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• Nevada officials promise to test 6,300 stored rape kits

  30-05-2015 23:37
  
  LAS VEGAS — With thousands of untested rape kits going back three decades, Nevada’s attorney general and police officials in the state’s two most populous counties are promising to examine each one. Nevada has about 6,300 samples to be tested, Attorney General Adam Laxalt said in a statement released through a spokeswoman. Almost all are from the Las Vegas area. “We hope to lead a strong state-wide approach to help Nevada attack this important issue for our victims of rape and domestic
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Gov. Brian Sandoval’s education initiatives headed for his signature

  30-05-2015 23:37
  
  Several of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s major education bills are now headed for his signature. The Nevada Senate gave final approval Saturday to SB391, which creates the Read by 3 initiative and will soon require schools hold students back if they can’t read by third grade. They also signed off on AB474, which creates the Great Teaching and Leading Fund for professional development. A third bill that passed Saturday on party lines with Democrats opposed would create an Achievement School District
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Assembly OKs ‘Safe-to-Tell’ program for bullying reports

  30-05-2015 22:14
  
  The Nevada Assembly has passed a bill creating a “Safe-to-Tell” program that allows people to anonymously report dangerous or illegal activity happening at a school. Assembly members voted 35-6 on Saturday in favor of SB338, which is sponsored by Democratic Sen. Debbie Smith. Some Republicans opposed the measure. The bill unanimously passed in the Senate, but senators still need to give final approval to an Assembly amendment. The measure creates the program within the state’s new anti-bu
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Assembly approves mandatory 8-year license plate renewal

  30-05-2015 22:08
  
  Nevada Assembly members have approved a measure requiring car owners obtain reissued license plates every eight year period. Assembly members voted 28-13 to approve AB484 on Saturday. It now goes to the Senate. The measure requires car owners to obtain new state-issued license plates every eight years. Supporters said the plates cost a minimum of $3.50 and would ensure that more license plates meet federal standards and remain in better condition over time. A handful of Republicans opposed the
  
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• Assembly OKs ‘Safe-to-Tell’ program for bullying reports

  30-05-2015 22:08
  
  BC-NV-XGR--Safe-to-Tell-School Bullying,90Assembly OKs ‘Safe-to-Tell’ program for bullying reportsEds: APNewsNow.Associated PressCARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Assembly has passed a bill creating a “Safe-to-Tell” program that allows people to anonymously report dangerous or illegal activity happening at a school. Assembly members voted 35-6 on Saturday in favor of SB338, which is sponsored by Democratic Sen. Debbie Smith. Some Republicans opposed the measure. The bill unanimously pass
  
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• Retired UA leader inspired to start scholarship fund to help union family members

  30-05-2015 22:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When Henderson native Charles England retired from his career as a pipefitter, per tradition, the United Association union gifted the monies charged for the advertisements in his testimonial booklet to him. England had no intention of keeping the retirement gift — instead, he started an educational scholarship with the money.
  
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• Large earthquakes hits eastern coast of Japan, no tsunami danger

  30-05-2015 20:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan on Saturday, shaking buildings in Tokyo, but there was no danger of a tsunami and no reports of damage since the quake was extremely deep.
  
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• Large earthquake hits eastern coast of Japan, no tsunami danger

  30-05-2015 20:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan on Saturday, shaking buildings in Tokyo, but there was no danger of a tsunami and no reports of damage since the quake was extremely deep.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Budget includes pay raises for state workers; bridge funding for Western Nevada College

  30-05-2015 19:44
  
  According to the draft budget bills handed to leaders of the money committees late Friday, the state’s proposed budget includes pay raises for state workers in both years of the biennium.The “pay bill,” which has not been officially posted for the public to read yet, includes a 1 percent pay raise effective July 1 and a 2 percent raise in fiscal 2017.Each percent will cost the state about $12 million a year in General Fund money.The raises apply to the roughly 25,000 state workers includi
  
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• Las Vegas heats up to 102, could reach 104 Sunday

  30-05-2015 18:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It’s beginning to feel a lot like Las Vegas, triple-digit weather and all.
  
