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• CSN film recounts nontraditional students' struggles

  17-10-2015 23:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Monique Makhlouf's first stint as a student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was an intimidating experience fraught with challenges.
  
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• Homeless fish may find shelter at Springs Preserve

  17-10-2015 23:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Pahrump poolfish was forced from its home and onto the endangered species list decades ago by groundwater pumping that drained its spring-fed habitat at the southern tip of Nye County.
  
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• UNLV faces uphill battle in quest for prestige

  17-10-2015 23:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has long wanted to join the nation's higher education big leagues.
  
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• Brain hats, fearsome beards and other sweet one-item Halloween costumes

  17-10-2015 22:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Cleverness, laziness and cheapness join forces in the notion of the one-item costume. What's your jam?
  
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• Mud cleanup keeps Central California-to-Las Vegas highway closed

  17-10-2015 21:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A popular highway that links Las Vegas and Central California remained closed Saturday night after a mudslide stranded nearly 200 vehicles in the small mountain town of Tehachapi on Thursday night, authorities said.
  
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• California highway to Vegas still closed as crews clean up mud

  17-10-2015 21:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  California state Route 58 remains closed Saturday after a mudslide stranded nearly 200 vehicles Thursday night, authorities said.
  
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• Douglas County man who allegedly shot mother dies at hospital

  17-10-2015 21:20
  
  A man accused of shooting his mother down in the street is dead, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.Jarek Kozlowski, 28, died Friday night at Renown Regional Medical Center of respiratory failure.His death was not related to the gun shot wounds he sustained in a shootout with the two deputies who responded to his Manhattan Way address, said Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Pat Brooks.According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Jarek was the chief suspect in the shoo
  
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• Officers involved in fatal shooting of woman identified

  17-10-2015 18:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Four Metro SWAT officers involved in the shooting that left a woman dead Thursday were identified on Saturday.
  
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• 4 SWAT officers involved in deadly shooting ID'd

  17-10-2015 18:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Four Metro SWAT officers involved in the shooting that left a woman dead Thursday were identified on Saturday.
  
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• Sunset reopened between Valley View and Las Vegas Boulevard

  17-10-2015 17:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sunset Road between Valley View Boulevard and Las Vegas Boulevard has reopened, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada said Saturday morning.
  
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• Sunset closed between Valley View and Las Vegas Boulevard

  17-10-2015 17:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sunset Road is closed in both directions from Valley View Boulevard to Las Vegas Boulevard, according to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.
  
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• This is what they do: Senators clinch another title

  17-10-2015 10:47
  
  When Blair Roman took the Carson High football coaching job in 2008, he wanted to build a competitive program and be a playoff team.Mission accomplished.Thanks to an explosive offense, led by Greg Wallace’s three rushing touchdowns, the Senators chalked up 481 yards en route to a 51-21 crushing of Galena, capturing their third consecutive Sierra League championship and sixth title under Roman. The 51 points was the second-most this season and Carson has now won seven straight games, the se
  
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• Teri Vance: I won’t have a bad hair day when I judge

  17-10-2015 10:47
  
  I have the distinct honor of being a judge in this year’s Nevada Day Beard Contest — except I don’t really know anything about beards. Dana Lee Fruend, marketing director for Nevada Day, cited my copious amounts of hair as my claim to expertise. I’m not sure my lack of personal grooming qualifies me. But it just might. According to Jeff Moser — who is as well known for his cycling and hiking as for his guitar playing and facial hair — it’s as simple as,
  
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• Still scoreless, Dayton fights to the finish

  17-10-2015 10:47
  
  RENO — Dayton played third-string quarterback Dylan Torgerson down 33-0 at Wooster on Friday. Blake Fletcher left the game with a neck injury and backup quarterback Tayton Watson exited after taking a big hit on a pass play in the fourth quarter. “They just told me to go to the air and try to move the ball down there,” said Torgerson, who usually plays at linebacker and running back. “It’s my first year ever playing quarterback.” For Dayton, the last drive mea
  
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• Prep roundup: CHS players make q-finals

