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• Metro to outsource aerial video for big events

  26-10-2015 23:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rather than try to keep up with the cost of technology on its own, Metro will be outsourcing at least one key operation for big events in Las Vegas.
  
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• Gadfly with video camera stalls PUC hearings

  26-10-2015 22:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A tiny video camera on a skinny tripod held up a spate of planned Nevada Public Utilities Commission fact-finding hearings on Monday.
  
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• Judge declares mistrial in Las Vegas death penalty case

  26-10-2015 21:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the death penalty trial for Will Sitton, who faces murder, burglary and robbery charges alongside his girlfriend, Jacquie Schafer, in the killing of Brian Haskell.
  
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• Ole Miss removes state flag from campus

  26-10-2015 21:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The University of Mississippi has removed the state flag from campus, according to a university statement issued Monday.
  
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• Lyft becomes first ride-hailing company to operate legally at McCarran

  26-10-2015 21:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Lyft became the first ride-hailing company to begin operating legally at McCarran International Airport on Monday.
  
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• Operation Scarecrow, Trick or Treat to target sex offenders

  26-10-2015 20:59
  
  In order to ensure children don’t become victims to sexual predators during Halloween, officers from the Nevada Department of Public Safety-Division of Parole and Probation are conducting Operations Scarecrow and Trick or Treat this week in Reno, Washoe County and Carson City.Working in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Service’s Fugitive Task Force, officers will be giving specific direction in advance to supervised sex offenders and providing community supervision to high risk sex
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of felony battery with substantial bodily harm

  26-10-2015 20:59
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityFRIDAYAt 1:22 p.m., a 44-year-old transient woman was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and Department of Alternative Sentencing hold after deputies responded to reports of a woman yelling at customers in a parking lot near the 1000 block of Carson Street. Bail was set at $150.At 7:01 p.m., Andrew Harris, of Carson City, was arrested on suspicion of felony bat
  
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• Metro looking for man who robbed Wells Fargo bank

  26-10-2015 20:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro is looking for a man who robbed a Wells Fargo bank near the intersection of Decatur Boulevard and Cactus Avenue on Friday.
  
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• Sheriff’s office urges safety this Halloween

  26-10-2015 20:51
  
  The Carson City Sheriff’s Office issued a reminder for residents to be cautious as Halloween approaches. Halloween will be celebrated in Carson City on Friday. If a child is trick-or-treating, parents should check treats and throw away any spoiled, unwrapped or suspicious items. While trick-or-treating, if a residence has their lights off, respect their privacy and don’t disturb the residence as not everyone may be participating in giving out treats.If residents bring their pets out
  
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• US Navy to send destroyer within 12 miles of Chinese islands

  26-10-2015 20:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. Navy plans to send the USS Lassen destroyer within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands built by China in the South China Sea within 24 hours, a U.S.defense official said on Monday.
  
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• OSHA not investigating death of woman at cryotherapy business

  26-10-2015 20:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The state Occupational Safety and Health Administration is not investigating the death of a woman who was found dead in a cryotherapy business last week, an OSHA spokeswoman said Monday.
  
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• Nevada agencies say cryotherapy death is not their investigation

  26-10-2015 20:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Questions about a cryotherapy worker who died last week at her south Las Vegas Valley job lingered Monday, but it wasn't clear who was going to find the answers.
  
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• The saga of Mary Jane Simpson

  26-10-2015 19:39
  
  The following event took place in Virginia City 140 years ago on Oct. 26, 1875. Over the years Comstockers have referred to this date as: “The Day Hell Paid A Visit To Virginia City.” Early on that October morning, a fire broke out at a boarding house north of town and within a few hours a half square mile of Virginia City was reduced to ashes. The fire destroyed an estimated 2,000 buildings, along with thousands of feet of timbering and hoisting works in the leading Comstock mines.
  
