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• Texas memorial for ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle unveiled

  28-07-2016 23:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A memorial for slain Navy Seal and “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle has been unveiled in the West Texas city where he was born in 1974.
  
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• Services set for Carson residents killed in Monitor Pass collision

  28-07-2016 23:01
  
  Markleeville — A celebration of life is 10 a.m. Aug. 6 at Fuji Park for a couple killed in a motorcycle wreck on Monitor Pass.Carson City residents John Farell Jurosovich and Lori Jean LeBlanc were identified by the Alpine County Sheriff’s Office as the two people killed on Sunday.Undersheriff Spencer Case confirmed the couple’s identities on Thursday. Jurosovich, 62, and LeBlanc, 53, were on Highway 89 when the Harley Davidson they were riding crossed the centerline into the p
  
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• Retrial ordered for Las Vegas sex offender under lifetime supervision

  28-07-2016 22:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Supreme Court ordered a new trial Thursday for a Las Vegas homeless sex offender, ruling that the state parole board cannot impose restrictions not specified in state law on someone under lifetime supervision.
  
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• Officer’s body camera shows Ariz. woman held scissors when she was shot to death

  28-07-2016 21:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A woman who was fatally shot by an Arizona police officer earlier this year had medical scissors in her hand as she approached him, the officer’s body camera video released Wednesday shows.
  
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• ‘Babylon 5’ star and Las Vegas native Gerard ‘Jerry’ Doyle dies at 60

  28-07-2016 20:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gerard “Jerry” Doyle, star of television’s “Babylon 5” science fiction series has died, the Clark County coroner’s office said.
  
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• 2 hurt after bus collides with 2 vehicles in eastern Las Vegas Valley

  28-07-2016 18:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Two people were injured when a bus collided with two vehicles in the eastern valley, police said.
  
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• Nevada Highway Patrol investigating fatal crash near Red Rock

  28-07-2016 15:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Nevada Highway Patrol reported a fatal crash near the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area early Thursday morning.
  
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• 1 killed, 1 injured in rollover crash near Red Rock Canyon

  28-07-2016 15:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  One woman was killed and another seriously injured in a rollover crash near the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area early Thursday morning, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Las Vegas youth shares concerns about bullying in his schools

  28-07-2016 15:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Clark County School District student wrote to View Neighborhood Newspapers, saying, “I’m writing this directly to parents because I don’t think writing essays at school, or putting up posters, or attending assemblies about bullying is working.”
  
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• Clark grad earns Veteran of the Month designation after serving in Marines

  28-07-2016 15:01 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Bruno Moya’s journey began while watching TV. He was a year away from graduating at Clark High School when a Marine Corps commercial came on. It featured a Marine going through a rigorous training course, climbing to the top of a pillar to retrieve a sword and slaying a dragon.
  
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• Late Basic High School teacher remembered as dedicated to students for three decades

  28-07-2016 15:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Walking around Henderson, Sue Smuskiewicz is reminded of the legacy her husband, Dennis Leonard Smuskiewicz, left behind. For 31 years, Dennis taught, coached, tutored and mentored students at Basic High School, 400 Palo Verde Drive.
  
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• WNC plans dorms for Carson City campus

  28-07-2016 09:43
  
  Western Nevada College plans to add a student dormitory to its Carson City campus in time for the 2018 school year. The immediate issue is a tight rental market in Carson City. “Students are saying they’re having trouble finding housing and asked if the college can do anything about it,” said Chet Burton, WNC president, after a breakfast meeting held by Northern Nevada Development Authority Wednesday at the Carson Nugget. But the problem goes deeper than that and is as importa
  
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• The Popcorn Stand: With or with tuba, Air Force band will be a treat

  28-07-2016 09:43
  
  As maybe a few of you know who have chosen to read this Popcorn Stand in various versions, I love bands. I love bands so much I wished they would bring them back for the Super Bowl halftime show.I know the difference between a tuba and a Sousaphone which leads me to this joke that only people who played in the band would get. Arnold Schwarzenegger was playing the Sousaphone in the marching band when a fan yelled out, “hey, nice tuba,” to which Schwarzenagger replied, “it&rsquo
  
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• Panik looking forward to return to Giants

  28-07-2016 09:43
  
  RENO — If there’s one thing Joe Panik has learned during his rehab assignment is you don’t mess around with head injuries.Panik was hit by a pitch on June 18 by Tampa Bay’s Matt Moore. He continued to play for more than a week before going on the disabled list. During that time he went 7-for-33.News reports said Panik started suffering concussion-like symptoms on June 28.Not so said Panik, who’s playing for the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats until he rejoins the Sa
  
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• ‘Legally Blonde, Jr.’ playing July 29-Aug. 7 at Carson City Community Center

  28-07-2016 09:43
  
  Area youth are bringing the story of Elle Woods, Harvard’s beloved blonde, to the Bob Boldrick Theatre at the Carson City Community Center. “Legally Blonde, Jr.,” based on the hit film starring Reese Witherspoon and the award-winning Broadway musical, opens Friday and runs through Aug. 7. Filled with humor, wit and sass, the show follows the transformation of Elle Woods, a UCLA sorority girl, as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. The story
  
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• Inaugural Genoa Blues Festival welcoming blues musician Kenny Neal

  28-07-2016 09:43
  
  Blues music by three performers will fill Nevada’s oldest town when the inaugural Genoa Blues Festival kicks off July 30 at Mormon Station State Park. Kenny Neal, a multi-instrumentalist modern swamp-blues musician, is headlining the festival with songs from his new album, “Hooked On Your Love.” Born in New Orleans and raised in Baton Rouge, La., Neal said he began playing music at a young age, learning the basics from his father, singer and blues harmonica player, Raful Neal.
  
