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Charges filed against Michele Fiore by Nevada judicial discipline commission

In a three-count complaint, commissioners say trust in the suspended justice's ability is missing and she should have returned donated funds she solicited.

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Guards walk inside High Desert State Prison as seen on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019.

Nevada prisons blame overdoses on the mail. Skeptics question the state's research.

To curb drug use, the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) is proposing restricting physical mail from entering facilities and replacing it with electronic copies — a move that has drawn sharp criticism from criminal justice advocates who see physical mail as a morale-boosting connection between inmates and the outside world.

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.

The STRAT Hotel, Casino & Tower seen on July 14, 2021.

A college student came to Vegas for vacation. Instead, he was deported. 

Gabriel Espinoza, a 22-year-old community college student from California, was deported after a trip to Las Vegas with friends. His deportation comes as local employers have expressed concerns that President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is slowing tourism, with visitation from Canada and Mexico notably down in 2025.