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FALLON, Nev. (AP) — Firefighters say they're making steady progress on the blaze in the remote area along the Desatoya Mountains about 50 miles southeast of Fallon. The Bureau of Land Management says Nevada Highway 722 reopened near U.S. Highway 50 today. About 200 crew members are battling the fire that has burned 6 square miles about 13 miles east of Reno.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is the first of three Democratic presidential candidates in Las Vegas pitching his candidacy to Nevada's labor unions at the AFL-CIO's state convention. Hillary Rodham Clinton will speak to the annual Nevada AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention at the Luxor hotel-casino later today.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Propane tanks exploded on the ground at a hot air balloon ride business near the Las Vegas Strip, leaving a 35-year-old man hospitalized with burns to his arm and leg. A spokesman for Vegas Balloon Rides says a pilot was refueling balloon tanks when the blast occurred this morning.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A lawyer for owners of the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper says they will appeal a decision to hear a profit-sharing dispute with the Las Vegas Sun. Review-Journal attorney Steve Morris says arbitration, not judicial review, is specified under a 2005 amendment to a joint-operating agreement. Sun owner Brian Greenspun and attorney Leif Reid say arbitration isn't appropriate.