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Reno Arch protester who punched truck passenger avoids jail

One of the protesters at a Native American rally in Reno in October has been sentenced to 16 hours community service after he admitted punching a passenger in a pickup truck that drove into the demonstrators near the city’s famous arch.

No criminal charges in death of UNR frat pledge’s death

Campus police at the University of Nevada, Reno say they won’t file any criminal charges after an 18-year-old fraternity pledge died in October following a fall down a frat house stairway.

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Clark County’s chief judge to step down from bench

District Judge David Barker, who consistently received some of the highest ratings from lawyers, will end his career on Friday, his last day before retirement.

Northern Nevada braces for winter storm

Blowing snow is creating poor visibility for travelers east and west of Reno as a winter storm makes its way into the Sierra Nevada, where a foot or more of snow is expected around Lake Tahoe by Wednesday night.

Lawsuit: Dude ranch owner told black chef to prepare ‘black people food’ not ‘white people food’

Madeleine Pickens wanted the African-American chef she recruited from the country club she owns in Southern California to cook “black people food” — not “white people food” — at her rural Nevada dude ranch and wild horse sanctuary, according to a federal lawsuit accusing her of racial discrimination.

Appeals court denies Nevada mining project

A federal appeals court has vacated the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of a mining project in central Nevada, concluding the agency’s analysis of air quality impacts was insufficient.

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