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How Trump's mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers

In Nevada, the Forest Service manages about 6 million acres, including in Lake Tahoe and the Ruby Mountains within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

D.C. Download: Three Nevada takeaways from the DNC

A train of up-and-coming Democratic stars stopped by the Nevada delegation’s breakfasts in Chicago this week to address the Silver State delegates whose influence will be paramount come the next competitive Democratic presidential primary.

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Warren’s campaign is a ‘monster.’ Harris’s is ‘top-tier.’ How presidential campaigns are stacking up in Nevada

The formula for winning Las Vegas — and the other quarter of the state’s residents in northern and rural Nevada — is straightforward: Get here early, build connections with the community, maybe persuade a politically powerful union to endorse them and send out foot soldiers on their behalf and, above all else, hold those house parties, knock those doors and make those phone calls.

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