Nevada news

• 9th Circuit rejects Dotty's appeal of Clark County slot machine regulations

  06-01-2016 23:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a legal effort by the owners of the Dotty's and Jackpot Joanies slot machine taverns to throw out Clark County regulations covering the operation of the gambling devices.
  
  Read more

• Nevada Legislative broadcast system down for remodel this month

  06-01-2016 23:39
  
  Legislative observers may have noticed there aren’t any interim legislative meetings set for this month.That’s because the entire TV studio that handles those broadcasts, video conferences and Internet feeds is being completely remodeled and modernized this month.Legislative Counsel Bureau Director Rick Combs said the system manages sound and pictures and the Internet feed as well as archiving those recordings for 11 meeting rooms in the Legislature, the Senate and Assembly floor se
  
  Read more

• One man dead, another arrested in central valley homicide

  06-01-2016 23:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One man was found dead and another was arrested early Wednesday after a homicide Tuesday night in the central valley, Las Vegas police said.
  
  Read more

• One man dead, another arrested in central valley

  06-01-2016 23:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One man was found dead and another was arrested early Wednesday after a homicide Tuesday night in the central valley, Las Vegas police said.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Clark County School Board re-elects Young as president; 2 trustees walk out

  06-01-2016 23:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County School Board, following a year of public disputes over sex education, teacher contracts and other heated issues, rang in 2016 with a divisive vote Wednesday to select its next leadership.
  
  Read more

• 1 man dead, another arrested in central valley

  06-01-2016 23:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One man was found dead and another was arrested early Wednesday after a homicide Tuesday night in the central valley, Las Vegas police said.
  
  Read more

• At CES, Netflix Announces Worldwide Expansion of Streaming Service

  06-01-2016 22:56
  The company said it added more than 130 countries to its roster, rapidly accelerating its plan to be fully global by the end of this year.
  
  Read more

• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Woman arrested on suspicion of writing fake prescriptions

  06-01-2016 22:43
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.TUESDAYAt 1:44 p.m., Sarabeth Nelson, 25, of Carson City was arrested on suspicion of felony violation of controlled substance act fraud, felony uttering a forged instrument and felony possession of a dangerous drug without a prescription after deputies responded to reports of a woman allegedly attempting to obtain narcotic medications with a forged prescription at the Carson Stre
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• LA prosecutors won't bring criminal charges against Bill Cosby

  06-01-2016 22:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Los Angeles County district attorney has declined to bring criminal charges against comedian Bill Cosby stemming from sexual assault allegations by two women over separate incidents, one dating back to 1965 and the other to 2008.
  
  Read more

• Man rescued from Goni Canyon in Carson City

  06-01-2016 22:27
  
  Carson City rescue crews rescued a man who didn’t return home Tuesday night after an off-road vehicle trip when they reported to the scene shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday.The victim, Bob Key of Carson City, was reportedly in Goni Canyon Tuesday afternoon looking for his lost dog when his truck slid off the road and rolled down the side of the canyon. After Key didn’t return home Tuesday night and wasn’t returning phone calls, his friend went to look for him Wednesday morning.
  
  Read more

• Carson City jewelry pawner to spend new year in prison

  06-01-2016 20:51
  
  MINDEN — A Carson City man was sent to prison after his second attempt at diversion was anything but perfect. Joshua Hurin, 19, was ordered to complete Mental Health Court out of Carson City in August after he was returned from the Regimental Boot Camp for eligibility issues. Since August, Hurin has tested positive on multiple occasions for marijuana and opiates that he told his probation officer were from prescribed medications. Hurin has been in and out of custody several times because
  
  Read more

• Las Vegas police once again responding to noninjury crashes

  06-01-2016 20:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are responding to noninjury crashes again, the department announced at a news conference Wednesday morning.
  
  Read more

• Bessie Minor Swift Foundation accepting grant applications

  06-01-2016 20:27
  
  The Bessie Minor Swift Foundation is accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations in Carson City and its surrounding area. Grants will be awarded to programs that promote literacy, reading and writing skills and programs in the arts, languages and sciences. Applications will be accepted through Feb. 15 and recipients will be announced on May 2. The fund will consider applications for grants requesting a minimum of $500 and a maximum of $3,000. The Bessie Minor Swift Foundation award
  
  Read more

• Powerball jackpot up to $500M for tonight's drawing

  06-01-2016 20:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The jackpot in the Powerball lottery has ballooned to an estimated $500 million ahead of its drawing on Wednesday, making it the sixth largest payout in North American history, the operator of the multistate game said.
  
  Read more

• Same-sex marriage halted by Alabama chief justice

  06-01-2016 20:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court ordered the state's probate judges on Wednesday not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, despite a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court last year legalizing gay marriage.
  