  17-10-2015 10:47
  
  Carson High’s Taylor Saarem made a strong charge at a semifinal berth before falling in the quarterfinals in boys singles at the Northern Division I Championships.Also for Carson, Danny Dudley and Nico Salm in boys doubles and Anya Woodbury made the quarterfinals.Saarem lost to Damonte Ranch’s Natale Castelli 7-5, 4-6, 1-6 in the quarterfinals. Dudly and Salm lost to the No. 3 seed from Reno 2-6, 4-6 in the quarterfinals while Woodbury lost to No. 2 seed Madelyn Landerfelt of Douglas
  
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• Hundreds line up for free RAM medical service in Carson City

  17-10-2015 10:47
  
  Hundreds of people packed the Carson High School gym Friday in anticipation of the Remote Area Medical group’s free medical services event.The RAM group, in conjunction with Partnership Carson City, are trying to help Carson City residents who are uninsured or under insured get free dental, vision and other medical services.“People will be there for the dentist and eye doctor needs because you can’t get your teeth and eyes worked on at the emergency room,” said Stan Brock
  
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• CHS notebook: Pradere’s monster game sparks Senators

  17-10-2015 10:47
  
  Senior Connor Pradere picked a great time to have the best game of his career.Pradere, who has had some trouble holding onto the ball this year, caught seven passes for a career-best 139 yards and a touchdown in Carson High’s easy 51-21 win over Galena on Senior Night Friday at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex.Pradere’s 35-yard catch over the middle set up Carson’s first score, andd after he caught a 31-yard TD pass, he set up another score with a 39-yard grab. He averag
  
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• Carson High sophomores painting town blue for Howell

  17-10-2015 10:47
  
  The Carson High School sophomore class is raising money by painting the town blue.In order to honor fallen Carson City Deputy Carl Howell, who was killed in August while on duty, the CHS sophomores are painting blue stripes in front of houses for a $5 donation. The blue stripe is a law enforcement symbol commemorating fallen officers.Half of the money will go to the sophomore class and the second half will go to support the Nevada Honor Guard to try to help send it to Washington D.C. to see Howe
  
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• Carson enters Area 51 in another big offensive show

  17-10-2015 10:47
  
  Carson High got off to an ugly start by fumbling on its first two offensive plays.The Senators were unstoppable after that, as Greg Wallace scored three times, and Asa and Abel Carter scored a touchdown apiece in a 51-21 win over Galena on Senior Night at the Jim Frank Track & Field Complex Carson won its seventh straight game, and heads into its bye week with a third straight Sierra League championship under its belt. Carson closes out its season on Oct. 29 at Douglas.“We played a pre
  
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• Nevada Appeal, Record-Courier sponsor Literacy for Life

  17-10-2015 10:39
  
  The Nevada Appeal and The Record-Courier hosted its annual Literacy for Life Golf Tournament Friday at Thunder Canyon Country Club. The tournament benefits the literacy programs at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada. More coverage will appear in Wednesday’s Nevada Appeal. Pictured here is Tiffany Honer celebrating a birdie putt on the 12th green.…
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Jan. 21, 1981: Hostage no more; freedom ‘fantastic’

  17-10-2015 10:39
  
  Jan. 21, 1981: Hostage no more; freedom ‘fantastic’WIESBADEN, West Germany (UPI) — Fifty-two Americans who left Iran as hostages to the “Down with America” jeers of Islamic Revolutionary Guards arrived as heroes today to the cheers of delirious countrymen waving the Stars and Stripes.“Welcome home!” shouted the crowd of 2,000 at the giant U.S. Rhein-Main air base. “God bless you!”“We didn’t forget you,” said one banner in gr
  
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• Domestic violence in Carson City: Father who lost daughter says education is key

  17-10-2015 10:39
  
  A Carson City father says educating women and young girls to the signs of domestic violence is the key to preventing it. Greg Kravosec says his daughter, Kirsten Kravosec, had been in abusive relationships for nearly 10 years before her death.On July 5, 2015, Cory Brewer was arrested on suspicion of open murder after police found the body of Kirsten, a Carson City native. Police say paramedics were called to the 4000 block of Gardella Avenue in Reno earlier that day where they found Kirsten dead
  
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• Candidates need to address key issues of West

  17-10-2015 07:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Whether Republican or Democrat, the candidates are always unfailingly polite when it comes to the questions they know they will eventually have to address from Silver State reporters.
  
