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Gondola near Tahoe would create one of largest U.S. ski areas

RENO, Nev. – A resort operator announced plans Monday to build a high-speed gondola connecting two Lake Tahoe slopes and creating one of the largest ski areas in the country. The ...

DATE: Apr 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Sports

Exhibit to show Reno as world’s divorce capital

RENO, Nev. – For nearly six decades, Reno was known as the divorce capital of the world because of liberal divorce laws that drew hundreds of thousands of estranged spouses from across the c...

DATE: Sep 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family

Feds seek space for mustangs

RENO, Nev. – Federal land managers are under fire from animal welfare activists for seeking extra holding space for wild horses removed from western rangelands. With current facil...

DATE: Aug 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Charles Russell art fetches millions at auction

RENO, Nev. – A total of 30 Charles M. Russell works fetched millions of dollars at auction in Reno, with one painting symbolizing the railroad’s effect on American Indians drawing $1.9 milli...

DATE: Jul 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Bill seeks to allow states to manage wild horses, burros

A Utah congressman has introduced legislation to allow Western states and Native American tribes to take over management of wild horses and burros from the federal government. Rep...

DATE: Jul 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Paris-based firm to fight Utah consumer ruling

A Paris-based company says it will fight a U.S. judge’s ruling against its attempt to force a Utah couple to pay a $3,500 penalty over a critical online review. Descoteaux Boutiq...

DATE: May 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bids sought for new wild horse corrals

BLM also taking research proposals for fertility control

DATE: May 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clash of states’ and federal rights

Nev. rancher contests BLM authority over his land, cows

DATE: Apr 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nev. wants to name cove for Twain

RENO, Nev. – Nevada officials are launching a new bid to give Mark Twain recognition in the state where he assumed his pen name in 1863. The Nevada State Board on Geographic Names...

DATE: Dec 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Reopening of parks draws throngs

Visitors and shop owners were upbeat as all five national parks in Utah were open Saturday for the first time since the partial government shutdown began Oct. 1. Park officials re...

DATE: Oct 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Burning Man grows

RENO, Nev. – The largest outdoor arts festival in North America is about to become bigger. Federal land managers have issued Burning Man organizers a four-year special recreation ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World