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• Input on Carson City trails network sought

  08-10-2015 23:22
  
  Meetings for trails users who want to provide input on Carson City’s trail network are scheduled later this month at the Community Center.Anyone interested in offering opinions at a trails workshop may attend either on Saturday, Oct. 17, in the Sierra Room at the center, or on Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the center’s Bonanza Room. The center is at 851 E. William St. The Oct. 17 meeting in the Sierra Room runs that third Saturday of this month from 1:30-3:30 p.m. The Oct. 27 meeting on the l
  
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• Fallen Clark County firefighter to be honored Saturday morning

  08-10-2015 23:22
  
  The name of Clark County Firefighter Darnell Brown will be added to the Nevada Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial in Carson City at 10 a.m. Saturday morning. The community is invited to attend the ceremony as a plaque honoring Brown will be added to the memorial that honors Nevada firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty.The formal ceremony will be held at the Nevada Firefighters’ Memorial in Mills Park. The ceremony will conclude the weeklong observance of National Fire
  
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• A Show of Hispanic Support for Donald Trump (Well, One at Least)

  08-10-2015 22:36
  Donald J. Trump invited a Colombian woman onstage at a rally in Las Vegas in an attempt to show that he does indeed have support among Hispanics.
  
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• Judge postpones trial in Tammy Meyers slaying

  08-10-2015 21:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A judge on Thursday postponed trial for two men accused in the fatal shooting of 44-year-old mother Tammy Meyers.
  
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• Trump event draws roars, 1,600 people to TI

  08-10-2015 21:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump likes to talk about how he's leading polls. He also likes to talk about how there are big crowds everywhere he goes.
  
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• FBI finds $600k buried in backyard of armored truck driver's home

  08-10-2015 21:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Federal agents dug up about $600,000 buried in the backyard of a Los Angeles-area home once occupied by a former armored truck driver who has admitted to helping steal more than $1 million, federal law enforcement said on Wednesday.
  
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• Tesla, UNLV announce partnership

  08-10-2015 21:11
  Electric car company Tesla announced details Wednesday about a plan to invest $1 million into battery research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. UNLV President Len Jessup joined Tesla Vice President Diarmuid O’Connell and Gov. Brian Sandoval on campus to discuss the partnership, which was outlined in general terms when lawmakers approved $1.3 billion in tax incentives last year to attract Tesla to Nevada. “This is an exciting example of how public-private partnerships can benef
  
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• Fake doctor was porn actor selling sex toys and escort services, court papers show

  08-10-2015 21:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man authorities say faked being a doctor and offered fixes for incurable STDs out of an east valley home also was a porn actor selling sex toys and escort and massage services, according to court papers.
  
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• Detective shot Oregon shooter, 'saved lives,' DA says

  08-10-2015 20:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One detective served in the Marine Corps; the other is an Air Force veteran. They were among the first four officers to approach the building at the Oregon community college where shooter Chris Harper-Mercer took nine lives last week in the nation's latest mass shooting.
  
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• Tesla, UNLV announce battery research partnership

  08-10-2015 20:21
  
  Electric car company Tesla announced details Wednesday about a plan to invest $1 million into battery research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. UNLV President Len Jessup joined Tesla Vice President Diarmuid O’Connell and Gov. Brian Sandoval on campus to discuss the partnership, which was outlined in general terms when lawmakers approved $1.3 billion in tax incentives last year to attract Tesla to Nevada. “This is an exciting example of how public-private partnerships can benef
  
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• Prison says Nevada inmate killed himself in the infirmary

  08-10-2015 19:35
  
  LAS VEGAS — Prison officials say a 39-year-old convicted child molester appears to have killed himself at High Desert State Prison northwest of Las Vegas. The Nevada Department of Corrections said Wednesday that Andres Rivera had died the night before in his private cell in the infirmary. Officials say Rivera had been in the prison since June and was serving two consecutive sentences of up to 20 years for sexual assault with a child younger than 16 years old and lewdness with a child young
  
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• U.S. Treasury investigating how ISIS has acquired Toyota trucks

  08-10-2015 19:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. Treasury is seeking information from Toyota about how ISIS has gotten hold of the automaker's trucks, which have been shown in the terror group's propaganda videos.
  
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• Oregon shooting hero hit by 7 bullets released from hospital

  08-10-2015 19:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Chris Mintz, the man credited with likely saving lives during the mass shooting at a college in southern Oregon last week, has been released from the hospital after treatment for multiple bullet wounds, the hospital said on Thursday.
  
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• Fantasy Sports Need Real Regulation

  08-10-2015 18:00
  Lawmakers need to come up with a system to regulate fantasy sports so players know they aren’t being cheated.
  
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• Southwest to offer one-stop flights from Las Vegas to Mexico

  08-10-2015 17:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  HOUSTON — Southwest Airlines opens its new $146 million international terminal at Hobby Airport here, giving Las Vegans a new option for one-stop service to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
  
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• American who disarmed gunman on French train stabbed in bar incident

  08-10-2015 17:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  France train attack hero Spencer Stone repeatedly stabbed in Sacramento, California and is in stable condition, media reports said on Thursday.
  
