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• Allegiant flight makes emergency landing at McCarran after tire deflates

  22-06-2016 23:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An Allegiant Air flight made an emergency landing at McCarran International Airport after a tire deflated during takeoff.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure

  22-06-2016 23:22
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityTUESDAYAt 8:09 a.m., a 27-year-old Carson City man was arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure after deputies observed a man running naked near the 200 block of Carson Meadows Drive. Bail was set at $2,500.The Nevada Appeal only names people arrested on suspicion of felonies and violent crimes. Carson City Secret Witness will pay up to $2,500 for information leading
  
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• Sheriff’s deputy shot to death in New Orleans suburb

  22-06-2016 23:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A pedestrian walking down a busy commercial strip of a New Orleans suburb in the middle of the afternoon shot a sheriff’s deputy multiple times, killing him, after being stopped by the officer Wednesday, an official said.
  
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• Bernhard selected for Philip G. Satre Chair in Gaming Studies at UNLV, UNR

  22-06-2016 23:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Bo Bernhard, executive director of UNLV’s International Gaming Institute, has been named the Philip G. Satre Chair in Gaming Studies at both UNLV and the University of Nevada, Reno.
  
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• I-15 reopens near St. Rose Parkway south of Las Vegas

  22-06-2016 21:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Interstate 15 has reopened after a false bomb threat forced its closure for about an hour Wednesday south of Las Vegas.
  
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• I-15 closed near St. Rose Parkway south of Las Vegas

  22-06-2016 21:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Interstate 15 is closed in both directions south of Las Vegas and traffic is being diverted to St. Rose Parkway, according to the Regional Transportation Commission.
  
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• ROAD ALERT: Airport/Beltway ramp closures planned

  22-06-2016 21:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Motorists leaving the south end of McCarran International Airport will not be able to directly access the eastbound Beltway from the Airport Connector from 9 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday.
  
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• McCarran airport and beltway ramp closures planned for next 3 weeks

  22-06-2016 21:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Motorists should expect delays getting to and from McCarran International for the next three weeks, as construction crews intermittently work on the ramps linking the eastbound 215 Beltway and the Airport Connector, Clark County officials said.
  
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• Tennessee politician displays ‘Make America White Again’ campaign sign

  22-06-2016 20:30 via reviewjournal.com
  
  An independent candidate vying for Tennessee’s 3rd congressional district seat is stirring up controversy with his campaign sign that says “Make America White Again.”
  
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• Air quality advisory issued for Clark County due to California, Arizona wildfires

  22-06-2016 20:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County Air Quality Department issued an air quality advisory for Wednesday through Monday for potentially elevated levels of ozone and smoke because of California and Arizona wildfires.
  
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• Titus, Reid participate in sit-in on House floor over gun control measures

  22-06-2016 20:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  House Democrats, including Rep. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, conducted a sit-in on the House floor Wednesday in an attempt to force a vote on two gun-control proposals.
  
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• Dems not giving up on sit-in on House floor over gun control measures

  22-06-2016 20:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  U.S. House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday a sit-in on the House floor by Democrats will continue until a gun control bill is brought to the floor of the chamber for debate.
  
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• Democrats stage sit-in on House floor over gun control measures

  22-06-2016 20:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rebellious Democrats disrupted the House’s legislative work on Wednesday, staging a sit-in on the House floor and refusing to leave until they secured a vote on gun control measures. Exasperated Republicans were forced to recess while cutting off the C-SPAN cameras that showed the protest.
  
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• Democrats stage sit-in in House to force gun vote

  22-06-2016 20:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rebellious Democrats staged an extraordinary all-day sit-in on the House floor Wednesday to demand votes on gun-control bills, shouting down Speaker Paul Ryan when he attempted to restore order as their protest stretched into the night.
  
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• Clark County coroner IDs second person killed in crash near Searchlight

  22-06-2016 18:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The second person killed Friday in a crash on state Route 164 near Searchlight has been identified as Liwayway Macapagal Gatchalian, 70.
  
