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Firefighter dies battling Strawberry Fire near Baker

A U.S. Forest Service firefighter died around 4 p.m. Saturday after he was hit by a tree while working to suppress the Strawberry Fire at Great Basin National Park near Baker.

Overland Fire now 95 percent contained

A fire that has burned nearly 7,700 acres in White Pine County is now 95 percent contained, the Bureau Land Management said in a statement Sunday.

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Strawberry Fire more than halfway contained

The 4,600-acre fire at the national park located 300 miles northeast of Las Vegas, is 52 percent contained, according to a release from the Great Basin Incident Management Team 7.

No Supreme Court decision yet on education savings account cases

The Nevada Supreme Court on Friday issued eight published opinions as Justice Nancy Saitta leaves the bench, but the highly anticipated rulings on two education savings account cases were not among them.

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