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• Nevada’s Senate hopefuls raise similar amounts last quarter

  03-02-2016 23:39
  
  The contenders for Harry Reid’s seat in the U.S. Senate said they raised similar amounts in the last three months of 2015, although the Republican candidate has more in the bank. Former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat, reported raising more than $1.3 million in the last quarter, and ended the year with $2 million cash on hand. Her campaign said 93 percent of contributors gave less than $200. “The grassroots momentum and support for Catherine in this race sh
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office hosts ‘Citizen’s Safe Zone’

  03-02-2016 23:07
  
  The Carson City Sheriff’s Office has initiated a “Citizen’s Safe Zone” for local residents to exchange merchandise purchased online.The program is for Carson City residents and residents of surrounding counties to meet in a safe area to exchange merchandise purchased from one another through Craigslist, classified ads or private party sales. This is done to create a safe environment and make sure all purchases are completed in a safe manner for all parties involved.The Sa
  
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• Animal conservationists petition to cancel Safari Club convention in Las Vegas

  03-02-2016 23:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Animal conservationists are circulating an online petition asking executives of Mandalay Bay to cancel the four-day Safari Club International hunters convention that opened Wednesday and is expected to be attended by 21,000 people.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of felony parole and probation hold

  03-02-2016 22:19
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityTUESDAYAt 7:50 p.m., Daniel Jacobson, 26, was arrested on suspicion of felony parole and probation hold, violation of a suspended sentence, obstructing an officer and destroying or concealing evidence after deputies conducted a warrant service near the 600 block of Armory Drive. Jacobson led deputies on a foot chase for over an hour before being apprehended near Idaho
  
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• Lompa Ranch seen as a doggone good deal by Carson City Parks and Recreation Commission

  03-02-2016 22:11
  
  The Carson City Parks and Recreation Commission approved recommending the parks and trails plan for the proposed Lompa Ranch development project to the Planning Commission with one addition — a dog park.More specifics on the proposed development of 251 acres of the northern portion of Lompa Park were provided at the commission’s meeting Tuesday — including plans for the development to include a new elementary school and a new fire station. Those elements didn’t fall unde
  
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• Hafen calls for more control over public schools in Henderson

  03-02-2016 21:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Mayor Andy Hafen wants Henderson to have more control over the education of the city's students.
  
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• Las Vegas taxi leaders have key date with legislative panel

  03-02-2016 20:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  While the city's taxi industry reels from a state audit accusing it of millions of dollars of overcharges and recommending the dismantling of the Taxicab Authority, officials have a new worry — a date with the Sunset Subcommittee of the Legislative Commission.
  
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• Tips from public, detectives lead to suspected bank robber's arrest

  03-02-2016 19:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tips from both detectives and the public led to a suspected bank robber's arrest Wednesday morning, Las Vegas police said that night.
  
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• Metro looking for suspect in Summerlin bank robbery

  03-02-2016 19:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are asking for the public's help to identify a man they say robbed a west valley bank Saturday.
  
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• Successful ‘Well–Run Business’ seminar coming back

  03-02-2016 19:19
  Several months ago our local SCORE Chapter broadcast the following message: Want to own and run a Well-Run Business?We had a great response. 18 local business owners participated on Wednesdays over a three-week, before-work series that promised “It will change the way you look at your company.” Each class was on a Wednesday, 3-weeks in a row. They started promptly at 7:30 a.m. and ended at 9 a.m. This amazing series delivered on that promise. Here are some of the testimonials from t
  
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• Henderson apartment fire displaces 16 Tuesday night

  03-02-2016 18:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A fire at a Henderson apartment complex Tuesday night displaced 16 people, fire officials said.
  
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• Pa. prosecutors to challenge Bill Cosby on sex assault charge

  03-02-2016 17:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Bill Cosby will face a challenge on Wednesday from Pennsylvania prosecutors who have charged him with sexually assaulting a woman a decade ago and are denying the comedian's claim that he cannot be prosecuted for the alleged crime.
  
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• Judge rules Cosby's sexual assault case can proceed

  03-02-2016 17:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A judge in Pennsylvania said that prosecutors can pursue criminal sex abuse charges against Bill Cosby, rejecting efforts by Cosby's attorneys to dismiss the case at this point, the Associated Press reported.
  
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• Cosby lawyer: Wouldn't have allowed deposition without a deal

  03-02-2016 17:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A lawyer for Bill Cosby said on Wednesday that he never would have allowed the comedian to give a deposition in a civil lawsuit brought by a woman accusing him of rape if he knew his client's words could be used for a criminal prosecution.
  
