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Mineral County’s story is etched in stone

It’s no insult to say Mineral County got off to a rocky start. Long before the county even existed, its wealth of minerals had already put it on the map — though that map was not always terribly accurate.

Miller’s office changes website amid ethics complaint

While Secretary of State Ross Miller on Wednesday called an ethics complaint against him “silly,” his office has nevertheless modified the agency’s website to remove his photo and other information from an online election portal for overseas voters to participate in the Nov. 4 general election.

More food-scrounging bears seen in Sierra

An already busy bear season has exploded in the Sierra Nevada with 10 hungry bruins captured in a single day this week near Reno and Lake Tahoe as drought continues to make food scarce.

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Death penalty upheld in 2006 Vegas murder

A former California schoolteacher sentenced to death by a jury in 2010 for killing his wife in a Las Vegas hotel room had his conviction and sentence upheld Thursday by the Nevada Supreme Court.

Hutchison plans education reforms with Sandoval

State Sen. Mark Hutchison says he and GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval will propose a package of education reforms in exchange for increasing K-12 spending.

Motorcyclist dies after Arizona accident

A motorcyclist injured in a collision with a vehicle in Bullhead City, Ariz., on Wednesday died of his injuries Thursday morning at University Medical Center.

 
Arizona Uzi shooting death ruled accident

The Clark County coroner’s office has issued a final ruling in the accidental shooting death of a 39-year-old Arizona gun instructor by a 9-year-old girl using an automatic Uzi.

Nevada Piglet Book targets more government waste

From welfare payments being sent to deceased individuals to the disastrous implementation of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, the 2014 Nevada Piglet Book contains what the conservative think tank NPRI calls “some of the most ridiculous examples of government waste” in the state.

Miller faces ethics complaint in AG’s race

An ethics complaint has been filed against Secretary of State Ross Miller on allegations that he used an online election portal to unfairly gain support for his candidacy for attorney general.

Nevada sage grouse plan OK’d; feds criticized

As a panel of Nevada policymakers on Wednesday adopted a new conservation plan designed to protect sage grouse habitat, the Western Governors Association has expressed concern that the multi-state effort is being treated as an afterthought by federal agencies.

Woman’s body found in desert near Pahrump

Nye County sheriff’s detectives are investigating the death of a 27-year-old Southern California woman whose body was discovered in the desert along Hafen Ranch Road on Thursday.

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