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• Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada looks to the future

  07-12-2015 23:23
  
  The Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada is aiming high for the future. The Club has brought on a new chief professional officer, turned earth on its new teen center in October and partnered with a local marketing firm to create a new website and marketing plan.Katie Leao, formerly the director of development at Western Nevada College, hit the ground running in early November. The position had been vacant since August. “We are excited to have Katie on board to help us move forward,&rdq
  
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• Nevada gasoline price falls again

  07-12-2015 23:15
  
  Nevada’s gasoline pump price hit $2.51 in a survey finished Sunday, GasBuddy.com reported Monday, which the website said was a drop of 1.5 cents from the previous week.In Carson City Monday, four stations recorded a low price of $2.03 per gallon.Nationally, according to the gas monitoring website, the price didn’t budget over the past week and was $2.03 a gallon on average. In Nevada, when you figure in the results of the latest survey of 1,130 outlets, prices on Sunday were 36.5 ce
  
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• Police identify man arrested in girlfriend's stabbing death

  07-12-2015 22:57
  
  Las Vegas police have identified the man suspected of fatally stabbing his girlfriend Saturday.
  
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• Stabbing attack confused as performance art at Miami exhibit

  07-12-2015 22:54
  
  A bloody crime or performance art? That's what visitors to Art Basel in Miami Beach were left wondering after an altercation between two women attending the art fair turned violent.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of trafficking, possession with intent to sell, destroying evidence

  07-12-2015 22:51
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityFRIDAYAt 12:48 p.m., Alonso Rangel, 25, of Carson City was arrested on felony trafficking schedule 1-28 or more grams, felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia and destroying evidence after deputies initiated surveillance near the 400 block of Winnie Lane, as Rangel is allegedly a known drug dealer and gang membe
  
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• Man killed in single-vehicle crash on St. Rose at Maryland

  07-12-2015 22:17
  
  An 88-year-old man died after a single-vehicle crash on St. Rose Parkway near Maryland Parkway early Sunday morning.
  
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• Woman critically hurt in crash near the 215 Beltway, Sunset

  07-12-2015 22:03
  
  A woman was critically injured in a crash near the 215 Beltway and Sunset Road Monday morning, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• 14-year-old sexually assaulted, locked in bedroom, police report states

  07-12-2015 21:43
  
  A 14-year-old girl North Las Vegas police say was kidnapped from Arizona told officers she woke up in Las Vegas after smoking marijuana with the man accused of sexually assaulting her, according to an arrest report released Monday.
  
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• Man suspected in London subway stabbings charged with attempted murder

  07-12-2015 21:05
  
  A man who allegedly stabbed two people at a London subway station Saturday has been charged with attempted murder for the attack that prosecutors say was an act of terror.
  
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• Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center celebrates 10th anniversary

  07-12-2015 20:43
  
  Building upon a legacy of excellence, Carson Tahoe Health (CTH) proudly celebrated the 10th anniversary of the acclaimed Regional Medical Center on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. Over the past decade, Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center has grown into one of Northern Nevada’s premier healthcare destinations, earning numerous awards and accolades affirming its outstanding patient care, leading-edge medical expertise, and ultra-modern healing environment.From the beginning, CTH was built on a fir
  
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• Man who died 2 weeks after being struck by Jeep identified

  07-12-2015 19:28
  
  The Clark County coroner's office has identified a man who died about two weeks after being struck by an SUV on Eastern Avenue near Fremont Street.
  
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• Man found unconscious after Sunday apartment fire

  07-12-2015 19:24
  
  A man was found unconscious after a small fire filled a central valley apartment with smoke late Sunday night, the Las Vegas Fire Department said.
  
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• Man dead after Sunday apartment fire

  07-12-2015 19:24
  
  A man died Monday after he was found unconscious and pulled from a smoke-filled central valley apartment late Sunday night, the Las Vegas Fire Department said.
  
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• Pedestrian killed in Las Vegas crash on Nov. 30 identified

  07-12-2015 19:05
  
  The pedestrian struck by two vehicles and killed in a central valley crash on Nov. 30 has been identified by the Clark County coroner's office.
  
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• FBI says San Bernardino shooters has been radicalized for some time

  07-12-2015 18:41
  
  Both killers in last week's San Bernardino, California, shooting "were radicalized and have been for quite some time," said David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles field office.
  
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• Father of San Bernardino shooter says son was 'fixated' on Israel, supported ISIS

  07-12-2015 18:41
  
  Last week's mass killing in San Bernardino, California, was an act of terrorism, law enforcement officials and President Barack Obama agree.
  
