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• Storm brings rain, quick moving clouds to west valley

  13-06-2015 22:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Late showers doused the west valley Saturday and wind gusts reached 40 mph, the National Weather Service said.
  
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• Heat and sun in the weekend forecast

  13-06-2015 22:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The next few days are going to be hot, calm and sunny in Las Vegas, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Book about fallen Nevada sheriff earns honors

  13-06-2015 22:18
  
  Off and on for nearly 30 years, author Jackie Boor gathered story pieces about the life and controversial death of her great-grandfather, three-term Nye County Sheriff Tom Logan, who was killed in the line of duty on April 7, 1906. The circumstances of that tragic event and the subsequent trial that led to the acquittal of his assailant have long been a mystery to family members and historians alike. Boor’s book, “LOGAN: The Honorable Life and Scandalous Death of a Western Lawman,” was pu
  
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• Teachers, students bring education tools to Amazonian youths

  13-06-2015 22:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As world geography teachers, it’s only appropriate that Kimberly Caipa and Caprice Leidig have the opportunity to travel the world.
  
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• Police seek information on Friday night shooting death

  13-06-2015 21:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in locating the passenger of a white truck they say was involved in a fatal shooting in the central valley Friday night.
  
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• Police seek information about Friday night shooting

  13-06-2015 21:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in locating the passenger of a white truck they say was involved in a fatal shooting Friday night in the central valley.
  
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• Tesla impact: Truckee Meadows Community College offers degree aimed at skilled workers

  13-06-2015 20:37
  
  Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno is becoming the first in Nevada to establish a new four-year degree in logistics to help meet anticipated demand for skilled workers at Tesla Motors and other high-tech companies moving distribution hubs to the region. The state Board of Regents on Friday approved the Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Logistics Operations Management as well as a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Emergency Management Homeland Security — Public Safety. The new p
  
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• Ely inmate died of thyroid cancer, according to coroner

  13-06-2015 18:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The death of an inmate from Ely State Prison who died in May was ruled natural, the Clark County coroner’s office said Friday.
  
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• Inmate’s death ruled natural by coroner’s office

  13-06-2015 18:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The death of a Nevada inmate who died in May at Southern Desert Correctional Center in Indian Springs was ruled natural by the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• Coroner says woman’s death caused by anorexia

  13-06-2015 17:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Alaska woman whose body was found May 28 in a hotel room at the MGM Grand died of anorexia, the Clark County coroner’s office said Friday.
  
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• Woman killed in southwest valley crash ID’d

  13-06-2015 17:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 34-year-old woman killed in a southwest valley rollover crash Saturday morning was identified by the Nevada Highway Patrol as Jessica Kenney of Las Vegas.
  
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• Woman dead after crash in southwest valley

  13-06-2015 17:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 34-year-old woman is dead after a rollover crash Saturday morning in the southwest valley, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Police investigating fatal Blue Diamond crash

  13-06-2015 17:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least one person is dead after a crash Saturday morning in the southwest valley according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• One dead after crash in southwest valley

  13-06-2015 17:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 34-year-old woman is dead after a rollover crash Saturday morning in the southwest valley, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Suspected Dallas Police shooter shot, possibly killed

  13-06-2015 16:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man suspected of a gun and bomb attack outside Dallas Police headquarters in the early hours of Saturday was shot and possibly killed by snipers a few hours later.
  
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• Suspect dead after attacking Dallas Police headquarters

  13-06-2015 16:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man who attacked Dallas Police headquarters early on Saturday with gunfire and explosives was found dead after being shot by police snipers a few hours later, authorities said.
  
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• Police believe Dallas shooting suspect may have been shot and killed

  13-06-2015 16:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A suspect believed responsible for planting bombs and firing automatic weapons outside Dallas Police headquarters early Saturday morning may have been shot and killed while holed up in his van, police said.
  
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• Dallas police shooting suspect believed to be dead

  13-06-2015 16:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man suspected of attacking Dallas Police headquarters early on Saturday, spraying it with gunfire and leaving explosive devices around the building, was shot and likely killed by snipers a few hours later, police said.
  
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• John Stamos cited for DUI in Beverly Hills

  13-06-2015 10:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Actor John Stamos, 51, of “Full House” fame was arrested late Friday in Beverly Hills, California, and given a citation for driving under the influence. He was also taken to hospital for treatment of a possible medical condition.
  
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• John Stamos arrested for DUI in Beverly Hills

  13-06-2015 10:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Actor John Stamos, 51, of “Full House” fame was arrested late Friday in Beverly Hills, California, and given a citation for driving under the influence. He was also taken to hospital for treatment of a possible medical condition.
  
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• Beats of the Rising Sun — PHOTOS

  13-06-2015 09:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Groups performed during the Taiko Ten, part of a Japanese drumming conference, at UNLV on Friday.
  
