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DNA points to suspect in Portaro slaying

Richard Portaro was on a business trip in Tonopah when he got a 4 a.m. call in his hotel room — his 22-year-old son had been fatally shot in Las Vegas.

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Arizona inmate gets 43 years in prison after escape

An inmate who was the subject of a nationally publicized manhunt following his escape from an Arizona State Prison in Golden Valley last July was convicted and sentenced to 43 years in prison on Friday.

Man arrested in Las Vegas apartment slaying

Las Vegas police on Friday arrested a man in connection with the slaying of a 40-year-old man this month.

Game warden pays penalty, fine for accidental sheep kill

An off-duty Nevada game warden who accidentally shot one more desert bighorn sheep than his tag allowed paid a $300 civil penalty and a $95 fine in a Nye County court after the state’s chief game warden enlisted the help of an independent agency to investigate the November mishap.

Giraffe’s head goes missing in Boulder City

Local art lovers and Boulder City police are seeking the public’s help to crack the case of the giraffe that lost its head. Sometime in the past few weeks, a vandal cut the head off the 18-foot-tall metal giraffe sculpture at Reflection Center park in Boulder City.

Pahrump boy accidentally shoots himself, man arrested

A man was arrested Tuesday for child endangerment after a 13-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the thigh while in a home with several unsecured weapons, the Nye County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.

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