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• Water on its way from new Lake Mead straw

  23-09-2015 23:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Take a big drink, Las Vegas. You've earned it. As early as Friday, valley residents will get their first taste of water drawn through the Southern Nevada Water Authority's new straw at Lake Mead.
  
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• A pocket guide to Uber in Las Vegas: 5 things to know

  23-09-2015 23:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  From sharing fares to rating drivers, what you need to know.
  
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• A last-chance nudge: Who will save the Huntridge?

  23-09-2015 23:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  KNPR reported last week that the efforts of Huntridge Revival LLC to buy and restore the theater have officially ceased.
  
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• Sandoval appoints Paul Thomsen to head Public Utilities Commission

  23-09-2015 22:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Wednesday he has appointed Paul Thomsen as chairman of the Nevada Public Utilities Commission beginning Oct. 1.
  
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• Brooklyn DA finds pot grow house hidden in basement of cherry company

  23-09-2015 22:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A New York City cherry company pleaded guilty on Tuesday to criminal charges of marijuana possession stemming from plants growing in the business's Brooklyn basement and to dumping waste into city sewers, prosecutors said.
  
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• EU challenging system for renewing pilots' licenses after Germanwings crash

  23-09-2015 21:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The European Commission is poised to launch a legal challenge against Germany's air safety authorities and in particular its system for renewing pilots' licenses, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
  
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• Bridge loan buying time for Empire Ranch Golf complex sale?

  23-09-2015 21:03
  
  Empire Ranch Golf Course is getting a $1.3 million bridge loan from a secondary creditor to pay the key creditor while a bankruptcy-imposed sale drags on.Carson City’s Dwight and Sandra Millard issued a statement and their Reno-based bankruptcy attorney filed documents overnight with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Nevada detailing the loan at a 4.5 percent annual interest rate to pay off Garth Richards’ GSR Investments, LLC. Richards, a developer, also has Silver Oak Golf Course and Co
  
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• It's the tiny details that matter at the Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth

  23-09-2015 21:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Because when someone is putting a name above your eyebrow, it better be as perfect as human hands can muster.
  
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• Body of man found at Baily Fishing Pond

  23-09-2015 20:39
  
  At approximately 9:21 a.m. Wednesday, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a body floating in the water at the Baily Fishing Pond. The pond is located within Fuji Park at the south end of Carson City, bordering the Douglas County line. The pond is maintained by the Carson City Parks and Recreation Department, and is regularly stocked with fish. According to initial reports, a fisherman had arrived in the area to fish and witnessed what was described as a presumed olde
  
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• Body found in Baily Fishing Pond

  23-09-2015 20:39
  
  At approximately 9:21 a.m., the Carson City Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a body floating in the water at the Baily Fishing Pond. The pond is located within Fuji Park at the south end of Carson City, bordering the Douglas County line. The pond is maintained by the Carson City Parks and Recreation Department, and is regularly stocked with fish. According to initial reports, a fisherman had arrived in the area to fish and witnessed what was described as a presumed older male face
  
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• Tommy the window washer brings things into focus

  23-09-2015 20:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The early afternoon sun pushed the temperature above 100 degrees, but it seemed hotter as we sat baking in the El Pollo Loco drive-thru.
  
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• 6 indicted in Las Vegas for illicit multistate oxycodone sales

  23-09-2015 19:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Six people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in what authorities say was a Las Vegas-based criminal operation that trafficked in painkillers throughout the West.
  
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• 6 indicted in Las Vegas for illicit multi-state oxycodone sales

  23-09-2015 19:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Six people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in what authorities say was a Las Vegas-based criminal operation that trafficked in painkillers throughout the West.
  
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• Phoenix highway shootings suspect charged with 16 felony counts

  23-09-2015 19:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A suspect in Phoenix's recent highway shootings was charged with 16 felony counts, including four counts of drive-by shooting, five counts of aggravated assault, three counts of unlawful discharge of a firearm, three counts of disorderly conduct and one count of endangerment, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
  
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• Rockslide closes State Route 9 in Zion National Park

  23-09-2015 19:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Utah State Route 9 is closed through Zion National Park after a major rock fall, officials said Wednesday.
  
