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• BEAR CROSSING IN EAST CARSON CITY

  12-09-2015 23:29
  
  Glenn and Jan Bush caught this image of a mother bear walking away from their home Saturday morning. The mother bear and her cub, which can be seen in front of a bush to the right made it all the way to the Bush’s eastside Carson City home on Gentry. Anyone who sees a bear can call 775-688-BEAR or 775-688-1331.…
  
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• Armed civilian group to help police in Arizona I-10 shootings

  12-09-2015 20:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The civilians -- armed with guns, knives, mace and other weapons -- call themselves "Bolt Force."
  
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• Carson City woman seriously injured in DUI crash

  12-09-2015 19:58
  
  A Carson City woman was seriously injured when a Lyon County man hit the vehicle she was traveling in head-on at 11:51 p.m. Friday night, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. The accident occurred on Highway 50, approximately six miles east of Carson City. According to NHP, the preliminary crash investigation details indicate that a blue Pontiac Grand Am driven by Dennis M. Tardif, 58, of Lyon County resident was westbound on US 50 in the eastbound travel lane. A white Honda Civic was traveli
  
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• Vegas may be seeing the last of triple digit heat

  12-09-2015 19:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rejoice, Las Vegans! Temperatures in the valley are expected to stay below 100 all of next week, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Forecast calls for cooler days, chance of rain

  12-09-2015 19:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rejoice, Las Vegans! Temperatures in the valley are expected to stay below 100 degrees through the end of the week, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Interdrone takes off at the Rio — VIDEO

  12-09-2015 18:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  InterDrone, the International Drone Conference and Exposition at The Rio in Las Vegas, gathered over 3,000 attendees including drone builders, flyers and buyer and more than 85 industry-leading exhibitors (including DJI and 3DR).
  
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• Woman motorist critical after crash in northwest valley

  12-09-2015 17:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 31-year-old woman was in critical condition after a crash early Saturday morning in the northwest valley, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Woman in critical condition after northwest valley crash

  12-09-2015 17:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 31-year-old woman is in critical condition after a crash early Saturday morning in the northwest valley, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• Soukup doesn’t play like rookie for Carson High football in starting debut

  12-09-2015 10:31
  
  Blaine Soukup admitted he had butterflies Friday night.That isn’t a surprise considering he was making his first-ever varsity start. He played with the aplomb of a three-year letterman in Carson High’s easy 45-7 win over North Valleys Friday night at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex.Soukup, who started in place of the injured Eddie Duarte at tackle, helped Carson run for 363 yards (438 overall).“I found out on Wednesday that I was going to start when Adam (Hunsaker, CHS
  
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• SOS from VC — reporter needs help with camel

  12-09-2015 10:31
  
  VIRGINA CITY — So it’s been a little more than five months since I have moved to Nevada, and I have seen and done some strange things since starting this job (like casinos in grocery stores, what is that all about?) If you all have read any of my stories, you have seen I’ve been bitten by police K9 dogs, thrown out of a fire tower and shot AK machine guns, but by far the weirdest thing I have experienced so far was the Virginia City Camel and Ostrich Races.I have never in my li
  
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• Prep roundup: Reno strikes fast, beats Douglas

  12-09-2015 10:31
  
  RENO — Lukas McKenzie bolted 57 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage Friday night to put the Reno Huskies on track to a 46-7 victory at home against Douglas.After the quick score, which came 20 seconds into the game, quarterback Isaac Terrasas threw three touchdown passes as Reno (2-1 overall) cruised to the non-league win against Douglas (0-3) at Foster Field.Douglas got on the scoreboard in the fourth quarter, aided by a long kick return to the 47. Quarterback Bryce Jam
  
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• Gaming Control issues 71-count complaint against Carson City casino

  12-09-2015 10:31
  
  Investigators for the Gaming Control Board have filed a 71-count complaint charging multiple violations of record keeping, accounting rules and security procedures by operators of the Max Casino and its predecessor Carson Station.Some of the more serious charges include slot attendants have access to the cage cashier’s card allowing them to “initiate and produce a fraudulent payout form, obtain the funds, forge the signatures on the payout form, route all parts of the payout form and
  
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• Carson rolls by North Valleys