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• What is the role of the parents of mass shooters?

  08-10-2015 16:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After every mass shooting comes the question: Could it have been prevented? Is there anything anyone could have done to stop a shooter from indiscriminately killing others, often before taking his own life?
  
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• Boy who shot, killed girl over puppy got shotgun from unlocked closet

  08-10-2015 16:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As a Tennessee community prepares to bury a girl allegedly killed by an 11-year-old boy over a puppy, more details emerged about the gun used in the shooting.
  
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• High Desert inmate dies, found unresponsive in cell

  08-10-2015 15:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An inmate serving time for sexual assault of a minor under 16 years old died Tuesday evening at High Desert State Prison, the Nevada Department of Corrections announced Wednesday.
  
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• Nevada Day Treasure Hunt Clue 4

  08-10-2015 15:03
  
  Long before Grable and BacallSteamed away, Ore and lumberWon the day…
  
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• Tiki time: Fruity drinks and flowered shirts are only the beginning

  08-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  "People think girly, little umbrella ... but there’s often several shots of booze in the typical tiki drink."
  
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• The search for sours: learn to conquer the newest trend in craft beer

  08-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Find your style, from the easy Petris Aged Red to the treacherous My Blueberry Nightmare.
  
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• The (Motley Brews) boys are back in (Down)town

  08-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  How to brewfest: First, drink beer. Then drink more beer.
  
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• The Food-Centric Beers of Moody Tongue Brewing have arrived

  08-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  The refined coupling of beer with food is somewhat in its infancy, but is becoming more prevalent.
  
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• Surrender to the blender!

  08-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  If you let this "daiquiri" be what it is, a refreshing punch of fruity, boozy coldness, it can be just perfect.
  
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• Surfing the Strip: What We Learned on a Double-Decker Bus in Las Vegas

  08-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Our guide tells us that Brad Pitt likes to shop at Crystals.
  
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• PT's has something brewing for 2016

  08-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Opening its own brewery is just the start for the local bar chain.
  
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• Making kombucha with mom: strengthen your scoby, this is gonna get weird

  08-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  One Weekly writer's ma has artfully mastered how to brew this effervescent tea.
  
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• Las Vegas booze distributors use education as sales tool

  08-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  State-of-the-art learning facilities aim to elevate local bartenders and beverage managers above national peers.
  
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• Fine booze pairings for the discriminating fast-food fan

  08-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Drop that PBR! Your tater tots deserve better.
  
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• Ellis Island's Village Pub empire hits that friendly neighborhood-bar sweet spot

  08-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Locally brewed suds, recipes handed down through generations and 40 years of history.
  
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• Building a better cocktail: Inside the Southern Wine & Spirits education center

  08-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  State-of-the-art learning facilities aim to elevate local bartenders and beverage managers above national peers.
  
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• Aria created its own world-class cognac and you can't afford it

  08-10-2015 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  The resort teamed with Hardy Cognac to craft Thoroughbred, blended from 20 cognacs made right after World War II.
  
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• Rogers sizes up the competition

  08-10-2015 08:34
  
  At a shade more than 150 pounds, junior cornerback Spencer Rogers is Carson High’s smallest starting player.Don’t make the mistake of underestimating him because of his size, because Rogers, to use football jargon, can bring the wood. Entering Saturday’s (1 p.m. kick-off) game against Bishop Manogue, Rogers has the third-most solo tackles on the team (26) and tied for third overall with 36 tackles.“He’s tough as nails,” said CHS defensive coordinator Steve Dil
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Aug. 16, 1974: Another study of Capitol

  08-10-2015 08:34
  
  Aug. 16, 1974: Another study of CapitolThe State Public Works Board voted to give Nevada’s 109-year-old Capitol Building a thorough physical including pounding a few holes in its walls to see what’s inside. The Capitol has been the subject of three recent engineer’s studies which all concluded that one good earthquake would reduce it to rubble. Reno engineer Clark Gribben, who did one of the three studies, said, however, he still doesn’t know exactly how strong the old bu
  
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• I’m walkin’, yes indeed, to school in Carson City

  08-10-2015 08:34
  
  Bordewich-Bray Elementary teacher Nancy Varner leads the charge southward on Mountain St. with second grader Brooklyn Berg during International Walk-To-School Day Wednesday morning in Carson City.…
  
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• How Carson City area athletes are faring in college

  08-10-2015 08:34
  
  FOOTBALLBlake Plattsmier (Carson, Stetson): No action last week. School reported he has left the program.Colby Brown (Carson-College of Idaho): No game last week.Dylan Sawyers (Carson-Feather River): No stats reported from last weekend’s 55-14 loss to Shasta.Nevin Elliott (Carson-College of San Mateo): No stats in 42-10 win over American River.Logan Krupp (Carson-Western Oregon): No game last week.Josh Joyner (Dayton-Western Oregon): No game last week.Andrew Gutierrez (Carson-Feather River
  
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• CHS gets a kick out of win