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• Search for unidentified Gacy victims helps close cold case from 1979

  23-09-2015 19:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A John Doe murdered in San Francisco in 1979 has been identified as a teenager who went missing in Chicago a year earlier, thanks to ongoing efforts to identify victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, the Cook County sheriff said on Wednesday.
  
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• Coroner IDs suicidal man who died during police barricade

  23-09-2015 18:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man who fatally shot himself during a police barricade Monday morning has been identified by the Clark County coroner's office as Randolf Gary Neumayer.
  
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• Volkswagen CEO resigns, takes responsibility for diesel scandal

  23-09-2015 17:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned on Wednesday, taking responsibility for the German carmaker's rigging of U.S. emissions tests in the biggest scandal in its 78-year history.
  
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• Pope speaks to US bishops about sexual abuse scandal

  23-09-2015 15:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Pope Francis on Wednesday told U.S. Roman Catholic bishops that crimes of sexual abuse of minors by clergy should never be repeated, acknowledging the damage caused by years of scandal in the U.S. Catholic Church.
  
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• Pope encourages US work on climate change during White House ceremony

  23-09-2015 15:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the United States to help tackle climate change at a "critical moment of history" and called on Americans to build a truly tolerant and inclusive society.
  
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• Obama praises Pope Francis during White House ceremony

  23-09-2015 15:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Barack Obama welcomed Pope Francis to the White House on Wednesday with warm praise for the popular pontiff's work to lift up the poor and his commitment to fight climate change.
  
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• Updated: Deadline passes with no resolution on Empire Ranch Golf Course

  23-09-2015 09:43
  
  Continual checks to determine if anything was filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Nevada on the Empire Ranch Golf Course sale disclosed nothing despite a deadline passing in the Carson City case.With that deadline gone and a Friday filing to determine if a backup or reorganization plan is coming, a Bay Area man saying he had made an offer of $3.2 million for the property surfaced but said that offer was no longer on the table. John Browning, who attended a Northern Nevada Development Authority lun
  
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• Unemployment rate falls 1/10th in Carson City

  23-09-2015 09:43
  
  Nevada’s statewide unemployment rate finished August at 6.8 percent — steady in the seasonally adjusted numbers but down a tenth in the raw count.Carson City’s rate remains higher than the state average but did come down from 7.2 percent in July to 7.1 percent in August. That’s seven tenths lower than a year ago with just 1,800 estimated as still looking for work in the capital.Just to the north in Reno-Sparks, the unemployment rate is a full percent lower at 6.1 percent.
  
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• Officials: Revise water rules

  23-09-2015 09:43
  
  State and local water rules need revising in order to deal with Nevada’s water scarcity.That was the consensus of water authorities and providers who spoke on a panel Tuesday during the second day of the Governor’s Drought Summit. The three-day summit was convened by Gov. Brian Sandoval to examine and find ways to cope with the state’s ongoing drought. Speaking only of the Colorado River, which supplies 90 percent of Las Vegas’ water, John Entsminger, general manager, Sou
  
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• Homecoming week carries on at Carson High

  23-09-2015 09:43
  
  The 2015 Carson High School Homecoming court are, back l-r, Ikela Lewis, Eddie Duarte, Asa Carter, Joe Nelson, Lindy Lehman, Kassidy Cox, Tess Corda and Delaney Fine. Middle, Haley Gray and Todd Lani. Front, Connor Pradere and Paris Regan. Homecoming activities continue throughout the week, with Carson High hosting Hug in football at 7 p.m. Friday.…
  
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• Cops and Kids Spaghetti Dinner in Carson City

  23-09-2015 09:43
  
  Carson City Undersheriff Steve Albertsen and 10-year-old Alexia Bourcier share a smile and fill their plates at the Cops and Kids Spaghetti Dinner on Tuesday at Casino Fandango.…
  
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• Three Carson City businesses sell alcohol to minors

