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• Sandoval appoints Las Vegas businesswoman to State Board of Education

  29-02-2016 23:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday announced the immediate appointment of Felicia Ortiz to the Nevada State Board of Education in District 3.
  
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• Carson High School band receives $3,106 from Greater Nevada Credit Union

  29-02-2016 23:39
  
  The Carson High School (CHS) Blue Thunder Marching Band was presented with a check for $3,106 from Greater Nevada Credit Union during the February 25 Band-O-Rama. The event, hosted at Carson High School, featured the bands from all Carson City area schools performing for the public.Greater Nevada has an educational branch inside of Carson High School since 1996 and became an official sponsor of the school’s band in 2015. The sponsorship provides up to $1,000 in matching funds each year to
  
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• Convicted Las Vegas sex offender dies Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City

  29-02-2016 23:31
  
  Prison officials in Nevada say a 48-year-old convicted child sex offender who was serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole has died behind bars. The state Department of Corrections said Monday that Todd Avery Stickney died Saturday in a prison medical facility at Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City. A cause of death wasn’t immediately disclosed. Prison officials say the Carson City sheriff and coroner will conduct an autopsy. Records show that Stickney pleaded
  
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• Tesla Motors labor dispute: Hundreds walk off gigafactory job site

  29-02-2016 23:23
  
  SPARKS — Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors’ battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.Approximately 350 plumbers, carpenters, electricians, painters and others walked away from the construction site Monday along U.S. Interstate 80 about 25 miles east of Reno, said Russell James, District 16 business development specialist for the Bui
  
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• BLM sets meeting, extends comment deadline on Ash Springs

  29-02-2016 23:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Bureau of Land Management has scheduled a public meeting in Las Vegas and extended the deadline for comments as the agency studies how — or if — to reopen a popular swimming hole in Lincoln County.
  
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• Suspect to enter guilty pleas in 2 Virginia university students’ deaths

  29-02-2016 22:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A former hospital worker is expected to enter guilty pleas this week to the murder and abduction of two Virginia university students, prosecutors said on Monday.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Three arrested after officers respond to stolen vehicle report

  29-02-2016 22:35
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityTHURSDAYAt 7:37 p.m., April Carpenter, 39, of Carson City was arrested on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a dangerous drug without a prescription after deputies responded to reports of possible drug activity near the 1800 block of Carson Street. Bail was set at $6,000.FRIDAYAt 11:29 p.m., a 25
  
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• Visitor arrested at prison for trying to smuggle in drugs

  29-02-2016 22:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman was arrested during a prison visit on Feb. 21, when officials say she was trying to smuggle in drugs.
  
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• Guard pleads guilty to aiding New York prison escapees

  29-02-2016 22:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A corrections officer accused of aiding two convicted killers in their escape last June from an upstate New York penitentiary pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to six months behind bars.
  
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• Man pleads guilty in DUI crash that killed 2 teens in March

  29-02-2016 22:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday in a drunk-driving crash that left two teenagers dead.
  
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• Suspect in custody after 4 students wounded in Ohio school shooting

  29-02-2016 22:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Four students were wounded on Monday after a shooting at a high school in southwest Ohio, and one suspect was in custody, according to officials.
  
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• Boston Marathon bomber passed US citizen test 3 months before attack

  29-02-2016 21:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The older of the two brothers behind the deadly 2013 Boston Marathon bombing passed a test to become a U.S. citizen three months before the attack, the Boston Globe reported on Monday, citing federal documents.
  
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• Las Vegas Paiutes announce plans to build medical pot dispensaries

  29-02-2016 21:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas Paiute Tribe announced plans Monday to jump into the Southern Nevada medical marijuana business.
  
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• Woman who died in Wednesday house fire IDd

  29-02-2016 19:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The woman who died in a Wednesday house fire has been identified.
  
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• Man charged in death of Virginia rookie cop killed on her first day

  29-02-2016 19:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A police department in a Washington suburb is mourning an officer who was killed during her first day on the job.
  
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• CCSD Superintendent Skorkowsky floats goals for district at annual address

  29-02-2016 18:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As state lawmakers continue to develop a plan to reorganize the Clark County School District, Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky will move forward with his own plans to expand and introduce new school models.
  
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• Empire Ranch hosting prescribed burn

  29-02-2016 18:35
  
  The Empire Ranch Golf Course is conducting a prescribed burn today until about noon, according to Carson City Parks & Recreation Department. Smoke may impact recreation users on the adjacent Empire Ranch Trail.…
  
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• U. of Nevada, Reno aims to add 400 faculty by 2020

  29-02-2016 18:11
  
  RENO — A plan from the president of The University of Nevada, Reno calls for 400 more faculty members at the school by 2020.President Marc Johnson said his goal is to have 18 students for each faculty member.Johnson told The Reno Gazette-Journal that the school’s growing student enrollment would help pay for 300 of the new positions. The school saw record enrollment this year with nearly 21,000 students.He hopes state lawmakers will fund the remaining 100 positions. Johnson said the
  
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• Hundreds attend memorial for Nevada Sen. Debbie Smith

  29-02-2016 18:11
  
  SPARKS — A bipartisan group of mourners is remembering longtime Nevada legislator Debbie Smith as a dedicated public servant, wife and mother. The Reno-Gazette Journal reports hundreds attended a memorial for Smith on Sunday at Sparks High School. The Democratic state senator died Feb. 21 at the age of 60. Doctors started treating her for a malignant brain tumor about a year ago. Many attending the Sunday memorial service wore gray, a color used by advocates to raise awareness about brain
  
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• Man wounded in North Las Vegas shooting early Monday

  29-02-2016 17:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was hospitalized after a shooting in North Las Vegas early Monday morning.
  
