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Albuquerque officer involved in fatal crash fired
The Albuquerque police officer facing criminal charges for a February crash that killed a 21-year-old woman has been fired, Police Chief Ray Schultz said Friday. Schultz said Sgt. Adam Casaus was terminated after an internal probe found he violated several sections of department protocol in the late-night accident. The Bernalillo ...
Bill adds to court-ordered mental health treatment
The Nevada Assembly has approved allowing courts to order mentally ill defendants who have regular run-ins with the law to complete tailored outpatient treatment plans. Assembly members approved AB287 on Friday, 34-7. It now heads to the Senate. Republican Assemblyman Lynn Stewart of Henderson says the proposal is a collaborative ...
Nevada withdraws threat to leave Tahoe Compact
Nevada lawmakers agreed Friday to withdraw the state's threat to pull out of the Tahoe Compact with California. The Assembly voted 40-1 to pass SB229 which repeals a law passed by the 2011 Legislature that paved the way for Nevada to exit the Tahoe Compact created in the late 1960s ...
Bill overhauling sex ed curriculum dies in Senate
A bill overhauling Nevada's sex education curriculum has died in the state Senate. AB230 was taken off a roster of bills to be voted upon Friday. The bill faced a midnight deadline to survive. The bill would have set up a state council to determine criteria to be covered by ...
Ethics, integrity of lobbyist touted at Nev. trial
Two long-time associates of a developer and high-powered lobbyist charged with making illegal campaign contributions testified Friday that he is well known for his generosity and integrity. State Assemblyman Ira Hansen said he and defendant Harvey Whittemore were rarely on the same side of issues when Hansen lobbied the Legislature ...
Domestic violence bill clears Legislature
Domestic violence victims in Nevada will have a new tool to help them escape abusive relationships. The Nevada Senate unanimously approved AB284, sponsored by Democratic Assemblywoman Lucy Flores of Las Vegas. It now goes to the governor. It establishes notice requirements and steps victims must take to terminate housing leases. ...
Vegas police trying to ID 10-time armed robber
Las Vegas police are going public with attempts to apprehend a masked gunman believed to be responsible for 10 store robberies since March. Robbery Sgt. Steve Candelas is meeting with the media Friday afternoon to talk about the man police are calling the "Quick Pinch" robber. Police are also due ...
Bill puts extra information on mammogram reports
Some Nevada lawmakers say doctors should tell women with dense breast tissue that mammogram results are inconclusive, but some doctors say there's no need. Democratic Assemblyman James Ohrenschall of Las Vegas is behind AB147. It requires doctors to include a statement about a patient's breast density and the possibility of ...
NHP seizes 159 lbs. pot from I-80 moving truck
The Nevada Highway Patrol has seized more than 150 pounds of marijuana from the driver of a moving truck stopped on Interstate 80 near Winnemucca. Troopers say they smelled alcohol when they pulled over 33-year-old Earl Pointer of California while driving a Penske moving truck on Thursday. He failed a ...
MO man arrested on I-80 in NV with 28 lbs. pot
An Elko County sheriff's deputy who pulled a car over for speeding on U.S. Interstate 80 ended up arresting the driver with 28 pounds of marijuana. Undersheriff Clair Morris says the deputy smelled marijuana when he pulled the 31-year-old Missouri man a passenger over Wednesday near the exit for the ...
Las Vegas air traffic down .2 percent in April
Officials in Las Vegas say McCarran International Airport handled slightly fewer passengers in April than a year earlier. Data released Friday shows slightly more than 3.5 million people flew in and out of the airport last month. That's about 5,000 or 0.2 percent fewer people than flew in April 2012. ...
Correction: Western Water Grants story
In a story May 22 about the U.S. Interior Department awarding more than $20 million in grants for water conservation projects, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by the federal agency, reported erroneously that the North Yuba Water District in California had received one of the grants. A corrected ...
Fernley man to prison for seeking sex with kids
A 44-year-old Fernley man has been sentenced to more than 22 years in federal prison for soliciting children for sex over the Internet. U.S. District Court Judge Howard McKibben sentenced Vincent Charles Fasone Wednesday after he pleaded guilty in January to attempted coercion and enticement of a minor and commission ...
Senate approves extending voter registration
A bill to extend voter registration deadlines has passed the Nevada Legislature on mostly partisan lines, but faces a likely veto by Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval. The Nevada Senate approved AB440 late Thursday on a vote of 11-10. It now goes back to the Assembly for a technical adjustment before ...
Complaint filed over Vegas schools chief selection
The Nevada state attorney general's office has received a complaint claiming Clark County school trustees violated open meetings laws when they picked a longtime district administrator as superintendent of the Las Vegas-area school district The Las Vegas Sun reports (http://bit.ly/18c08SJ ) that Michael Bluestein informed the Clark County school board ...
Crash snarls I-15 freeway south of Las Vegas
The Nevada Highway Patrol is reopening a busy stretch of Interstate 15 south of Las Vegas after investigating a two-vehicle crash that injured two people. Trooper Loy Hixson says the drivers of a sedan and a commercial truck were taken to University Medical Center after the truck slammed into a ...
Pilot who cashed in Sierra hospitalized in Reno
The pilot of a small plane has been hospitalized in Reno after he crashed in the Sierra near the Truckee Tahoe Airport. Authorities say the pilot's injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. Placer County Undersheriff Joe Salivar says the pilot was the only person on board when the single-engine ...
Man receives burns in southeast Vegas house fire
Fire officials say a homeowner is hospitalized with burns on his arms after a fire at a southeast Las Vegas home. Clark County firefighters reported finding the man in the front room when they arrived early Friday to a report of smoke at the house on Anthony Drive. That's near ...
Reno man killed in crash with backyard boulder
Sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a man who crashed through a backyard in south Reno and smashed into a boulder. The victim has been identified as 21-year-old Randell Mercado of Reno. He was pronounced dead shortly after the accident in an area north of Welcome Way about 4 ...
Interchange work to narrow I-15 south of Las Vegas
Nevada transportation officials say an Interstate 15 interchange construction project will force traffic shifts and lane closures just south of Las Vegas through the end of the year. The Nevada Department of Transportation says work on the Cactus Avenue interchange will narrow traffic to two lanes in each direction between ...
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