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• Police looking for man in connection with Saturday homicide

  04-01-2015 23:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police released surveillance images Sunday of as man they said is 6 feet tall and weighs about 200 pounds. The man was last seen wearing a red shirt, black pants, a black hoodie, a black beanie and dark-colored gloves, police said.
  
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• Photos released of man wanted in connection with Saturday homicide

  04-01-2015 23:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police released surveillance images Sunday of as man they said is 6 feet tall and weighs about 200 pounds. The man was last seen wearing a red shirt, black pants, a black hoodie, a black beanie and dark-colored gloves, police said.
  
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• New visitor center focuses on the rarest fish on Earth

  04-01-2015 22:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Proceeds from federal land auctions paid for the $10 million visitor center that opened Friday at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, but it’s the humble desert pupfish — a group of rare and endangered fish species native to the ancient hot springs 90 miles west of Las Vegas — that keep the place humming.
  
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• Possible burglary attempt led to a vehicle crash, police say

  04-01-2015 22:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Officers responded just before 11 a.m. to St. Joseph Husband of Mary Catholic Church after an employee at the church reported that someone was testing the door handles in a possible burglary attempt, according to Metro spokesman Lt. John Liberty.
  
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• Eight sailors missing off the coast of Scotland

  04-01-2015 21:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The search for the crew was suspended Sunday night with no sign of them, the Maritime & Coastguard Agency said.
  
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• Man dead after being hit crossing Boulder Highway

  04-01-2015 20:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 62-year-old man died after he was struck by a car overnight Saturday while crossing Boulder Highway, according to Henderson police.
  
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• Man who was shot dead New Year Day identified by coroner

  04-01-2015 20:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Kendral Leonard Earl Anderson, 26, died of a gunshot wound to the head early New Year’s Day, the coroner’s office said.
  
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• North Korea responds to US sanctions

  04-01-2015 17:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Korea lashed out at the United States on Sunday, calling a new set of recently levied economic sanctions repugnant and hostile.
  
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• Feds say busted escort service owner up to his “old tricks”

  04-01-2015 16:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Federal prosecutors say Manny Varagiannis is “up to his old tricks” in the escort service business, and they’re seeking the toughest prison term for him Monday when he’s sentenced for tax evasion.
  
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• Skilled workforce in Carson City key to success in 2015 and beyond

  04-01-2015 08:59
  
  Drilling a new generation of industry workers is one key for Carson City and area commerce in 2015. Drilling for downtown dollars, a second key this year, comes via initial steps in a probable project that may include a technology conference center, hotel and retailing complex near the Carson Nugget casino. A third key is the hoped-for reopening
  
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• SILVER DOLLARS AND WOODEN NICKELS: Vance meant a lot to Carson City

  04-01-2015 08:59
  
  The Nevada Appeal’s Silver Dollars & Wooden Nickels feature recognizes achievements from the capital region and, when warranted, points out other acts that missed the mark. SILVER DOLLAR: Forgive us for being self-serving, but this week we recognize Teri Vance for her service to the Appeal and the community. Teri had been with us since 1999 until her last day, which was Friday. Fifteen years at one community newspaper
  
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• Richard Stokes: Carson City community important in vision of school district

  04-01-2015 08:59
  
  In the United States, the common strand that runs through our collective lives from ages 7 to 18 years is the experience most of us call “School.” While each individual’s experience may be varied, education in the U.S. is an expected activity that spans 13 years of our lives and culminates as a rite of passage to adulthood. In 1987 I began my career as a science teacher in a small rural high school in western Wyoming. As I reflect on th
  
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• Prep roundup: Carson edges Reno

  04-01-2015 08:59
  
  RENO — The Carson High School boys basketball team sustained a heartbreaking 48-47 loss to Reno High on Saturday. Asa Carter scored 13 points for the Senators. Dayton falls Marcos Saylor scored nine points, Jon Joyner had eight points and Jackson Walker added five points in Dayton’s 54-27 loss to Elko. Yerington beats Incline Koby Foster scored 20 points to lead Yerington to an 82-69 win over Incline on Fr
  
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• Old Jewish cemetery in Virginia City receives some TLC

  04-01-2015 08:59
  
  Rabbi Mordey Richler, a Chabad director in South Lake Tahoe, and eight other volunteers recently cleaned the old Jewish cemetery, whose graves a mile outside Virginia City date back to the Comstock days. Richard Kohn of Reno led the volunteers to the hard-to-find cemetery, where volunteers spent the afternoon cutting brush and weeds. The group plans to return in the spring to complete the cleanup. …
  
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• Nevada takes I-80 again

  04-01-2015 08:59
  
  Pack scores 80 in win over Air Force As far as the Nevada Wolf Pack is concerned, the men’s basketball season started Saturday afternoon at Lawlor Events Center. “It’s a new start,” Wolf Pack point guard Marqueze Coleman said after a convincing 80-62 victory over the Air Force Falcons in front of a crowd of 6,638. “Once conference started we just wanted to get off on the right foot.” The Mountain West-opening
  
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• Lance Gilman’s $43M Tesla payoff has believers, critics