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• Democratic caucus wants Assembly back, endorses Cohen

  29-02-2016 09:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Assembly Democratic Caucus has endorsed Henderson attorney and former Assemblywoman Lesley Cohen as the party seeks to regain control of the chamber after a historic upheaval in the 2014 general election.
  
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• Early college programs expanding in Las Vegas Valley

  29-02-2016 09:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When it opened two decades ago, the College of Southern Nevada High School graduated an inaugural class of just 15 students willing to trade in their football games, pep rallies and band practices for a chance to earn college credit.
  
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• Northeast Clark County sees largest increase in residents living under poverty line

  29-02-2016 09:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Cheaper rents and a shortage of affordable housing elsewhere may explain why northeast Clark County has a higher concentration of the poverty than other parts of the county.
  
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• Worskshop on estate planning for ag businesses

  29-02-2016 08:07
  
  Estate planning can be difficult, especially for ranchers or farmers. To help make the process easier, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension presents a one-day workshop on March 12 in Yerington, “Tending to Business: Estate Planning for the Agricultural Business.” Experts will come together to present information designed to help ranchers and farmers begin the estate planning process. The conference begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Snyder Sale Barn, 165 Osborne Lane and concludes tha
  
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• Tahoe US 50 revitalization ‘Loop Road’ project receives public scrutiny

  29-02-2016 08:07
  
  SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — Officials with the Tahoe Transportation District’s US 50/South Shore Community Revitalization Project are reaching out to the community to answer questions and concerns regarding the project to reroute U.S. Highway 50 in the Stateline casino corridor and Heavenly Village. The goal is to make the downtown region more pedestrian friendly and to ease congestion.Potential funding for the project and land-purchasing procedures were among chief concerns expressed by res
  
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• Sticking out

  29-02-2016 08:07
  
  Growing up in Reno, Steve Towell rooted for the Bay Area’s pro sports team, including the San Francisco Giants and 49ers. He’s also spent much of his working life around the restaurant and bar industry. Now he’s combining the two passions to create The Stick Sports Lounge, a non-smoking, non-gaming sports restaurant and bar located in a space formerly occupied by Chocolate Bar on the corner of Sierra and First streets in Reno. Towell, who owns Our Bar in Reno, knew the Chocola
  
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• Project unites DRI and Drone America

  29-02-2016 08:07
  
  A team of Nevada scientists and unmanned aircraft systems engineers have successfully flight tested the first-ever autonomous cloud seeding aircraft platform. Cloud seeding flare tests were deployed from Drone America’s DAx8 UAS aircraft flown in Reno in late January. As the first phase in a new industry-academic research partnership between the Desert Research Institute (DRI), Drone America, and AviSight, the test flight of a DAx8 multi-rotor aircraft with attached cloud seeding cargo va
  
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• PARTNER in feeding the hungry

  29-02-2016 08:07
  
  The Food Bank of Northern Nevada belongs to the community. Without the generous support of the community, the organization would simply be a beautiful facility staffed by employees filled with good intentions. Those who donate their time, treasure and talents are the ones who fuel this work, ensuring that those who are struggling receive the food and support they need. This has been true throughout the 32 years that the Food Bank has been serving children, seniors, and others in need. It became
  
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• John Crabtree of Silver State International in his own words

  29-02-2016 08:07
  
  Northern Nevada Business Weekly: Tell us about your company and the duties of your position: John Crabtree: Silver State International is a full service Truck and IC Bus dealer (truck and bus sales, parts, service, body shop, leasing and rental), and is the only dealer for International Trucks and IC Buses operating in northern Nevada. The dealership has been in the same location in Sparks for over 25 years. Our goal is to partner with our customers to provide value added transportation solutio
  
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• ITS Logistics expands operations

  29-02-2016 08:07
  
  ITS Logistics, a third party logistics company, is currently in the process of moving its operations to a larger, more efficient site in Sparks. The company is moving into a 630,000-square-foot building, which previously housed General Motors, located at 555 Vista Blvd. in Sparks. They expect to be fully moved into the new building by June 1. “It is a pretty exciting time for us,” Patrick McFarland, director of marketing for ITS Logistics, said. “To see the success that this c
  
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• IREM celebrates growth in apartment industry

  29-02-2016 08:07
  
  Property managers celebrated declining vacancy rates and rising apartment rents and looked forward to continued growth in the industry during a Feb. 19 meeting of the Northern Nevada/Tahoe chapter of IREM — Institute of Real Estate Management.“It’s been a great year; that’s the truth,” said Debbie Warner, COO at Gaston Wilkerson Management Group. “We’re third in the nation because of you,” she said, addressing the apartment managers in attendance.
  
