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• Road blocked but signals keep on ticking as usual

  12-07-2015 18:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One would think that when streets are completely closed and blocked, traffic signals on streets intersecting the closed streets would be modified since there’s no traffic as a result of the closure. But that’s not always the case.
  
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• High temperatures coming back to the Las Vegas Valley

  12-07-2015 17:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Get ready, Las Vegas’ triple-digit weather is making its way back into the valley. The National Weather Service predicts Sunday’s high to reach 100 degrees with a low of 80.
  
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• Lawsuit targets Las Vegas court collection practices

  12-07-2015 17:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  City employees, state lawmakers, former judges and defendants have spent months blasting the Las Vegas Municipal Court’s “money hungry” courtroom hearing and cash collection practices. A motion filed against the city last month seeks to do something about it.
  
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• Manhunt underway after Mexican kingpin ‘Chapo’ Guzman escapes prison

  12-07-2015 16:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mexico’s most notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped from high security prison in a tunnel built under his cell, the government said, his second jailbreak in 15 years and a major embarrassment for President Enrique Pena Nieto.
  
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• Escape of ‘El Chapo’ Guzman angers U.S. officials

  12-07-2015 16:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The escape of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman aroused anger among U.S. officials and suspicions of inside help from corrupt Mexican prison employees, U.S. law enforcement officials said Sunday.
  
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• Demons haunted ‘Night Stalker’ creator Jeff Rice

  12-07-2015 07:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The demons in the 1970s TV drama ‘The Night Stalker’ were nothing compared to the real ones encountered by Jeff Rice, the man who dreamed up the story of a real Vegas vampire serial killer and the wise-cracking reporter who nailed him.
  
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• American Century Championship returns to Lake Tahoe

  12-07-2015 07:28
  
  TAHOE-TRUCKEE, Calif. — Lake Tahoe’s biggest week for the public to gush over and rub shoulders with the world’s most recognizable celebrities and athletes is almost upon us.While the bulk of the American Century Championship golf tournament at Edgewood-Tahoe Golf Course doesn’t get started until next weekend, sports fans and autograph seekers are going to have several chances to get a relaxed look at some of the field a few days earlier.The tournament’s festivities begin Tuesday with
  
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• Western Nevada College receives grant for Applied Industrial Technology program

  12-07-2015 07:04
  
  Western Nevada College has received a grant to purchase Department of Labor approved equipment, course development, grant management staff assistance to students and program support for the College’s newly expanded Applied Industrial Technology program.New equipment was funded 100 percent of its total cost from a grant awarded under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grants, as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration
  
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• Western Nevada College News & Notes: Power up workforce with manufacturing & electronics certifications

  12-07-2015 07:04
  
  Want to catch the wave of Northern Nevada’s upcoming manufacturing boon? Western Nevada College offers a credential that will help make those dreams possible.A Manufacturing Technician credential could lead to more job opportunities in Northern Nevada, especially with Tesla Motor’s gigafactory already under construction in nearby Storey County.“The credential can be useful whether students are working in the field and want to improve their position, or want to break into manufacturing,”
  
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• Photo gallery: High Sierra Regional Chili Cook Off and Craft Fair

  12-07-2015 07:04
  
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• Photo gallery: Carson City Relay for Life raises funds for cancer research

  12-07-2015 07:04
  
  The Relay for Life movement began in the mid-1980s when Dr. Gordy Klatt covered 83 miles in 24 hours and supporters donated funds to join him for a time during his extended trek around a track in Tacoma, Wash. In 1986, teams there joined in and $33,000 was raised. Since then, billions have been raised to combat cancer via events in communities spanning 20 countries.…
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: June 19, 1973: Ground-breaking ceremony for Community Center’s new theater

