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• Upcoming events work to raise awareness about gun violence

  31-05-2016 23:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  If you see people wearing orange everywhere on Thursday, there’s a reason why. It’s National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and Las Vegas activists are joining the national Wear Orange campaign.
  
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• Las Vegas events to raise awareness about gun violence

  31-05-2016 23:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  If you see people wearing orange everywhere on Thursday, there’s a reason why. It’s National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and Las Vegas activists are joining the national Wear Orange campaign.
  
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• Police ask for public’s help to find missing North Las Vegas man

  31-05-2016 22:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police are asking for the public’s help to locate an 84-year-old North Las Vegas man who was reported missing by his family Tuesday morning.
  
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• Former Lake Tahoe Brewing Co. owner Michael Candelario surrendered to police Tuesday

  31-05-2016 22:23
  
  Michael Candelario, former owner of the Lake Tahoe Brewing Company, turned himself into the Sheriff’s Office Tuesday morning.Detectives were searching for Candelario after he failed to appear for his court hearing earlier this month. The former businessman was originally arrested for theft and obtaining money under false pretenses after the 33-year-old was arrested for allegedly stealing money from a brewing company in British Columbia. The warrant for his arrest was filed following an inv
  
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• Young Las Vegas engineers recognized for their work, outreach

  31-05-2016 21:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When Kathryn Leonardo was growing up in the Philippines, becoming an award-winning engineer hardly seemed like it was in the cards. But here she is, and she is in good company.
  
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• How to get to know the Silver State a little better this summer

  31-05-2016 21:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  “The great thing about traveling in Nevada is that every time you do it, you leave the known world behind.”
  
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• Fla. driver arrested after driving car over motorcyclists — VIDEO

  31-05-2016 19:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A driver in Tampa, Florida, is under arrest after driving his car over two motorcyclists on Monday.
  
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• The Discovery

  31-05-2016 19:30
  
  Although the Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, better known as The Discovery, was originally founded as a children’s museum, the museum experience is not just for kids anymore. There was a time when the museum was designed to appeal predominantly to children ages 12 and under, but that time has passed. Over the last three years, many changes and additions have been made to The Discovery that have transformed the museum experience into something that appeals to learners of all ages
  
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• Süp takes $12,000 top prize at Level Up

  31-05-2016 19:30
  
  Tanya McCaffery, CEO of the CFO Group and VAST and founder of Level Up, The Growth Competition (Level Up), proudly announced that Süp restaurant took home first prize at Friday night’s inaugural event. The event brought together five local businesses to compete for the grand prize worth $12,000. HideIt Mounts took home second place, SoSu TV came in third, Black Hole Body Piercing fourth and Relax & Wax - featuring “No Scream Cream” won the People’s Choice.The ev
  
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• Mary’s Gone Crackers moving into Reno

  31-05-2016 19:30
  
  Mary’s Gone Crackers, the number-one producer of organic and gluten free crackers in the United States, announced its plans to open a manufacturing facility in Reno.The company is also moving its headquarters into a 420,000-square-foot facility that is currently under construction in the North Valleys Commerce Center. Company officials anticipate operations will begin by late October or early November. Mary’s Gone Crackers started in Gridley, Calif., before moving its sales and mark
  
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• Gisselle goes to New York

  31-05-2016 19:30
  
  A nine-month education in entrepreneurship led to a New York experience for one Reno middle school student.Gisselle Martinez, 14, of O’Brien Middle School, participated in Nevada’s first Young Entrepreneurship Academy (YEA!), sponsored by The Chamber of Reno, Sparks, Northern Nevada.From October to May, the YEA! students, ages 11 through 18, worked with adult mentors who helped them through the steps of creating a viable business from developing an idea, business plan, budget, throu
  
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• Business support increases for school funding initiative

  31-05-2016 19:30
  
  The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada on Tuesday urged business leaders to make Washoe County schools a priority.“We have a problem,” EDAWN CEO Mike Kazmierski told the group of nearly 400 people gathered at the Eldorado Resort Casino Reno for a presentation on The State of Washoe County Schools. “I hope everyone here knows the challenge — this community doesn’t like taxes.”Kazmierski is a member of the Coalition to Save Our Schools, a diverse
  
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• Building benefits

  31-05-2016 19:30
  
  Clark & Associates, an independent insurance firm in Nevada, has partnered with the Nevada Builders Alliance to provide its members with cost-effective employee benefits and human resources services. The partnership provides large group benefit plans to building companies of all sizes, allowing these companies to be more attractive to potential employees. “What we are offering is deeply discounted rates to the members of the alliance,” Valerie Clark, president of Clark & Ass
  
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• April gaming win down for the state

  31-05-2016 19:30
  
  Washoe County and rural areas are the shining star in the April 2016 gaming revenue report from the Nevada Gaming Control Board, released Thursday.While the gaming win in Nevada overall decreased by 2.44 percent compared to April 2015, Washoe County enjoyed a 15.47 percent increase for the month, year over year.The fiscal year to date increased by 3.85 percent in the county.In dollars, Nevada’s nonrestricted gaming licensees reported a total “gaming win” of $876 million for th
  
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• Adopting a social mindset

  31-05-2016 19:30
  
  “Social today is a mindset,” Mark Babbitt, leadership and career mentor, blogger, speaker and author, explained.Babbitt discussed social media and how it has created a new way of leading organizations, communicating with customers, engaging with employees and building community allowing companies to shift from the industrial age into the social age.Differentiating employees and leaders with an industrial versus a social mindset can be like looking for a blue unicorn, Babbitt explain
  
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• Gorilla killed during boy rescue at Cincinnati Zoo could spark criminal case

  31-05-2016 19:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police are investigating possible criminal charges in a Cincinnati Zoo incident in which a gorilla was killed in order to rescue a 4-year-old boy who had fallen into its enclosure, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.
  