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• Desalination dawdling could leave Southern Nevada high and dry

  13-06-2015 09:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When I raised the subject of investing in desalination a few months ago, I got the strong feeling there wasn’t much active interest at the Southern Nevada Water Authority. Their experts knew all about it, of course, but they also recognized it was expensive and probably wouldn’t be needed for decades to come.
  
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• U.S. 50 work between Mound House and Silver Springs to begin

  13-06-2015 08:57
  
  On Sunday, the Nevada Department of Transportation will begin overnight work to apply a top sealant coating to U.S. 50 approximately between Mound House and Silver Springs.Beginning Sunday, June 14 through Thursday, June 18, one lane will be closed in each direction of U.S. 50 approximately between the State Route 342 junction and Chaves Road. The following week, June 21 through June 25, one lane will be closed in each direction from approximately Stagecoach to the U.S. 50/U.S. 95A Silver Sprin
  
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• Teri Vance: Following up on successful Carson City area graduates

  13-06-2015 08:57
  
  For the first time in what seems like my entire life, I didn’t write about a single graduation this year. While I can’t say I missed it (imagine listening to “Pomp and Circumstance” for nearly two weeks straight for nearly 15 years), it did make me a little reflective. The one thing I do enjoy about graduation ceremonies is the universal hopefulness. Parents, teachers, administrators, students — everyone is unified in this idea the future is bright and the graduates are poised for suc
  
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• (Prison) Yard Work in Carson City

  13-06-2015 08:57
  
  David Ruf, Greenhouse Garden Center owner, sent a crew to the Nevada State Prison to help get the facility, shuttered since 2012, ready for the Chamber of Commerce Barbecue/Concert to be held within the prison yard on June 29.…
  
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• Pi Kappa Phi fraternity bikes cross country to raise awareness

  13-06-2015 08:57
  
  While most people think fraternity men are worried about parties and alcohol, the men of Pi Kappa Phi are worrying about how they can help change the world. Partnering with The Ability Experience, an organization who helps raise money and awareness for people with disabilities, nearly 40 Pi Kappa Phi members from around the country have been participating in Journey of Hope to bike nearly 4,000 miles cross country to raise awareness. The riders stopped in Carson City Friday to visit the Childre
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: July 1, 1921: Predict breaking of record on Reno-Carson road today

  13-06-2015 08:57
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year. Predict breaking of record on Reno-Carson road todayPersons who have followed closely the reports on the 1,000-mile road race to end at Reno today anticipate some fast driving between Carson City and the riverside city. It is claimed that the record run between the two cities was made in 1917 by L. E. Gilcrease, who is credited with having driven a Hudson car over the course in 46 minutes. None
  
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• Dodgers beat Cardinals for Carson City Majors title

  13-06-2015 08:57
  
  His hit propels Dodgers to Majors City championshipTyler Germain singled with one out in the bottom of the fifth to snap a 5-all tie and give the Dodgers a 6-5 win over the Cardinals in the Carson City Little League Major Division championship game Friday night at Governors Field.The win gave the Dodgers a sweep. They also won the regular-season championship.The Dodgers led 5-3 after four innings thanks to a two-run homer and two-run double by winning pitcher Casey Martensen. However, the Cardi
  
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• Celebrating Flag Day in Carson City

  13-06-2015 08:57
  
  A National Guard member sings ‘God Bless America’ Friday morning at the Flag Day cermonies.…
  
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• Carson City’s WNC offering continuing ed classes

  13-06-2015 08:57
  
  Fashion, motorcycle safety, oil painting, first aid, baby-sitting certification, foil fencing, skills for job seekers and mathematics are just some of the non-credit continuing education classes, some of which are one-day classes, being offered by Western Nevada College this summer. The following are some of the classes being offered between mid-June and October. Wilderness First Aid Basics will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Participants will learn how to plan in advance of an e
  
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• Spots on dwarf planet still a mystery to NASA

  13-06-2015 08:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Even with closer pictures, NASA still isn’t sure what the mysterious glowing spots on Ceres are.
  
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• Man fatally shot on D Street near Washington Avenue

  13-06-2015 06:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One man was killed in a shooting on D Street at the Interstate 15 underpass Friday night, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Cliven Bundy says he met Gold Butte surveyors but didn’t menace them

  13-06-2015 03:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Embattled rancher Cliven Bundy says he and his son talked to government contractors on June 5, but he had nothing to do with shots fired near the group’s campsite later that night.
  
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• Lawyer for King’s manager rebuts embezzlement claim

  13-06-2015 03:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The lawyer for B.B. King’s longtime manager denies that his client embezzled more than $1 million from the musician during his dying days. Las Vegas attorney Brent Bryson said King’s manager, LaVerne Toney, transferred the money into King’s trust account after his death.
  