  Read more

• Experts skeptical North Korea conducted hydrogen bomb test

  06-01-2016 18:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Korea said it successfully tested a miniaturized hydrogen nuclear bomb on Wednesday, prompting skepticism among experts and officials who doubt Pyongyang has achieved such a major advance in its strike capability.
  
  Read more

• Storage unit burns on East Sahara

  06-01-2016 18:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County Fire Department responded to a fire at storage facility in the east Las Vegas Valley early Wednesday morning.
  
  Read more

• Fla. university fires professor who claims US mass shootings are hoaxes

  06-01-2016 18:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Florida Atlantic University has dismissed a professor who said massacres at a Connecticut elementary school and a county office building in San Bernardino, California, were staged, the university said.
  
  Read more

• Earthquake rattles Southern Calif. area east of LA

  06-01-2016 17:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A moderate earthquake, measured at a magnitude of 4.5, rattled Banning, a Southern California town east of Los Angeles, on Wednesday, but state emergency management officials said there were no immediate reports of damage.
  
  Read more

• Frontier flight makes emergency landing at McCarran

  06-01-2016 17:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Frontier flight made an emergency landing at McCarran International Airport Wednesday morning.
  
  Read more

• Chipotle receives subpoena in Calif. norovirus contamination

  06-01-2016 16:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. said it was served with a grand jury subpoena in relation to a criminal investigation into a norovirus contamination at one of its restaurants in California in August.
  
  Read more

• Democratic Candidates to Appear at Nevada Party Dinner Co-Hosted by Harry Reid

  06-01-2016 12:30
  Nevada will be the third state to hold its nominating contest, and Hillary Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Martin O’Malley will appear individually on Wednesday to seek support from the state’s Democratic Party.
  
  Read more

• Constitution cowboys out of place in Oregon

  06-01-2016 08:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Constitution cowboys Ammon and Ryan Bundy are as skilled at rounding up reporters as they are at bringing in the strays at their father's ranch.
  
  Read more

• Prep roundup: Bad third quarter sends CHS girls to loss

  06-01-2016 08:35
  
  RENO — North Valleys outscored Carson 20-4 in the third quarter en route to a 66-39 win over the Senators Tuesday night in a Division I crossover girls basketball game.The loss dropped Carson to 2-3 in league play heading into Friday’s 5:15 match-up against McQueen.“We played two quarters, maybe a quarter and a half,” CHS coach Melissa Larsen said. “Games are four quarters. We came out flat in the second half.”The Senators outscored NV 11-5 in the final 3 1/2
  
  Read more

• Nevada Supreme Court hears arguments in challenge to Catalyst Fund

  06-01-2016 08:35
  
  The Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s Catalyst Fund.The suit argues the fund violates the state constitution, which prohibits giving public money to private businesses. Some 17 businesses have received cash from the fund through the Governor’s Office of Economic Development.But before the court can get to that issue, the high court must rule on whether Michael Little, a citizen taxpayer, has the standing t
  
  Read more

• Nevada Appeal at 150: Golfing in Mills Park

  06-01-2016 08:35
  
  Carson City’s first golf course was at present-day Mills Park until 1977. A committee of four lobbied railroad magnate Ogden Mills for the park property. In 1951, the committee was deeded 72 acres, provided that they would be used as a people’s park. Committee members included city resident Naomi Bernard, grocery store owner Nick Carter, former state Sen. Bill Dial and highway department engineer Wayne Yates. The man getting ready to swing at the golf ball (2nd from left) is longtim
  
  Read more

• Carson City Chamber director seeks united vision

  06-01-2016 08:35
  
  Promoting historic aspects of Carson City, including using the prison as a tourist attraction, the community’s Chamber of Commerce director said Tuesday the city needs a unified vision.“Carson City is the heart of Nevada, and we have the most unique history in all of Nevada,” Ronni Hannaman, chamber executive director, told a Rotary Club audience. She promoted making the decommissioned Nevada State Prison into a tourist lure, pushed for unified vision in improving downtown and
  
  Read more

• Carson boys pull away against North Valleys

  06-01-2016 08:35
  
  RENO — It was a trap game, plain and simple. Carlos Mendeguia, Carson High boys basketball coach, knew it. The problem was his players didn’t know or didn’t care.Instead of a comfortable win against a young team, the Senators had to scratch and claw for a 50-41 win over pesky North Valleys Tuesday night in a Division I crossover game.Carson improved to 5-0 in league play, and will be looking to sweep the High Desert League when the crossover schedule concludes with a Friday ho
  
  Read more

• North Korea claims successful hydrogen bomb test

  06-01-2016 05:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  North Korea says it has successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test in a region of the country where it conducted three previous nuclear tests.
  
  Read more

• Las Vegas News Staff Advised on Covering Adelson

  06-01-2016 03:29
  Reporters and editors at The Las Vegas Review-Journal were given guidelines for how the paper should cover its new owner, the billionaire Republican donor Sheldon Adelson.
  
