Nevada news

• Trike riders bring attention to veteran suicides

  23-01-2016 21:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Kelley and Peter Guidry reached a milestone Thursday night: with help of other veterans they pedaled the first 222 miles of a 2,222-mile journey they hope to complete by Veterans Day in their #22DamnMany campaign.
  
  Read more

• Over 50 percent of veterans who kill themselves never deployed, Heck says

  23-01-2016 21:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Kelley and Peter Guidry reached a milestone Thursday night: with help of other veterans they pedaled the first 222 miles of a 2,222-mile journey they hope to complete by Veterans Day in their #22DamnMany campaign.
  
  Read more

• Casinos bankrolling effort to preserve new Nevada taxes

  23-01-2016 20:27
  
  LAS VEGAS — The vast majority of the money used to defend Gov. Brian Sandoval’s new $1.1 billion tax package is coming from major casinos. An expert says that’s likely because the governor’s plan spreads the tax burden broadly across a range of businesses and doesn’t single out the gambling industry. The Las Vegas Sun reports that most of the $242,000 donated to the Coalition for Nevada’s Future in 2015 came from five gambling giants, according to reports file
  
  Read more

• One person dead after early morning homicide in east valley

  23-01-2016 19:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro is investigating a homicide that occurred early Saturday morning in the east Las Vegas Valley.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 1 dead after early morning homicide in east valley

  23-01-2016 19:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro is investigating a homicide in the east Las Vegas Valley that happened early Saturday morning.
  
  Read more

• Nevada Health Centers’ Mammovan visiting Carson City Feb. 3

  23-01-2016 19:15
  
  Nevada Health Centers’ Mammovan is visiting the area to provide area women access to mammography services. The Mammovan began operations in 2000 with the help of a grant secured by former Congressman John Ensign and former First Lady of Nevada, Dema Guinn.With eight sites throughout the state, Nevada Health Centers, a nonprofit, continues to operate the Mammovan with the help of donations and grant funding, including a grant from the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The Mammovan will be at Virgi
  
  Read more

• Buying a pet in the window quickly becoming thing of the past

  23-01-2016 18:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Buying little Johnny a new puppy from your neighborhood pet shop is quickly becoming a thing of the past. And not just in Las Vegas, which voted to ban the retail sale of non-rescue dogs and cats on Jan. 6.
  
  Read more

• Here's what we know about the East Coast storm so far — PHOTOS

  23-01-2016 17:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A massive winter storm clobbered a huge swath of the eastern United States on Saturday, pounding cities such as Washington and New York with snow and stranding hundreds of motorists from Kentucky to Pennsylvania on icy interstates.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• East Coast blizzard kills at least 8; travel ban in effect — PHOTOS

  23-01-2016 17:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A massive winter storm clobbered a huge swath of the eastern United States on Saturday, pounding cities such as Washington and New York with snow and stranding hundreds of motorists from Kentucky to Pennsylvania on icy interstates.
  
  Read more

• Report: 10 percent of college graduates think Judge Judy is on Supreme Court

  23-01-2016 10:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nearly 10 percent of college graduates surveyed in a poll believe Judith Sheindlin, aka "Judge Judy," serves on the Supreme Court.
  
  Read more

• Dayton veteran honored for his service

  23-01-2016 08:51
  Dayton veteran was honored Friday morning as Gov. Brian Sandval’s Veteran of the Month.Donald Podlas, an occupational forces Marine Corps officer in the Korean War, was honored with the Veteran of the Month award for his service in the community in a ceremony at the St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Dayton. The VOM award was established in 2011 for service men and women who went above and beyond the call of duty outside of military service.“It is not just about honorable service bu
  
  Read more

• Western Nevada College Business Association hosts networking social

  23-01-2016 08:43
  
  The art of schmoozing was the focal point of the Business Association’s Spring Networking Social on Thursday.More than 50 people attended the Business Association’s kickoff event for the spring semester. The event was one of several activities the group will offer this spring.Business Association is open to all WNC students who are interested in any area of business, as well as WNC alumni and community members. WNC Business Professor Robert Whitcomb serves as the association’s
  
  Read more

• Teri’s Notebook: To my students: You’re going to be fine

  23-01-2016 08:43
  
  I said good-bye to my Jump Start students Friday for the second time. I taught them an oral communications class over the summer then returned to teach a journalism class over the winter break. In between the time I had seen them, they’d completed their first semester of college as part of the Jump Start program at Western Nevada College where high school juniors and seniors can take college courses. If all goes as planned, these juniors I taught at Dayton High School will graduate from h
  
  Read more

• TEDx bringing diverse speakers to Carson City

  23-01-2016 08:43
  
  Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series introducing the speakers for the TEDx Carson City set for April 8 at the Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St.TEDx Carson City is an all-day event in which speakers from a variety of disciplines share their life’s work, passions, and concepts through thought-provoking and entertaining talks that run between 10 to 15 minutes. The event combines live talks, TED Talk videos and opportunities to network.The talks will be 9 a.m.-5 p
  
