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• BLM, Nevada ranchers strike deal to resume livestock grazing

  03-07-2015 23:47
  
  BATTLE MOUNTAIN — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has reached an agreement in a year-old grazing dispute with northern Nevada ranchers that allows them to return some cattle to federal rangeland. BLM officials say the new settlement agreement is in effect, now that an administrative law judge has dismissed all pending appeals challenging the contentious closure last year of an allotment near Battle Mountain, about 200 miles northeast of Reno. The deal allows grazing to resume under specifi
  
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• WWII Spitfire could bring $3M for charity in auction

  03-07-2015 23:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A restored World War II Spitfire which was shot down over northern France in 1940 is expected to raise about $3 million for charity when it goes up for auction in London next week.
  
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• Minden man arrested in pedestrian death

  03-07-2015 23:25
  
  A Minden man, who was involved in a fatal Veterans Day motorcycle collision in 2014, has been arrested in Carson City.Michael Trute, 56, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of felony driving under the influence with substantial bodily harm warrant, according to the a Carson City Sheriff’s Office arrest record. Trute’s bail was set at $10,000.According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, the collision occurred when Trute, who was southbound on Stewart Street near Telegraph struck Michael Shields,
  
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• DUI checkpoint at Lake Tahoe for Fourth

  03-07-2015 23:13
  
  A DUI checkpoint will be set up at Lake Tahoe in Douglas County for the Fourth of July holiday, the Nevada Highway Patrol announced Friday.The checkpoint is being funded by a Joining Forces grant from the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety. “Due to the fireworks display and other special events planned at Lake Tahoe, a large increase in both vehicular and pedestrian traffic expected during the holiday,” Trooper Dave Gibson said. “The increase in law enforcement presence at Lake Tahoe will he
  
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• 2 motorists hospitalized after collision with RTC bus

  03-07-2015 23:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people were hospitalized with serious injuries after a crash involving two vehicles and a city bus in the northeast valley Friday, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Baltimore cops investigate ‘Enjoy your ride’ sign inside police van

  03-07-2015 22:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Baltimore authorities are investigating after photos emerged appearing to show a sign inside the door of a police van that reads, “Enjoy your ride, cuz we sure will!”
  
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• Long-term Mars living could be possible, study shows

  03-07-2015 22:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When the first two human colonists land on Mars, they could step into their ready-made living quarters, remove their space helmets and inhale deliciously breathable air.
  
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• BLM warns drone users to stay away from wildfire zones

  03-07-2015 21:19
  
  The Bureau of Land Management is warning against the unauthorized operation of unmanned aircraft systems, often referred to as “drones,” near wildfires. Flights of unauthorized drones can threaten the safety of both aerial and ground firefighters and hamper their ability to protect lives, property, and natural and cultural resources.Temporary flight restrictions are typically put in place during wildfires that require most aircraft, manned or unmanned, other than those engaged in wildfire s
  
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• BLM urging fireworks safety on Fourth of July weekend

  03-07-2015 20:48
  
  In the thick of wildfire season, the Bureau of Land Management is urging safety as families and friends gather by campfires, barbecues and fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July. The agency says the safest way to enjoy fireworks is to attend a public display sponsored by a local community. Other tips include:Never leave children unsupervised around any type of fire. Avoid starting any type of fires when conditions are dry or windy. Observe firework restrictions — research local, state, and
  
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• Storms threaten Northern Nevada Fourth of July activities

  03-07-2015 20:40
  
  Scattered thunderstorms may rain on the Fourth of July parades happening around Carson City.The Reno National Weather Service said that they expect scattered thunderstorms each day through the holiday weekend with the highest risk between 2-9 p.m.Scott McGuire of the Weather Service said that the temperatures will be a high of upper 90s to lows of mid 60s through Sunday with heavy rain. He said that this creates a potential for an abundance of lighting and high winds up to 50 mph. The lighting
  
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• In summer, water is ‘lifesaver’ for Vegas area mail carriers

  03-07-2015 20:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A tiny fan blowing hot air whirled on the dashboard of Analia Gibson’s non-air-conditioned mail truck as she sorted through mail for her daily route.
  