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• Sandoval slams California governor’s comments on gun laws

  07-12-2015 18:11
  
  Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is hitting back at comments California Gov. Jerry Brown made about other states’ gun laws after the deadly shooting in San Bernardino. Brown said earlier this week that Nevada and Arizona’s looser gun laws are “a gigantic backdoor through which any terrorist can walk.” The Democratic governor was responding to some California lawmakers’ call for tightening the state’s already strict gun laws. In a statement Sunday, Sandoval spokeswom
  
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• Audit: Nevada museum gift shops need to up their game

  07-12-2015 18:11
  
  Nevada isn’t keeping good tabs on its toys. A legislative audit released last month found several problems with how gift shops at state-run museums are keeping records on the souvenirs they stock. Staff members often adjust inventory numbers in their computer system to match their year-end counts and don’t offer written explanations of the changes, and the shops are also improperly recording deliveries of toys, books and musical instruments valued at thousands of dollars. “Thes
  
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• Uber plans to bring ridesharing to Lake Tahoe before 2016

  07-12-2015 18:03
  
  RENO — Uber plans to bring ridesharing to either side of Lake Tahoe before the end of the year. A recent agreement with Nevada allowed the company to launch simultaneously on the California and Nevada sides of Lake Tahoe, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported. Nevada lawmakers passed bills this spring creating a legal framework for ride-hailing companies that’s separate from taxi rules. Uber and Lyft launched in Nevada in September. Company spokeswoman Laura Zapata says being fully regul
  
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• Department of Justice investigating Chicago police

  07-12-2015 17:56
  
  The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether the Chicago police engaged in "a pattern or practice of violations of the Constitution or federal law," Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Monday.
  
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• Las Vegas Valley is heading to 70s this week

  07-12-2015 16:50
  
  Temperatures will rise through the middle of the week before a storm rolls through the Las Vegas Valley bringing back cooler temperatures, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Democratic Candidates to Dine Together in Nevada

  07-12-2015 12:00
  Nevada Democrats and the Senate minority leader, Harry Reid, will host all three Democratic candidates at a party dinner on Jan. 6. The state, which has an emerging Hispanic electorate, has grown in importance for the party.
  
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• Political Eye: Las Vegas a lot like Kazakhstan capital, former ambassador says

  07-12-2015 08:43
  
  When Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, she got some advice in 2010, in advance of her trip to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
  
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• Report shows Las Vegas housing market finally stable

  07-12-2015 08:35
  
  After years of nauseating ups and downs, the Las Vegas housing market is perfectly normal at last. A Friday report from the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors showed the city further shaking off its decade-long roller-coaster ride.
  
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• Mother of abandoned newborn, found buried under asphalt, arrested in Los Angeles

  07-12-2015 08:10
  
  Police have arrested the mother of a newborn after the girl was found buried alive alongside a Los Angeles-area walking path. The infant girl was found late last month when two women passing by heard her cries and called 911. She was pulled out from under pieces of asphalt and debris inside a crevice.
  
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• Unique company is InnovateHER winner

  07-12-2015 08:07
  
  The winning business of the regional InnovateHER Challenge has a focus on women and infants at the most basic level.The Reno-based International Milk Bank buys human milk from women who produce more milk than their own infants can handle, allowing them to provide for critical ill infants or those whose own mothers can’t provide milk for them.It’s the only human milk bank that pays mothers for the milk they contribute. IMB buys the milks at $1 to $2 per ounce.“Before we came on
  
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• The upbeat housing market

  07-12-2015 08:07
  
  Many Americans think it’s a good time to buy — and sell — a home.A vast majority of Americans believe purchasing a home is a good financial decision, and many think they could sell their property for at least its initial purchase price, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2015 National Housing Pulse Survey.The survey, which polled 1,000 Americans living in the 50 most populous metropolitan statistical areas about their attitudes and concerns about housing
  
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• Streamlining your retirement plan

  07-12-2015 08:07
  
  Consolidation is one of the most important things a business owner can do as they start to prepare for retirement. We have found that in today’s world, people collect financial accounts like some people collect shoes. Is your financial closet full?If you are like most business owners we work with, the answer is probably yes. How did this happen? You did not plan to have multiple accounts, but it just seems as if it just happened. You are not alone.In the past, a retiree typically had a co
  
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• Reno is doorway to customer base for Italian manufacturer

  07-12-2015 08:07
  
  A European producer of machines that make aluminum windows and doors will open a 5,000-square-foot distribution center in Reno at the first of the year. Italy-based Pertici Industries will be doing business at 5350 Capital Court, No. 107, said Brad Lancaster, who brokered the deal for Miller Industrial Properties on behalf of his client.Pertici North America, a subsidiary of the Tuscany-based company, chose northern Nevada because it offered the right amount of space, a great labor market and w
  
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• New boutique for Midtown

  07-12-2015 08:07
  
  Sierra Belle, a women’s fashion boutique, is now open in the Sticks development in Midtown. Store owner, Katherine Bock, moved from Southern California to Reno four years ago with her husband. She noticed a lack of unique, fashionable and affordable clothes for women in the area and found herself waiting to go back to California to buy the items she wanted. This inspired her to open her own boutique in the Biggest Little City. “I wanted to open a boutique in Reno because being from
  
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• Modern apartments replace derelict hotel

  07-12-2015 08:07
  
  A Downtown eyesore is in the midst of a rebirth.The Kings Inn, boarded up for 30 years, is now in the hands of Bentar Development, headed by Las Vegas developer Amador “Chi Chi” Bengochea, and Reno-based Basin Street Properties.Bentar closed on the property a year ago. Through much of 2015, the derelict hotel has been dismantled nearly to its skeleton.“It was a mess,” Parr Tolles, president of Basin Street, said in a phone interview. “It took a lot of vision on Chi
  