  Read more

• Prep roundup: Fitting night of 3s for Tre, Tigers

  23-01-2016 08:43
  
  MINDEN — Tre Jackson and the Douglas Tigers wasted no time getting on track Friday night.The Tigers shot 7-for-8 from the field to start the game, including three 3-pointers by Jackson, and never looked back on their way to an 89-51 Winter Homecoming victory against Damonte Ranch.Douglas (6-4 Sierra League, 7-11 overall) shot 13-for-23 (57 percent) from beyond the arc and 35-for-59 (59 percent) from the field overall to snap its two-game losing streak in a big way.Jackson finished the nig
  
  Read more

• Nevada Appeal at 150: Sept. 1, 1954: Army helicopter sets new speed record

  23-01-2016 08:43
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.…
  
  Read more

• CHS now 10-0 in league

  23-01-2016 08:43
  
  RENO — A perfect 10, and we aren’t talking about Bo Derek.That would be the Carson Senators, who improved to 10-0 with a 62-53 win over second-place Bishop Manogue Friday night in a Sierra League boys basketball game.Carson leads the second-place Miners by 3 1/2 games with six games left in the regular season. Manogue plays North Valleys today at the Reno Event Center. Carson hosts Douglas Tuesday at 7 p.m.“I never looked that far ahead,” Carson coach Carlos Mendeguia sa
  
  Read more

• Carson City’s room tax hike called competitive

  23-01-2016 08:43
  
  The head of Carson City’s Visitors Bureau noted a lodging room tax hike won’t be uncompetitive regionally, but he will discuss it with hospitality field executives here.The Visitors Bureau board this week recommended the Carson City Board of Supervisors boost the local lodging tax from 10 to 11 percent to raise about $100,000 a year for an arts and culture plan.“They’re at 13, 13 and a half,” said Joel Dunn of room tax rates in the Reno area and on the Nevada side
  
  Read more

• Breakdown of Nevada-UNLV

  23-01-2016 08:43
  
  UNLV (12-7, 3-3) AT NEVADA (11-7, 3-3)When: Today, 7 p.m.Where: Lawlor Events CenterTV/Radio: ESPNU/630 AM or 94.5 FMCoaches: Todd Simon (UNLV) and Eric Musselman (Nevada)Series history: UNLV leads 58-22Probable starters: UNLV: F — Dwayne Morgan (4.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg) and Derrick Jones (10.3, 3.4); C — Stephen Zimmerman (10.2, 9.2), G — Patrick McCaw 12.5, 3.4) and Jerome Seagears (9.9, 2.8). NEVADA: F: Cameron Oliver (11.0, 7.1) and D.J. Fenner (12.7, 4.6); G — Marqueze Col
  
  Read more

• Plaintiff alleges 'improper and unlawful maneuvering' by Las Vegas Sands

  23-01-2016 07:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Former Sands China executive Steven Jacobs claims Las Vegas Sands Corp. is trying to "derail" his rights "through improper and unlawful maneuvering," which includes the company's most recent attempt to remove the judge assigned to his wrongful termination case.
  
  Read more

• NSHE considers merging services among colleges, universities

  23-01-2016 06:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The state's higher education board on Friday pushed a series of proposals to merge services at Nevada's colleges and universities, putting the agency at odds with lawmakers who want to split the system instead.
  
  Read more

• Man in critical condition after collision on U.S. 95

  23-01-2016 06:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was hospitalized in critical condition Friday evening after his car crashed into another on the southbound off-ramp of U.S. Highway 95 to Jones Boulevard.
  
  Read more

• Nevada attracts just three candidates for state's top education job

  23-01-2016 06:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada — despite earning national attention for a dizzying list of education reforms that Gov. Brian Sandoval enacted last year— attracted only three candidates to fill a job that oversees public schools across the Silver State.
  
  Read more

• Shooting near Bellagio closes Strip; suspect in custody

  23-01-2016 04:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro was involved in a shooting in front of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, and the Strip is shut down in the area, officials say.
  
  Read more

• Man arrested in officer-involved shooting near Bellagio

  23-01-2016 04:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Part of the Strip was closed Friday night as police investigated an officer-involved shooting that occurred on the sidewalk in front of the Bellagio fountains after a man was reportedly waving a gun and pointing it at people.
  
  Read more

• UNLV professor plays role in U.S. oil exports

  23-01-2016 03:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. economy experienced a landmark moment this month when the nation began exporting crude oil for the first time in four decades.
  
  Read more

• 7-year-old daughter walked into aftermath of father's fatal shooting

  23-01-2016 01:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After a man was gunned down in a northeast valley apartment complex Thursday night, his 7-year-old daughter walked out of her mother's apartment, saw his bloody body and called for help, a neighbor said Friday.
  
  Read more

• Huge snowboard ramp being built for ParkJam in DTLV — PHOTOS

  23-01-2016 00:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  ParkJam is only a day away, and workers are busy constructing a ramp in Downtown Las Vegas where snowboarders will compete Saturday night.
  
  Read more

• Guardianship court given new tool to protect infirm, elderly

  23-01-2016 00:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County guardianship court is getting a much needed and long overdue software upgrade that it hopes will help better protect the infirm and elderly from neglect and financial abuse.
  
  Read more

• Faraday economic incentive package OK'd

  23-01-2016 00:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske can't wait to get an up-close look at the place where Southern Nevada's economic diversification efforts will kick into high gear.
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsNevada_ on Twitter!