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• Michigan sues 2 engineering companies in Flint water crisis

  22-06-2016 18:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Michigan attorney general said on Wednesday his office has sued two engineering services companies for “botching” their roles in the city of Flint’s drinking water crisis that exposed residents to dangerously high lead levels.
  
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• Firefighters gaining upper hand in SoCal blazes

  22-06-2016 16:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  For days, wildfires have raged amid spiking heat across Southern California and much of the West, driving hundreds of people from their homes.
  
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• With N.H.L. Expansion, Las Vegas Hits the Jackpot: A Pro Team

  22-06-2016 14:00
  With the country’s top leagues becoming less fearful of gambling, the N.H.L.’s 30 governors unanimously voted to add a team in Las Vegas. The N.F.L. could follow.
  
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• Las Vegas Is Set to Hit the Jackpot: A Pro Team (and Maybe More)

  22-06-2016 14:00
  With the country’s top leagues becoming less fearful of gambling, the N.H.L. is expected to put a team in Las Vegas, and the N.F.L. could follow.
  
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• Worldwide interest in Carson City cultural position

  22-06-2016 09:28
  
  Four dozen people from all the over the country and as far away as Australia have submitted applications for Carson City’s new arts culture coordinator job.“Recruitment closed on Friday and we got 48 unbelievable applicants,” Joel Dunn, executive director, Carson City Visitors Bureau told the Cultural Commission Tuesday. The Carson City human resources department conducted the recruitment process.A job notice was posted on the city website May 20 with a deadline of June 19 to
  
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• The Popcorn Stand: Friday’s a dog’s day at work

  22-06-2016 09:28
  
  Now this is a holiday I can get so into, I can’t even wait until the actual day it’s happening to write about it. Friday is Bring Your Dog to Work Day.We have so many days to encourage those to bring their loved ones to work, the idea spawned one of my favorite jokes in one of my favorite movies, “Monsters, Inc.” When Billy Crystal’s character tried to explain the presence of “Boo” dressed up as a monster at work, he said something to the effect she was
  
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• Sandoval convenes prescription drug abuse summit

  22-06-2016 09:28
  
  Gov. Brian Sandoval convened a drug abuse Summit on Tuesday saying prescription drug abuse, especially opioids such as Oxycontin, is reaching epidemic levels in Nevada.He said he called the summit to get all stakeholders from law enforcement to treatment professionals and the courts together to get the problem under control.According to statistics released at the summit, the rate of opioid prescribing by doctors to manage pain has steadily increased over the years. According to the Centers for
  
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• Reno gets no relief in loss to Las Vegas

  22-06-2016 09:28
  
  RENO — The Reno Aces entered Tuesday night’s game expecting to see Logan Verrett, one of the top young pitchers in the New York Mets chain.Instead, the talented right-hander was a late scratch and called up to the Mets because of an injury to Bartolo Colon. What the Aces got instead was a parade of relievers.The Aces scratched out nine hits, but went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left 11 runners on en route to a 6-3 loss to the Las Vegas 51s before a crowd of 4,537 at
  
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• Prison reports another walk away; Sunday walk aways back in custody

  22-06-2016 09:28
  
  For the second time in three days, a Nevada prison inmate has walked away from a minimum custody situation.Zachary David Tankersley, 20, was on a work crew for the forestry department near Highway 580 at South Meadows in Reno doing weed abatement when he left the area.This disappearance follows the Sunday walkaway by two inmates at the Humboldt Conservation Camp northeast of Lovelock.Both of those inmates have since been recaptured.Tankersley is 5-feet 11-inches and 160 pounds with brown hair a
  
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• Hutchison talks to Republican women in Carson City

  22-06-2016 09:28
  
  Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison chats to members of the Carson City Republican Women during their luncheon at the Gold Dust West casino on Tuesday.…
  
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• Community spotlight: Pumas Elite win South Tahoe tournament

  22-06-2016 09:28
  
  Carson Futbol Club’s Pumas Elite won four straight matches to capture South Lake Tahoe’s CUFA Tournament over the weekend.Carson, a U-16 team, knocked off the East Bay Eclipse, 3-0, in the semifinals, and blanked Almaden FC, 2-1, for the championship. Carson topped Legacy FC 4-1 and Mustang United ‘98, 6-1, in pool play. The Pumas Elite have won this tournament four years in a row, and the team finished the season with a 77 percent winning percentage.Angel Gonzalez led the tea
  
