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• Outside Las Vegas Foundation’s Mauricia Baca on the Valley’s epic trail project

  18-11-2015 23:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  The organization's message is simple: "Get outside, Las Vegas!"
  
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• For sale: Fountainebleau—who should buy it and what should they do with it?

  18-11-2015 23:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  Hakkasan Group? NASCAR? Donald Trump?
  
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• Nevada attorney general program gives legal help for servicemen

  18-11-2015 22:27
  
  Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt on Wednesday formally launched a program to provide free legal assistance to members of the military, pointing to a service gap that arises because military lawyers are limited in their ability to help with civilian court matters and private attorneys are often too expensive for service members. At a news conference in Carson City, Laxalt marked the debut of the Office of Military Legal Assistance, which is believed to be the first attorney general-led program
  
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• UNLV's radio station might partner with Nevada Public Radio

  18-11-2015 21:46 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  The Board of Regents could approve a management and programming agreement between KUNV and KNPR at its December meeting.
  
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• Happy trails in Dayton

  18-11-2015 08:59
  
  A band of wild horses stroll though a Dayton neighborhood on Tuesday.…
  
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• CHS notebook: Reed has started fast against Carson

  18-11-2015 08:51
  
  When you look at the past three regional championship games between Carson and Reed, there’s one familiar thread.The Raiders have gotten the early jump on the Senators en route to wins in 2011 (49-0), 2013 (47-39) and 2014 (28-23). In 2011, Reed led 28-0 at the half, and in 2013, the Raiders led 26-17. The regional final last year was 14-7 at the intermission. In nonleague wins this year (44-27) and 2013 (64-26), Reed also had the lead at the half, 41-6 this year and 21-19 in 2013. In the
  
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• Appeal of Olive Garden conviction denied by Supreme Court

  18-11-2015 08:51
  
  The Nevada Supreme Court has denied a man an appeal of his 11-year sentence for brandishing a gun and threatening patrons at the Olive Garden restaurant in July 2013.David Paul Lane went to the restaurant and demanded to see the manager. The manager tried to talk to him but she testified Lane just got more and more agitated and pulled out a pistol. He was convicted of putting the pistol up beside the chef’s head when the chef tried to intervene, cocking it and asking if he wanted to die.W
  
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• Snow job? Experts weigh in on El Niño in Carson City

  18-11-2015 08:43
  
  El Niño weather this autumn and winter could make a dent in Nevada’s drought, but ample precipitation recently is just a good start on ending a huge problem.That’s the gist of what weather and water experts said in a Sierra Nevada Forum presentation at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall Tuesday evening. The free forum, billed as “El Niño, the Blob, the Drought and ARK Storms,” packed the house and opened with remarks by Dr. Doug Boyle, state climatolo
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: July 17, 1957: Speeds coast-to-coast in 203 minutes

  18-11-2015 08:43
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.…
  
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• Carson City panels endorse 90 percent downtown design

  18-11-2015 08:43
  
  Carson City’s 90 percent downtown makeover project design got the blessing of all but one member of two advisory panels Tuesday, but she is a city supervisor.The Regional Transportation Commission, headed by Supervisor Brad Bonkowski, voted unanimously to approve the nearly done design. But the separate Redevelopment Authority Citizens Committee vote tally during a joint meeting was 6-1 to recommend it to the Board of Supervisors, with committee member and Supervisor Lori Bagwell dissenti
  
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• Carson City audit panel delves into earlier proposals

  18-11-2015 08:43
  
  City Manager Nick Marano said Tuesday city government didn’t follow one internal audit employment efficiency recommendation so he could retain final oversight on hiring.He was testifying at an Audit Committee meeting at which committee members were deciding whether to send recommendations on to the Board of Supervisors, close them out or what other tracking action to take. The committee and Moss Adams, LLP, city internal auditing consultant, make various recommendations to streamline loca
  
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• Builder, bistro filling downtown Carson City building

  18-11-2015 08:43
  
  Shaheen Beauchamp Builders, LLC, which has moved downtown to 318 N. Carson St., is helping renovate space on the first floor for Mystique Restaurant & Lounge in the same building.The goal will be synergy in the structure those two firms and other tenants will share there, according to Mark Beauchamp of the builders.Beauchamp, one of the principals of the firm operating here since 1998, said the move from leased and shared space in northeast Carson City to the building at 318 N. Carson St.,
  
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• Man sentenced to death in 2013 Lyon County killing-arson spree

  18-11-2015 01:15
  
  YERINGTON — A 27-year-old ex-convict was sentenced to death Tuesday for killing five people in northern Nevada during a Mother’s Day weekend murder spree in 2013. Jeremiah Diaz Bean’s fate had been decided in August by a state court in Yerington. It was made official by Lyon County District Court Judge John Paul Schlegelmilch, who also imposed maximum consecutive penalties totaling 78 to 195 years for Bean’s other convictions including arson, robbery, burglary, auto theft
  
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• Carson Station/Max reach settlement over gaming board complaint

  18-11-2015 01:07
  
  Owners of the Max Casino, formerly Carson Station, have reached tentative agreement with the Nevada Gaming Control Board settling a 71-count complaint filed by regulators in September.The complaint charged multiple violations of record keeping, accounting rules and security procedures including slot attendants had access to the cage cashier’s card that could have allowed them to steal money. While the complaint didn’t specifically accuse employees or managers of unlawfully taking mo
  
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