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Elko ball field named after sportswriter Holdren
The Elko Little League has named a baseball field after longtime broadcaster and former Elko Daily Free Press sports editor Leonard "Lenny" Holdren. Holdren's name was added to the minor league field during the league's closing ceremonies over the weekend. The field is next to the league's major field named ...
Medical marijuana dispensaries coming to Nevada
After 13 years of waiting, medical marijuana patients in Nevada will soon have a legal way to obtain the drug without growing it themselves. Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval signed SB374 into law Wednesday. The measure establishes the framework to make pot available to medical marijuana card holders, imposing fees and ...
Trial continuing in hepatitis C case in Las Vegas
Trial continued Wednesday in Nevada state court after a failed bid for a mistrial by a lawyer for the former physician-owner of a medical clinic where prosecutors say at least seven patients were infected by hepatitis C in 2007, including one who later died. Clark County District Court Judge Valerie ...
Nevada ACLU backing suit against 'patient dumping'
A psychiatric patient has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in Nevada accusing state officials of giving him a one-way bus ticket to Northern California, where he arrived, scared and disoriented, without money and identification in a city where he didn't know anyone and had never been. "I'm a victim ...
Tax credits for filmmakers become Nevada law
Gov. Brian Sandoval's signature Tuesday means filmmakers now have more reasons than the rugged mountains and fabulous Las Vegas to shoot their movies in Nevada. The Republican signed the bill granting transferrable tax credits to major filmmakers in an effort to bring a new industry to the Silver State along ...
Passengers, JetBlue settle suit over pilot rampage
A lawsuit accusing JetBlue of negligence after a pilot had a meltdown on a New York-to-Las Vegas flight has been quietly settled. Airline spokeswoman Jenny Dervin says the lawsuit was settled in late April. Terms were not disclosed. A spokeswoman for the attorney representing 34 passengers confirmed Wednesday the lawsuit ...
Hepatitis A linked to frozen berries sickens 87
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says an outbreak of hepatitis A linked to a frozen berry mix sold at Costco has grown to 87 people with illnesses in eight states. The CDC said Tuesday that illnesses have been reported in Arizona, California Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah ...
27-car Nev. sandstorm pileup kills 1, hurts others
Twenty-seven vehicles slammed into each other during a sandstorm that blinded drivers on Interstate 80 in rural northern Nevada, killing a truck driver, seriously injuring several other people and sapping already thin emergency resources, officials said. Humboldt County sheriff's dispatchers called in virtually every medical, law enforcement and fire worker ...
DA: Brockovich to face misdemeanor boat DUI charge
Environmental activist and movie namesake Erin Brockovich will face a misdemeanor charge of operating a boat while intoxicated at Lake Mead, the district attorney in Las Vegas decided Tuesday. Brockovich, 52, has an Oct. 7 court date in Henderson Justice Court stemming from her arrest Friday evening at a marina ...
Betsey Johnson, Mo Rocca among Miss USA judges
Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant will be judged by experts in cooking, fashion and looking hot. Pageant officials announced this week that Betsey Johnson, the over-the-top fashion designer, and Bob Harper, star of the weight-loss reality show "The Biggest Loser," will be among the celebrity judges at the 62st annual ...
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