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• Carson City’s Palmer to compete in finals

  22-06-2016 09:28
  
  Carson City’s Krysta Palmer will compete in the women’s synchronized platform and individual 10-meter platform finals at the U.S. Olympic Diving Trials in Indianapolis. Palmer along with partner Tarrin Gilliland of Midland, Texas, are in fourth-place entering the synchronized platform finals tonight at 7 p.m. Palmer is ninth entering the 10-meter platform finals on Saturday. Gilliland, the youngest diver in the field at 13 years old, and Palmer placed fourth through the prelims and
  
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• Carson City residents turn lot into community garden

  22-06-2016 09:28
  
  Two Carson City residents transformed a small city lot into a thriving garden that feeds their neighbors and loved ones.Judy Ross and Mark Therlault live a self-sustaining lifestyle, growing their own food in the backyard of their South Carson City home. The pair grows 25 different varieties of fruits and vegetables including cantaloupe, corn, onions, potatoes and cabbage.“It started out as something fun to do, and now it has grown into something we love to do,” Ross said.They start
  
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• Graduates of veterans treatment court speak out at Henderson council meeting

  22-06-2016 06:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Albert Gutierrez, 70, was among the veterans Tuesday night speaking in passionate support of the controversial program before the Henderson City Council.
  
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• Fire burning under Galena Creek Bridge

  22-06-2016 05:43
  
  8:50 update: A fire is currently burning near the Galena Creek Bridge below I-580 south in Pleasant Valley. According to the Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center the fire was reported at 6:58 p.m. According to Truckee Meadows Fire the fire is estimated at 30-acres. No structures are threatened at this time. State and federal resources are responding. The Nevada Highway Patrol hasn’t said if I-580 will be closed at this time.More information as it becomes available. To see the smoke of
  
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• Henderson Police to get new communications system in 2018

  22-06-2016 05:07 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A $5.1 million communications system will assist Henderson Police to locate and identify patterns of crime beginning in 2018.
  
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• Clark County Commission approves pay hikes for union employees

  22-06-2016 04:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County Commission granted employees belonging to seven different unions cost-of-living pay hikes. Combined, those pay increases add up to a $10.2 million fiscal impact for the county.
  
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• Man sues Las Vegas police over handling of sexual assault case

  22-06-2016 03:49 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man who fought sexual assault charges for eight years has filed a civil rights lawsuit that accuses Las Vegas police of withholding evidence that was favorable to him. The case was dismissed in June 2014 after the evidence came to light.
  
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• Tattoo expo, other shows to rock Rockabilly Riot in Carson City

  22-06-2016 03:36
  
  With more than 50 booths featuring artists from across the West Coast, Rockabilly Riot’s Tattoo Expo will highlight some of the region’s best ink. “You’ll get a chance to be tattooed by someone you otherwise may not even know,” said Jeffery Williford, co-owner of the Ruby Lantern, which is sponsoring the expo. “Some of these guys have a waiting list of two to three weeks out. You have a better chance of actually seeing them here.”While the expo, which r
  
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• Carson Futbol Club offers more than impressive wins

  22-06-2016 03:36
  
  It’s hard not to be impressed by the winning records of the Carson Futbol Club (CFC). But if you talk to the coaches themselves, they’ll tell you the club means so much more than trophies, though trophies are always nice.“It works pretty much like a family,” said Frank Martinez, coach of the boys CFC team Pumas Elite. “The main thing is to guide these boys to be better people and better men.”Martinez was one of the founding members of the CFC in 2009. He himse
  
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• Nevada announces summer events in the Silver State

  22-06-2016 02:30
  
  Summer in Nevada brings races, festivals and shows – but none of them typical. The races involve ostriches; the festivals are pop-up metropolises; and the shows have stunning backdrops like Lake Tahoe. Nevada invites memory-makers of all varieties to experience epic summer fun like they never have before. For a full listing of events, visit www.TravelNevada.com.Artown, Reno, June 30 – July 31, 2016Anyone visiting Reno in July will experience the Biggest Little City differently than
  
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• Heck pushes for human simulators instead of live animals for combat trauma training

  22-06-2016 02:17 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., is leading the bipartisan effort with Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., to use high-tech human simulators instead of live animals that have been stabbed and shot for combat trauma training.
  
