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• Gun shop owner accidentally shot to death by student in gun safety class

  19-06-2016 23:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  As the owner of a popular gun store in Amelia, Ohio, James Baker was known for preaching safety first. In the end, a gun-safety class cost the 64-year-old his life.
  
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• Katerina Nash, Geoff Kabush win Carson City Off-Road; Rose Grant, Todd Wells win Epic Rides overall championships

  19-06-2016 23:27
  
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• Police say man fled traffic stop, died after jumping from freeway overpass

  19-06-2016 23:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The man had been stopped for jaywalking on Flamingo, and officers called for medical assistance after noticing the man was “under mental distress,” according to Las Vegas police. The man later ran back to the overpass and threw one leg over the edge. An officer tried talking to him, but the man jumped off the bridge and landed in the I-15 southbound lanes.
  
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• Las Vegas I-15 closed at Flamingo

  19-06-2016 23:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Regional Transportation Commission is reporting Interstate 15 has been shut down at Flamingo Road.
  
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• As Trump’s numbers tank, it’s time for GOP to panic

  19-06-2016 22:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Republican National Convention begins in Cleveland in 28 days. That means in one month, Republicans will (almost certainly) start the process of nominating Donald Trump as their presidential nominee to take on Hillary Clinton in the fall campaign.
  
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• New state office speeds process for patients seeking medical marijuana

  19-06-2016 20:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The wait times for getting approved for a medical marijuana card are expected to be cut dramatically, thanks to a new Division of Public and Behavioral Health office in Las Vegas that will remove the need to mail the applications to Carson City.
  
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• Photo gallery: Shimano Kid’s Ride

  19-06-2016 20:00
  
  Photo gallery of the Shimano Kid’s Ride as part of the Carson City Off-Road sponsored by Epic Rides. The kids rode either a 1-mile or 4-mile course around downtown Carson City on Sunday morning.…
  
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• Co-author says new book is not ‘pro Yucca Mountain’

  19-06-2016 19:58 via reviewjournal.com
  
  To critics of the federal effort to entomb the nation’s most potent radioactive material in Yucca Mountain, the newly released book, “Waste of a Mountain,” snubs the Nevada congressional delegation’s 30-year opposition to haul and bury the nation’s spent nuclear fuel in a maze of tunnels 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. But co-author Michael Voegele, 67, the project’s former chief scientist, insists the two-volume, 920-page book is “not pro-Yucca Mounta
  
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• More medical calls, no fatalities at EDC’s Day 2

  19-06-2016 17:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The second day of the Electric Daisy Carnival was successful with no fatalities but more medical calls were reported, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• More medical calls, a fire and no fatalities at EDC’s Day 2

  19-06-2016 17:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The second day of the Electric Daisy Carnival was successful with no fatalities but more medical calls and a fire were reported, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Secret tape highlights Clark County School District police department’s dysfunction

  19-06-2016 10:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The release of a secretly recorded conversation between two Clark County School District police officers highlights the dysfunction that compelled the FBI to investigate allegations of department corruption.
  
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• School district police alleged misconduct surfaces in recorded conversation

  19-06-2016 10:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The release of a secretly recorded conversation between two Clark County School District police officers highlights the dysfunction that compelled the FBI to investigate allegations of department corruption.
  
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• Western Nevada College News & Notes: Adult literacy & language program honors students

  19-06-2016 09:03
  
  Western Nevada College’s Adult Literacy and Language program celebrated the success of its High School Equivalency recipients on Friday, June 17.Family and friends looked on as 75 men and women received HSE certificates during the ceremony at the Carson Nugget Community Hall on WNC’s campus in Carson City.“All recipients attending the celebration were enrolled in the Adult Literacy & Language program and received preparation either through a Boot Camp, ongoing classes and/
  
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• The Cone Zone: Carson City downtown work to continue June 19-25

  19-06-2016 09:03
  
  Construction updates for June 19-25.The following closures are planned for paving work from 6 a.m. Monday through 5 p.m. Wednesday:Carson Street from William to Robinson streetsEastbound William Street will have restrictions at the intersection of Carson Street Sophia, Ann, Washington and Caroline streets will be closed from Plaza to Curry streetsOn Thursday and Friday, Sophia, Ann and Caroline streets will be closed on the east side to Plaza Street. Spear, Telegraph and Proctor streets will be
  
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• Stewart Father’s Day Powwow in Carson City

  19-06-2016 09:03
  
  Sacred Vision Princess 9-year-old Miley Saunders (right) dances with her sisters Saturday afternoon at the Stewart Father’s Day Powwow.…
  
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• Reno brothers dominate amateur races

  19-06-2016 09:03
  
  The Yackles came, they saw and they conquered.Jake Yackle, 15, and younger brother, 13-year-old Nye, captured 50-mile amateur championships on Saturday at the Carson City Off-Road event. Jake Yackle won the open and overall championship, covering the course in 3-hours 45-minutes and 26-seconds. Nye was timed in 4:16.08, beating Incline’s Nelson Bedient by nearly 32 minutes to the junior boys crown.Simply put, the Reno brothers made it look easy,“Riders came from hundreds of miles an
  
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• Readers reflect on their fathers

  19-06-2016 09:03
  
  Remembering DadIf you were to look up the word “patriotic” in the dictionary, you would find my dad’s name next to the meaning. My dad entered the United States Marine Corps in January 1942. He was stationed at Midway Island and was there on June 4, 1942, during the Battle of Midway. Dad stayed in the Marines until 1947. When he came home to Syracuse, N.Y., I was already born. Then in 1950 my brother Jan was born. My sister Denise was born in 1951. When my brother and sister a
  
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• Darrell Moody: Lehman, Smith qualify for national rodeo events

