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• Valley woman’s hummingbird rescue takes flight again

  12-03-2016 23:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Almost four years after Marion Brady-Hamilton’s home-based hummingbird rescue operation ran afoul of state regulators, she has returned to nursing abandoned babies and injured adults — this time with all the proper paperwork in place.
  
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• Woman was granted protective order from boyfriend the day he killed her, then himself

  12-03-2016 22:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Starsha Williams sat in court early Monday, listening as the judge granted the mother of two the temporary protective order she had filed against her longtime boyfriend, Michael Betterson.
  
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• Filed candidates for Carson City and state offices

  12-03-2016 21:55
  
  Candidates filed for state and local office as of Friday, March 11. The filing period ends on Friday, March 18.Candidates are in alphabetical order, (I) means incumbent.U.S. Senate:D’Nese Davis, Las Vegas, RepublicanTony Gumina, Las Vegas, IndependentEddie Hamilton, Las Vegas, RepublicanTom Jones, Las Vegas, Independent AmericanRobert Leeds, Las Vegas, RepublicanBobby Mahendra, Las Vegas, DemocratSusan O’Briant, Las Vegas, DemocratCarlo Poliak, Las Vegas, RepublicanJuston Preble, Hen
  
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• Indian Springs’ speed limit, crosswalk need re-evaluation

  12-03-2016 21:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Anyone who has driven the rural highways of Nevada knows there are several communities where you’re best off heeding the posted speed limit. If you don’t, count on a ticket from the resulting speed trap.
  
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• Activist chronicles wild horse roundups to guard against mistreatment

  12-03-2016 21:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Horse activist Laura Leigh drives a monster-sized truck, an imposing Ford F-250 4-by-4 with its chassis jacked up so high she often must tumble down from the driver’s seat, the vehicle’s battered white finish filthy and mud-caked from all of her bumpy, teeth-loosening, off-road escapades.
  
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• Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run Friday morning ID’d

  12-03-2016 19:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man who was killed in a hit and run early Friday morning in southwest Las Vegas has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
  
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• Campagni donates $4,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada

  12-03-2016 19:15
  
  Dick Campagni presented a check for $4,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada, which provided Club-branded warm long-sleeve shirts and beanies to Club members at both the Carson City and Carson Valley locations.“The kids are so proud to wear their Club gear,” Katie Leao, chief professional officer at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada, said. “Dick Campagni’s Carson City Toyota and Scion and the Campagni Auto Group are our best community partner. The
  
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• Teri Vance: Carson City student brings water to those in need

  12-03-2016 08:43
  
  Some of the things we take most for granted, specifically access to clean drinking water, is unheard of in some parts of the world. Carson City’s Lexi Robertson — a senior majoring in environmental engineering and minoring in Spanish at the University of Nevada, Reno — hopes to change that. As a member of the Student Association for International Water Issues, she traveled to Peru in January where she helped install a drip chlorination system in the rural outskirts of Luya. &l
  
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• Open burn permits available in Carson City

  12-03-2016 08:43
  
  The Carson City Fire Department will be hosting a Spring 2016 open burn until April 10.Residents have the opportunity to dispose of accumulated weeds and yard debris in a safe manner. Permits are required and must be obtained no less than 24 hours prior to conducting an open burn.Permits are being issued on a walk-in basis at Station 51 at 777 Stewart Street from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or online at carson.org under the Fire Department Open Burning page.All permits must have a va
  
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• Nevada falls to S.D. State

  12-03-2016 08:43
  
  LAS VEGAS — Trey Kell scored 15 points as San Diego State never trailed and beat Nevada, 67-55, on Friday night in a Mountain West Conference Tournament semifinal. The top-seeded Aztecs (25-8) move on to face the Colorado State-Fresno State winner in today’s championship at the Thomas & Mack Center.It is San Diego State’s third consecutive appearance in the MW finals and ninth overall. The Aztecs’ last championship was in 2011.“Thrilled that we’re playing
  
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• District to launch manufacturing technologies course

  12-03-2016 08:43
  
  Carson High School students will soon register for next year’s classes and will now have a new choice in the schedule as CHS’s Career and Technical Education program will begin offering a new manufacturing technologies course of study in the 2016-2017 school year.“Carson High school is starting a manufacturing program in response to the prediction of increased jobs at all levels of career ladders in high skill, high wage jobs where our students will have the opportunity to ear
  
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• Carson City Brewery Arts Center hosting Milton Chen’s talk on innovation March 16

  12-03-2016 08:43
  
  Inspiring innovation and entrepreneurship will be the focus of a presentation by author and world-renown speaker Milton Chen on Wednesday evening at the Brewery Arts Center. “We want to inspire the community to come together and get involved,” said Miya MacKenzie, the chief professional officer for Adams Hub. “Create a community that is working together to find solutions.”The Adams Hub is sponsoring the Launching Innovative Thinking event, along with the Carson City Libr
  
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• Woofin’ it up in Carson City

  12-03-2016 08:35
  
  Mayor Bob Crowell and Sheriff Ken Furlong get the crowd fired up for the auction at CASI’S 4th annual Woofs, Wine and Whiskers Friday at the Governor’s Mansion.…
  