  08-10-2015 08:34
  
  RENO — Rogelio Herrera is on a scoring tear.Herrera recorded his second consecutive hat trick to lead the Carson High boys soccer team to an easy 7-0 win over Bishop Manogue in a Sierra League match Wednesday afternoon at Nancy Sweet Memorial Field.Carson improved to 9-1 overall, and will have just one day of rest before hosting archival Douglas Friday at 7 p.m. at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex.Carson coach Mike Alvarez believes it’s the first time a Carson player has recor
  
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• Carson City Brewery Arts Center hosting performance by Ciana Saturday

  08-10-2015 08:34
  
  Traditional tunes from the Emerald Isle will fill the Brewery Arts Center when it celebrates the first anniversary of its Celtic music series on Saturday. Ciana is keeping the Irish tradition of lively tunes and soulful songs alive in the high deserts of Nevada. The band borrows its name from the Irish word “Cíana,” which is roughly translated as “distance” and “time.” Its members say the word evokes the ancient expanse that defines western Nevada. The
  
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• Carson City area live entertainment offerings

  08-10-2015 08:34
  
  Craig Fletcher with Mick Valentino at 6:30 p.m. today at Glen Eagles, 3700 N. Carson St. Fletcher with Terri Campillo and Rocky Tatarelli at 6:30 p.m. Friday, and with Gerry Wright and Campillo at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Glen Eagles.DJ Bobby G’s Country Night at 6 p.m. today at Living the Good Life, 1480 N. Carson St. DJ Bobby G will be featured at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the same location.In Stride music at noon today at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson St. Dennis and Lynn Klenzcar at 6 p.
  
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• At 88, Louisa Vanderlinden isn’t stopping playing table tennis soon

  08-10-2015 08:34
  
  At 88 years young, there are two things to know about Louisa Vanderlinden. One, she’s enjoying life to the fullest. And, make no mistake about it, she’s still as competitive as ever.That was clear by her big smile after playing mixed doubles. She lives in Carson City and started in the sport with the Carson City Table Tennis Club and now commutes to Gardnerville each week for Carson Valley Table Tennis Club seniors group play at the Douglas County Community and Senior Center.“I
  
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• 28,000 attended 2015 fair in Carson City

  08-10-2015 08:34
  
  Carson City’s Nevada Fair attracted 28,000 patrons and revenues exceeded the previous year’s Sesquicentennial version, but final results won’t come until November.The 2016 fair, for which an internal city government ad hoc committee was initiating planning Wednesday even as members critiqued the 2015 version, could enhance marketing opportunities by co-branding as an attraction with the V&T Railway. That was the suggestion of Joel Dunn, executive director of the city’
  
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• Tips lead Carson City cops to good cause

  08-10-2015 06:37
  
  Local law enforcement took a break from crime fighting Wednesday night to try their hand as servers to raise money for the Northern Nevada Special Olympics. Over a dozen Carson City Sheriff’s deputies and members of the Nevada Department of Corrections helped seat and serve customers at the Carson City Chili’s as a part of Tip a Cop, a fundraiser that donates money to the Special Olympics.“I think this is an excellent event,” said Deputy Dean Williams. “It is a grea
  
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• Scientists say mysterious ocean heat wave harms coral reefs

  08-10-2015 06:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Corals reefs are suffering a severe underwater heat wave this year for the third time on record, including a mysterious warm patch in the Pacific known as "The Blob", scientists said on Thursday.
  
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• The desert is fertile ground for scientists studying what Mars might be like

  08-10-2015 05:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Nevada is no stranger to NASA research, and Desert Research Institute scientists have spent years studying life in extreme environments.
  
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• CCSD commits to $9.8 million increase to teacher health care plans

  08-10-2015 04:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County School District, for the first time in seven years, will increase its monthly contribution for teachers' health care premiums starting in 2016.
  
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• Carson City Holiday with a Hero starts fundraising

  08-10-2015 04:07
  
  The Carson City law enforcement and school district have started collecting donations for their 2015 Holiday with a Hero event.The Carson City Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday morning it will be starting donation collection for its annual event. This is the 11th Holiday for a Hero, an event in which local public safety officers take children from the Carson City School District shopping to buy presents for the holidays. It will happen Wednesday, Dec. 16.“It is a good opportunity
  
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• Judge sets low bail for accused drug mules stopped for 'driving while Hispanic'

  08-10-2015 03:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County prosecutors are crying foul after a judge unilaterally declared that two reputed drug mules carrying $1 million in heroin were stopped by state troopers only because they were "driving while Hispanic,'' and let them out on unusually low bail.
  
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• Henderson couple dead in apparent murder-suicide

  08-10-2015 03:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man killed his wife and then himself Tuesday night after texting a friend that he could no longer handle the stress and pain, Henderson police said Wednesday.
  
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• Police: Man was in relationship with woman he ran down, killed

  08-10-2015 03:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man Metro said intentionally struck and killed a 42-year-old Las Vegas woman as she was crossing the street Monday night was in a domestic relationship with her, Metro announced Wednesday.
  
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