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Lawyers the winners in long Yucca court fight

A nuclear waste repository might or might never be built at Yucca Mountain but one group profited from a long legal fight over the Nevada site — the lawyers.

Coroner: Man shot by CHP trooper died from head wound

Authorities say a man shot by a California Highway Patrol trooper in Jean after a more than two-hour chase that crossed state lines died of a gunshot wound to the head.

No big boost expected in Nevada jobless insurance

No opposition was voiced at a workshop Tuesday to a proposed rate schedule for unemployment insurance that businesses will pay next year to cover jobless claims. The rate would be about the same as this year.

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Arizona baby’s death ruled homicide

The Clark County coroner’s office has ruled the Oct. 23 death of an Arizona baby a homicide.

Every pot cloud has a silver lining

The Silver State’s two-pronged approach to medical marijuana permitting has acquitted itself nicely, especially when stacked up against oft-criticized systems in Colorado and California, an investor banker says.

Question 2: Golden tool for Nevada legislators

Nevada voters will decide next month whether to give lawmakers the power to raise mining taxes — a revenue source long decried by critics as an under-tapped funding spigot shielded by the state constitution.

Nevadan, 77, sentenced to life for rapes

A 77-year-old Elko County man has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of raping and molesting three young step-relatives.

Uber’s Vegas invasion sparks conflict, needs compromise

The Uber transportation technology launched in Las Vegas on Friday is a great idea. There has to be a compromise out there that will allow it to stay.

Uber challenges court order; drivers still working

Uber drivers were still riding around the Las Vegas Valley on Saturday, despite a court order barring them from providing their ride-sharing service in the state until Nov. 7, said the company’s attorney, Donald Campbell.

Nevada now battleground in effort to skirt Congress on policy issues

Erica Lafferty still can’t walk into a school without thinking of Dec. 14, 2012, the horrible day her mother was killed by a disturbed man who shot 20 first-graders and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Tahoe college fined for breaking dirt rule

Environmental regulators at Lake Tahoe say Sierra Nevada College failed to obtain a permit necessary to move dirt and protect plants while building a new home in Incline Village for the school president.

Historic home burns; man killed.

Authorities are investigating the cause of a fatal fire at a historic home in Silver City.

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