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• Carson City couple flies all over to help provide health care

  28-07-2016 09:43
  
  One Carson City couple is traveling the country to help those in need ... in a plane they built themselves.Kim and Joel Allen have been traveling critical care nurses for almost 20 years and spend their time going to different hospitals across the United States to offer help to their health care centers. They’re specialized to work with the ICU but can also work in the ER or PACU.“We travel because we like the time off and we can take jobs that last from a week to three months,&rdqu
  
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• Carson City area live entertainment for July 28-Aug. 3

  28-07-2016 09:43
  
  Jackie Dauzat from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Max Casino, 900 S. Carson St.Live music from 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at Bella Fiore Wines, 224 W. Third St., Suite 8.Rebekah Chase Band at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Casino Fandango, 3800 S. Carson St. Trippin’ King Snakes from 8 to 11 p.m. Thursday at Carson Cigar Company, 318 N. Carson St., and from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday on the new Third Street Stage for the grand opening of the Bob McFadden Plaza. Escalade from 8 p.m. to midnight Frid
  
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• Update: Not a meteor: Chinese rocket re-enters atmosphere near California

  28-07-2016 09:03
  
  A Chinese rocket re-entered the atmosphere near California late Wednesday night around the same time many people shared video on social media of a mysterious bright object streaking across the night sky.U.S. Strategic Command spokeswoman Julie Ziegenhorn wouldn’t say if the rocket ever posed danger to people on the ground. She says the command often sees re-entries.Ziegenhorn tells The Associated Press the Chinese CZ-7 rocket re-entered the atmosphere around 9:36 p.m. That’s about th
  
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• Miniature builder Clark Pero has turned his home into a nostalgia museum—and now he’s ready to share it

  28-07-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  His suburban Henderson house is filled with collectibles and handmade miniatures, all of which he says are influenced by a love of pop culture that started in his childhood.
  
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• How Naked City Tavern's Chris Palmeri claimed the Vegas bar-food crown

  28-07-2016 09:00 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  The time has come to truly pull back the curtain on this uncompromising, masterful chef.
  
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• Rohlfing leads Reno to win

  28-07-2016 08:40
  
  RENO — Dan Rohlfing makes no bones about it. He’s in Triple A baseball because of his skill behind the plate.“My offensive numbers won’t jump off the page at you,” Rohlfing said. “It’s how I work with the pitching staff; handle the pitchers.”The ball jumped off Rohlfing’s bat in a big way Wednesday night, as he hit two homers and drove in four runs to lead the Aces to a 7-3 win over Sacramento before a crowd of 4,850 fans at Greater Nevada F
  
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• Meteor spotted streaking across sky

  28-07-2016 08:40
  
  Nellis Air Force Base and Naval Air Station Fallon officials say the light seen in the northern Nevada sky about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday was a meteor breaking upSocial media is lighting up with reports from Nevada, Utah and California of a small fireball streaking across the sky. Officials from Nellis Air Force Base in southern Nevada tell KTNV-TV that the light seen Wednesday night was a meteor breaking up. Dr. Ed Krupp, director of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, tells KABC-TV it may have
  
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• Las Vegas locals witness mysterious lights streaking through sky

  28-07-2016 07:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas locals took to Twitter to share thoughts, pictures, and videos about Wednesday night’s mysterious night sky.
  
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• Authorities identify mysterious lights streaking through sky

  28-07-2016 07:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Chinese rocket re-entered the atmosphere near California late Wednesday night around the same time many people shared video on social media of a mysterious bright object streaking across the night sky.
  
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• ‘Jason Bourne’ adds iconic shots to Vegas film lore

  28-07-2016 07:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  “I’ve shot so much in Vegas over my career,” Matt Damon says, referring to the “Ocean’s” franchise and “Behind the Candelabra,” HBO’s acclaimed Liberace movie. “I mean, I’ve really shot some of my favorite stuff that I’ve ever been in there.”
  
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• School Board delays decision on $119.1 million insurance package for support staff, police

  28-07-2016 06:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  By a vote of 4-0, the trustees present at the Wednesday meeting agreed to wait until the entire board convenes for an Aug. 3 work session before they make a final decision that will impact the health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance benefits for nearly 12,000 employees.
  
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• Norm Clarke’s career was ‘an ongoing love letter’ to Las Vegas

  28-07-2016 05:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  For 17 years, Las Vegas Review-Journal readers flipped to Norm Clarke’s column — on Page 3A — to get the skinny on the city. But Thursday’s column will be Clarke’s last.
  