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• Getting veterans' lives back on track — PHOTOS

  17-10-2015 07:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Six veterans who completed a treatment and community service program celebrated Thursday during a Henderson Municipal Veterans Court graduation ceremony in Judge Mark Stevens' courtroom.
  
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• Inmate, 72, dies in Northern Nevada

  17-10-2015 06:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Northern Nevada inmate serving time for assault on a police officer and attempted murder died Thursday, the Nevada Department of Corrections said Friday.
  
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• Burglar crawls through doggy door to get into Las Vegas Valley house — VIDEO

  17-10-2015 03:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  This Las Vegas caper would go like "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," if not for a few key differences.
  
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• California man arrested in Carson City on child pornography charges

  17-10-2015 02:39
  
  A California man was arrested in Carson City Wednesday on suspicion of statutory sexual seduction and production of child pornography.Jared Foley, 19, of Markleville, Calif., was arrested for felony use of a minor in a production of child pornography, felony possession of child pornography and statutory sexual seduction after deputies were tipped off to Foley having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl.Deputies found Foley and the girl, identified as a runaway from Fallon naked in a Carson
  
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• 2 rivalries in one: Army-Navy, CHS-Douglas

  17-10-2015 02:07
  
  Douglas Black vs. Carson Blue is one of the oldest and most competitive of all high school rivalries in Nevada.The two schools will take their rivalry to a new level — a few levels, actually — on Saturday when the Junior ROTC programs clash in their inaugural “Army-Navy” flag football game in Minden.A 1 p.m. kickoff at Keith Roman Field is scheduled for a game that is serving as a fundraiser for the Douglas Army JROTC and the Carson Navy JROTC programs.As far as rivalries
  
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• Haag named purchasing administrator

  17-10-2015 01:27
  
  Jeff Haag has been named Nevada State Purchasing Division Administrator.Haag brings 15 years of private sector experience including at Southwest Airlines as well as contracting for state and federal government.He replaces interim administrator Lisa Sherych.…
  
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• 6,600 season retail jobs predicted

  17-10-2015 01:27
  
  Low gas prices and strong employment growth are expected to spur holiday spending this year.The Retail Association of Nevada projects Nevada retailers should add up to 6,500 seasonal employees through the Thanksgiving/Christmas shopping season.Spokesman Bryan Wachter said retailers employ nearly 140,000 Nevadans and the number should grow this holiday season. He said consumer spending in the state has reached record levels with taxable retail sales for the year ending July 31 topping $50.7 billi
  
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• Lamar Odom speaks to doctors, gives thumbs-up

  17-10-2015 01:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lamar Odom gave doctors a thumbs-up and spoke briefly Friday morning, a family spokeswoman said in the first official update on his condition since he was found unconscious in a Nye County brothel and hospitalized in Las Vegas.
  
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• Empire Ranch loan executed; GSR paid

  17-10-2015 00:55
  
  An Empire Ranch Golf Course loan went through in a bankruptcy case and GSR Investments, LLC, has received more than $1.2 million, according to Garth Richards of GSR.“I was paid late yesterday afternoon,” Richards, who also has the Silver Oak Golf Course and Conference Center, said Friday.His GSR limited liability company had the first priority lien position in the case with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Nevada in Reno, but the loan moves him out of that position, apparently forestalli
  
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• Order to not count tips toward salaries stayed

  17-10-2015 00:39
  
  District Judge James Wilson has issued a stay of his order striking down regulations that let employers count tips as part of employee salaries.Wilson ruled August 12 employers can’t count tips to determine whether employees should get $8.25 an hour or the lower $7.25 an hour allowed for businesses who provide health insurance. They are allowed the lower pay rate if they offer workers health insurance that costs 10 percent of the worker’s earnings or less, under the constitutional am
  
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