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    Las Vegas Convention Center To Offer Second Vaccine Doses

    Jan 27, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Health officials in Nevada have said that second doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be offered at the Las Vegas Convention Center starting next week.

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    Blaze At Las Vegas Building Project Called Arson; Reward Offered

    Jan 27, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Local and federal fire officials say a huge fire that reduced a Las Vegas apartment complex under construction to ashes last week was arson, and posted a $10,000 reward to find the culprit.

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    Crews Rescue 5 People In 2 Incidents In Snow-Blanketed Areas

    Jan 27, 2021

    Crews used a helicopter and a tracked vehicle to rescue a total of five people in two incidents in areas blanketed by snow from a major storm.

    The National Guard said a helicopter on Tuesday hoisted up three climbers who were stranded in rugged terrain in the Sedona area.

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    Suspect Arrested For Vandalism At Reno, Sparks Courthouses

    Jan 27, 2021

    SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Police have arrested one of two men suspected of throwing rocks and breaking windows at courthouses in Reno and Sparks.

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    Officials: Cause Of Fire That Killed Tony Hsieh Undetermined

    Jan 27, 2021

    A Connecticut investigator says he could not determine if a November house fire that killed Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of online shoe retailer Zappos, was accidental or intentional.

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    Arizona Residents Digging Out From Latest Winter Storm

    Jan 27, 2021

    FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Residents around northern Arizona are digging themselves out from the latest in a series of winter storms.

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    Potent Atmospheric River Storm Heading Toward California

    Jan 27, 2021

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A potent atmospheric river is barreling toward Northern California, bringing the threat of downpours that could unleash destructive debris flows from wildfire burn scars and a heavy dump of snow in the Sierra.

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    Small Businesses Join Governor To Push For Additional Relief

    Jan 27, 2021

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's governor is lobbying state lawmakers to pass a component of his budget that funds additional relief for small businesses.

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    Minus Coaching Staff, Vegas Loses To Blues 5-4 In Shootout

    Jan 27, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — David Perron and Brayden Schenn scored in a shootout to lift the St. Louis Blues over the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4.

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    John L. Smith On The Commutation Of Billy Walters Sentence

    Jan 27, 2021

    Former-President Donald Trump's final hours in office were marked by 140 commutations and pardons of people convicted of a wide variety of crimes.

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    Gaming Roundup: What Will Become of Las Vegas Sands Without Sheldon Adelson

    Jan 27, 2021

    Questions abound for the gaming world just a month into an eventful winter. 

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    Longtime UNLV Academic To Head Its Economic Development Effort

    Jan 27, 2021

    At UNLV, Bo Bernhard has gone from casino chips to real money.

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    Nevada Eyes 50% Limit On Income Of Inmates For Restitution

    Jan 26, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada officials have directed the Department of Corrections to draft a new regulation that would set a 50% limit on the amount of funds the state can take from prisoners and use for victim restitution.

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    Nevada Projects Population Growth Won't Add Costs To Budget

    Jan 26, 2021

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada expects its population to grow by roughly 160,000 people by 2023, but the governor's budget for the upcoming two years doesn't project expenses rising as a result.

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    Reward In Probe Of Windows Damaged At Sparks Courthouse

    Jan 26, 2021

    SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Authorities in Sparks are offering a $250 reward for information leading to the arrest of two suspects who threw rocks at the windows of a courthouse.

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    US Supreme Court Won't Hear Nevada Church's COVID-19 Case

    Jan 26, 2021

    RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused a rural Nevada church's request to weigh in on a legal battle over the government's authority to limit the size of religious gatherings.

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    Bus In Deadly Grand Canyon Crash Offers Tours By Comedians

    Jan 26, 2021

    Authorities say a tour bus that rolled over and killed one person at the Grand Canyon was operated by a Las Vegas company that offers tours guided by comedians.

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    Nevada Reports 1st Case Of More Contagious COVID-19 Variant

    Jan 26, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada is reporting its first known case of a more contagious variant of COVID-19.

    The Nevada State Public Health Laboratory announced Monday the first known case in the state of the strain that first emerged in the United Kingdom last fall.

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    Many Highway Closures Still In Effect Due To Arizona Storm

    Jan 26, 2021

    FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Portions of two interstate highways are among multiple routes in Arizona's high country that remained closed Tuesday morning due to difficult driving conditions from winter weather.

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    Will Nevada's Hot Housing Market Continue Into 2021?

    Jan 26, 2021

    The median home price in the city of Reno just reached half a million dollars for the first time, and real estate experts say they’re seeing record median sales of homes

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    Mine OK'd In Trump's Last Days May Boost Biden Energy Plan

    Jan 25, 2021

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Trump administration granted final approval for a proposed Nevada lithium mine in its last days, adding it to a list of energy and mining projects fast-tracked before President Joe Biden took office.

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    Official: Nevada's Virus Vaccine Allotment Is 'Low, Slow'

    Jan 25, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada has administered more than 137,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

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    Las Vegas Man Charged In $2M Federal Virus Relief Fraud Case

    Jan 25, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a Nevada man with fraudulently obtaining about $2 million in federal coronavirus relief aid, meant for small businesses, to buy luxury vehicles and condominiums in Las Vegas.

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    2nd Bridge Proposed Connecting Bullhead City With Laughlin

    Jan 25, 2021

    BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Construction bids are being taken for a proposed second bridge over the Colorado River that would connect Bullhead City, Arizona and Laughlin, Nevada.

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    Monument For Bicyclists Killed In Nevada Last Month Unveiled

    Jan 25, 2021

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A monument for five bicyclists killed last month in a highway crash near Searchlight has been unveiled.

    The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the memorial is a five-person tandem bicycle painted white.

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