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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former UNLV and NBA player's bid to build a more than $1.3 billion sports arena and resort on the Las Vegas Strip has cleared a key regulatory hurdle. Clark County Commission members approved a zone change Wednesday, but still plan a hearing about possible traffic snarls that could result from the 22,000-seat All Net Resort & Arena backed by businessman Jackie Robinson.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas smog inspector is headed to prison for six months after admitting to falsifying emissions test results for more than 1,000 cars. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that a federal judge sentenced 30-year-old Henry Batista, who pleaded guilty in March. His brother was also convicted on a similar charge.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Consumer spending in Nevada rose to its highest level in five years in 2012 but continued to lag far behind the national average. That's according to a new report that shows a wide discrepancy in economic recovery from the recession across the country. Consumer spending in Nevada doubled from $40 billion in 1999 to $80 billion in 2007. But it fell off to $77 billion in 2009 before slowly climbing again the next three years to a peak of $81 billion in 2012.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Volunteers joined Nevada wildlife officials to save thousands of stranded trout and other fish. The fish were in irrigation ditches that have been cut off from the Truckee River due to drought in the Reno area. The volunteers splashed through knee-deep ditches, netting an estimated 6,000 fish over two days earlier this week.
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