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Early visitors made history in Las Vegas after passing through Goldfield

Three decades before the promise of construction work at Boulder Dam attracted a migration of hungry families to Southern Nevada from across a nation falling into a Great Depression, Goldfield’s glow attracted dreamers and schemers alike.

2 bodies found in hot spring in Nevada

Sheriff’s deputies in Nevada are investigating whether two people whose bodies were found in a hot spring died because the water was too hot.

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First-time Nevada jobless claims fall to lowest since 2007

First-time filings for unemployment benefits averaged 12,343 claims in the 12 months prior to March, the state Department of Employment, Trainingand Rehabilitation reported Tuesday. That’s the lowest average since mid-2007.

‘Maximum flood’ in Death Valley could keep Scotty’s Castle closed through 2019

The National Park Service now says it could take until 2019, or later, to reopen Scotty’s Castle in Death Valley National Park after the early 20th century mansion was damaged by a historic deluge in October that engineers are now calling a “probable maximum flood event.”

Nevada inmate’s lawyer says cover-up attempted in deadly 2014 prison shooting

Nevada prison personnel implicated in the shooting death of a handcuffed inmate pointed the finger at another restrained prisoner who was wounded in the gunfire just hours after the 2014 incident unfolded, according to documents obtained by the Review-Journal.

Tractor-trailer ferries statues of military personnel to Las Vegas Veterans Memorial site

A flatbed tractor-trailer rig with about a dozen larger-than-life statues of soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen from all the nation’s wars made for an impromptu veterans parade as it hauled the centerpiece items to their final destination at the Las Vegas Veterans Memorial site outside the Sawyer Building.

Bundy brothers, 3 others due in Nevada in 2014 standoff case

Attorneys say two sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and three other men are due to be transferred in custody from Oregon to Nevada to face charges stemming from an armed confrontation with government agents two years ago.

Oregon sheriff who met refuge occupiers plans to sue city

An Oregon sheriff under investigation for meeting with those who occupied a national wildlife refuge has filed notice that he plans to sue the city of John Day.

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