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September 3, 2021

California's Caldor Fire threatening Lake Tahoe calms down significantly

The huge California wildfire near Lake Tahoe resort communities has calmed down significantly and was growing at the smallest rate in two weeks, but firefighters must stay engaged and take advantage of good weather while it lasts, commanders said Friday.

September 2, 2021

Trio allegedly torched then shot Las Vegas man after he was forced off cliff

A Las Vegas man was tortured for hours with a blowtorch, ax and other implements before he was forced to strip and walk off a cliff — and then shot to death, records show.

August 31, 2021

California firefighters use snow machines to fight Caldor Fire at Tahoe resort

Firefighters working to fend off California's Caldor Fire have been using snow-making machines to douse the ground.

August 27, 2021

Nevada boy, 14, plays Taps with US flag at half-staff to honor fallen service members in Afghanistan

A Carson City, Nevada, boy pulled on heartstrings when he honored the 13 service members who died in Afghanistan on Thursday by playing Taps before a U.S. flag at half-staff outside his family's home.

August 26, 2021

California fires close in on communities as smoke chokes Lake Tahoe

11 wildfires in California continued to rage on Thursday, forcing evacuations, shuttering schools and choking communities with heavy smoke.

August 23, 2021

Nevada Senate candidate Adam Laxalt says his Trump ties will energize base, give GOP majority in 2022

Republicans see Nevada as their ticket to put the brakes on President Biden's agenda for the final two years of his term. And Senate candidate Adam Laxalt believes that his support for former President Trump will help put him over the top in the state Republicans have had trouble winning for years.

August 20, 2021

Adam Laxalt says it's 'unconscionable' Biden admin didn't secure Bagram prison in Afghanistan pullout

Republican Nevada U.S. Senate candidate and Iraq War veteran Adam Laxalt says that the Biden administration's handling of detainees in the Afghanistan withdrawal was "unconscionable," particularly the fact it failed to secure the prison in Bagram Airfield.

August 19, 2021

Victor Davis Hanson: Critical race theory leads Nevada judge to acquit illegal alien because law was 'racist'

Historian Victor Davis Hanson joined "Fox News Primetime" and ripped a Nevada judge's decision to declare federal law prohibiting reentry by previously deported illegal aliens to be unconstitutional based on her assertion that the law is racist.

August 17, 2021

California man sues after bear in dumpster surprises him

A California man has filed a lawsuit after a bear in a dumpster startled him at a town in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, causing him to flee and injure himself, according to court documents.

August 17, 2021

Nevada Senate race: Laxalt launches Republican run in state that is a top GOP 2022 target

Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt on Tuesday officially declared his candidacy for the Senate in a bid to oust first term Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in the 2022 midterm elections.