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• Get ready Vegas, here comes the heat

  30-05-2015 18:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It’s beginning to feel a lot like Las Vegas, triple-digit weather and all.
  
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• Martin O’Malley launches 2016 presidential campaign

  30-05-2015 17:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The former Maryland governor unveiled his campaign in Baltimore, the city where he was once mayor — a role that is central to his political persona. But his Baltimore credentials could become more of a challenge than he initially thought after a riot erupted in the city in April.
  
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• Metro looks for suspect in fatal Las Vegas shooting

  30-05-2015 09:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police were looking for “a person of interest” after a late Friday night shooting death in the central valley.
  
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• Metro looks for ‘person of interest’ in fatal Las Vegas shooting

  30-05-2015 09:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police were looking for “a person of interest” after a late Friday night shooting death in the central valley.
  
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• Metro investigates fatal central valley shooting

  30-05-2015 09:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person was fatally wounded during a late Friday night shooting in the central valley, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Metro investigates central valley shooting

  30-05-2015 09:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro is investigating a late Friday night shooting in the central valley. Police and medical crews were called about 11:50 p.m. to the intersection of Oakey Boulevard and Fremont Street, according to Clark County Fire Department response logs.
  
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• 1 dead in late Friday night valley shooting

  30-05-2015 09:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person was fatally wounded during a late Friday night shooting in the central valley, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• 1 dead, 1 wanted in Las Vegas shooting

  30-05-2015 09:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police were looking for “a person of interest” after a late Friday night shooting death in the central valley.
  
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• Stewart Indian School in Carson City moving to become historic museum and culture center

  30-05-2015 08:51
  
  After years of work and hopes, Stewart Indian School is poised to make a major leap forward in efforts to protect, restore and develop the complex into an historic site, museum and cultural center.“Eventually we would like to create a destination heritage experience,” said Sherry Rupert, head of the Nevada Indian Commission.Two major pieces of legislation have already been approved toward that goal. There are elements in Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposed budget to help that process and she a
  
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• Blue Jays struggle in loss to Bandits

  30-05-2015 08:51
  
  Uninspired, sloppy and ugly.Those are three words to describe Carson’s 14-4 mercy rule loss to Spanish Springs Friday night at Ron McNutt Field.Thankfully, the Blue Jays won’t have much time to mull over the loss. They return to action tonight at 7 against McQueen.“The kids have had a lot to do this week,” coach Bryan Manoukian said. “They just finished school with three days of finals, and I think they are just tired. I think it’s more the three days of tests more so than the amoun
  
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• In 2010, they planted ‘C-eeds’ of tradition

  30-05-2015 08:39
  
  As most residents and even passersby just driving through Carson City have already seen, the iconic “C” on the hill overlooking the city was recently transformed into a 15 for this year’s graduating class. It’s an act that has started to become a tradition in recent years, where students or parents hike the hill in the cover of darkness to post the class’s digits. Although it hasn’t been that long ago, some people have forgotten or never knew how that tradition got its start. It all
  
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• From best friends to top of the class

  30-05-2015 08:39
  
  Jessica Basa and Sarah Christl are like two peas in a pod; they are both Carson City natives, they are best friends and they are the top two in their senior class at Carson High School.Basa is the Valedictorian and Christl is the Salutatorian for CHS. Both with grade point averages more than 5.0 thanks to a steady schedule of AP and honors classes. “One of my best friends is valedictorian,” Christl said. “We are excited that it is us two friends and we are girls. It’s just pretty cool b
  
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• Carson Tahoe Health launches lung cancer screening program

  30-05-2015 08:39
  
  Lung cancer is ranked among the top three health issues in Northern Nevada according to the latest community health needs assessments. As the number of individuals suffering with lung disease continues to escalate, the challenges of early diagnosis and treatment are more critical than ever before. Carson Tahoe Health (CTH) has unvieled a new comprehensive lung cancer screening program as a community-driven initiative designed to detect and treat early stage lung disease, when it’s more treata
  
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• Carson City Library plans activities before Sunday opening

