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$9 million judgment upheld in Crazy Horse Too assault

The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a $9 million judgment against former topless club owner Rick Rizzolo stemming from a 2001 altercation over an $80 bar tab that left a Kansas man a quadriplegic.

Debate goes on: Protect, ignore or eat wild horses?

Consider the plight of the West’s wild horses long enough, and at some point you’ll probably find yourself asking the question: Should the animals be protected, left to roam without rules, or removed from the range?

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Masto says trip to Mexico to help battle transnational organized crime

Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said a meeting of state attorneys general with their Mexican counterparts over two days this week has produced tangible results in the fight against transnational organized crime.

Emotions run high as BLM closes 600,000 acres for cattle roundup

Federal authorities will restrict access to almost 600,000 acres of public land for the next seven weeks as they prepare to round up what they call “trespass cattle” in the desert 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

Reno Air Races to bring festival atmosphere this year

Organizers of the Reno National Championship Air Races said they plan more of a festival atmosphere at 51st competition at Reno Stead Airport in September.

Nevada lab certified to test citrus tree disease

The Nevada Department of Agriculture has been certified to diagnose a devastating citrus tree disease that has hit California, Florida and Texas crops.

Nevada nuclear drill prepares local, federal agencies for unthinkable

The biggest drill yet was conducted in Nevada on Tuesday for federal agencies and police from Las Vegas and Los Angeles who are training for the unthinkable — a “dirty” nuclear bomb that’s hidden or deadly radioactive remnants from a power reactor gone haywire.

Truck driver pleads guilty in Nevada triple fatal

A Virginia truck driver has pleaded guilty to three counts of involuntary manslaughter after authorities said he collided with a disabled car in northeast Nevada and killed a couple and a tow truck driver.

Danny Tarkanian drops out of Nevada regents race

Danny Tarkanian said Tuesday he has dropped out of the race for Board of Regents because he doesn’t want to run against a family friend.

Nevada Division of Minerals looking to tweak ‘fracking’ regulations

The Nevada Division of Minerals on Friday hosted a third and final public workshop aimed at fine tuning its oversight of the controversial extraction process, in which well operators use a pressurized slurry of water, sand and chemicals to tap into deposits of natural gas and oil trapped in rock deep underground.

Bunkerville rancher vows to resist federal roundup of his cattle

For the second time since 2012, Clark County rancher, CLiven Bundy, has been served notice by federal authorities who plan to impound hundreds of cattle he left to roam on public land almost 20 years after the government told him to remove them.

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