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• How to be a savvy Sierra Nevada home buyer

  07-12-2015 08:07
  
  If you have been considering a change from your current home to another or you are a first time buyer to the Truckee/Lake Tahoe/Reno region, you most likely will be living with your final buying decision for many years to come. Your choice will have a long-term effect on the future enjoyment of your new location. With hundreds of homes to choose from, the choices can easily become overwhelming. Minimize your risk by locating a local Realtor who is an expert in the market, listens and understand
  
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• Home investment

  07-12-2015 08:07
  
  The American Dream is re-awakening.In a July 2015 survey by bankrate.com, 27 percent of respondents said they’d put their money in real estate if they had cash to invest for the long-term.Twenty-three percent would keep money in cash and CDs, which was the favorite top choice in both 2014 and 2013. Just 17 percent favored stocks.The foreclosure crisis is abating, along with the fear that home buying is risky, says Dr. Moira Somers, a psychologist who specializes in financial issues. Moreo
  
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• Gumweed can be used as jet fuel

  07-12-2015 08:07
  
  Glenn Miller is leading the effort in a project at the University of Nevada, Reno to convert roadside gumweed into biofuel, which could help contribute to fuel supplies for the military.“The plant grindelia squarosa, known as curly top gumweed, has extractable hydrocarbons with the potential use as a biodiesel or biomaterials crop,” Miller, a professor in the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources, said. “Gumweed is native in Nevada and grows on the side o
  
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• Early ski season helps vacation rental reservations

  07-12-2015 08:07
  
  The snowstorms that arrived in early to mid-November are not only a blessing for the environment they are also a positive sign for the ski industry and vacation rental properties. Normally, vacation rentals are very slow during November and early December as we are in between the season for summer activities and the wintertime onslaught of skiers and snowboarders.The last few years the lack of snow really put a damper on vacation rentals outside of the usual peak holiday periods during Christma
  
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• Bookstore for sale

  07-12-2015 08:07
  
  TRUCKEE, Calif. — Despite the community rallying nearly two years ago to save the last remaining bookstore in the Truckee/North Shore region, it might end up closing.After 23 years as owner of the Bookshelf, Debbie Lane has decided to list the business for sale, so she may retire.“I’m ready for a change,” the 68-year-old proprietor said. “I feel like I need to do something a little different. Twenty-three years, it’s enough. ... I think somebody else could do
  
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• Barton Health’s new CEO focusing on prevention

  07-12-2015 08:07
  
  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — After eight years as Barton Health’s chief medical officer, Dr. Clint Purvance officially stepped into his new role in November as president and chief executive officer of South Lake Tahoe’s health care provider.Purvance takes over as Barton moves in a new direction — to a health care model that emphasizes preventative treatment. The fresh approach falls in line with many goals of the Affordable Care Act. Purvance said the new model is important for Ba
  
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• Two people, two dogs displaced following east Las Vegas house fire

  07-12-2015 06:45
  
  Two people and their two dogs were displaced from their east Las Vegas home after a fire early Sunday.
  
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• Celebrating the Festival of Lights in downtown Las Vegas — PHOTOS

  07-12-2015 06:41
  
  The Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas welcomed the first night of Hanukkah with the lighting of the Grand Menorah on Sunday.
  
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• Republican presidential hopefuls chide Obama for terror speech

  07-12-2015 05:41
  
  Republican presidential candidates roundly criticized President Barack Obama's Sunday night address to the nation about the U.S. response to the threat of terror, arguing that he lacked a vision and was not aggressive enough.
  
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• Sandoval, Arizona governor rebuke Brown's gun law criticism

  07-12-2015 05:32
  
  Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey defended their states' gun laws after California Gov. Jerry Brown lambasted the two neighboring states' laws as "wide open"and "a gigantic back door through which any terrorist can walk."
  
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• Obama tells U.S. that San Bernardino shootings part of 'new phase' of terrorism

  07-12-2015 02:24
  
  President Barack Obama worked to reassure Americans on Sunday that his administration is doing all it can to reduce the risk of militant attacks after a couple in California carried out what he called "a new phase" of terrorism.
  
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• Obama, in speech to nation, vows to defeat 'new phase' of terrorist threat

  07-12-2015 02:24
  
  President Barack Obama warned Americans on Sunday the terrorist threat to the United States had evolved into a dangerous "new phase" in the aftermath of a deadly California shooting rampage, but vowed to destroy Islamic State and other militant groups.
  
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• Man killed in hit-and-run incident Friday has been IDd

  07-12-2015 00:38
  
  A man in a wheelchair killed by a hit-and-run driver Friday night while crossing the street in the northeast valley was identified by the Clark County coroner's office.
  
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• Coroner IDs woman found stabbed to death in apartment

  07-12-2015 00:08
  
  The Clark County coroner's office on Sunday identified a woman found stabbed to death in a central valley apartment Saturday morning.
  
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