  30-05-2015 08:39
  
  When Sam Wilson, 15, heard the library was extending its hours to include Sundays starting in June, he was overjoyed.“That’s exciting news,” he said. “The more they’re open, the more opportunity there is for me to go and learn new technology.”Wilson, who has just completed his freshman year at Carson High School, rides his bike nearly every day to the Carson City Library where he spends his afternoons in the Digitorium doing his homework and surfing the Internet. “There’s a lot o
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: March 25, 1955 — Sub-surface blast in Nevada

  30-05-2015 08:33
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.…
  
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• Time favors Las Vegas in effort to move rural Nevada water south

  30-05-2015 08:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Time is on the side of Las Vegas water officials in its effort to pump water from eastern rural counties to the Las Vegas Valley.
  
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• Senate Finance Committee tackles 3 budget bills

  30-05-2015 06:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three of the five bills needed to enact Gov. Brian Sandoval’s two-year, $7.2 billion general fund budget and related programs, including public education and capital construction, surfaced Friday in the Senate Finance Committee.
  
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• Senate to consider bill funding police body cameras

  30-05-2015 05:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bill that would appropriate nearly $1.3 million to equip 481 Nevada Highway Patrol troopers with body cameras by 2017 was amended and approved Friday by the Senate Finance Committee. Senate Bill 111 will now go to the full Senate for consideration as a Monday deadline for the 2015 session to adjourn looms.
  
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• Carson City weekend weather perfect for commencing, communing

  30-05-2015 05:43
  
  Great weather is on tap this weekend for graduates, their loved ones at graduation events and for folks grappling with fishing poles or just outdoors to commune with nature.The mercury was in the 80s with mostly sunny skies for Carson City and environs on Friday, setting the stage for even warmer weather with fully sunny skies today. C.K. Baily, whose last name graces Baily fishing pond at the city’s south edge, was asked Friday if he would be out angling in such fine weather today.“I’m go
  
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• Rideshop Series makes for a free-wheeling Friday — PHOTOS

  30-05-2015 05:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The third annual Rideshop Skate Series along Sixth Street in downtown Las Vegas brought out skaters of all levels on Friday. A skate competition and live music were also part of the event sponsored by Zappos.com.
  
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• Sandoval signs legislation clearing way for Uber, Lyft

  30-05-2015 05:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval late Friday signed legislation authorizing ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate in Nevada.
  
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• Pearl Harbor veteran laid to rest — PHOTOS

  30-05-2015 05:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Willis Avery, one of the last of a few remaining local Pearl Harbor veterans, was remembered at a funeral service 10:40 a.m. Friday at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City.
  
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• Carson City weekend weather forecast great, grappler or grad

  30-05-2015 04:50
  
  Great weather is on tap this weekend for graduates, their loved ones at graduation events and for folks grappling with fishing poles or just outdoors to commune with nature.The mercury was in the 80s with mostly sunny skies for Carson City and environs on Friday, setting the stage for even warmer weather with fully sunny skies today. C.K. Baily, whose last name graces Baily fishing pond at the city’s south edge, was asked Friday if he would be out angling in such fine weather today.“I’m go
  
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• Families commemorate memorial to 14 men killed in 1955 plane crash

  30-05-2015 04:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A throng of surviving family members gathered Friday for the grand opening of the U.S. Forest Service’s Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway. They dedicated a memorial to 14 men who died when a transport plane crashed near the snow-capped, Mount Charleston peak in November 1955 while headed to Area 51 to test the U-2 spy plane.
  
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• Marco Rubio tries to reach out to regular Americans at Reno stop

  30-05-2015 03:19
  
  RENO — Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio tried to reach out to regular Americans during a stop at a Reno gated community on Friday. The Florida senator told some 130 GOP activists that polls show the public believes the GOP cares more about the wealthy and the party needs an agenda for struggling Americans if it wants to defeat Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016. He branded Clinton’s ideas as “status quo relics of the past,” and said he represents a new generation of leaders ope
  
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• Truck driver drank two bottles of wine before crash with taxi, police say

  30-05-2015 03:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A tractor trailer driver facing DUI charges after a head-on crash with a taxi van hid Xanex in his socks and told police he drank two bottles of wine just hours before the crash, according to his arrest report.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Assembly passes bill allowing state money for private school