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• Metro investigates homicide near downtown Las Vegas

  03-02-2016 16:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are investigating a homicide at an apartment complex near downtown early Wednesday morning.
  
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• AARP recognizes Henderson a Nevada's first "age-friendly" community

  03-02-2016 08:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Henderson was recognized by the AARP as Nevada's first "age-friendly" community during Tuesday night's city council meeting.
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Nov. 20, 1975: Franco, Spain’s absolute ruler dies

  03-02-2016 08:19
  
  Generalissimo Francisco Franco, Spain’s absolute ruler for 36 years, died of heart failure last night after a monthlong battle by a team of Madrid physicians. Franco was one of the last towering personalities that dominated Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. The 82-year-old ruler outlived contemporaries like Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Josef Stalin and Dwight D. Eisenhower. His authoritarian, right-wing, one-man rule survived for 36 years while other dictators, Adolf Hitler and
  
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• Local roundup: Carson girls beat Wooster

  03-02-2016 08:19
  
  Carson High’s girls basketball team didn’t have a double-figure scorer in Tuesday night’s game against Wooster.It didn’t matter.The Senators had six players score at least six points in the 47-35 win over the Colts at Morse Burley Gymnasium.Carson improved to 5-8 in league play. The Senators, firmly entrenched in the final playoff spot, visit Galena Friday at 5:15 p.m.Lindy Lehman led Carson with eight points, while Andrea Maffei and Melissa Glanzmann added seven apiece.
  
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• Fremont Elmentary kicks off first pre-K class

  03-02-2016 08:19
  
  For most Nevada students, the first day of school is in August, but for the newly developed pre-K class at Fremont Elementary School, their first day didn’t happen until Tuesday.Twenty students between the ages and 4 and 5 attended the two half-day class sessions for Dr. Tanya Caron’s pre-K class. Caron said the first day went off without a hitch.“I feel like I won the teacher lottery,” Caron said. “There have been no hiccups and it has been a really good day so fa
  
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• Carson High School CTE program hosts Career Expo

  03-02-2016 08:19
  
  Carson High School’s Career and Technical Education program is presenting its Career Expo Thursday, Feb. 18 from 4:30-7 p.m. The Expo is open to the general public as well as all Carson High School students.Employers with career opportunities in each of the CTE pathways are invited to participate in the Career Expo to learn more about programs available to students and to help students learn more about the types of jobs available as Nevada pushes to meet the growing demand for skilled wor
  
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• Carson City’s Sierra Lutheran High School hosting annual Gifts of Grace fundraiser March 5

  03-02-2016 08:19
  
  An evening of fine dining and performances by local students is planned at a fundraiser to help Sierra Lutheran High School’s tuition assistance fund. Gifts of Grace, Sierra Lutheran’s annual dinner and auction, is taking place at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 5. The event offers an elegant dinner prepared by the Carson Valley Inn, a silent auction offering gifts and activities and a live auction offering vacation and party packages. There also will be drawings for a $500 Amazon gift card,
  
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• Carson boys clinch title outright

  03-02-2016 08:19
  
  As the final buzzer sounded, you wouldn’t have known the Carson High boys basketball team had just won its second straight Sierra League regular-season championship.The Senators, who won 54-30 Tuesday night to extend their record to 13-0, shook hands with Wooster players and silently walked off the court. There was no celebration whatsoever.Maybe because it was a game the Senators were expected to win, or maybe because it’s just one goal accomplished with a couple more to go.Having
  
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• Rocking in Rio with ‘Ages’ changes; L.V. Phil takes on pink hue

  03-02-2016 07:30 via lasvegassun.com
  One performer who will not rock in Rio for long is Mark Shunock, the magnanimous actor who portrays Lonny who has announced on his Facebook page that he is leaving ...
  
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• Three people displaced, one dog dead in east valley fire

  03-02-2016 06:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three people were displaced from their east valley home and a dog was found dead after a fire Tuesday evening, the Clark County Fire Department said.
  
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• Three Southern Nevada hospitals apply to become Level 3 trauma centers

  03-02-2016 05:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Three Southern Nevada hospitals have filed paperwork to become Level 3 trauma centers. But University Medical Center officials say the move could threaten their county-run hospital if the applications are approved simultaneously.
  
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• Las Vegas Marine veteran laments aid not reaching war victims in Iraq

  03-02-2016 05:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  "ISIS is like a Slinky. It expands and contracts." That was the observation Tuesday of Las Vegas Iraq War Marine veteran Luigino Lobello.
  