  23-09-2015 09:35
  
  Three Carson City businesses failed their alcohol sale to minors compliance checks this weekend during a Carson City Sheriff’s Office undercover operation.The failed businesses were: Shell South Gas Station on S. Carson Street, Rand Convenience Store and Liquor on E. Williams Street and Golden Gate Petroleum on Highway 50.As a part of the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws operation to reduce underage drinking, the Sheriff’s Office completed checks on various stores across Carson City
  
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• Prep roundup: Senators take bite out of Panthers in three

  23-09-2015 09:35
  
  RENO — Carson High’s volleyball team improved to 5-0 with an easy 25-17, 25-9 and 25-20 win over North Valleys in a Division I crossover match Tuesday nght.The Senators conclude the crossover portion of their schedule Thursday when they host McQueen at 6 p.m. at Morse Burley Gym.Maddie Jergesen led Carson with nine kills and four blocks, and Juliana Anderson had six kills and six digs. Jaycie Roberts, who missed the last couple of matches, had four kills and four digs. Setter Natalie
  
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• Polish firm commits; Cal business wooed

  23-09-2015 09:35
  
  California companies should come to Northern Nevada and a company from Poland will come to Carson City, a development authority audience here was told Tuesday.Rob Hooper, executive director of the Northern Nevada Development Authority (NNDA), told a luncheon audience of about 100 the medical aesthetics firm from Warsaw, Poland he identified as Youvena had committed to locate in Nevada’s capital, though after the luncheon he said it’s in the early stages and would take time. Meanwhile
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: May 4, 1926: Hamer heads new Carson School Board

  23-09-2015 09:35
  
  May 4, 1926: Hamer heads new Carson school boardThe new school board organized last evening by electing Dr. E.E. Hamer president and George W. Borden clerk. No selection of principal of the school was made, as the board members desired more time in which to consider the several applications on hand and to make some investigations regarding the applications. Most of the present teachers have signified their willingness to continue service in the Carson school. Board members, pending action on the
  
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• Community roundup: Senator youth FB team wins

  23-09-2015 09:35
  
  Eduardo Orozco scored twice to lead the Carson Senators to a 13-0 win over the Sparks Ducks in Pop Warner action over the weekend.The defense, which piled up five sacks, was led by Eli Foutz, Alex Myrehn (2 sacks), Miles Frewart and Isaac Avina. Also singled out defensively were Schuyler Clark, Jacob Hanson and Jacob Campbell. Caid Milligan, Decarlo Quintana, Parker Story and John Ammermam played well up front. Joz Foster and Zach Guthrie had big runs in the winning effort.Tigersharks fare wella
  
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• CHS notes: Prater-size lift for Carson in the middle

  23-09-2015 09:35
  
  Transferring cross country is tough, especially if it’s your senior year of high school. You never know how you’re going to fit in socially, academically or athletically.That’s what Isaiah Prater faced when he moved from North Carolina to Carson City this past summer.Prater came to Carson from Hickory Ridge High School, a 3A school near Charlotte, where he played football and wrestled as a junior.“It is going all right,” Prater said Monday. “My mom got a job h
  
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• Carson girls soccer rolls to win

  23-09-2015 09:35
  
  Simply put, Carson High sophomore Isabella Wakeling is tearing it up.Wakeling scored her second hat trick of the season to lead Carson to an easy 5-1 win over McQueen in a crossover match Tuesday night at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex.Carson swept all the High Desert teams, and takes an unbeaten mark into Saturday’s Sierra League opener against Damonte Ranch. The match at CHS starts at 11 a.m.Wakeling has scored in five straight matches and has a team-leading nine goals.Wakeling
  
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• Zimmerman testifies in roadway shooting case

  23-09-2015 08:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Florida judge on Tuesday found probable cause to proceed with an attempted murder charge in a roadway shooting in which George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the 2012 shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, was injured.
  
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• 'State of emergency' declared on homelessness in Los Angeles

  23-09-2015 08:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday declared a state of emergency on homelessness, calling for $100 million to help address the growing crisis.
  
