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• NHP investigating fatal crash on I-15 near Moapa

  24-01-2016 21:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash on southbound Interstate 15 at mile marker 73, about 20 miles south of Moapa, according to the agency's website.
  
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• Rural residents float detailed plan to reopen spring closed by BLM

  24-01-2016 19:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The people of Pahranagat Valley want their swimming hole back. More than two years have passed since the Bureau of Land Management closed the popular, spring-fed pools at the Ash Springs Recreation Site amid concerns about visitor safety and environmental damage.
  
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• Blaze ravages through vacant apartment building near the Stratosphere

  24-01-2016 19:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Not far from the Stratosphere sits a vacant apartment complex built in 1957 and used by squatters.
  
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• Henderson house blaze blamed on gas fireplace

  24-01-2016 18:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A gas fireplace burning for two days in Henderson caused a blaze that displaced two people and caused about $55,000 in damage Saturday night, according to city officials.
  
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• Manhunt continues for 3 inmates who escaped Southern Calif. jail

  24-01-2016 17:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A manhunt is underway for three inmates, including a man charged with murder, who escaped from a jail in Southern California.
  
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• 7.1-magnitude earthquake hits Alaska early Sunday morning

  24-01-2016 16:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Alaska early Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
  
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• Star Wars fans discover the Force in downtown Las Vegas — PHOTOS

  24-01-2016 09:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Discovery Children's Museum in downtown Las Vegas hosted about 3,800 people for "Star Wars Day" on Saturday.
  
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• Life is Beautiful draws huge crowds, but runs in red ink

  24-01-2016 09:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Life Is Beautiful has piled up more than $10 million in financial losses during its first three years, but the chief executive of the annual downtown Las Vegas music festival has a different take on the red ink.
  
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• Variety School puts its sole focus on students with disabilities

  24-01-2016 09:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When the staff at Variety School met Brian Reyes three months ago, his new teachers had to clean blood from his hands and face.
  
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• Ruling approves stricter sex offender registration

  24-01-2016 08:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A ruling by the Nevada Supreme Court on Friday gave the go-ahead for the state to implement stricter registration requirements for sex offenders.
  
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• New smart gun technology uses fingerprint recognition to childproof firearms

  24-01-2016 08:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Omer Kiyani was on a leadership path at a large Detroit automobile company but he was so bothered by stories about teen suicides using guns and accidental shooting deaths that he instead chose to focus on developing his own solution to address the problem. His take on smart gun technology — Identilock — was on display this week at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, or SHOT Show.
  
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• They take a bow in Carson City

  24-01-2016 08:27
  
  National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) competitors take aim and fire at targets in the Carson High small gymnasium Saturday.…
  
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• Senator Square to have new author

  24-01-2016 08:27
  
  Ten years ago, a group of teachers started a little club at Carson High School for staff called Senator Pride. One of our projects was to expand the news to our community of all the great things happening at CHS. The Nevada Appeal granted us space in its Sunday paper for the “Senator Square.” Thank you Teri Vance for helping us achieve this and thank you to the Appeal for seeing the value of such information.It has been a fun 10 years being a part of writing this column. This is my
  
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• Prep roundup: Dayton teams fall; CHS wrestle wins title

  24-01-2016 08:27
  
  DAYTON — Turnovers and second-chance points. Spring Creek scored 20 points off Dayton turnovers and scored 15 second-chance points in its 57-46 Northern 1A win over the Dust Devils Saturday afternoon.Dayton dropped to 1-7 in league play and Spring Creek improved to 2-6.“We’ve been killed on the glass all season,” Dayton coach Jason Santos said. “We played a lot of zone, and our guys didn’t do a good job of getting to their rebound assignments.”“We
  
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• Nevada charged up about big win

  24-01-2016 08:27
  
  RENO — The Nevada Wolf Pack literally shook Lawlor Events Center to its rafters Saturday night.“After I took that charge I could feel the vibration of the arena, the crowd was so loud,” smiled Wolf Pack freshman Cam Oliver. “It was kind of scary.”A crowd of 11,341, the fifth largest crowd in Lawlor Events Center’s 33-year history, saw the Wolf Pack stun the UNLV Rebels 65-63 to improve to 12-7 overall and 4-3 in the Mountain West. It was the Wolf Pack’s
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Oct. 23, 1975: Reds win World Series, 4-3

  24-01-2016 08:27
  
  The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Boston Red Sox in what some are considering the best World Series ever played.Sparky Anderson can at last call his Cincinnati Reds “the best darn team in baseball.” But if the Reds are No. 1, the Boston Red Sox are the closest “second” you’ll find. It took six knock-down ball games plus nine innings of the deciding seventh for the Reds to finally win their first World Series championship since 1940. They won the “big one&rdquo
  
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• It is all about the caucuses in Nevada

  24-01-2016 08:27
  
  In about a month, both Republicans and Democrats statewide will meet to begin the process of selecting their presidential nominees.Since Nevada doesn’t include the race for president in its June primary, both parties use the caucus system beginning with precinct caucuses. The Democrats are first, opening for business at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 20. Carson Party Chair Marty McGarry said they will go until they are done.The Republicans will caucus on Tuesday, Feb. 23 beginning at 5 p.m. an
  
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• Dayton native stops attempted armed robbery in Alaska

  24-01-2016 08:27
  
  A Dayton native is being praised for stopping an attempted armed robbery at an Alaska mall.Matthew Willhite, 24, was at the 5th Avenue Mall in Anchorage, Alaska, last Sunday when he came across a security guard wrestling with a teenage boy, later identified as 18-year-old Yan Bangout, outside of a Buckle clothing store. The teen had allegedly been trying to steal $1,200 in designer jeans when security attempted to stop him, according to KTUU Channel 2 in Anchorage. Willhite said he didn’t
  