  04-01-2015 08:59
  
  LAS VEGAS — More often than not, Lance Gilman is in a cowboy hat. “I feel naked without it,” he said. “I’ve always worn a hat, and I always will. Maybe they will bury me in one.” But Gilman, 70, always takes off his hat for Gov. Brian Sandoval. And for reasons that go well beyond common etiquette, both men have good reason to tip their caps to each other. The Nevada Department of Transportation board, of whic
  
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• Darrell Moody: Wolf Pack teams need more support

  04-01-2015 08:59
  
  Reno isn’t a college town and is never going to be when it comes to supporting its athletic teams. I knew that when I covered Nevada athletics from 2002 to 2007. The basketball teams made several NCAA appearances thanks to guys like Nick Fazekas, Ramon Sessions, Kevinn Pinkney and Garry Hill-Thomas. Yet only rarely did the Lawlor Events Center fill up to capacity. Football? Even worse. Boise State and UNLV were about the only games that wer
  
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• Carson wrestling wins tournament

  04-01-2015 08:59
  
  The Carson High wrestling team had a flair for the dramatic in winning the Granada Mat Classic in Livermore, Calif., a tournament that featured many of Northern California’s top programs. “It’s pretty good,” Carson coach Paul Carter said about the tournament. “You’ve got some pretty good wrestlers.” Brady O’Keefe and Nolan Shine both won titles in the event and Brandon Basa and Brady Rivera were also impressive in taking secon
  
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• Buck eats in the new year on Carson City’s Capitol Grounds

  04-01-2015 08:59
  
  Capitol Police Sgt. Rich Mraz spotted this buck on the Capitol Grounds on New Year’s Day about a month before the Legisilative session begins. …
  
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• Western Nevada College News & Notes | Students pass 9 for 9 in auto service exams at Carson City’s WNC

  04-01-2015 08:51
  
  Automotive mechanics students at Western Nevada College are acquiring the skills and credentials necessary to repair or service anything in an automobile. And they have the certifications to prove it. Four WNC students recently passed all nine Auto Service Excellence national certification exams following a semester of auto mechanics classes at the E.L. Cord Auto Technology Center on the Carson City campus. Mi
  
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• Education achievements: Carson City man honored at Arizona State University

  04-01-2015 08:51
  
  Nathan Johnson of Carson City made the Arizona State University dean’s list. Undergraduate students who earn 12 or more graded semester hours during a semester in residence at ASU with a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher are eligible for the dean’s list. A notation regarding Dean’s List achievement appears on the unofficial transcript. …
  
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• Carson City road report for Jan. 5-11

  04-01-2015 08:51
  
  The following information applies to the period of Jan. 5-11: On Monday, Jan. 5, the following roads will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. due to an event. Detours will be signed and the affected Jump Around Carson (JAC) bus route will be re-routed. Carson Street between Musser and Eighth streets (closing at 9 a.m.). E. Fifth Street between Carson and Stewart streets. E. Musser Street between Carson Street and Stewart streets. There will be re
  
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• Ex-aide wants Ensign to come clean

  04-01-2015 07:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  He was once a Washington power player, a top aide to a United States senator making more than $160,000 a year. Today, Doug Hampton has no job, no car and no permanent home. He stays in the Las Vegas area with his children or a friend, and his most valuable possession might be his six cases of clothes.
  
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• Pedestrian struck, in serious condition in Las Vegas

  04-01-2015 06:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pedestrian was in serious condition after being hit by a vehicle in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
  
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• Pedestrian hit on E. Harmon in serious condition

  04-01-2015 06:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pedestrian was in serious condition after being hit by a vehicle in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
  
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• Public records battle expected to resume at Nevada Legislature

  04-01-2015 05:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Just as the swallows return to Capistrano every spring, the advent of a new session of the Legislature means that the long-simmering debate over access to public records will begin once again in Nevada.
  
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• Shawnee home claimed by fire

  04-01-2015 05:15
  
  Firefighters responded to a fire at the north end of Shawnee Drive in the Jacks Valley neighborhood of Douglas County around 7 p.m. The fire was knocked down, with 80 percent of the structure’s interior reported destroyed. According to the assessor’s office, the home in the 3600 block of Shawnee is 1,440 square feet with a 350 square foot attached garage. Firefighters from East Fork, Carson City, Genoa, Gardnerville
  
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• Nevada Assembly speaker rebukes Fiore for power move

  04-01-2015 02:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Moving to quash a conservative GOP insurrection, Nevada Assembly Speaker John Hambrick on Saturday harshly rebuked Assemblywoman Michelle Fiore, telling her to stop playing “childish games” and undermining him by insisting she’s still Republican majority leader.
  
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• Child welfare advocates question county-hired expert’s objectivity

  04-01-2015 01:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The national expert hired by Clark County to independently review the case of a foster child killed in October isn’t such an outsider after all.
  
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• Will Sandoval’s inaugural address be as ‘optimistic’ this time around?

  04-01-2015 00:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  On Monday, Sandoval will launch his second, four-year term with another pivotal inaugural address as he and his fellow Republicans take control of all state constitutional offices and both houses of the Legislature for the first time since 1929.
  
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• AirAsia Indonesia did not have license to fly Sunday route, officials say

  04-01-2015 00:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  AirAsia Indonesia did not have a license to fly the Surabaya-to-Singapore route on Sunday that ended in tragedy, it has been revealed.
  
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