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• State senator leads simple life as she battles cancer

  26-10-2015 19:39
  
  RENO — State Sen. Debbie Smith is leading a simpler life as she battles cancer. The Democrat from Sparks was busy preparing for the 2015 legislative session 10 months ago when it was discovered that she had a cancerous brain tumor. After a successful surgery, she was back in the legislature for the session’s final six weeks. Smith told the Reno Gazette-Journal in an exclusive interview that a recent visit to a Houston hospital found no tumor present. “It doesn’t mean they
  
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• Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run by semi truck ID'd

  26-10-2015 19:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man killed in a hit-and-run crash Oct. 14 on U.S. Highway 93 near the Interstate 15 interchange north of Las Vegas has been identified.
  
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• McCarran runway shutdown to alter flight patterns

  26-10-2015 18:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When McCarran International Airport shuts down its 14,505-foot east-west Runway 25R/7L on Wednesday for the second half of a $65 million rehabilitation project, it's expected to alter flight patterns in Las Vegas' airspace.
  
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• Key runway shutdown at McCarran to alter flight patterns

  26-10-2015 18:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When McCarran International Airport shuts down its 14,505-foot east-west Runway 25R/7L on Wednesday for the second half of a $65 million rehabilitation project, it's expected to alter flight patterns in Las Vegas' airspace.
  
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• Woman charged in homecoming parade crash to appear in court

  26-10-2015 18:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman suspected of plowing her car into a crowd at a homecoming rally for Oklahoma State University, killing four and injuring dozens, is set to make her first court appearance on Monday to answer to four counts of second-degree murder.
  
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• Bail set at $1M for Okla. woman charged with crashing into homecoming parade crowd

  26-10-2015 18:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Oklahoma judge on Monday set bond at $1 million for the woman suspected of plowing her car into a crowd at a homecoming rally for Oklahoma State University, killing four and injuring dozens.
  
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• 5 dead, 1 missing after whale-watching boat sinks off British Columbia coast

  26-10-2015 16:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The five people who were killed when a Canadian whale-watching boat sank on Sunday were British nationals, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp said on Monday, citing the British foreign secretary.
  
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• Las Vegas Valley warms as clouds roll out

  26-10-2015 16:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The remnants of Sunday's clouds are rolling out Monday morning allowing for slightly warmer weather, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Reid Wolcott.
  
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• 1 killed in 3-vehicle crash on 215 Beltway

  26-10-2015 15:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash early Monday morning on the 215 Beltway near Aliante Parkway.
  
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• More than 200 dead in 7.5 earthquake in Afghanistan-Pakistan region

  26-10-2015 15:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A major earthquake struck the remote Afghan northeast on Monday, killing more than 200 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan, injuring hundreds and sending shock waves as far as New Delhi, officials said.
  
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• Death toll rises after 7.5 earthquake strikes Afghanistan-Pakistan region

  26-10-2015 15:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A major earthquake struck the remote Afghan northeast on Monday, killing at least 135 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan and sending shock waves as far as New Delhi, officials said.
  
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• Gas prices in Nevada still higher than rest of the nation

  26-10-2015 14:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The average price of gasoline in the United States fell another 10.5 cents, with consumers poised to save nearly a dollar a gallon at the pump compared with a year ago, according to a Lundberg survey released on Sunday.
  
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• Bush says TV's Supergirl is 'pretty hot'

  26-10-2015 07:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush spent a little time last week reaching out to Nevada's superhero base. On Wednesday, the former Florida governor was at a forum in North Las Vegas, taking serious questions about public policy. He also got a fun inquiry about who his favorite Marvel superhero is.
  
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• Warming up to NuDown

  26-10-2015 07:47
  
  A Reno-based company hopes to heat up the outerwear industry by using an environmentally friendly insulation substance in its line of jackets and vests. NuDown uses compressed air as insulation to keep the user warm. The technology provides consumers with an alternative to down feathers and synthetically insulated jackets. “It’s the air space that keeps you warm, not the feathers,” NuDown CEO Bob Hall said.Each jacket and vest has a blood pressure-like pump in the pocket, whic
  
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• Renown performs its first TAVR procedures