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• Solar plane lands in Hawaii after record-breaking flight

  03-07-2015 19:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After nearly 118 grueling consecutive hours over the Pacific Ocean, the sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 is back on land — and freshly stamped into aviation record books.
  
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• Possible graves of two Vietnam War-era MIA pilots identified

  03-07-2015 19:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. San D. Francisco and Maj. Joseph C. Morrison ejected from an F-4D Phantom jet over North Vietnam in 1968. Family members, including a Las Vegas man, await excavation of potential grave sites.
  
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• Where to watch Lake Tahoe’s Fourth of July fireworks shows

  03-07-2015 19:25
  
  Lake Tahoe’s annual Fourth of July fireworks display at the South Shore will come with an extra dose of technology this year.The Fireworks by Grucci app will allow users to listen to the Lights on the Lake display’s synchronized music. The show’s musical program will also be simulcast on local radio stations KRLT-FM 93.9 and KOWL-AM 1490.“The arrangement of color, light and sound over Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada backdrop has mesmerized millions of viewers for more than three decades
  
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• Education Notebook: School news and events for July 9-15, 2015

  03-07-2015 19:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  View rounds up education briefs from across the Las Vegas Valley, including school news and scholarship information.
  
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• Federal prosecutors pursue Las Vegas businessman

  03-07-2015 19:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In the past three years, federal prosecutors have obtained three indictments against high-rolling Las Vegas businessman Ramon DeSage, each time adding new charges related to a scheme to defraud investors.
  
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• Wisconsin man arrested for threatening to kill Obama

  03-07-2015 18:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A criminal complaint and arrest warrant were issued Thursday against a 55-year-old Tomah, Wisconsin, man accused of threatening to kill President Barack Obama.
  
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• NY fugitive Richard Matt wrote to daughter ‘See you on the outside’

  03-07-2015 18:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In a letter postmarked before his June 6 escape from a New York state prison, convicted murderer Richard Matt told his daughter “See you on the outside,” the Buffalo News reported.
  
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• No freedom from heat for holiday weekend

  03-07-2015 17:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  We may be celebrating our nation’s independence this weekend, but we won’t be free from the heat.
  
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• Man shot, wounded at hotel near Strip

  03-07-2015 17:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was hospitalized after a shooting Friday morning at a Super 8 hotel near the Strip, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Man wounded in shooting near northwest Las Vegas bus stop

  03-07-2015 16:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was critically injured after being shot near a bus stop in the northwest valley early Friday morning, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• EDITORIAL: Withholding critical report betrayed public trust

  03-07-2015 09:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As political empires go, few state institutions rival the Nevada System of Higher Education.
  
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• New Carson City court program aims to help young addicts.

  03-07-2015 08:48
  
  There may be a new alternative to jail for young misdemeanor offenders in Carson City.Judge Thomas Armstrong enacted a new misdemeanor treatment court Thursday, a program which will try to help provide offenders with addiction treatment at the misdemeanor level. “When I am on the (misdemeanor) bench I see so many people who are in trouble, particularly young people with serious addiction issues,” Armstrong said. “When I first started it was a lot of opium/heroin addicts who were 18, 19, 2
  
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• Carson City man arrested with 50 marijuana plants

  03-07-2015 08:24
  
  Carson City Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Team apprehended a man who was using his apartment as a marijuana grow house late Thursday night. A 61-year-old Carson City man was arrested Thursday night at a Saliman Road address after officers found about 50 marijuana plants, hash oil and dried marijuana in his apartment. The man’s neighbors called police after several alleged complaints to the property managers. Residents claim that they approached the property manager about the operation the m
  
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• B.B. King struck all right chords — with class, kindness

  03-07-2015 08:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The big tributes to the late B.B. King continue. The latest edition of Guitar World Magazine features longtime Las Vegan King on the cover and a feature that captures King’s generous spirit and singular talent while also chronicling his incredibly bleak childhood.
  
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• Miss USA pageant picked up by Reelz amid Trump scandal

  03-07-2015 07:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Days after the Miss USA pageant was dropped by Univision and NBC, the July 12 event has found a new home on television, the Reelz channel.
  
