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• Bernie Sanders, Bill Maher mock Trump for ditching debate

  29-05-2016 23:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump used late-night TV appearances this week to hype a potential debate between them. So with the event now dead, it was only fitting that Sanders would return to late night on Friday to knock Trump for backing out.
  
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• Dr. Henry Heimlich, 96, uses his namesake maneuver to save choking woman

  29-05-2016 22:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The 96-year-old retired chest surgeon credited with developing the namesake Heimlich maneuver has used it to save a woman choking on food at his senior living center.
  
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• Flags at Regional Justice Center left in limbo

  29-05-2016 21:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Flags at the Regional Justice Center in downtown Las Vegas flew at half-staff last week, days after the expiration of an executive order that required them to be lowered. A local attorney wants someone to “take ownership of the issue and guarantee that the flag is properly displayed.”
  
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• More questions on MGM Resorts parking fee controversy

  29-05-2016 20:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  After going through details of MGM Resorts International’s $90 million parking strategy, which starts to take effect next week, readers responded immediately — with more questions.
  
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• Candidates compete for school board seats

  29-05-2016 19:28 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The statewide effort to overhaul Nevada’s beleaguered education system has drawn a flood of candidates to nearly a dozen open political seats in Clark County.
  
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• Jaywalker critically injured near airport

  29-05-2016 18:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man was critically injured Thursday night when he was hit by a car near the airport, police said.
  
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• How many houses can one city keep full?

  29-05-2016 11:01 via lasvegassun.com
  
  How many arenas are too many? How many are enough? In Las Vegas, we’re about to find out. Announced last week was a partnership between Las Vegas Sands and Madison Square Garden for a 17,500-seat entertainment venue to be built on the …
  
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• The Cone Zone: Carson City downtown work to continue May 29 to June 4

  29-05-2016 08:47
  
  Construction updates for May 29 through June 4.Traffic on N. Carson Street will remain one lane in each direction. Ann, Washington and Robinson streets will be closed intermittently throughout the week, depending on the progression of the project. While Washington and Robinson streets will be closed at times during the week, they will not be closed at the same time.Closures are subject to change due to weather. For more information, check the live construction map at www.carsonproud.com. Sign u
  
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• Pioneer student earns WNC degree and diploma

  29-05-2016 08:47
  
  Nathan Hammock, Pioneer High School senior, earned his Associate of Science degree from Western Nevada College last Monday. He walked across the stage at the Marv Teixeira Pavillion a proud graduate and officer in the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. The special fact remained, he had not finished high school yet.As a Jump Start student, he is the first high school student in the school’s history to earn college degree before finishing his high school diploma. Pioneer High Scho
  
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• Gov. Brian Sandoval urges relaxed grazing restrictions as drought wanes

  29-05-2016 08:47
  
  RENO — Gov. Brian Sandoval is urging the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to reconsider livestock grazing restrictions in northeast Nevada, saying that may now be unwarranted given a wet winter that has drought conditions on the mend. The Republican governor who recently called for expedited roundups of wild horses in Nevada says the agency’s current management scheme wrongly prioritizes mustangs ahead of ranchers — a matter of much debate for decades in the 10 western states whe
  
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• Family ties

  29-05-2016 08:47
  
  Pride was the word of the day on Monday, May 2.It was on that day after more than four years Carson City’s CeCe Davy met her new family members.On May 2 Davy along with others in family met the Derkxes at the history museum in Healdsburg, Calif.Davy and her family are the kin of Arthur Beeman, a former Healdsburg police officer who quit the force to go to war in 1943. Beeman, Davy’s father died on Oct. 13, 1944. He’s buried in an American military cemetery in Belgium about a 3
  
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• Doug Williams wants veterans to know the state has a job for you

  29-05-2016 08:47
  
  Doug Williams was hired to fill the newly created position of Nevada State Veterans Coordinator. His job: Finding veterans jobs in state government.“There’s such a diverse range of occupation groups and classifications that we have,” he said.And those men and women exiting the service have experience and skills that fit a wide range of those different state jobs.“There are some folks out there with tremendous skill sets we could use,” Williams said.He said just a w
  
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• Carson City’s Miles Construction marks 30 years in business

  29-05-2016 08:47
  
  With millions of square feet of new buildings completed, innovative LEED designs and numerous historic restoration projects, Miles Construction is marking 30 years in business. A diversified Northern Nevada general contractor, the company was founded in 1986 in Carson City, starting with two brothers to now employing more than 29 and playing a role in some of the region’s most notable projects. An early success project is Bently World Headquarters, completed in 1999. At 285,000 square fee
  
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• Carson City road report for May 30 through June 5

  29-05-2016 08:47
  
  The following information applies to the period of May 30 through June 5. Work will continue on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street. For details regarding traffic impacts from the Downtown Carson Street project, refer to the Cone Zone in the Nevada Appeal, or go to www.carsonproud.com. These sources are updated weekly throughout the duration of the project.Lane closures with flagger controlled traffic will be in place from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the following locations due
  
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• Carson City Board of Supervisors to consider connection fee increases for new users

  29-05-2016 08:47
  
  The Board of Supervisors will consider water and sewer connection fee increases for new users and a $5.3 million contract for a an energy-related building project. The board’s lengthy and varied agenda Thursday also includes an annual performance review for Nick Marano, city manager; new technology, water and insurance contracts; and the appeal of a special use permit for a church denied by the Planning Commission in March.The utility connection charges come after the city lowered rates i
  