  Read more

• Embattled newspaper owner Schroeder makes an apology ... of sorts

  06-01-2016 03:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After weeks under a harsh national spotlight, the newspaper executive embroiled in a media-ethics scandal that involved the Las Vegas Review-Journal issued a formal mea culpa.
  
  Read more

• Oregon standoff stays peaceful on fourth day — PHOTOS

  06-01-2016 03:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A group of self-styled militia men and anti-government protesters holed up in a federal wildlife refuge headquarters in southeastern Oregon have a lofty goal: Returning economic prosperity to the region by uprooting how the federal government manages public land in the West.
  
  Read more

• Oregon standoff enters fourth day

  06-01-2016 03:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A group of self-styled militia men and anti-government protesters holed up in a federal wildlife refuge headquarters in southeastern Oregon have a lofty goal: Returning economic prosperity to the region by uprooting how the federal government manages public land in the West.
  
  Read more

• Getaway driver sentenced to 121 years in federal prison

  06-01-2016 02:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman who served as the getaway driver in 13 commercial robberies in Southern Nevada was sentenced Tuesday to 121 years in federal prison.
  
  Read more

• Body found by hiker in Mountain Springs identified

  06-01-2016 02:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner's office on Tuesday identified the skeletal remains of a hiker found Dec. 30 in Mountain Springs, an unincorporated area south of the Spring Mountains between Las Vegas and Pahrump.
  
  Read more

• Sweet 16: That’s what Carson City has in mind for commerce

  06-01-2016 02:19
  
  Commerce in Nevada’s capital city this year should fare well, quite well in the view of some prognosticators.Discussions with the likes of Steve Neighbors at the Hop and Mae Adams Foundation, City Manager Nick Marano, Ronni Hannaman at the Chamber of Commerce and others in Carson City point to a business boon, if not a boom. “We’ve had some wins and we’ve had some losses,” said Hannaman about city commerce emerging from the recession. But despite claiming her cryst
  
  Read more

• NLV police arrest 29-year-old man in New Year's Day shooting

  06-01-2016 01:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was arrested by North Las Vegas police Monday afternoon in connection with a fatal shooting New Year's Day, the department said Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• State orders Carson City’s Silver State Charter School to close at end of school year

  06-01-2016 01:39
  
  Silver State Charter School is being shut down at the end of this school year.The school’s charter was revoked by the State Public Charter School Authority at a Monday hearing after an audit revealed what was described as extensive fiscal mismanagement.The formal Notice of Closure was issued Oct. 26 and the school given 30 days to cure the deficiencies identified by auditors. According to a letter to the authority board from director Patrick Gavin, the school failed to fix the problems.&l
  
  Read more

• Man killed in gym parking lot in wrong place at wrong time

  06-01-2016 01:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Neil Gandler called his car home. The 42-year-old Californian was a vagabond by choice, traveling from town to town, boasting a life of modesty, his friends say.
  
  Read more

• Nevada roadway deaths increase; down in Carson City

  06-01-2016 01:07
  
  The number of people killed in Nevada car crashes increased by 30 to 321 in 2015.But a spokesman for the Nevada Department of Transportation said when compared with the number of miles driven in Nevada, traffic deaths have actually decreased. There were 1.54 deaths per 100 million miles traveled in 2008. That number dropped to 1.13 fatalities in 2013, the most recent year for which total vehicle miles traveled is available.Just two of those fatal crashes in 2015 were in Carson City, one of them
  
  Read more

• Reno-area water deal declared fully implemented

  06-01-2016 00:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nearly 30 years after the first overture was initiated to settle decades of water wars over the Truckee River, clearing the last hurdles to implementing a pact was celebrated Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Last defendant in massive HOA scheme sentenced to prison

  06-01-2016 00:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The last defendant in the long-running investigation into the scheme to take over and defraud homeowners associations was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Medicare undergoing changes: What’s new for beneficiaries

  06-01-2016 00:11
  
  WASHINGTON — Whether it’s coverage for end-of-life counseling or an experimental payment scheme for common surgeries, Medicare in 2016 is undergoing some of the biggest changes in its 50 years. Grandma’s Medicare usually just paid the bills as they came in. Today, the nation’s flagship health-care program is seeking better ways to balance cost, quality and access. The effort could redefine the doctor-patient relationship, or it could end up a muddle of well-intentioned bu
  
  Read more

• Medicare is changing: What’s new for beneficiaries

  06-01-2016 00:11
  
  WASHINGTON — Whether it’s coverage for end-of-life counseling or an experimental payment scheme for common surgeries, Medicare in 2016 is undergoing some of the biggest changes in its 50 years. Grandma’s Medicare usually just paid the bills as they came in. Today, the nation’s flagship health-care program is seeking better ways to balance cost, quality and access. The effort could redefine the doctor-patient relationship, or it could end up a muddle of well-intentioned bu
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsNevada_ on Twitter!