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• Court orders removal of Ten Commandments from Oklahoma capitol

  03-07-2015 06:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After the Supreme Court’s week of high-profile decisions, Oklahoma’s high court made a stir of its own in a ruling that had a group of self-proclaimed Satanists and an ordained Baptist minister celebrating.
  
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• New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers sign former Western Nevada College players

  03-07-2015 06:44
  
  Two Major League Baseball franchises, including the league’s most decorated team, have recently armed themselves with past Western Nevada College pitchers.The New York Yankees, winners of 27 World Series titles, signed former Wildcat pitcher Cody Hamlin to a free-agent contract on June 23. More recently, the Milwaukee Brewers signed former WNC relief pitcher Evan Parker, and have not yet come to terms with Conor Harber, who starred for the Wildcats on the mound and in the outfield during the 2
  
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• Carson City Little League’s Eddie Tierney flirts with no-no, leads 12s to win

  03-07-2015 06:44
  
  Eddie Tierney is hands down the best player in Carson City Little League, and he emphatically proved that yet again on Thursday night.Tierney pitched no-hit ball for four innings before yielding a homer to Mason Strait leading of the fifth, as the 11-year-old right-hander finished with a 2-hitter to spark Carson City to a 7-1 win over Reno Continental in a 12-year-old elimination game at Governors Field.The win was Carson’s third straight after two straight losses, and sends the locals into t
  
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• Federal tool details financial links between doctors, medical industry

  03-07-2015 04:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A new tool can help patients discover how cozy their doctors are with pharmaceutical or medical device companies. The tool, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments report, was created under the Affordable Care Act to show the financial relationships that exist between doctors, hospitals and health care companies.
  
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• Judge Ramsey recall case destined for Nevada Supreme Court

  03-07-2015 04:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In a case that could be the first of its kind, the Nevada Supreme Court will be asked to decide whether a North Las Vegas municipal judge can be recalled from office by voters.
  
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• Ex-GSA official caught in M Resort confab sent to prison

  03-07-2015 03:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former federal administrator’s decision to bill U.S. taxpayers for a night at the M Resort in Henderson is forcing him to take another trip on Uncle Sam’s dime. This time around, he’ll be bunking in a federal prison instead of a resort.
  
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• Metro seeks 2 people in connection with Craig Road shooting

  03-07-2015 03:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro is seeking the public’s help in finding two people in connection with a June 12 shooting, the department said Thursday. At 11:48 p.m., police responded to a shooting on the 5200 block of Craig Road. A wounded woman was found inside the apartment and taken to University Medical Center in critical condition, police said.
  
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• Carson City Board of Supervisors saves on bonds, spends on safety

  03-07-2015 03:02
  
  A savings of about $2.1 million in bond interest is likely during the next few years because of action by Carson City’s Board of Supervisors Thursday.In an unrelated matter moments later, the board held a public hearing and then approved collective bargaining language for a four-year pact with the sheriff’s lieutenants/captains unit that will require about $2.1 million over the contract’s life, an increase of $139,169 over what had been budgeted prior to negotiations.The bonded indebtedne
  
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• 2 men arrested in connection with illegal brothels

  03-07-2015 02:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people were arrested Wednesday in connection with two brothels police said were operating in central Las Vegas.
  
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• 2 arrested in connection with illegal brothels

  03-07-2015 02:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people were arrested Wednesday in connection with two brothels police said were operating in central Las Vegas.
  
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• Fernley man arrested on murder charges after shooting

  03-07-2015 02:28
  
  A Fernley man has been arrested on suspicion of murder charges after shooting another man in the abdomen.Charles Paulsen was arrested Wednesday evening for allegedly shooting Michael Nascimento once after an altercation occurred near the 1000 block of Mountain Rose Drive in Fernley.Nascimento was transported to Renown Medical Center where he underwent surgery. As of 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Nascimento was listed as critical but stable condition.Paulsen was arrested on attempted murder, battery with
  
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• Library board applicants sought

  03-07-2015 01:51
  
  Applicants for two seats on Carson City’s Library Board of Trustees are being sought by the Board of Supervisors.Applications, which become public record when filed, are for voluntary positions without compensation and are expected to require up to eight hours of work monthly. The board oversees library policy and budget decisions. Terms for the two slots will expire in June of 2019.Only Carson City registered voters are qualified to apply and anyone interested may check other matters pertaini
  
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• Regents plan investigation of Chancellor Klaich

  03-07-2015 01:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The chairman of the Board of Regents is seeking an outside expert to investigate whether Chancellor Dan Klaich killed research critical of his administration.
  