  12-07-2015 07:04
  
  A number of city officials were on hand for official ground-breaking ceremonies at the site of the new theater at the Carson City Community Center. Attending the event were, from left, Ron Caskey of Artus Construction Co.; Wilbur H. Stodieck, Carson City Fair and Recreation board member; Thomas Wall, architect, Means and Wall; Dominic Oxoby, chairman of the fair board; George L. Gottschalk, member of the city board of supervisors; Mayor Eugene Scrivner, Ed Blanchard, member of the fair board; Ci
  
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• Last Nevada State Prison warden retires

  12-07-2015 07:04
  
  A retirement party for the last warden at Nevada State Prison was thrown Saturday at the prison he closed.Former Warden Gregory Smith and more than 200 party-goers enjoyed the send-off for the retiree and wished him well in his next set of challenges, which before the event he said could include going to umpiring school and eventually entering politics. Smith, who goes by Greg, served 29 years with the Corrections Department. He rose from a corrections officer trainee in 1986 to warden at the p
  
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• Carson City road report for July 13-19

  12-07-2015 07:04
  
  The following information applies to the period of July 13-19. Clear Creek Avenue will continue to be closed to through traffic Monday through Thursday between Lynette Lane and Center Drive due to utility work. Detours will be signed and the JAC bus stop on Clear Creek Avenue will be temporarily relocated near the intersection of Frontage Road and Clear Creek Avenue.Utility work will continue Monday, July 13, through Thursday, July 16, with closures along Eighth Street between Curry and Minneso
  
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• Carson City Board of Supervisors ponders joining Nevada League of Cities

  12-07-2015 07:04
  
  Discussion and possible action Thursday by Carson City’s Board of Supervisors will include whether to consider joining the Nevada League of Cities.Wes Henderson of the league is expected to appear and there’s going to be a municipal legislative report on the 2015 Nevada Legislature that ended last month, as well as possible action on directing city staff to examine the feasibility of Carson City joining the league. Nevada’s state capital, a consolidated community combined in 1969 with the
  
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• Replacing Harry Reid won’t be politics as usual

  12-07-2015 06:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A high-stakes election is ahead as both parties hope to claim the retiring Nevada Democrat’s Senate seat.
  
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• WASHINGTON DIGEST: House revamps No Child Left Behind law

  12-07-2015 06:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. House passed a bill last week to rewrite the No Child Left Behind law intended to give states more flexibility in testing student achievement.
  
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• Boy, 5, found underwater in pool, hospitalized

  12-07-2015 05:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 5-year-old boy was hospitalized after he was pulled from a pool at a North Las Vegas apartment complex Saturday night, according to police.
  
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• Army staff sergeant given new home in Las Vegas

  12-07-2015 02:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas Army Staff Sgt. Joe Gutierrez was welcomed home Saturday by Building Homes for Heroes, an organization that awards mortgage-free homes to veterans.
  
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• North Las Vegas officials, neighborhoods spar over grant

  12-07-2015 02:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tensions are high between residents and officials as cash-strapped North Las Vegas vies for a chance to change its historically downtrodden urban core.
  
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• Vegas temperatures to start climbing Sunday

  12-07-2015 00:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  You might want to take advantage of Saturday’s below-average temperatures to go outdoor shopping, eating and swimming, because temperatures will begin to climb Sunday.
  
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• Southbound US 95 lanes reopened after crash

  12-07-2015 00:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The center lanes of southbound U.S. Highway 95 are reopened after a three-vehicle crash caused delays Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Crash blocks US 95 southbound lanes

  12-07-2015 00:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A crash on southbound U.S. Highway 95 is blocking center lanes and causing delays, according to the Regional Transportation Commission.
  
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• Fires grow in Grand Canyon National Park

  12-07-2015 00:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two lightning-caused fires burning in Grand Canyon National Park limited visibility for drivers Saturday morning and merged in the afternoon to form one wildfire, the U.S. Forest Service said.
  
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• Fires close popular Zion park trail, grow in Grand Canyon

  12-07-2015 00:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A wildfire in Zion National Park forced the closure of a popular hiking trail Saturday and two other fires burning in the Grand Canyon National Park limited visibility for motorists and merged in the afternoon to form one wildfire.
  
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