  26-10-2015 07:47
  
  The Renown Institute for Heart & Vascular Health said it has performed its first transaortic valve replacement procedures.Renown Health, which is the first hospital system to use the device in northern Nevada, said a medical team started doing the surgeries in September, and has performed a total of five so far. The TAVR procedure inserts a small artificial heart valve through an artery in the groin. The valve is threaded to the narrow valve and expanded, pushing the narrow, calcified valve
  
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• Prepare to dismount safely and profitably from your business

  26-10-2015 07:47
  
  Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of four articles about exit strategies for small business owners. An old Chinese proverb says, “He who rides tiger must find way to dismount.” When most of us got into what we could call a tiger of an industry, we never gave much thought to how we would dismount. “Someday, when I am ready and have ridden my tiger until he is ready to drop, someone will ride up on a white horse, pull me from my tiger, and hand me a bucket of ca
  
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• Ozmen Center turns ideas into action

  26-10-2015 07:47
  
  The Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nevada Reno helps support and inspire the growing number of students in the entrepreneurship minor program.Since opening its doors in the University of Nevada, Reno’s College of Business in September 2014, the Ozmen Center has built an interdisciplinary program spanning across campus and out into the community.“We teach a different way of thinking,” said Chris Howard, director of the Ozmen Center. “I describe it
  
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• Nevada stories featured in travel campaign

  26-10-2015 07:47
  
  Every corner of Nevada has stories to experience, something Millennials and Gen Xers seek out when traveling.That’s the message Travel Nevada (The Nevada Division of Tourism) is delivering to young travelers in its new fall and winter campaign: “Don’t Fence Me In: More Stories than Souvenirs.”Representatives from the state agency shared details of the campaign during a recent meeting of the Reno Tahoe Chapter of the American Marketing Association.“It’s not wh
  
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• Manufacturer carves out a Vital niche

  26-10-2015 07:47
  
  In the mid-1980s, Hamid Zaidi took his last paycheck from his previous employer and started a tiny company that helped fill northern Nevada’s need to build weapons-grade electronic applications for the defense industry.“Back then there was nobody in Reno doing quality work in defense contracts,” Zaidi said. “I got certified by the Navy and the Department of the Defense. “I started out of a garage and worked in other businesses before finally getting a business lice
  
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• Lyft hits the road in Reno

  26-10-2015 07:47
  
  The national ridesharing company Lyft launched its app in the Biggest Little City this month.Nevada Transportation Authority approved applications for both Lyft and its competitor Uber at a hearing held in September and the bill authorizing the companies to operate in Nevada was passed by the legislature this past spring.“We have been wanting to go to Reno for a while,” Mary Caroline Pruitt, a communications associate for Lyft, said Friday, Oct. 16, the day of the launch. People in
  
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• Interpretive Center celebrates history

  26-10-2015 07:47
  
  The Humboldt River served as a corridor for mountain men that traveled through the Great Basin and blazed trails throughout the American West for pioneers to follow. To highlight their contributions, The California Trail Interpretive Center recently hosted the first Humboldt River Rendezvous. Visitors toured the mountain men camp and watched re-enactors take part in black powder shooting, tomahawk and knife throwing competitions. “Mountain men were pathfinders and trail blazers that helpe
  
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• Heller: Area manufacturing is a hidden Nevada gem

  26-10-2015 07:47
  
  Sen. Dean Heller visited Vineburg Machining, Inc., in Mound House recently and said the world doesn’t know the hidden gem northern Nevada’s industry is.“People don’t realize the great work that’s going on in this area,” said the U.S. senator, who told Vineburg’s brain trust he grew up spending much time in a similar business his father had in Carson City.“Just so you guys know, I grew up in a machine shop,” he said. “So it’s grea
  
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• Elko airport runway reopens

  26-10-2015 07:47
  
  A runway at Elko Regional Airport reopened to commercial aviation in late September after a month of rehabilitation. An airport official said the airport’s runway 5/23, which is more than a mile long, was repaved and new lighting was installed.A new path indicator to assist planes during takeoff and landing was also added. The project cost was $9.6 million, and was mostly funded by the Federal Aviation Administration.The runway’s reopening means that direct flights between Elko and
  
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• EDAWN salutes ‘existing’ companies at event