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• Wildcat baseball splits at Salt Lake

  12-03-2016 08:35
  
  David Modler’s two-run double highlighted a four-run fourth inning to support the complete-game pitching effort of Matt Young as Western Nevada College rallied for a 6-3 baseball victory over Salt Lake in the opening game of a twin bill on Friday in West Jordan, Utah.WNC rallied from a six-run deficit to tie Salt Lake in Game 2, but the Bruins outlasted the Wildcats, 14-10, to gain a doubleheader split. The games were originally scheduled for Carson City, but weather concerns shifted the
  
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• USS Nevada’s 100th anniversary celebrated in Carson City

  12-03-2016 08:35
  
  Charles Sehe, one of the few remaining survivors of the crew of the USS Nevada, returned to Carson City Friday for the 100th anniversary of the commissioning of that historic battleship.“They should have saved her,” he said of the ship that was his home from 1941 through the end of the war.Sehe had said earlier the Nevada, the only battleship to get underway during the Pearl Harbor attack, should have been the ship where the Japanese surrendered instead of the Missouri.Gov. Brian Sa
  
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• Nevada Appeal at 150: Aug. 22, 1967: Historic coin press returns to Carson

  12-03-2016 08:35
  
  This continues the Appeal’s review of news stories and headlines during its Sesquicentennial year.…
  
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• Carson City students need to be immunized before school year begins

  12-03-2016 08:35
  
  The Carson City School District is changing immunization requirements for all their students.In previous years, the school district has allowed a grace period for students who haven’t received all of their immunizations completed before the school year, but officials are now saying students are required to have all immunizations completed before they can start the first day of school. This decision came from meetings between the school district and Carson City Health and Human Services.&l
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on hit and run. DUI

  12-03-2016 08:35
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.THURSDAYAt 4:56 p.m., a 48-year-old Carson City man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after deputies responded to an injury accident near William Street and Oxby Loop. Bail was set at $1,000.At 5:19 p.m., a 32-year-old Carson City man was arrested for a warrant after deputies initiated a stop on a bicycle that failed to stop at a stop sign and nearly caused a crash near Northridge
  
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• Carson baseball sweeps two games

  12-03-2016 08:35
  
  The fifth inning proved to be huge for Carson High’s baseball team on Friday.After dropping their season-opening game to Wooster, the Senators used big fifth innings to post wins over Central Catholic-Modesto and Fallon in the second day of the Mike Bearman Memorial Tournament at Ron McNutt Field.Carson concludes the tournament today with a 2 p.m. game at home against South Tahoe and a 5 p.m. match-up against the Douglas Tigers, who are now under the leadership of Marc Walling.In the open
  
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• Obama weighs in on encryption debate at SXSW appearance — VIDEO

  12-03-2016 07:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Barack Obama sided with law enforcement Friday in the debate pitting encryption and personal privacy against national security, arguing that authorities must be able to access data held on electronic devices because the “dangers are real.”
  
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• Sheriff on shifting detectives to streets: ‘It would be a disservice for me not to’

  12-03-2016 07:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Sheriff Joe Lombardo addressed concerns Friday surrounding the Metropolitan Police Department’s plan to shift plain-clothed officers and detectives to temporary two-week patrol rotations.
  
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• Sunrise Health opens new North Las Vegas clinic

  12-03-2016 06:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Sunrise Health System opened a new Urgent Care Extra location Friday at Camino Al Norte and Ann Road, according to a release from the company.
  
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• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to burn debris on Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge

  12-03-2016 05:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada drivers may see smoke from highways Monday as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service burns debris on the Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
  
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• Woman, hit by teen driver in February, dies from her injuries

  12-03-2016 03:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman who was struck by a 16-year-old driver in February died from her injuries Thursday, according to a release from Las Vegas police.
  
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• Jury deliberates pimp’s alleged torture of woman forced into prostitution

  12-03-2016 02:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas pimp forced a teenager into prostitution and tortured her for months, prosecutor said, leaving scars that she will carry for the rest of her life.
  
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• Jury deliberates Las Vegas pimp’s alleged torture of woman forced into prostitution

  12-03-2016 02:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Las Vegas pimp forced a teenager into prostitution and tortured her for months, prosecutor said, leaving scars that she will carry for the rest of her life.
  
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• Trump says ‘we did the right thing’ after cancelling rally in Chicago

  12-03-2016 02:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump canceled one of his signature rallies on Friday, calling off the event in Chicago due to safety concerns after protesters packed into the arena where it was to take place.
  
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• Trump calls off Chicago rally due to security concerns

  12-03-2016 02:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump canceled one of his signature rallies on Friday, calling off the event in Chicago due to safety concerns after protesters packed the arena where it was to take place.
  
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• Driver who stole U-Haul, led police on chase, identified

  12-03-2016 01:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The driver who stole a U-Haul on Thursday night, sped through the Las Vegas Valley, shot at a citizen’s vehicle and evaded police until a patrol car rammed into it and stopped it has been arrested.
  
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• Astronaut Scott Kelly announces retirement after spending year in space

  12-03-2016 00:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Less than two weeks after returning to Earth after nearly a year in space, astronaut Scott Kelly is hanging up his spacesuit.
  
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