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LAS VEGAS (AP) — More than 100 applicants have been given the go-ahead to grow and process medical marijuana in unincorporated Clark County areas outside Las Vegas. The county commission approved 101 permits for cultivation and laboratory facilities from Laughlin to Las Vegas. The seven-member commission rejected just five applications during a marathon seven-hour public hearing.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Harry Reid is asking Congress to transfer more than 100,000 acres of federal land to Native American tribes at sites in northern and southern Nevada. The northern Nevada measure would transfer almost 93,000 acres of federal land into trust for seven northern Nevada tribes stretching from Elko to the Reno area. The second would grant more than 26,000 acres of federal land to the Moapa Band of Paiutes outside Las Vegas.
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission is stepping down and another commissioner is in line to take his place. Gov. Brian Sandoval says chairman Pete Bernhard will resign effective June 30. Dr. Tony Alamo will take Bernhard's place as chairman. He's been a commissioner since 2008.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A bee attack has killed one Las Vegas Metro police dog and injured two others. Mickey, an 11-year-old Belgian Malinois, died after being stung the most by the swarm of bees. He was a police dog for nearly nine years before retiring in March. The two other police dogs are expected to fully recover.
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