  26-10-2015 07:47
  
  The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada dignitaries, community guests and sponsors on Oct. 22 celebrated the contributions and successes of existing primary companies in the Greater Reno-Sparks area at the 4th Annual Existing Industry Awards Event held at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino.More than 50 companies from Washoe County, the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center and Fernley, were recognized for their valuable contributions. The nominations were open to all primary companies doing b
  
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• Company may bring more jobs to Carson Valley

  26-10-2015 07:47
  
  The recent acquisition of a large industrial building along Heybourne Road could bring additional jobs to Carson Valley.VIP Rubber Co. President Howard Vipperman said his company recently acquired an Ontario, Calif., division, which he’s preparing to move to Minden.Vipperman estimated the former plastic extrusion division of AmesburyTruth has 40 employees.He said that current employees will be offered an opportunity to move with the company, but that he expects there will be openings.&ldq
  
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• Business as usual in credit union merger

  26-10-2015 07:47
  
  The parent company of a growing northern Nevada credit union has merged with a larger national partner, but the deal should have no effect on its local members. United Federal Credit Union and Lake Michigan Credit Union announced Oct. 14 that they plan to join forces in what could be the largest-ever merger between two credit unions.United Federal will change its name to United Credit Union when the merger is complete and both credit unions are consolidated under Lake Michigan’s state cha
  
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• Bank: Data homes in on Elko labor, mining activity

  26-10-2015 07:47
  
  A slowdown in mining impacted the Elko County workforce in the first half of 2015, but the unemployment rate is less than what was recorded a year ago. “Elko County has not shared in Nevada’s recent employment growth trend,” Nevada State Bank stated in its most recent economic update. “The region’s job market expanded between 2010 and 2012 when gold prices spiked, but as gold’s value declined in more recent years, so have the number of jobs.”The county
  
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• Housing authority hit with federal lawsuits over Section 8

  26-10-2015 07:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The troubled Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority was hit with three federal lawsuits in the past three months over the same program — one that helps poor families pay rent.
  
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• Housing authority hit by several Section 8 lawsuits

  26-10-2015 07:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The troubled Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority was hit with three federal lawsuits in the past three months over the same program — one that helps poor families pay rent.
  
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• New courthouse in downtown Las Vegas seen as symbol of justice, democracy

  26-10-2015 06:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  CARSON CITY — Yohan Lowie had a vision when he set out to design a new courthouse in Las Vegas to house the southern offices of the Nevada Supreme Court and Nevada Court of Appeals.
  
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• Family: Woman died in cryotherapy chamber in seconds

  26-10-2015 05:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Medical examiners told the family of a woman who died last week in a cryotherapy chamber at a south-valley business that her death happened in "seconds."
  
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• Family says woman died in cryotherapy chamber in 'seconds'

  26-10-2015 05:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Medical examiners told the family of a woman who died last week in a cryotherapy chamber at a south-valley business that her death happened in "seconds."
  
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• Canadian whale-watching boat sinks, killing at least four

  26-10-2015 04:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  DUNCAN, British Columbia — A Canadian whale-watching tour boat with 27 passengers on board sank off the coast of British Columbia on Sunday, killing at least four people, rescue officials said.
  
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• How former Rebels, Las Vegas locals fared in Shriners Open

  26-10-2015 03:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Summerlin resident Kevin Na and former UNLV golfer Chad Campbell were in the hunt, but fell short of winner Smylie Kaufman.
  
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• Texas escapes major damage as Patricia's remnants move east

  26-10-2015 02:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  HOUSTON — Torrential rainstorms battered Louisiana on Sunday, leaving thousands without power, after pounding southeastern Texas as the remnants of Hurricane Patriciaconverged with a second storm.
  
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• Recent shootout puts Sunrise Trailhead under heightened scrutiny

  26-10-2015 02:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  There have been various issues at Sunrise Trailhead for several years, and entities involved with the park and the area surrounding it have been seeking solutions.
  
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• Woman killed in Henderson crash ID'd

  26-10-2015 01:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman killed in a fiery Saturday afternoon crash in Henderson has been identified by the Clark County coroner's office.
  
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