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• Arrest made in fatal hit-and-run

  03-02-2016 03:55
  
  A man was arrested Tuesday for fleeing the scene of a fatal hit and run accident that happened in Carson City.The Justice Court of Carson Township issued a warrant for the arrest of 37-year-old Juan Pablo Rios for failure to stop at the scene of an accident involving personal injury or death, a category B felony. Bail was set at $50,000. Rios was book into the Carson City Jail at about 4 p.m. Tuesday. He was arrested in relation to a hit and run accident that led to the death of Gustovo Garcia-
  
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• Group pushes for changes to new college aid program

  03-02-2016 03:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A panel of lawmakers this week agreed to seek changes for Nevada's new Silver State Opportunity Grant — the state's first program offering financial aid based on need rather than academic achievement.
  
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• Tales of opioid abuse hit nerve

  03-02-2016 03:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Like voices calling from the shadows, residents touched by oxycodone continue to reach out and react to recent columns on the use and abuse of the powerful prescription painkiller.
  
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• Metro's 911 system crashes after $2.3 million upgrade installed to prevent crashes

  03-02-2016 02:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Valley callers reporting emergencies and expecting immediate help were instead met with delays Tuesday afternoon, when the Metropolitan Police Department communications center first reported it was having issues taking 911 and 311 calls.
  
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• Metro experiencing dispatch issues; 911 calls may be delayed

  03-02-2016 02:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Metropolitan Police Department said Tuesday evening that its communications center was experiencing issues taking 911 and 311 call lines.
  
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• Carson City man sentenced on statutory sexual assault with a child charge

  03-02-2016 02:03
  
  A Carson City man was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole Tuesday morning for statutory sexual assault with a child.Drake Martin, 21, was sentenced in District Court Tuesday morning to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years for allegations he had sexual intercourse and contact with a 16-year-old female for nearly seven years. Martin was originally supposed to stand trial in December, however, he changed his plea to guilty on the sexual assault with a
  
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• People aren't impressed with Uber's new logo design

  03-02-2016 01:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Uber has a new logo and lots of people hate it.
  
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• Union representing police officials opens contract discussions meeting to public

  03-02-2016 01:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas Police Managers and Supervisors Association struck a blow for public union transparency Tuesday, allowing the public to attend contract negotiations for the first time. But the public didn't show up.
  
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• Copyright attorney to speak about photo laws at Carson City Library on Feb. 17

  03-02-2016 01:23
  
  Carolyn Wright, a nationally recognized copyright attorney, will speak at the Carson City Library 6 p.m. Feb. 17.“Everybody has a camera in their hand everywhere they go,” she explained. “I will let people know where you can take a picture and what you can do with it and when you need to permission.”With the ease of camera phones instantly uploading photos to social media and other sites, Wright said, there are many misconceptions and misunderstandings when it comes to t
  
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• Heck's piggybacked veterans housing measure clears House

  03-02-2016 01:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Legislation by U.S. Rep. Joe Heck to help reduce homelessness among veterans once again passed the House on Tuesday, this time as part of another measure.
  
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• Election fever spurs January growth in Nevada voter registration

  03-02-2016 01:07
  
  With growing interest in the 2016 elections spurred by the approaching caucuses, Nevada’s list of active voters rose by close to 16,000 from December to January.But a full third of those additions are existing registered voters who reactivated their status by either listing a new address or reconfirming their old address to participate in the process. The overall total number of registered active and inactive voters climbed just over 10,000 to 1,469,500.Because only the two major parties
  
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• 2 top US generals say women should have to register for draft

  03-02-2016 00:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The top U.S. Marine Corps and Army generals said on Tuesday thatwomen should be required to register for the military draft, along with men, as the armed forces move toward integrating them fully into combat positions.
  
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• Carson City businessman to enter plea Feb. 9 to embezzlement charge

  03-02-2016 00:27
  
  Carson City businessman Lenny Chappell is scheduled to enter a plea Feb. 9 in Carson City District Court to one count of conspiracy to commit embezzlement.That plea bargain is conditioned on his making restitution of the more than $3,500 he was charged with taking from an account belonging to Platinum Plus Day Spa at Bank of the West. He used the money to replace cash he took from the Downtown Business Association’s account while he was chairman of that organization.Chappell was originall
  
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• County takes interest in proposal to curb puppy mills

  03-02-2016 00:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County Commission could follow the city of Las Vegas' lead in taking aim at puppy mill activity.
  
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