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• Health served at RAWBRY

  29-02-2016 08:07
  
  RAWBRY celebrated its opening in The Basement at 50 South Virginia Street with a grand opening Feb. 20.RAWBRY, which serves cold-pressed juices, has been joined by several other businesses downstairs in the historic and rennovated U.S. Post Office in downtown Reno. Other open businesses are: Global Coffee, Sugar Love Chocolates, Tahoe Nevada Love, Pantry Products, Kalifornia Jean Bar, Beautiful Bearded Man, Basement Botanicals, and the office of SES Engineering, with more to come.The Basement i
  
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• Freight biz strong at RTIA

  29-02-2016 08:07
  
  Northern Nevada’s penchant for landing large distribution and Internet fulfillment centers — highlighted by retail heavyweights such as Amazon, zulily and Urban Outfitters — means record amounts of air cargo are passing through Reno-Tahoe International Airport.Last year was the best year ever recorded for air cargo volumes at the airport. Carriers moved 138,276,979 pounds of air cargo, a 7.1-percent increase from 2014 cargo totals.The amount of cargo touching down at the airpo
  
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• DRI targets fire science

  29-02-2016 08:07
  
  More than 10 million acres of land across the United States were scorched by wildland fires last year — more than any other year on record. Those fires destroyed more than 2,600 homes nationwide and burned nearly one million acres of land in California and Nevada alone. Fighting them, several of which were classified as “megafires” (fires over 100,000 acres), cost the U.S. Forest Service more than $1.7 billion, consuming more than 50-percent of the agency’s total annual
  
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• Developers share building industry insights at forum

  29-02-2016 08:07
  
  With the vacancy rates going down, apartment rents going up and the projected growth of the community over the next five years there will be a need for more housing developments. Five panelists gathered at the NAIOP’s Development Forum Tuesday, Feb. 23 at the Atlantis to discuss development issues in northern Nevada. Panelists at the forum included Doug Roberts, partner at Panattoni Development Company, Inc., Michael Dermody, chairman and CEO of Dermody Properties, Matt White, CEO of Basi
  
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• Contract Flooring expanding

  29-02-2016 08:07
  
  Contract Flooring & Interior Services, Inc., which specializes in a full range of commercial and residential carpet, resilient flooring, laminate, solid and engineered wood, ceramic tile, painting and wallcovering, has relocated to a new headquarters in greater Reno.The new location at 55 Silicon Drive, in McCarran, includes seven offices and two separate warehouse areas and will house the entirety of Contract Flooring’s business operations as well as storage for all company vehicles.
  
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• Electrical fire at Henderson home displaces seven

  29-02-2016 07:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An electrical fire Saturday night in the garage of a Henderson home displaced seven people and killed a pet rabbit, according to a news release from the Henderson Fire Department.
  
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• City native Lydia Garrett seeks to restructure NLV's image

  29-02-2016 06:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Seven years ago, North Las Vegas resident Lydia Garrett took it upon herself to stand up to some of the atrocities of North Town, the idiomatic nickname given to the city for its negative connotations.
  
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• Musk's SpaceX rocket launch canceled at final countdown

  29-02-2016 06:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At the last second, Elon Musk's SpaceX scrubbed plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, again delaying an attempt to put an satellite into orbit and then land the vehicle's first stage intact on a sea platform, a step that may eventually slash costs.
  
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• Squatters to blame for vacant apartment building fire in central valley

  29-02-2016 05:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Squatters are to blame in fires that damaged the same apartment building twice in two months, according to Clark County Fire Chief Greg Cassell.
  
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• Pack rams home an overtime win

  29-02-2016 05:23
  
  Eric Musselman has fallen in love with his Nevada Wolf Pack men’s basketball team.“This is the best season I’ve ever had in coaching,” said Musselman, a coach in professional and college basketball since 1989. “This is my favorite team I’ve ever coached in all of basketball.”The Wolf Pack earned their coach’s lofty praise by beating the Colorado State Rams 87-80 in overtime in front of a crowd of 6,633 at Lawlor Events Center on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Cooperative Extension program sows seeds of knowledge for young gardeners

  29-02-2016 05:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  If your garden has a pest problem, 9-year-old Julia Olguin may be able to tell you whether the insects are good or bad for your plants.
  
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• Protesters hurl rocks at police after black teenager shot in Salt Lake City

  29-02-2016 04:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Protesters threw rocks at police in Salt Lake City after officers shot a black teenager who was attacking a man late on Saturday, authorities said.
  
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• Boulder City man says veterinary clinic has long-lost cat

  29-02-2016 03:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The stories about Boulder City's former head of animal control, who is accused of needlessly killing hundreds of animals, usually end in death. Seth Snyder's story, however, is different.
  
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