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• Teen arrested over homemade clock will visit United Nations

  23-09-2015 08:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Texas teenager who became a global sensation after he was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb will be meeting foreign dignitaries at the United Nations this week, a family friend said on Tuesday.
  
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• Driver flees after car hits 6-year-old child in east valley

  23-09-2015 07:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A hit-and-run driver was being sought Tuesday night after a vehicle struck a child in the east valley, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Drop off unwanted medications in Las Vegas Valley this weekend

  23-09-2015 06:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevadans can rid their homes this weekend of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.
  
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• Drop off unwanted medications at 4 locations in the valley this weekend

  23-09-2015 06:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevadans can rid their homes this weekend of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.
  
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• Nevada Drought Forum: Resorts says they are conserving

  23-09-2015 04:47
  
  Nevada’s resorts and recreation industries say they work hard to conserve water and more cuts are increasingly difficult to find. “We have to now reach for the high-hanging fruit,” said Virginia Valentine, president of the Nevada Resort Association, the primary lobbyist for the state’s gaming and resort industry. “There will be diminishing returns.”Valentine spoke during one of several industry panels held on the second day of the three-day Governor’s Dr
  
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• North Las Vegas officer wounded in shooting

  23-09-2015 04:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A North Las Vegas police officer was injured in a Tuesday night shooting, police said.
  
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• Man killed, 2 officers shot in North Las Vegas neighborhood

  23-09-2015 04:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was killed after North Las Vegas police said he shot and wounded two officers Tuesday night.
  
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• Carson City inmate serving life for lewdness with minor, dies

  23-09-2015 03:43
  
  Prison officials say a 59-year-old inmate serving life sentences for lewdness with a minor and failing to register as a sex offender died Monday at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center’s medical facility. The Nevada Department of Corrections said Tuesday that an autopsy would be conducted on Randy Richmond who had been imprisoned for 14 years. The agency says Richmond had no family. Richmond’s case stemmed from Washoe County.…
  
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• City orders Silverstone Golf Course owner to clean up property

  23-09-2015 03:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The city of Las Vegas has slapped the California owner of Silverstone Golf Course with a nuisance notice for violations that include refuse and waste in public areas, tall weeds and polluted stagnant water in the golf course's ponds.
  
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• Corridor of Hope sees homeless outreach walk — PHOTOS

  23-09-2015 03:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police, guests and officials from the Life is Beautiful festival, homeless advocates and the City of Las Vegas joined together for a homeless walk to provide services to those in need.
  
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• Two Vegas doctors face civil racketeering lawsuit

  23-09-2015 03:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A civil racketeering lawsuit claims two Las Vegas doctors have conspired to defraud insurance companies by inflating medical bills for hundreds of patients involved in automobile accidents.
  
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• Drug tested in Vegas shows promise in relieving agitation in Alzheimer's patients

  23-09-2015 03:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Encouraging results from a drug trial to reduce agitation often felt by Alzheimer's patients and led by the director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas were published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
  
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• Nevada Transportation Authority chief to resign, take post in private sector

  23-09-2015 02:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Andrew MacKay, a member of the Nevada Transportation Authority for 10 years and the board's chairman for eight of them, is resigning to take a position in the private sector.
  
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• Badges for Bikes event to support Northern Nevada law enforcement

  23-09-2015 01:59
  As a way to honor fallen Carson City deputy Carl Howell and to support all Northern Nevada law enforcement, a Bikes for Badges motorcycle run will be held in Carson and Reno,The event, taking place October 10, is a ride from Carson City to the Chesters Harley Davidson in Reno that’s open to the public. The ride will start at 10:30 a.m. at the Carson City Sheriff’s Office and end at the Reno Harley Davidson where there will be a reception with music, food and entertainment. There will
  
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• Transportation leaders talk light rail at Newsfeed session

  23-09-2015 01:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three transportation leaders say light rail should be a part of Southern Nevada's future, but it would only happen if the community is willing to raise sales taxes or a favorable public-private partnership could be established.
  
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