BC-NV--Nevada News Digest, NV
Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 5 years AGO
Good afternoon. Here's a new, updated look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up in Nevada.
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TOP STORIES:
ELECTION 2020-DEMOCRATS-NEVADA
LAS VEGAS — Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar are expected to campaign in Las Vegas on Saturday. By Michelle L. Price. UPCOMING: 500 words, photo.
FLU DEATHS INCREASE
LAS VEGAS — There were five new flu-related fatalities in the past week in Nevada, increasing the total to 11, health officials said. SENT: 210 words.
REDRAWING AMERICA-2020
JEFFERSON City, Mo. — The reins of political power in the U.S. for the next decade could be determined in this year's elections — not necessarily by who wins the presidency, but by thousands of lower-profile contests for state legislative seats across the country. By David A. Lieb. UPCOMNG: 1,600 words, photos.
IN BRIEF:
— NEW SCHOOL-DECEASED LEGISLATOR: The naming of a new Las Vegas elementary school set to open in the fall will be the latest honor for Tyrone Thompson, a Democratic Nevada state assemblyman from North Las Vegas who died May 4 at age 51.
EXCHANGE-INMATE ADVOCATE
LAS VEGAS — John Witherow said that after his first prison sentence in 1967, it didn’t take long for him to become a mean, dangerous man. Of his next 40 years incarcerated in Michigan, California and Nevada, only three were spent on the outside. By Katelyn Newberg, Las Vegas Review-Journal. SENT: 840 words.
SPORTS:
HKN --BLUE JACKETS-GOLDEN KNIGHTS
LAS VEGAS — The Columbus Blue Jackets visit the Vegas Golden Knights. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos.
BKC--NEVADA-UTAH STATE
LOGAN, Utah — Nevada plays Utah State at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
BKC--UNLV-WYOMING
LARAMIE, Wyo. — UNLV plays Wyoming at Arena-Auditorium.
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