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Test run signals start of nuclear waste shipments to Nevada

The Department of Energy this week is performing a test run of the route and procedures for shipping potent uranium waste from a federal laboratory in Tennessee for disposal in Nevada.

Officials: Drought increases danger of Nevada wildfire

It is expected to be a long, dry and hot summer in Nevada, bringing with it the danger of wild land fires across much of the state in the midst of a fourth year of extreme drought.

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Washington Digest: House passes budget resolution

With Democrats united in opposition, the Republican-controlled U.S. House last week approved a resolution that would balance the federal budget in a decade with no new taxes but $5 trillion in cuts to domestic programs other than defense.

Nevada’s 150th anniversary remembered with time capsule

Gov. Brian Sandoval and other dignitaries gathered in front of the Nevada State Museum at the Springs Preserve to fill a time capsule with items from the state’s 150th anniversary and lower it into a concrete vault on the property.

Report: 42 Nevadans died from on-the-job injuries in 2013

Some 42 Nevada workers died because of on-the-job injuries in 2013, according to a new report released by the AFL-CIO that was based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

19 photos of Nevada’s fallen sought for Vietnam War project

Janna Hoehn is close to notching another state to her photo collage list for the “Faces Never Forgotten” project. She needs some help, however, to find the last 19 photographs of Nevada’s fallen military personnel from the Vietnam War.

Las Vegas man falls to his death at Grand Canyon

A Las Vegas man visiting the Grand Canyon with his family fell to his death Thursday afternoon, according to the National Park Service.

Nevadans take swings at Yucca funding, come up empty

Nevada U.S. Reps. Joe Heck and Dina Titus took slightly different approaches Thursday, but both bids to remove or divert $150 million in Yucca Mountain funds from a 2016 Department of Energy spending bill were killed by voice vote in the House.

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