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Reid reintroduces Moapa Paiute reservation expansion bill

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid introduced legislation this week to grant nearly 26,000 acres of federal land to the Moapa Band of Paiutes outside Las Vegas.

2 inmates indicted on escape, other charges

Arraignment dates have been set for two Southern Nevada inmates indicted by a Clark County grand jury on unrelated escape, weapon and other charges, the attorney general’s office said Thursday.

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Proposed Uber, Lyft fees in Nevada still steep

Even though transportation regulators have proposed knocking down the cost for a transportation network company to be licensed in the state, it’s still substantially higher than anyplace Uber and Lyft operate.

Feds elevate their fight against bird-killing mine markers

Earlier this year, Carla Wise from the Bureau of Land Management and Christy Klinger from the Nevada Department of Wildlife spent hours in a helicopter logging the locations of hollow plastic pipes used to mark mining claims.

Nevada’s Fernley leads nation in house flipping

The Northern Nevada town, near where electric car maker Tesla is building its $5 billion battery factory, ranked No. 1 in the nation for home flips in the second quarter, according to California research firm RealtyTrac.

Arizona couple, son plead in golf course fraud case

Three family members tied to a golf course investment property in northwest Arizona who enjoyed a lavish lifestyle through fraudulent activity have entered plea agreements in federal court in Phoenix.

2 bodies found inside van at Lake Mead

The bodies of a man and woman from Golden Valley, Ariz., were found in a van Sunday at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, park services officials announced Tuesday.

Bruce Boyd, naturalist and butterfly expert, dies at 64

Bruce Boyd will be remembered as a self-taught naturalist whose work on butterflies of the Spring Mountains spurred the effort to protect habitat for the rare Mount Charleston blue butterfly, now an endangered species.

Lawsuit targeting wildlife predator control in Nevada revived

A federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit filed by a wildlife conservation group challenging federal predator control practices in Nevada that include killing coyotes and poisoning ravens.

Nevada’s first medical pot dispensary opens in Sparks

Dozens of people waiting in line cheered Friday when Nevada’s first medical marijuana dispensary opened in Sparks, 15 years after voters approved medicinal pot.

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