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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A former member of the Carson City Planning Commission has appealed the panel’s approval last month of a special use permit allowing the construction of a slaughterhouse. The Nevada Appeal reports Maxine Nietz filed the formal challenge last Friday with the Carson City Board of Supervisors. Nietz cited concerns echoed

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say remains found near a mountain on metro Las Vegas’ southern outskirts have been identified as that of a 26-year-old woman missing since December 2020. Las Vegas police announced Wednesday that Henderson police on Sept. 6 responded to a report of skeletal remains near Black Mountain and that the remains

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A former member of the Carson City Planning Commission is appealing the panel’s approval last month of a special use permit for construction of a slaughterhouse along U.S. Highway 50 near the Carson City Airport. The Nevada Appeal reports Maxine Nietz filed the formal challenge on Friday with the Carson

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Republican Secretary of State doesn’t plan to remove two tax measures from the 2022 ballot that Democratic lawmakers bargained to be withdrawn. In a letter first published by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Barbara Cegavske wrote that state law required she include

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police fatally shot a man who pointed a gun at officers after he forcibly entered an apartment and kidnapped an ex-girlfriend. Capt. Carlos Hank says officers responded to reports of shots fired east of North Las Vegas near East Lake Mead Boulevard at about 9 a.m. They learned the

By ROB MAADDI AND BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writers The NFL is not planning to make public any of the hundreds of thousands of emails it obtained as part of an investigation of the Washington Football Team, some of which led to the resignation of Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden. The emails were

KEIZER, Ore. (AP) — Keizer Republican state lawmaker Bill Post has announced his resignation from the Oregon Legislature after saying he misunderstood the residency requirements for being in office. The Statesman Journal reports his resignation announced Tuesday will be effective Nov. 30. Post previously said he would not seek reelection in 2022, but said Tuesday

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer NBC’s Mike Tirico, who was Jon Gruden’s partner for seven years on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football,” expressed disappointment with Gruden’s behavior after more emails came out on Monday showing a repeated pattern of racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments. Gruden stepped down as Las Vegas Raiders coach Monday night after

CRYSTAL BAY, Nev. (AP) — A California developer has acquired the 75-year-old Tahoe Biltmore Lodge & Casino at Crystal Bay along the California-Nevada line on the north shore of Lake Tahoe for $56.8 million. The Newport Beach-based real estate firm EKN Development Group said in a statement it will continue to operate the 113-room hotel

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The city of Reno is proposing a new utility fee to help pay for a backlog of stormwater projects and repairs that will cost the city more than $400 million over the next 20 years. City officials say such a fee is long overdue. Officials told the Reno Gazette Journal the

PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — Nye County authorities say a man sought by authorities was spotted at a southern Nevada courthouse and is accused of trying to run over a bailiff while driving off. The Sheriff’s Office said Terrance Chess was at the Pahrump Justice Court Complex on Monday when court personnel identified him as being

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Raiders owner Mark Davis called it a “dream come true” when he lured Jon Gruden out of the broadcast booth to come back for a second stint as coach in 2018. That dream mostly turned into a nightmare that featured lots of poor play on the field followed

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Dream has hired longtime WNBA player Tanisha Wright as its new head coach. The organization hopes she’ll bring some much-needed stability to a team that struggled under two interim coaches this past season and hasn’t made the playoffs since 2018. The 37-year-old Wright played

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s largest trial court is trying to dig out from under a backlog of thousands of criminal and civil  cases that have accumulated during the pandemic. Eighth Judicial District Court Chief Judge Linda Bell said the the Las Vegas-based court has 5,500 civil trials set, up from about 3,500 as of

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Jon Gruden is out as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after emails he sent before being hired in 2018 contained racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments. Gruden released a statement Monday night that he is stepping down after The New York Times reported that Gruden frequently used misogynistic

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Jon Gruden is out as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after emails he sent before being hired in 2018 contained racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments. Gruden released a statement Monday night that he is stepping down after The New York Times reported that Gruden frequently used misogynistic

HENDERSON, Nevada (AP) — Source: Raiders coach Jon Gruden out after emails he sent years ago contain racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments.

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Raiders coach Jon Gruden frequently used misogynistic and homophobic language directed at Commissioner Roger Goodell and others in the NFL according to emails reviewed by The New York Times. The NFL obtained the emails that Gruden sent to Bruce Allen, the former president of the Washington Football Team,

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Two men have been charged in connection with a weekend shootout at a busy St. Paul bar that left one woman dead and 14 people injured. Police say 27-year-old Marquisha Wiley was killed early Sunday when gunfire broke out at the Seventh Street Truck Park

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Douglas County’s district attorney has filed a criminal complaint accusing a Salvadoran immigrant of murdering two women in rural Gardnerville in January 2019. The new filing Monday comes after the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Wilber Ernesto Martinez Guzman can’t be tried simultaneously in neighboring Washoe County