

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Sandoval Blasts Las Vegas Business Group Over Tax Study

Mar 27, 2015

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval says he's disappointed in the state's largest business organization after it issued a report critical of a proposed tax increase.

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Senate's Harry Reid Announces He Won't Seek Re-Election

Mar 27, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is announcing he will not seek re-election to another term.

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Widespread Panic Brings Distinct Sound, Style To Las Vegas

Mar 27, 2015

The jam band is performing at the Hard Rock this Friday and Saturday.

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Earth Hour Raises Awareness For Climate Change

Mar 27, 2015

This Saturday, cities across the world will turn off their lights for an hour to raise awareness for climate change.

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Nevada Republicans Plan To Introduce Bill With No New Taxes

Mar 26, 2015

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A group of conservative Nevada Republicans plan to introduce an alternative budget plan that doesn't raise taxes.

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Feds, Conservancy, Barrick Gold Ink Nevada Sage Grouse Deal

Mar 26, 2015

 

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department has reached an unprecedented agreement with Barrick Gold Corp. and The Nature Conservancy intended to protect sage grouse habitat across parts of more than 900 square miles of private land in Nevada.

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2 Due Before Judge In Las Vegas Neighborhood Slaying Case

Mar 26, 2015

 

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The second man arrested in the fatal shooting of a Las Vegas mother in a residential cul-de-sac is due for his first court appearance, alongside his 19-year-old co-defendant.

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Las Vegas Airport Traffic Up Nearly 3 Percent In February

Mar 26, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials say the number of travelers flying into and out of Las Vegas grew nearly 3 percent in February compared to the year prior to 3.15 million people.

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Gimme that dang land!

Mar 26, 2015

It’s the map that galls them. The map of Nevada, painted mostly red to depict how much of the state is owned or managed by the federal government.

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