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Fast humans gather for annual speed challenge
The 18th annual World Human Powered Speed Challenge will be held in Battle Mountain, Sept. 11-16. The world’s fastest bicycles will attempt to break the human powered land speed record. The challenge is against the forces of nature and the viscosity of the air itself. The record to beat is an amazing 89.59 mph set […]
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Fourth of July Fireworks
Independence Day celebrations set to take place across the Silver State. By Jeri Chadwell The first Independence Day fireworks were lit off on July 4, 1777—one year after the United States declared its independence from Great Britain, and even as the Revolutionary War raged on. And 237 years later, fireworks are still the centerpiece of […]