  30-05-2015 02:00
  
  Nevada Assembly members have approved a sweeping bill that would allow students to use the state funds designated for their public education at a private school. Assembly members voted 25-17 on Friday to pass Senate Bill 302 after a lengthy floor debate. The measure already passed the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Republican Sen. Scott Hammond and would allow students a grant equal to 90 percent of their per-pupil state funding allotment. Students could use the state money deposited in the e
  
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• Gaming win up statewide and in Carson City for April

  30-05-2015 02:00
  
  Nevada’s statewide gaming win increased by 5.4 percent in April.“For the first four months of the calendar year, every market we track in the state is up with the exception of North Shore Tahoe,” said Gaming Control Board analyst Mike Lawton.He said the driver behind the increase over that period is the steady increase in the volume of slot play. He said the state has seen volume increases in four of the past five months. In April, statewide slot win was up 6.1 percent to $601 million.The
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Assembly OKs revived bill allowing more guns on colleges

  30-05-2015 01:54
  
  Nevada Assembly members have again approved a hot-button bill allowing concealed weapon permit holders to bring firearms onto college campuses. Assembly members voted 26-16 to approve AB487 on Friday. The measure now moves to the Senate. Republicans have made several efforts to approve so-called “campus carry” measure this session, which would allow concealed weapon permit holders to carry concealed guns on college campuses and store firearms in locked cars. Republican Assemblyman Ira Hanse
  
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• Assembly passes rooftop-solar industry compromise

  30-05-2015 01:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A compromise measure meant to ensure that Nevada’s rooftop-solar industry continues to grow while protecting utility customers who do not participate in net metering won approval Friday in the Assembly.
  
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• Nevada Legislature: Assembly OKs bill resolving fight between solar, NV Energy

  30-05-2015 01:42
  
  The Nevada Assembly has approved a bill that aims to resolve a fight between rapidly growing rooftop solar installation companies and NV Energy. Assembly members voted 41-1 on Friday to approve SB374. Democratic Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton opposed it. Rooftop solar companies had been protesting the state’s 3 percent cap on net metering, which allows people with solar installations at their homes to send excess energy back to the utility company for a bill credit. NV Energy said net metering
  
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• Garbage truck combusts in Walker Furniture parking lot

  30-05-2015 01:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Republic Services garbage truck erupted in flames near downtown Las Vegas Friday afternoon. The truck burst into flames about 3:52 p.m. in the parking lot of Walker Furniture, on Martin Luther King Boulevard near Alta Drive.
  
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• Nevada medical pot dispensary fix sent to governor

  30-05-2015 01:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A bill that would reallocate 11 unused medical marijuana dispensary certificates in rural counties to the state’s two population centers, Clark County in the south and Washoe County in the north, won approval in the Assembly Friday.
  
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• Nevada Supreme Court rules CCSD teacher email addresses are public record

  30-05-2015 01:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Clark County School District could not refuse to release teacher work email addresses to the public.
  
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• Defense in Freddie Gray case want trial moved out of Baltimore

  30-05-2015 00:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Defense attorneys for six police officers facing criminal charges in the Freddie Gray case are seeking to have the trial moved from Baltimore, saying their clients cannot get a fair trial there, the Baltimore Sun reported on Thursday.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office searches for two missing teens

  30-05-2015 00:04
  
  The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is looking for two juvenile runaways.Blaze Christopher Thomas, 16, has been missing since May 16. Thomas has an active warrant out of Juvenile Probation, and has a drug and runaway history. Caleb Kamesch, 16, was reported as a runaway on May 20. Kamesch was reported missing after not going to school and telling his mother via text that he was never coming home. He told her “I’m not coming home, consider me a runaway.” Kamesch is believed to have his cell
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of DUI-fourth offense

  30-05-2015 00:04
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityTHURSDAYAt 1:29 a.m., a 21-year-old Carson City man was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery at the 1400 block of Rand Street. Bail was set at $3,000.At 7:31 a.m., a 20-year-old transient man was arrested on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia and violation of probation after deputies responded to reports of two subject using an apartment complex’s lau
  
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