  19-06-2016 09:03
  
  Brynn Lehman, a junior at Carson High, and Lander Smith, an Eagle Valley Middle School student, have qualified for the upcoming high school and junior high national rodeo championships after shining at the recent state championships in Fallon recently.Lehman, aboard Chex, won the pole bending title. That qualified her for the national event in Gillette, Wyo., July 17-23. The event attracts more than 1,600 contestants from 43 states, Australia and five Canadian provinces. The contestants compete
  
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• Carson Court inundated with inmate appeals

  19-06-2016 09:03
  
  Carson City District Judge James Wilson has set a July 12 hearing to resolve a growing stack of inmate petitions challenging how the Department of Corrections calculates good time credits.As of Friday, there were 53 Habeas Corpus petitions from inmates all claiming the department has illegally refused to apply those good time credits to their minimum sentences, extending their prison time before they’re eligible for parole.The petitions began coming to Carson District Court in May after t
  
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• Carson City’s Palmer advances to Olympic Trials finals

  19-06-2016 09:03
  
  Carson City’s Krysta Palmer has advanced to the finals of the U.S. Olympic Diving Trials being held through next Sunday in Indianapolis.On Saturday, Palmer, competing with 13-year-old phenom Tara Gilliland, placed fourth after the semifinals in the synchronized 10-meter platform diving. The finals will be held Wednesday.Palmer and Gilliland finished with a 544.02 points behind Samantha Bromberg and Delany Schnell (560.64), Anna James and Katrina Young (576.00) and Jessica Parrato and Amy
  
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• Carson City’s Maw to be featured on So You Think You Can Dance

  19-06-2016 09:03
  
  Ryan Maw knew he wanted to dance like a penguin the first time he saw the movie “Happy Feet.”Now Maw’s talent as a tap dancer will be featured on the television series “So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation” that’s being televised throughout the summer. Maw will be featured on the episode to be aired from 8 to 9 p.m. Monday on FOX.Maw, who grew up all his life in Carson City before his dance expertise took him to Southern California during the last
  
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• Carson City road report for June 20-26

  19-06-2016 09:03
  
  The following information applies to the period of June 20-26:Work will continue on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street. For details regarding traffic impacts, 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 are planned from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the following locations due to utility/road work:Center Drive south of Clear Creek
  
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• Carson City Airport Open House

  19-06-2016 09:03
  
  Kids and adults alike enjoy the static aircraft displays at the Carson City Airport Saturday afternoon.…
  
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• Blue Jays win two games in tournament

  19-06-2016 09:03
  
  The Carson Blue Jays swept to two wins the Reno A’s Tournament Saturday, beating Reno A’s Gold 10-4 and the Battle Born Outlawz 7-3 at Bishop Manogue High School.The Blue Jays scored six runs in the sixth inning on their way to beating the A’s at Bishop Manogue High School. They scored on a fielder’s choice, a walk by Kellen McDermott, a three-run error and an error.Landon Truesdale went 2-for-4 with three runs and an RBI for Carson. Ben Nelson pitched two innings of sco
  
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• An epic day in Carson City

  19-06-2016 09:03
  
  Stoked and epic. Those were words thrown around quite a bit Saturday during the Carson City Off-Road mountain bike racing event presented by Epic Rides.And when you have a dairy farmer who operates out of Yerington, lives in Carson City after moving from Santa Barbara become one of the top finishers in one of the event’s races, what else can you say but that’s epic?Event manager Kurt Meyer couldn’t have been more pleased with how the event was going Saturday. “It’s
  
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• UNLV professor recounts historical events leading to today’s Las Vegas

  19-06-2016 07:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  History professor Eugene Moehring presented an in-depth history of Southern Nevada this past Thursday at the College of Southern Nevada, Henderson Campus, for the fifth “Henderson Speaks” event.
  
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• The worst of EDC traffic on I-15 is yet to come

  19-06-2016 06:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the Electric Daisy Carnival that traffic from the festival at the Las Vegas Speedway can be torturous.
  
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• GOP puts more boots on the ground in Nevada this election year

  19-06-2016 05:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Republicans are taking the lessons they learned from the past three presidential elections and putting them to use in Nevada and elsewhere in 2016.
  
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• Man arrested at Trump rally tried to disarm Metro officer

  19-06-2016 03:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Michael Sandford, 19, approached a uniformed Metro officer at the TI rally and began a conversation under the pretense that he was seeking an autograph. Sandford then tried to disarm the officer, Metro said.
  
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• Conflict may follow Obama declaring Utah land a national monument

  19-06-2016 03:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Barack Obama is weighing whether and how he can leave his own permanent imprint on history by designating about 2 million acres of land, known as the Bears Ears, as a national monument.
  
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• Drones with radiation detectors designed for nuclear emergencies

  19-06-2016 02:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  They look like miniature Reaper drones, but instead of laser-guided missiles and bombs under their wings, the Sandstorm drones will carry radiation detection sensors and optical imagery gear.
  
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• Colorado mom saves son from mountain lion

  19-06-2016 01:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Colorado woman saved her 5-year-old son’s life by prying his head from the mouth of a mountain lion that attacked the boy in their front yard, authorities said Saturday.
  
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• Obama says climate change damaging national parks, including Yosemite

  19-06-2016 00:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Barack Obama said Saturday that climate change is already damaging America’s national parks, with rising temperatures causing Yosemite’s meadows to dry out and raising the prospect of a glacier preserve without its glaciers someday.
  
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• Supreme Court ruling expected soon on Obama immigration plan

  19-06-2016 00:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court case involves the legality of President Barack Obama’s 2014 plan to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. The court decision could affect thousands of people in Nevada, where 8 percent of the population is undocumented —the highest percentage in the country — according to the Pew Research Center. .
  
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