  12-09-2015 10:31
  
  Carson High’s running game is clicking on all cylinders, and that’s bad news for the remaining teams on the Senators’ schedule.The Senators ran the ball for 363 yards en route to an easy 45-7 nonleague win over North Valleys Friday night at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex.Carson, which has scored 104 points in its last two games, takes its 2-1 record on the road next week at Spanish Springs.All five of Carson’s main runners — Asa Carter, Abel Carter, Greg Wa
  
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• Carson High football notebook: Drahos gives Senators’ defense a lift against NV

  12-09-2015 10:31
  
  After coming off the bench all of last season, Jacob Drahos is making the most of his time at defensive end.From the outset of Friday’s 45-7 win over North Valleys, Drahos was a force. He made the first two tackles of the game, and unofficially ended with a season-best six stops.“I’m just working hard and doing the best I can,” Drahos said after the Senators’ second straight blowout win. “My game is definitely better than it was last year. I feel like I’
  
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• Teri Vance: Lessons learned behind the camel’s hump

  12-09-2015 10:23
  
  VIRGINIA CITY — Often during the long, hot summers of putting up hay, my dad would change the game plan. Instead of driving tractors in the endless circles of swathing, raking or baling alfalfa, we’d wrangle the horses and spend the day working cattle. Although it was arguably a tougher job, my dad preferred any task done horseback.“You just have to let your heels hang down,” he’d say.Maybe that’s why I keep coming back to the International Camel and Ostrich R
  
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• Nevada looks to make name for itself vs. Cats

  12-09-2015 10:23
  
  The Nevada Wolf Pack football team wants you to believe a game against the Arizona Wildcats of the Pac-12 Conference is really not all that different from a game against the UC Davis Aggies of the Big Sky Conference.“It feels just like another game,” junior quarterback Tyler Stewart said of the much anticipated match up against Arizona today (4 p.m., CBS Sports Network) at Mackay Stadium. “We’re just going to go out and play some football, whether it’s Arizona or UC
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: July 7, 1974: Rowdiness, drunkenness may kill famous Virginia City camel races

  12-09-2015 10:23
  
  July 7, 1974: Rowdiness, drunkenness may kill famous Virginia City camel racesThe camels may be coming to Virginia City for the last time this year, if problems connected with the world famous Virginia City Camel Races cannot be solved. Scott Sappenfield, president of the Virginia City Chamber of Commerce, appeared before the Storey County Commission to discuss problems that have surfaced during past camel races and possible solutions to those problems. Sappenfield said drinking is probably the
  
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• One dies in crash at Las Vegas Convention Center

  12-09-2015 09:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person is dead and two others were injured in a single-vehicle crash at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Man killed in crash at Las Vegas Convention Center

  12-09-2015 09:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man is dead and a woman and man were seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Friday night at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Regents consider shorter notice for employees facing firing

  12-09-2015 07:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada education officials on Friday discussed a proposal to drastically shorten the notification time required to be given to employees facing termination.
  
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• Family loses foster care license after gun incident

  12-09-2015 06:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former foster family is at odds with the Clark County Department of Family Services over guns. Family Services revoked the family's foster parent license in July, but the family is appealing the decision and has retained an attorney.
  
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• Regents discontinue salary practice for fired college presidents

  12-09-2015 06:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A policy change approved on Friday by Nevada education officials bars fired college presidents from receiving a salary after termination, a revision that fixes outdated language in the state's higher education manual.
  
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• Nevada colleges empowered to drop students for nonpayment

  12-09-2015 06:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It's now official across the Nevada System of Higher Education — fail to pay your fees and get dropped from your class.
  
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• Two injured in Moapa crash, portion of I-15 South closed

  12-09-2015 03:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A portion of southbound Interstate 15 is closed in Moapa and two people are being flown to a Las Vegas hospital after a rollover crash near mile marker 94, the Regional Transportation Commission announced.
  
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• Burning Man Ends, and an Event for Law Enforcement Begins

  12-09-2015 03:49
  The party in the Black Rock Desert may be over, but for the local courts, lawyers and some participants, the headache now begins.
  
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• Las Vegas teacher uses summer break to experience astronaut life

  12-09-2015 03:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Some teachers use their summer break to go on vacation. Teresa Beaver, a science teacher at Lawrence Junior High School, used hers to go to space camp.
  
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• Ben Carson tours Ferguson, says lack of 'respect,' not race is issue

  12-09-2015 02:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  FERGUSON, Mo. — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson toured Ferguson, Missouri on Friday, looking into efforts to rebuild the riot-weary St. Louis suburb and offering advice on how to mend racial divisions in the United States.
  
