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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tourism officials say the return this week of a big automotive products trade show could draw as many as 100,000 people to the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Specialty Equipment Market Association show, commonly known as SEMA, opens Tuesday, after being canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. It runs

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s only Republican in Congress isn’t going to run for governor in 2022. Congressman Mark Amodei announced Monday he will instead seek re-election to his House seat. The 63-year-old Amodei has served in Congress since 2011 and previously represented Carson City in the Nevada state Legislature. He has called it

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Halloween weekend house party took a violent turn when a woman was shot to death. Las Vegas police say the shooting happened early Sunday. According to investigators, it started when five men were denied entry into the home. They later returned and fired multiple rounds into the house from a

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Steve Torrence raced to his 10th Top Fuel victory of the season and 50th overall Sunday at the Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals to move closer to his fourth straight championship. Torrence beat Mike Silinas in the final with a 3.717-second run at 329.50 mph at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say they are investigating a homicide in central Las Vegas. Metro police say one person was killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon. Officers were called at an apartment complex after getting a report of a shooting. Police say homicide detectives were later called to the scene to investigate. The name,

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alexis DeJoria topped Funny Car qualifying for second straight event Saturday in the Dodge/SRT NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. DeJoria took the No. 1 with her Friday pass of 3.896 seconds at 327.03 mph in a Toyota Camry. She’ll try for her second straight win Sunday.

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Two years after banning prison gerrymandering, Nevada will still count almost half of its prison population in districts where they’re incarcerated, rather than at their previous addresses. Prison officials say difficulties verifying addresses prevented them from providing addresses need to reallocate thousands

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Carson Strong threw for 417 yards and four touchdowns, Nevada’s defense returned two interceptions for touchdowns and the Wolf Pack defeated UNLV 51-20. Strong hit all-conference receivers Romeo Doubs and Cole Turner with early touchdown passes as Nevada scored on its first four possessions. He completed passes to nine receivers.  Cameron

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Clark County authorities haven’t been able to determine what killed a 5-year-old Las Vegas girl whose body was found in her mother’s sweltering home in late June. The Coroner’s Office announced Thursday it was unable to determine the cause and manner of death of 5-year-old Nyomi Coleman, the Las Vegas Review-Journal

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nic Roy and Evgenii Dadonov scored in a shootout and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Anaheim Ducks 5-4. The Golden Knights survived a scare after Anaheim erased a three-goal deficit in the second half of the third period to force overtime. It was Vegas’ third

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brittany Force put herself in position for her 12th No. 1 qualifier of the season Friday in the Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Force had a 3.693-second run at 333.41 mph to close out the Top Fuel qualifying session. Alexis DeJoria led in Funny Car,

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (AP) — Oracle Co-Founder Larry Ellison’s investment firm has purchased the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino at Lake Tahoe.. Incline Hotel LLC, a branch of Lawrence Investments, bought the lakeside resort at Incline Village for $345 million. County records show the sale was finalized Sept. 3. A Hyatt spokesperson

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The superintendent of schools in the Las Vegas area has been fired following weeks of infighting and anger from parents and teachers over coronavirus pandemic regulations. Clark County school trustees didn’t specify a reason for their 4-3 vote to end Jesus Jara’s contract after they extended it last May. Jara offered

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. government regulators for the first time will analyze greenhouse gas emissions from federal oil and gas lease sales on a national scale as the Biden administration steps up efforts to address climate change. The announcement Friday came as officials released a report saying fossil fuel

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada rancher suing to block construction of the largest lithium mine in the U.S. says the government’s environmental assessment of the project relies on a baseline set by a consultant for the mining company with a conflict of interest. Bartell Ranch says the assessment trivializes

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A fight over a political ad in Nevada this week hints at challenges both parties may face attempting to turn the debate over an infrastructure bill in Congress into campaign fodder. Amid accuracy questions, a Nevada television station agreed to take an

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration says petroleum industry regulators for the first time will analyze greenhouse gas emissions from federal oil and gas lease sales on a national scale. The announcement came as officials released a report saying fossil fuel extraction from federal lands produced more than 1

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — The skiing and snowboarding season is off to an early start in the Sierra Nevada, thanks to the powerful atmospheric river that delivered plenty of snow well ahead of winter. Lifts began operating Friday weeks ahead of schedule at Palisades Tahoe and Boreal in the Lake Tahoe region and about

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hundreds of hotel, casino and restaurant workers rallied on the Las Vegas Strip as the Culinary union made a second monthly call to return more people to jobs idled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Culinary union said Thursday that more than one-third of its 60,000 members haven’t been