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Big voter turnout expected for primaries

If early voting turnout is any indication, Tuesday’s primary election day could be one of the busiest in recent memory, Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria said.

Desert race through new Nevada monument under fire

Conservationists are asking the White House Council on Environmental Quality to put the brakes on plans to allow a popular off-road, desert race from near Las Vegas to Reno to run through a newly established national monument in Southern Nevada.

Review-Journal visual journalist wins Emmy for dance group video

Members of the dance group Brothers are Radically Superb (BARS) don’t want to be in a gang, so they choose dance. “Not everyone has to face that kind of a decision,” said Rachel Aston, a Las Vegas Review-Journal visual journalist who took home an Emmy on Saturday night for her video, “Brothers Are Radically Superb.”

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Nevada officials react to court’s ‘concealed carry’ ruling

On Thursday, a federal appeals court in California ruled that Americans do not have a constitutional right to carry concealed weapons in public. Here’s what some current and former Nevada elected officials had to say about the 9th Circuit’s decision:

National landmark Hoover Dam sees fewer tourists

The last two years have marked the lowest attendance in at least a decade at Hoover Dam, with just over 720,000 paid visitors in 2015 and fewer than 696,000 in 2014.

3 local issues highlight Board of Regents two-day meeting

Nevada’s higher education board will gather in Reno on Thursday to consider a wide range of issues facing the state’s public colleges, making decisions that affect everything from class offerings and student tuition to presidential hires and school construction.

Metro investigates body found in Laughlin

Las Vegas homicide detectives are investigating a dead body found in Laughlin early Wednesday morning.

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