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How well do you know Nevada? Test your knowledge — QUIZ

By Janna Karel / Las Vegas Review-Journal

October 26, 2018 - 11:55 am

Updated October 26, 2018 - 1:46 pm

Welcome to Nevada road sign along State Route 373 near Death Valley

In Nevada, October 31 isn’t just Halloween. It also marks Nevada Day.

Nevada Day commemorates the day that Nevada joined the union and became a U.S. state — but do you know when that happened?

Test your knowledge and see if home means Nevada for you.

Learn more:

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Contact Janna Karel at jkarel@reviewjournal.com. Follow @jannainprogress on Twitter.

The headquarters of the Las Vegas Realtors. (Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Tampering allegations emerge after Las Vegas Realtors election

By Patrick Blennerhassett / RJ

November 29, 2024 - 2:09 pm

Multiple members of the Las Vegas Realtors have filed formal complaints against the trade association with the Nevada Attorney General’s Office.

Cave Lake State Park is seen in a Review-Journal file photo. (Deborah Wall)

By Alan Halaly / RJ

November 29, 2024 - 10:44 am

It will take months to fully fill Nevada’s Cave Lake, a once-popular fishing spot that was drained to allow a dam to be repaired.

Sgt. Michael Abbate and trooper Alberto Felix (Nevada Highway Patrol)

DUI campaign planned to honor 2 troopers killed last year

By Noble Brigham / RJ

November 29, 2024 - 9:59 am

Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Michael Abbate and trooper Alberto Felix were killed in a hit-and-run crash last Nov. 30.

This undated image made from a video provided by Breakwater Studios shows Mary McGee during an ...

Racing pioneer ‘Motorcycle Mary’ McGee dies in Nevada at 87

By Associated Press

November 29, 2024 - 9:14 am

“Motorcycle Mary” McGee, the first woman to race motocross in the United States, died a day before the worldwide release of a documentary on her life.

Kim Moronen smiles as her daughter Elanor Moronen, 11, gears up for a dive with Sin City Scuba ...

‘We just stay low’: Scuba divers say boats, jet skis on Lake Mead endangering divers

By Estelle Atkinson / RJ

November 29, 2024 - 1:58 pm

Boating guidelines dictate that all vessels should stay at least 100 feet away from a dive flag, but divers said that this is often not the case.

Coroner IDs Uber driver killed in shooting in front of Strip resort

By Noble Brigham / RJ

November 27, 2024 - 6:15 pm

Police have said a road-rage incident led to the shooting Monday on the Las Vegas Strip that left an Uber driver dead.

Nevada Highway Patrol (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

8 missing children found in effort led by anti-trafficking group

By Noble Brigham / RJ

November 27, 2024 - 10:04 am

A Nevada Highway Patrol spokesperson said the operation was meant to find children who were missing, endangered or victims of human trafficking.

Union urges Mesquite police chief’s ouster

By Akiya Dillon / RJ

November 27, 2024 - 6:14 pm

Many of the residents who packed the Mesquite City Council meeting said they were “disappointed” by the police union’s complaints against the chief of their city’s police department.

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

November 26, 2024 - 4:52 pm

A woman in her 70s has become the first flu-related death in Clark County this flu season, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.

Michael Atwell, 72, a volunteer coach at Palo Verde High School, who is accused of sexual assau ...

Ex-Palo Verde coach faces new child sexual abuse charges, more allegations

By Noble Brigham / RJ

November 26, 2024 - 6:09 pm

Michael “Luke” Atwell, 72, was arrested at the school last week and has pleaded not guilty to initial charges.