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Common Core test scores en route to Nevada students

Families and public schools in Nevada this week finally should receive the scores of new Common Core tests that more than 200,000 third- through eighth-grade students completed last spring.

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Climate change becoming increasingly visible campaign issue in Nevada

Environmental groups have pumped more than $3 million into elections in Nevada, investing money into ads and a ground game that will get canvassers and volunteers out knocking on doors from Las Vegas to Northern Nevada.

Las Vegas man arrested after disturbance on flight to Texas

Authorities say a man arrested after an emergency landing in Texas was talking about suicide and banging and kicking the cockpit door before other passengers restrained him.

Military vets back at work improving access to regional parks

Military veterans are joining forces with outdoor enthusiasts and the Nevada Conservation Corps to rebuild trails and restore habitats at Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area and the Basin and Range National Monument under a program now in its second year.

Al Faccinto, early executive of Caesar’s Palace, dies

Albert “Moky” Faccinto Sr., an early executive of Caesar’s Palace who helped to open the hotel and casino, died Sept. 17 at the age of 91.

US moves to shut down mail-fraud schemes that stole hundreds of millions

The U.S. Justice Department and other agencies said on Thursday they have moved to shut down a series of mail-fraud schemes — including one out of Las Vegas — that have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from victims in the United States.

Inmate dies in Carson City prison

An inmate died Tuesday night at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City, according to the state Department of Corrections.

Trooper testifies driver for Ammon Bundy was government informant

An Oregon State Police trooper testified a government informant was driving Ammon Bundy when the Oregon standoff leader was arrested on his way to a community meeting north of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

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