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• Annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive brings truckloads of food to Dayton Food Pantry

  29-05-2016 08:47
  
  The Dayton Post Office helped collect more than 364 bags of food for the Dayton Food Pantry on May 14.Every year on the second Saturday of May, letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America collect the goodness and compassion of their postal customers, who participate in the Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive — the largest one-day food drive in the nation. Dayton Food Pantry director Alie Trier and pantry volunteers collected the bags from the post office — t
  
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• Senator Square: Carson High gets ready for graduation

  29-05-2016 08:39
  
  Graduation for the class of 2016 is at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 4, on the Carson High School football field. One last photo opportunity will happen the morning of graduation. This is the photo of everyone together wearing caps and gowns. The 2016 Senior Class photo will be taken in the gym, so all seniors must arrive at the school, and meet in the gym by 8:45 a.m. Family, friends, and guests should be aware that parking and seating is limited, so arrive early. Handicap seating and parking is also
  
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• One person killed, another critically injured in a two-vehicle crash on I-15 near Jean

  29-05-2016 08:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The crash occurred in the southbound lanes of I-15 near mile marker 12.
  
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• State Senate District 4

  29-05-2016 08:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Under a new state law, the winner of the Democratic primary will advance unopposed to the general, leaving almost 39 percent of the district’s voters with no real choice in November.
  
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• Las Vegas veteran recalls being shot down, prisoner-of-war camps and meeting Patton — PHOTOS

  29-05-2016 07:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The steel Nazi helmet with a pair of swastikas on its rust-pitted sides reminds Vince Shank of the 22 months he spent in prisoner-of-war camps.
  
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• Cold war mentality over nuclear weapons returning, panelists say

  29-05-2016 07:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Twenty-five years after the unofficial end of the Cold War, experts say the mentality that pitted the United States against the Soviet Union is coming back.
  
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• Nye County sheriff’s office seeks suspect in attempted kidnapping

  29-05-2016 05:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nye County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man suspected of trying to kidnap a woman Friday night in Pahrump.
  
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• Park Service, expecting record crowds, may limit visitors

  29-05-2016 05:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As the National Park Service kicks off a centennial summer expected to draw record crowds, the agency is seriously considering caps on how many people pass through some of the country’s most iconic landscapes and historical sites each day.
  
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• Rep. Dina Titus critical of congressional effort to push Yucca Mountain project forward

  29-05-2016 04:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada spoke out about a plan to fund the project in the Fiscal 2017 Energy-Water Appropriations bill, H.R. 5055.
  
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• Rep. Dina Titus critical of congressional effort to move Yucca Mountain project forward

  29-05-2016 04:45 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada spoke out about a plan to fund the project in the Fiscal 2017 Energy-Water Appropriations bill, H.R. 5055.
  
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• No lines, no crowds, no fuss on first day of early voting

  29-05-2016 04:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The first day of early voting before the June 14 primary election went smoothly, Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin said.
  
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• Two hikers killed in fall at Red Rock Canyon

  29-05-2016 02:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro’s search and rescue are recovering the bodies near the Pine Creek Trail, Bell said.
  
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• Bodies of hikers killed in Red Rock Canyon fall recovered

  29-05-2016 02:57 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Metro’s search and rescue recovered the bodies near the Pine Creek Trail, Bell said.
  
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• 26,800 flags placed at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery — PHOTOS

  29-05-2016 02:20 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The National Order of Trench Rats local Dugout 421, a Disabled American Veterans’ auxiliary, led the charge Saturday for its 26th annual placement of flags, 26,800 in all, at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
  
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• First tropical storm of season forms off South Carolina

  29-05-2016 02:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tropical Storm Bonnie formed Saturday afternoon off the coast of South Carolina as heavy rains from the system ruined the start of the long holiday weekend.
  
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• Carson City begins early voting

  29-05-2016 00:53
  
  Election volunteer Donna Hataway, left, helps Marla Myles of Carson City with her ballot Saturday at the courthouse. Early voting for the June 14 primary election will resume Tuesday at the courthouse.On Saturday, 487 voters early voted: 169 Democrats, 251 Republicans and 67 non-partisan voters.…
  
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• Pilots honor comrade whose WWII-era plane crashed in Hudson River

  29-05-2016 00:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Air show pilots performed an aerial salute Saturday to their comrade who died after his World War II-era plane crashed in the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey a day earlier.
  
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• Always Lost: A Meditation on War coming to Western Nevada College in Carson City for final exhibition

  29-05-2016 00:47
  
  Western Nevada College will host the final display of its acclaimed traveling arts and humanities exhibition, “Always Lost: A Meditation on War,” in the main gallery of the Carson City campus, June 3-July 29. The exhibition, which began as a creative writing class project at WNC in Carson City in 2009, is coming home after being displayed at more than 50 venues across the nation.In fall 2008, two WNC professors decried the impersonal nature of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars, Operation Ira
  
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• Nevada Health CO-OP, now defunct, still causing headaches

  29-05-2016 00:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Health CO-OP went into receivership last fall, but the insurer created by the Affordable Care Act has still managed to fatten its bottom line.
  
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