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Veterans home administrator to leave

Mark McBride, administrator of the State Veterans Home in Boulder City, will leave his post Nov. 1 to take a private sector job, Nevada veterans services officials said this week.

State welcomes one of USS Nevada’s last living survivors

Charles Sehe was 18 on that day of infamy on Dec. 7, 1941, serving aboard the U.S.S. Nevada when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and thrust the U.S. into World War II.

Reno journalist arrested after altercation at Nevada Tesla plant

Tesla said in a blog post this week that two staffers with the Reno Gazette Journal newspaper were found trespassing at the company’s massive battery factory in Nevada on October 9.

Low staffing levels cited in Nevada prison shootings

There were more than 200 incidents of correctional officers firing shotguns during inmate incidents in the past three years at six prisons, with the vast majority occurring at High Desert State Prison, a review released Tuesday shows.

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Nevada board OKs $1.6M for 4 settlements

The Nevada Board of Examiners on Tuesday approved four legal settlements worth $1.6 million, including $400,000 to the city of San Francisco to settle a patient-busing lawsuit against the state.

2 boaters killed, 5 hurt on Colorado River

Two people were killed and five others were injured when two boats collided on the California side of the Colorado River on Friday.

Man found dead near Kingman; pickup missing

A homicide investigation is underway in the tiny northwest Arizona community of Yucca, west of Kingman.

Scholars call for more climate research on Colorado River

A panel of scientists from across the Colorado River region wants more study of the possible effects of climate change before policy decisions are made about the future of the river.

New federal rules don’t hit Nevada too hard — yet

Much like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get with new federal regulations, but Nevada appears to have come out mostly OK on several controversial actions this year.

Nevada’s Cave Lake State Park nearly triples in size

Cave Lake State Park in White Pine County just grew significantly bigger thanks to the transfer of almost 3,000 acres from U.S. Forest Service control.

Same-sex marriage stance could cost state $600K-plus

Nevada taxpayers will have to shell out more than $600,000 in legal fees to a group that successfully sought to overturn the state’s ban on gay marriage if a proposed settlement to be considered by the state Board of Examiners on Tuesday wins approval.

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