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• CHS student featured in TEDx Carson City

  24-01-2016 08:27
  
  Editor’s note: This is the third 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.CHANGING YOUR REALITY: ONE THOUGHT AT A TIMEShaylin Segura is a junior at Carson High School. Although only 17, she has seen the world from the views of diverse points of view as she has been homeschooled, attended two separate church schools and three different middle schools before beginning at Carson High School as a freshm
  
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• Carson City road report for Jan. 25-31

  24-01-2016 08:27
  
  The following information applies to the period of Jan. 25-31. Utility work will continue from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays at the following locations, with possible flagger controlled traffic:Division Street between Fleischmann Way and Long Street; road will be closed to through traffic Monday through Wednesday, weather permittingLong Street between Mountain and Division streets; road will be closed to through traffic Wednesday through Friday, weather permittingMountain Street between Fleischm
  
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• Carson City Mayor Robert Crowell to present State of the City on Wednesday

  24-01-2016 08:27
  
  Mayor Robert Crowell intends for his upcoming state of the city speech to portray a community on the move via past accomplishments and future prospects.Crowell, set to speak at a noon hour Carson City Chamber of Commerce Soup’s On luncheon on Wednesday in the Gold Dust West Casino here, cited capital projects and city government transparency in a preview.“The theme is going to be: A city on the move,” the mayor replied when asked about the talk. Delivering it at the chamber&rs
  
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• Washington Digest: Senate fails to overturn EPA water rule

  24-01-2016 08:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Senate Republicans failed last week in their efforts to repeal a federal water regulation that they claim would vastly expand what lands the Environmental Protection Agency oversees under the Clean Water Act.
  
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• Potential move to privatize some Medicaid services in Nevada draws scrutiny

  24-01-2016 08:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A possible move to privatize certain Medicaid services for the vulnerable continues to draw scrutiny in states across the country, including Nevada.
  
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• WNC baseball looks to regain elite status in SWAC

  24-01-2016 08:19
  
  They have come from as far as 5,341 miles away to play for the Western Nevada College baseball team in 2016, the final year of the program.WNC coach D.J. Whittemore’s roster includes players from Wilrijk, Belgium; Kingsport, Tenn.; Seattle, Wash.; Fort Collins, Colo.; Park City, Utah; and Glendora, Calif. Despite their varied baseball backgrounds and geographical differences, this group of Wildcats share a number of common objectives: Win the Scenic West Athletic Conference, reclaim the R
  
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• Three local Basque restaurants best in state of Nevada

  24-01-2016 08:19
  
  Three local Basque restaurants have been rated as among the best in the state, with a well-known Gardnerville restaurant rated as Nevada’s best place for Basque food.The ratings were compiled by onlyinyourstate.com, a website which rates the best of anything and everything in the nation’s 50 states. The website rated Gardnerville’s J.T. Basque Bar & Dining Room as the state’s best Basque restaurant.Carson City’s Villa Basque Deli & Cafe was rated fifth in t
  
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• By George, WNC softball is loaded

  24-01-2016 08:19
  
  The Western Nevada College 2016 softball team is poised to accomplish what no other Wildcat team before it has done: post a winning season and compete on equal footing with the Scenic West Athletic Conference’s top teams.By the end of last season, the Wildcats were capable of beating any team in the SWAC with a predominantly freshman lineup. They won a program-best 23 games, posted their first winning record at home and won two games in the Region 18 tournament.A season later, the Wildcat
  
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• Snowboarders catch some wicked air on Fremont — PHOTOS

  24-01-2016 06:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Twenty professional snowboarders competed on Fremont Street in the Park Jam 2016 snowboarding competition sponsored by Zappos.com on Saturday night in downtown Las Vegas.
  
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• McCarran officials remind travelers to check whether flights canceled

  24-01-2016 06:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Airport officials are warning people traveling out of McCarran International Airport to track their flights as winter storm Jonas in the Northeast has caused thousands of cancellations nationwide.
  
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• Police: Officer fired at gunman, grazed two bystanders near Bellagio

  24-01-2016 06:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police fired at least two rounds at a man aiming a handgun at people near the Bellagio fountains Friday night, missing the armed man and grazing two nearby pedestrians, according to a Metro news release.
  
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• Alpaca auction at South Point attracts 250 seeking to grow herds

  24-01-2016 04:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  While fans cheered for their teams Saturday morning during the Big City Showdown basketball tournament at the South Point Arena, 50 alpacas were gathered in their pens below ready to be sold at the Priority Alpaca Auction also underway at the hotel-casino.
  
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• Constitution Support Rally participants make their case despite low turnout in Las Vegas

  24-01-2016 04:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Karen Steelmon used to shun demonstrations, which she called the "lazy person's way" of being politically mobilized. That changed on April 15, 2009, she said, when the Tea Party movement garnered national prominence.
  
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• Adult expo scraps seminar on consensual rights of porn stars

  24-01-2016 03:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It isn't often that the producers of the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo back away from controversy. The adult industry, which wrapped up its four-day trade show with its awards presentations for pornographic films on Saturday, prides itself on being on the cutting edge of technology and leaders in advocacy positions involving the sex trade.
  
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• Mesquite Hot Air Balloon Festival adds a little color to the sky — PHOTOS

  24-01-2016 00:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The annual Hot Air Balloon Festival in Mesquite took to the skies early Saturday and filled the area with colorful balloons.
  
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• 1 hospitalized following central valley apartment fire

  24-01-2016 00:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person was hospitalized Saturday afternoon following an apartment fire, Clark County Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief Kelly Blackmon wrote in a news release.
  
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