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BLM: No money, room for more mustang roundups

Saying they don’t have money or room to corral many more wild horses, federal land managers have sided with horse advocates in calling for the dismissal of a Nevada lawsuit demanding acceleration of roundups.

Ex-Simpson lawyers in Las Vegas case reach settlement

O.J. Simpson’s feuding former Las Vegas trial lawyers have settled a breach-of-contract lawsuit in Nevada federal court and a slander claim in Florida state court, leaving one dispute remaining between the imprisoned former football star’s ex-lawyer from Miami and one of his current attorneys in Nevada.

‘Pony Bob’ among best of Pony Express riders

Given the romance that Americans have enjoyed with the Pony Express era, you would be forgiven for thinking those courageous riders were in the saddle for decades instead of just 18 months from April 1860 to October 1861.

Dems try to create momentum for new jobless bill

Advocates for unemployed workers tried to create some momentum Wednesday for a new bid in Congress to reinstate federal jobless benefits for people unable to find work.

Church finds ‘holy ground’ in Sin City

Unification Church members made a pilgrimage to Las Vegas Wednesday, and the holy site that brought them here just happens to also lie beneath a state building.

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Las Vegas teen launches petition to protect wild horses, burros

Robin Warren, 13, of Las Vegas has filed her own initiative petition with the Nevada secretary of state’s office to expand protections for Nevada’s wild horses and burros.

Reno man who killed wife, shot judge wants retrial

A Reno man appealing his conviction for murdering his wife and trying to assassinate the judge handling their divorce in 2006 told one of his lawyers at the time he believed he was justified in shooting a “corrupt” judge but worried about being viewed as a “nut-case with a rifle.”

Mental evaluation ordered in Sparks murder case

A judge has ordered a mental evaluation for a 73-year-old Sparks man charged with murder in the shooting of two unarmed trespassers that is bringing attention to Nevada’s “stand your ground” law.

Boyd wrote the book on butterflies

It takes an expert like Bruce Boyd to identify some of the rare butterflies found on Mount Charleston and nowhere else in the world.

Part of Colorado River declared National Water Trail

The Black Canyon Water Trail, a stretch of the Colorado River through the nation’s driest state, has been named a National Water Trail by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.

Wildfires called big risk one year after Mount Charleston inferno

Wildfires are still a major risk a year after the Carpenter 1 fire burned 27,800 acres on Mount Charleston and people are urged to adhere to fire prevention rules to avoid being the cause of another such blaze, officials said Tuesday.

Patient dumping suit against Rawson-Neal dismissed

A federal judge has declined to reconsider a lawsuit alleging that officials at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas violated a patient’s civil rights by giving him a bus ticket to California upon discharge.

Lawmakers ‘astounded’ Filipino WWII veterans denied for benefits

As a small group of Filipino-American patriots watched from Las Vegas, lawmakers said in Washington Tuesday that they were ‘astounded’ and angry that a program set up to benefit Filipino soldiers who fought alongside Americans in World War II denied payments to more than half the applicants.

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