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• Coroner: Woman found burned, partially dismembered died of strangulation

  13-06-2015 03:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The woman whose burned and partially dismembered body was found May 21 at a south valley apartment was strangled to death, the Clark County coroner’s office said Friday.
  
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• Wait until after Saturday to get that Nevada fishing license

  13-06-2015 03:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Saturday is Free Fishing Day, the only day of the year children and adults can fish at select Nevada parks without a fishing license or trout stamp.
  
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• A death row inmate’s chilling video confession

  13-06-2015 02:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In an exclusive look at the killer`s videotaped confession, David Zink recounts he was drinking and driving, on parole and didn’t want to go back to prison. That’s why David Zink says he killed 19-year-old Amanda Morton.
  
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• Wrong-way April crash death ruled a homicide

  13-06-2015 02:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The death of a driver who was killed in a wrong-way car crash in April near Snow Mountain was ruled homicide by the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• Nevada DMV can now register teens for the draft

  13-06-2015 02:39
  
  The Department of Motor Vehicles can now register men for the draft.Assembly Bill 131 out of the 2015 Legislature was signed into law by Gov. Brian Sandoval. It attempts to fix the problem of men aged 18-26 who are required to register with the Selective Service failing to do so.Under the bill, any male who’s a citizen or immigrant between those ages can be registered when he applies for a drivers license, ID card, instruction permit, driver authorization card or other permit. Those exempted w
  
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• Sandoval signs final bills of legislative session

  13-06-2015 02:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval signed the final bills of the 2015 legislative session into law Friday, including a measure creating the “Breakfast After the Bell” program for schoolchildren and another providing $14 million for the construction of a Northern Nevada Veterans Home.
  
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• Police seek missing Henderson woman, 36

  13-06-2015 02:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The public’s help is being sought in locating a Henderson woman who went missing on Monday, police said. Rebecca “Becca” Ramey, 36, last contacted her friends on the telephone Monday, Henderson police said in a release.
  
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• Henderson woman reported missing contacts police

  13-06-2015 02:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Henderson woman police had sought the public’s help in finding is no longer missing, police said Friday night.
  
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• Nevada DMV DMV can now register teens for the draft

  13-06-2015 01:53
  
  The Department of Motor Vehicles can now register men for the draft.Assembly Bill 131 out of the 2015 Legislature was signed into law by Gov. Brian Sandoval. It attempts to fix the problem of men aged 18-26 who are required to register with the Selective Service failing to do so.Under the bill, any male who’s a citizen or immigrant between those ages can be registered when he applies for a drivers license, ID card, instruction permit, driver authorization card or other permit. Those exempted w
  
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• Valley community ‘plagued by violence’ unites to give peace a chance — PHOTOS

  13-06-2015 01:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Dozens of residents took a stand against the violent crimes that plague their central valley neighborhood Thursday night. The rally and peace walk were part of the Season of Peace initiative, a collaboration between valley police departments and community and faith leaders.
  
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• Central valley community unites to give peace a chance

  13-06-2015 01:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Dozens of residents took a stand against the violent crimes that plague their central valley neighborhood Thursday night. The rally and peace walk were part of the Season of Peace initiative, a collaboration between valley police departments and community and faith leaders.
  
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• Jury: 20 years to life for man who killed infant daughter

  13-06-2015 01:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas man should spend 20 years to life in prison for the shaking death of his infant daughter, jurors decided Friday.
  
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• Nevada congressional members help vote down trade package

  13-06-2015 01:05
  
  Nevada’s congressional delegation voted Friday to reject a key part of President Barack Obama’s trade agenda, though one congressman elected to skip the vote in order to return to the state. Democratic Rep. Dina Titus and Republican Reps. Joe Heck and Cresent Hardy voted against part of the president’s trade agenda that was necessary to give Obama the authority to complete a highly debated trade agreement. The Trade Adjustment Assistance program is an aid package targeting workers displac
  
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• 8 more photos needed for ‘Faces Never Forgotten’ project

  13-06-2015 00:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Janna Hoehn only needs eight more photos of Nevada’s fallen Vietnam War servicemen to add the Silver State to her list of states completed for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund project “Faces Never Forgotten.”
  
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• Woman involved in drug ring enters guilty plea

  13-06-2015 00:42
  
  The first of nine people involved in an alleged major drug bust plead guilty in Justice Court Friday afternoon.Patricia Bigpond, originally charged with sale of a controlled substance and two counts of trafficking, waived her preliminary hearing to plead guilty to one count of level two trafficking. With this deal, all other charges were dismissed. Bigpond was arrested after Tri-Net Narcotics Task Force seized a house on the 3500 block of Desatoya Drive in early March. Authorities seized nearly
  
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• ‘Stop’ sign slides off truck, kills highway worker

  13-06-2015 00:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Oklahoma highway worker has been killed by a “Stop” sign that slid off the back of a truck and struck him in the neck.
  
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