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• Justice Department: Nevada discriminates against HIV inmates

  22-06-2016 01:59
  
  RENO — Nevada’s prisons are discriminating against inmates with HIV under illegal segregation policies that deny them access to work programs where other prisoners earn credits to reduce the length of their sentences, the U.S. Justice Department has concluded.Justice Department lawyers warned Nevada’s attorney general this week they may sue the state under the Americans with Disabilities Act if it doesn’t change the policies based largely on unfounded fears about the tran
  
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• 3 potential Nevada ballot measures moving forward

  22-06-2016 01:59
  
  LAS VEGAS — Three groups proposing Nevada ballot measures have submitted signatures that could qualify them for the November election. The Nevada Secretary of State’s Office said Tuesday that three petitions were turned in so officials can verify whether they each have the more than 55,000 valid signatures needed to qualify. They include petitions that would reverse a rooftop solar rate hike, undo NV Energy’s monopoly and exempt more medical equipment from the sales tax. Seven
  
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• Officials capture second of 2 Nevada inmates who escaped Sunday

  22-06-2016 01:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two inmates who escaped from a firefighting camp Sunday afternoon were caught Monday, the Nevada Department of Corrections said.
  
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• Judge denies injunction for woman who openly carried gun into library

  22-06-2016 01:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A District Court Judge on Tuesday denied a Las Vegas woman’s motion for a preliminary injunction after her attorney argued that she received a one-year trespass notice from the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District (LVCCLD) as a result of openly carrying her .38 caliber pistol.
  
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• Washoe sheriff opposes gun background check ballot measure

  22-06-2016 01:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Washoe County Sheriff Chuck Allen is siding with the National Rifle Association in opposition to Question 1 on the November ballot that proposes to expand background checks for firearm sales to private party sales and transfers in Nevada.
  
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• Inmate walks away from work crew in Reno

  22-06-2016 01:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A minimum security inmate walked away from a work crew in Reno on Tuesday, the Nevada Department of Corrections said.
  
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• Mullins, 91, earned a Bronze Star and Pulitzer Prize

  22-06-2016 01:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Robert M. Mullins, a decorated World War II soldier and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will be buried Wednesday at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City.
  
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• Bronze Star, Pulitzer Prize recipient Robert Mullins to be buried in Boulder City

  22-06-2016 01:18 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Robert M. Mullins, a decorated World War II soldier and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will be buried Wednesday at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City.
  
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• Nevada State College program helps first-generation students make transition to university life

  22-06-2016 00:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Entering college can often be daunting for a first-generation college student. Seeing those challenges, Nevada State College created the Nepantla Program, which is designed to help first-generation and underrepresented students transition from high school to college.
  
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• Second walk-away inmate captured

  22-06-2016 00:46
  
  Both inmates who walked away from the Humboldt Conservation Camp on Sunday have now been recaptured.Nicco Donavan Way, 25, and James Westbrook, 23, disappeared from the camp north of Lovelock and were later that day seen at a Reno convenience store.Way was caught by Reno police Monday after a citizen reported seeing a man sleeping near a business in Reno. Westbrook was taken into custody Monday night by the Elko County Sheriff’s office.Both men are now in the medium security Northern Neva
  
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• May unemployment numbers up a bit; Carson City numbers down 2-tenths

  22-06-2016 00:46
  
  Nevada’s unemployment rate ticked up a bit in May, rising three-tenths from 5.8 to 6.1 percent seasonally adjusted. But the raw rate was up just a tenth to 6.2 percent.Las Vegas was the problem area, reporting an increase from 6.1 percent to 6.4 percent for the month.But Reno-Sparks also was up a bit from 5.4 percent to 5.5 percent in May.Statewide payrolls increased by 2,800 jobs but that is far lower than the 6,600 jobs economists expected the state to gain over the month.“Job tre
  
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