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• Flooding begins on ‘Third Straw’ to draw Lake Mead water

  12-09-2015 02:12
  
  LAS VEGAS — A careful flooding operation has begun on a so-called “Third Straw” pipeline to draw Las Vegas drinking water from near the bottom of drought-stricken Lake Mead. Southern Nevada Water Authority spokesman Bronson Mack said Friday that contractors began this week to allow in the first 11 million gallons of the 41 million gallons need to flood the 3-mile tunnel. The process is expected to take several weeks before a cap is removed and the Colorado River reservoir will
  
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• Nevada Supreme Court rejects O.J. Simpson's appeal

  12-09-2015 02:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by O.J. Simpson for a new trial on kidnapping and robbery charges.
  
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• Not all bus stops are candidates for a shelter

  12-09-2015 01:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An overcast morning gave transit commuter Spring Peterson a rare break from the sun's rays Aug. 25 as she waited for the 119 bus at a shelterless stop on Rancho Drive near Charleston Boulevard.
  
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• Crime and safety news from around the valley, Sept. 10-16, 2015

  12-09-2015 00:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County Law Library to offer free classes
  
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• OJ Simpson appeal rejected by Nevada Supreme Court

  12-09-2015 00:48
  
  LAS VEGAS — A lawyer for O.J. Simpson said Friday they’ll decide their next step after the Nevada Supreme Court rejected the imprisoned former football star’s latest appeal of his 2008 kidnapping and armed robbery conviction. Attorney Patricia Palm said she needed to talk with Simpson at Lovelock Correctional Center about the Thursday ruling by a three-member panel of the state high court, and whether he wants to appeal to federal court. The Nevada justices issued a detailed 16
  
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• Nevada adopts regulations for ride-hail companies like Uber

  12-09-2015 00:48
  
  A Nevada board adopted final regulations for ride-hailing companies on Friday, although there still are more steps before companies like Uber and Lyft are on the roads. The Nevada Transportation Authority met Friday to discuss and approve the detailed rules, which call for an administrative fee to fund regulators and enforcement staff. Other requirements were set, including requiring a decal placed on cars working for ride-hailing companies. The three-member board plans to meet again Monday to c
  
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• Daniel Fenstemacher, 55, identified as man killed in Storey County shooting

  12-09-2015 00:48
  
  Daniel Fenstemacher, 55, was identified Friday as the man shot and killed during an alleged domestic disturbance in the Mark Twain area. The Storey County Sheriff’s Office arrested William Thomas Lyle, 66, for his alleged involvement in the shooting death of Fenstemacher, who lived at the residence where the shooting occurred.Storey County said Fenstemacher had been in northern Nevada for several years drifting between Carson City, Washoe, and Storey counties. Storey law enforcement respon
  
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• Air Force to begin condemnation on Nevada bombing range site

  12-09-2015 00:48
  
  LAS VEGAS — The U.S. Air Force says it’ll move forward with condemnation to acquire a remote Nevada mine property now surrounded by a vast bombing range including the super-secret Area 51. A statement Friday from Jennifer Miller, assistant Air Force secretary for installations, says Groom Mine site owners didn’t take a $5.2 million “last best offer” by Thursday’s deadline. Rachel Gregory, one of about 20 Sheahan family members and owners of the 400-acre site,
  
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• Police looking for man who tried to rob west valley bank

  12-09-2015 00:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro is asking for help finding a man they say tried to rob a west Las Vegas Valley bank on Thursday.
  
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• Motorcyclist dies after Thursday collision

  12-09-2015 00:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 26-year-old motorcyclist died early Friday after a two-vehicle crash the day before near the North Las Vegas Airport, police said.
  
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• 107 dead, 238 injured after crane collapses on Mecca's Grand Mosque — VIDEO

  12-09-2015 00:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least 107 people were killed when a crane toppled over at Mecca's Grand Mosque on Friday, Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence head said, less than two weeks before Islam's annual haj pilgrimage.
  
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• Arizona man dies in single-vehicle rollover crash

  12-09-2015 00:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Kingman, Ariz., man died in a single-vehicle rollover in northwest Arizona on Thursday.
  
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• Driver accused of killing 2 in bus crash says he doesn't remember the wreck

  12-09-2015 00:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The 25-year-old man Las Vegas police say was driving drunk before he crashed a BMW into a minibus, killing two, told officers he doesn't remember anything from the wreck, according to an arrest report.
  
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