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• Regents launch investigation of Chancellor Klaich

  03-07-2015 01:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The chairman of the Board of Regents is seeking an outside expert to investigate whether Chancellor Dan Klaich killed research critical of his administration.
  
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• Police: Man offered pot to lure teen sisters into prostitution

  03-07-2015 01:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man facing charges of sex trafficking and sexual assault against a child, used marijuana to lure two teenage sisters into illicit acts, according to a Las Vegas police report.
  
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• Nevada Democrats brace for life after Reid’s retirement

  03-07-2015 01:14
  
  LAS VEGAS — Local and state officials gathered near Hoover Dam in April to celebrate the groundbreaking of a highway bypass that might ultimately become part of an interstate connecting Las Vegas with Phoenix. It was a triumphal homecoming of sorts for Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, who had fought for years to fund the project and was making his first appearance in his home state since announcing he would retire next year. But the event also highlighted the setbacks Reid’s fabled Democr
  
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• US wildlife agency won’t list wild horse as endangered

  03-07-2015 01:03
  
  BC-NV--Wild Horses-ESA Listing Denied, 1st Ld-Writethru,446US wildlife agency won’t list wild horse as endangeredEds: Expands to update with details, backgroundBy SCOTT SONNERAssociated PressRENO, Nev. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has rejected a proposal to list the North American wild horse as a threatened or endangered species. Friends of Animals and The Cloud Foundation filed a petition last summer seeking Endangered Species Act protection for tens of thousands of mustangs they s
  
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• Library board applicants being sought

  03-07-2015 01:03
  
  Applicants for two seats on Carson City’s Library Board of Trustees are being sought by the Board of Supervisors.Applications, which become public record when filed, are for voluntary positions without compensation and are expected to require up to eight hours of work monthly. The board oversees library policy and budget decisions. Terms for the two slots will expire in June of 2019.Only Carson City registered voters are qualified to apply and anyone interested may check other matters pertaini
  
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• Nevada Fair parking passes go on sale Tuesday at City Hall in Carson City

  03-07-2015 00:55
  
  Nevada Fair parking passes for people who want to park at the fairgrounds arena main parking lot will go on sale for $20 apiece at City Hall Tuesday.Supplies are limited.Scott Fahrenbruch, Parks and Recreation Department deputy director, said there would be 100 available. They go on sale at the city Treasurer’s Office in City Hall, 201 N. Carson St. City Hall hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.“A parking pass will give you access to park at the (Fuji) fairgrounds arena main parki
  
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• Las Vegas woman faces 94 counts in telemarketing scheme

  03-07-2015 00:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas woman has been indicted on 94 felony counts in a multimillion-dollar telemarketing scheme that defrauded small businesses.
  
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• Las Vegas woman faces 94 charges in telemarketing scheme

  03-07-2015 00:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Las Vegas woman has been indicted on 94 felony charges in a multimillion-dollar telemarketing scheme that defrauded small businesses.
  
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• State troopers find dead man in SUV near Lake Mead

  03-07-2015 00:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Highway Patrol troopers found a man dead in an SUV near Lake Mead on Thursday afternoon. Highway patrol spokesman Loy Hixson said the troopers were originally sent to check out reports of a fatality from a single-vehicle collision just before 2 p.m.
  
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• State troopers find dead man in SUV at Lake Mead

  03-07-2015 00:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Highway Patrol troopers found a man dead in an SUV near Lake Mead on Thursday afternoon. Highway patrol spokesman Loy Hixson said the troopers were originally sent to check out reports of a fatality from a single-vehicle collision just before 2 p.m.
  
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• Witness says Colo. movie gunman isn’t faking mental illness

  03-07-2015 00:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A neuropsychologist who ran tests on Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes over three days after the 2012 attack told jurors at his murder trial on Thursday there were no signs the shooter was faking mental illness.
  
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