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On Sunday, Nevada joined Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Alaska in legalizing recreational marijuana for adults as the state’s voter-approved measure takes effect. So what is and isn’t be legal? And what does legalization bring with it?

Nevada’s new law expanding firearm background checks to private-party sales and transfers is facing another challenge: a lawsuit contending that it violates the state Constitution.

The concerns about a proper certification of a volunteer fire department in Amargosa Valley continue to persist amid the ongoing training, officials said.

One of the more popular attractions in Death Valley National Park will be closed through the spring.

Taxable sales in the county were up again in October, closing the fourth month of the fiscal year 2017 up 5.4 percent from the same time period last year.

A Pahrump man was arrested after his home caught on fire and fire officials discovered an alleged marijuana grow house which had nearly 200 plants inside.

The Beatty Town Advisory Board joined Nye County commissioners in their opposition to land withdrawal for the Nevada Test and Training Range.

CARSON CITY — The new year ushers in a handful of new laws in Nevada, ranging from recreational marijuana to registration of mopeds.

As the new year is set to ring in tomorrow night, 2016 will end on a wet note.

TONOPAH — A pickup truck and an SUV collided head-on Wednesday on U.S. Highway 95 south of Tonopah in Esmeralda County, killing three, including a former Nye County deputy sheriff, and injuring three others, authorities said.