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Nevada ranching family loses federal lands court case

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the federal government in a long-running dispute with the late Nevada rancher Wayne Hage, remanding the case to a new federal judge because of apparent bias on the part of U.S. District Judge Robert Clive Jones.

Boulder City author writes about what makes Silver State different

For nearly all of his 81 years, Rudi Kraft has been a man on the move. He’s roamed Europe, Canada, Mexico and the American West. But most of those dusty, hard-won miles have been driven right here in Nevada.

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Who owns the land? Debate won’t end when Bundys leave Oregon

Supporters of turning federal lands over to states and counties have blasted home their message with dramatic activism — staring down federal agents in Bunkerville and holing up in a wildlife refuge.

School choice case pits GOP law against GOP law

Call it an ironic political twist of fate. A constitutional amendment spearheaded more than a decade ago by a conservative Republican to take politics out of Nevada education funding is now at the heart of a legal battle that could upend a conservative GOP ideal — public funding for school choice.

Tinkerer wants to sell dream castle in Goldfield for $1.5 million

Randy Johnston’s crowning achievement sits upon a dusty mountaintop in desolate Esmeralda County, looking more like a castle than one man’s desire to poke a stick in the eye of every construction inspector who ever cramped his builder’s style.

Go Solar says it’s cutting jobs, reducing hours for others

A small, locally owned Las Vegas rooftop-solar company announced Thursday it is cutting jobs and reducing hours due to the adoption of a new net metering rate by state regulators that took effect Jan. 1.

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