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Mining industry privately griped to Lombardo about top Nevada water regulator before firing

The complaints largely opposed a draft order to reduce groundwater pumping in certain areas and accused then-State Engineer Adam Sullivan of "coercion."

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Why the Las Vegas Review-Journal just stopped printing its rival

The nation's last joint operating agreement required the Sun, which is smaller, to be printed as a daily insert in the Review-Journal. The latter has fought the arrangement, which was designed to preserve papers, saying the Sun can continue to publish but should foot the bill.