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Heck, Bilbray debate, split on key issues

Republican Rep. Joe Heck and his Democratic challenger, Erin Bilbray, disagreed Friday on how much leeway to give U.S. intelligence agencies as they track suspected terrorists and on how far Nevada should go in approving online gaming.

Man shot by trooper in Jean has died

The man who was shot by a California Highway Patrol trooper after a nearly 200-mile chase that led to Nevada has died, Las Vegas police said on Friday.

Uber begins ride-sharing service in Vegas, Reno

After months of strategizing, representatives of Uber say they will launch their controversial ride-sharing platform in Las Vegas and Reno this afternoon.

Man shot in Jean after police chase

A man was shot Thursday evening after a police chase that started in California and ended along Interstate 15 near Jean, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

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Boy, 1, flown to Vegas hospital dies

Arizona police are investigating the death of a 1-year-old boy, who died from unknown causes at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas early Thursday.

Tahoe resort fined $10k for pool discharge

A South Lake Tahoe, Calif., resort owner has been fined $10,000 for illegally dumping up to 20,000 gallons of chlorinated pool water into a stream environment zone.

Nevada last state in lower 48 without confirmed case of enterovirus D68

The confirmation Thursday that an Arizona patient had been infected with enterovirus D68 leaves Nevada as the only state in the lower 48 without a confirmed case of the pathogen, which has caused a national wave of severe respiratory illnesses.

Wedding chapels can’t say no to same-sex marriages, ACLU warns

While religious institutions and officials have the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples, the same is not true for commercial businesses such as Nevada wedding chapels, officials with the ACLU said Thursday.

BLM to gather ‘nuisance’ mustangs in Nevada

Federal wranglers are preparing for an unusual wild horse roundup near the Nevada-Utah line where ranchers say U.S.-protected mustangs are knocking down fences and impregnating their mares.

Nevada ties for No. 1 in underwater homes

California research firm RealtyTrac reported Wednesday that 31 percent of Nevadans with mortgages had loans that were “seriously” higher than their home values in the quarter that ended Sept. 30.

Nevada’s highest point, Boundary Peak, often overlooked

If beauty played a role in deciding Nevada’s highest point, Wheeler Peak, crown jewel of Great Basin National Park at the eastern edge of the state, would be the winner hands down.

Rural parole officers not getting AR15 rifles

A panel of state lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a request by the state Division of Parole and Probation to buy AR15 rifles for the agency’s 32 rural officers.

Nevada opposes new arguments in gay rights case

Nevada will oppose an effort by opponents of same-sex marriages to get the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear arguments to ban gay marriage in the Silver State, Gov. Brian Sandoval said Wednesday.

‘Ineligible’ LV candidate could reach Assembly anyway

Meghan Smith, who lost a District Court ruling that she was ineligible to win a Las Vegas seat in the Nevada Assembly, lost a second legal battle Monday, this one with the Nevada Supreme Court.

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