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• US travelers warned of threat of terrorist attacks in Europe this summer

  31-05-2016 19:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. State Department warned Americans on Tuesday of the possible threat of terrorist attacks in Europe this summer, saying targets could include tourist sites, restaurants and large events such as the European Soccer Championship in France.
  
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• 2 houses damaged by fire early Tuesday morning

  31-05-2016 15:52 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One person was displaced after a fire damaged two neighboring homes near McCarran International Airport Tuesday morning.
  
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• High school graduation schedule

  31-05-2016 08:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Unless otherwise noted, graduation ceremonies take place at each campus.
  
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• Technology plus insurance aid disaster recovery

  31-05-2016 07:51
  
  Businesses moving and relocating away from the Truckee River after the 1997 flood, smoke from fires causing IRONMAN Lake Tahoe to be canceled in 2014 and the need for the area to be able to recover after an earthquake all question the economic resiliency of northern Nevada in the event of a disaster like a flood, fire or earthquake.Graham Kent of Nevada Seismological Laboratory talked about the importance of economic resiliency after an earthquake during a forum in April. Part of the take home
  
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• Ken Beaton: The tide turned

  31-05-2016 07:43
  
  Raise your hand if you’ve landed at Chicago’s Midway Airport to board a connecting flight. Keep your hands up if you landed at Concourse A and your connecting flight was at Concourse B or vice versa.Did you notice a US Navy World War II propeller plane hanging from the ceiling between the two concourses? It’s a SBD-Dauntless, which stands for Scout Bomber Douglas, not what you’re thinking. However, it was extremely deadly to the Imperial Japanese Navy.In 1949, Chicago ren
  
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• JoAnne Skelly: Thematic vegetable gardening in containers

  31-05-2016 07:43
  
  Vegetable gardening in containers not only rewards a gardener with tasty veggies, but also provides an enjoyable creative outlet. However, whether you plant your veggies in the ground or in containers, you may want to think beyond the traditional tomato plant. Think ethnic, global, regional or thematic. Try an Italian (tomato, garlic, radicchio, bell pepper, parsley), Asian (Japanese eggplant, Chinese cabbage, pea pods, coriander), Greek (tomato, eggplant, cucumber, garlic, fennel) or Mexican (
  
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• Community gathers in support of Carson Tahoe Breast Center

  31-05-2016 07:43
  
  Carson Tahoe Health recognizes its Foundation Advisory Committee member, Tami Marano, and her husband, Nick Marano, City Manager of Carson City, for hosting an uplifting evening of “Art, Beauty & CommUNITY” at their home Saturday, May 21. This spirited gathering benefited Carson Tahoe Health’s new comprehensive Breast Center, which is scheduled to open later this summer on the Carson Tahoe Medical Campus. Through the generosity of the many Carson City business leaders and c
  
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• Man suffers life-threatening injuries in central valley shooting

  31-05-2016 07:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man is hospitalized after a Monday night shooting in the central valley, according to Las Vegas police.
  
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• RNC looking to recruit veterans to vote

  31-05-2016 07:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Republican National Committee has started efforts to attract and register veterans to vote in the 2016 election, with aneye toward Nevada and Colorado.
  
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• Possible shark attack keeps California beachgoers on dry land

  31-05-2016 05:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Thousands of Memorial Day beachgoers were kept out of the water Monday as lifeguards searched miles of popular Southern California shoreline for a shark they believe attacked a swimmer the day before.
  
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• Upcoming changes won’t help the 3,400 students missing graduation

  31-05-2016 05:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One measly point stopped Johnathan Hampton from passing a standardized math test and now the Canyon Springs High School senior won’t be throwing his cap in the air with classmates on June 10.
  
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• Variety School grad excels in school, on track

  31-05-2016 04:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Tamia Mickles is graduating with a gold medal, two silver medals, a tiara and a resume stacked with extracurricular activities. The 19-year-old is graduating from Variety School, a school that serves special needs students with physical, intellectual or emotional disabilities.
  
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• Memorial Day 2016: Carson City honors those who gave their lives for our freedoms

  31-05-2016 03:27
  
  Carson City held two Memorial Day celebrations to honor the men and women who gave their lives defending the United States. Hundreds of people gathered at the Stewart Indian Cemetery and the Lone Mountain Cemetery Monday to pay their respects for the service men and women who died from Northern Nevada. “We are here to honor and give thanks to all of the Native Americans who have given to the call to defend our land,” Chaplain Robert Larson said at the Stewart ceremony. “We sal
  
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• Water off — again — at Silverstone golf course

  31-05-2016 03:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Silverstone Ranch Community Association is seeking an emergency court hearing to address the issue of watering the golf course.
  
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• Mount Charleston memorial service honors fallen Cold War heroes

  31-05-2016 01:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Silent Heroes of the Cold War National Memorial held its first Memorial Day ceremony at the Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway, not far from the mountain where 14 died.
  
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• Utah death row inmate says Mormon church interfered in his trial

  31-05-2016 00:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Utah man sentenced to death in a 1985 murder case is appealing his conviction by arguing the Mormon church interfered in his trial.
  
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