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• Norm Clarke, Review-Journal columnist who ‘wrote an ongoing love letter about Las Vegas entertainment,’ retires

  28-07-2016 05:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  For 17 years, Las Vegas Review-Journal readers flipped to Norm Clarke’s column — on Page 3A — to get the skinny on the city. But Thursday’s column will be Clarke’s last.
  
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• Review-Journal gossip columnist Norm Clarke calls it a day after 17-year run

  28-07-2016 04:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  I submitted my resignation to the Las Vegas Review-Journal this week, after a 17-year run as man-about-town/gossip columnist.
  
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• Police seek help finding robbery suspects

  28-07-2016 04:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying three suspects involved in a July convenience store robbery.
  
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• Controversial rating system gives six Nevada hospitals one star

  28-07-2016 03:43 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Six Nevada hospitals have earned one star and two have earned four stars in a controversial five-star rating system unveiled Wednesday morning by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The ratings, designed to denote the overall quality of hospitals, are meant to “help individuals, their family members and caregivers compare hospitals in an easily understandable way.”
  
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• Heat wave to continue

  28-07-2016 03:30
  
  Wednesday’s temperature in Carson City hit a high of 101 degrees, the highest since 1981. It’s possible that it also could have been a day where air conditioning bills hit a record high. The weather station on the roof of the Nevada Appeal, also recorded a high of 101 at 1:56 p.m. Wednesday.Either way, you can expect both aspects to increase through the end of this week. According to the National Weather Service office in Reno, a hot spell of 102 degrees is expected to start today a
  
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• Clark County firefighters discover man with stab wounds at fire station

  28-07-2016 03:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Firefighters at the 150 N. Nellis Blvd. station — just north of Charleston Boulevard — saw the stabbed male about 5:30 p.m. He was taken to University Medical Center’s trauma unit.
  
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• State Supreme Court hearings on school choice likely to resonate nationwide

  28-07-2016 03:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  If there’s anything supporters and critics of school choice can agree on, it’s the likelihood that a pair of state Supreme Court hearings on Friday will have an impact on public education beyond Nevada’s borders.
  
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• BRIEFLY

  28-07-2016 02:23
  
  NV Energy seeks solar grandfathering on eve of court hearingLAS VEGAS — NV Energy is asking for permission to return thousands of existing Nevada rooftop solar customers to more favorable rates for the next 20 years, just days before a court considers whether to allow a sweeping solar ballot measure that the company opposes to move forward.The company said it filed a request with the Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday to “grandfather” customers who installed a rooftop sol
  
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• NV Energy seeks solar grandfathering on eve of court hearing

  28-07-2016 02:18
  
  LAS VEGAS — NV Energy wants to return existing rooftop solar customers to older, more favorable rates for the next 20 years. The company said it filed a request with the Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday to “grandfather” customers who installed a system before Dec. 31, 2015. The move comes as solar companies forge ahead with efforts to overturn a 2015 law that authorized a rate hike for their customers. The Nevada Supreme Court will hear arguments on Friday about whether
  
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• Kids veterans connect through horses

  28-07-2016 02:18
  
  Breathe deeply and look straight ahead. Good advice on any occasion, but on this one, it makes the difference between stopping and going.Kelsey Saunders, 6, learned this lesson on the back of Frankie, Sierra Therapeutic Equestrian Program’s resident donkey, as she took him for a ride around the corral. When she looked down, he stopped. When she sat up straight, took a deep breath and looked forward, he walked on.“Walk on” is one of the first commands the children have learned
  
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• Carson City’s young entrepreneurs providing food for thought

  28-07-2016 02:18
  
  Social media was the buzzword of the day for local business owners receiving marketing consulting advice from teen members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada on Wednesday.Local businesses including The Purple Avocado, Partnership Carson City, The Pink House, The Brewery Arts Center and Harcourts Realty presented students at the Clubs with their business challenges on day one of the three-day project. Students researched and prepared presentations on day two. On day three, they pres
  
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• Woman dead after motorcycle crash in southwest valley

  28-07-2016 01:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that happened in the southwest valley Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Police investigating a critical-injury motorcycle crash in southwest valley

  28-07-2016 01:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police are investigating a critical-injury motorcycle crash thathappened in the southwest valley Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Northern Nevada Development Authority panel: Carson City needs commercial development to meet demand

  28-07-2016 01:06
  
  Carson City needs more commercial development to meet demand and keep the economic recovery going, said a panel of industry insiders Wednesday. “Building capacity to look to our future is probably the most important thing we’ve got going,” said Rob Hooper, executive director, Northern Nevada Development Authority, at the group’s monthly breakfast held at the Carson Nugget. Hooper said businesses are interested in locating to the area. “But, unfortunately, we don&rs
  
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• Five things we need from Kate Hudson's new Fabletics store

  28-07-2016 01:04 via lasvegasweekly.com
  
  The Downtown Summerlin store celebrates its grand opening this weekend.
  
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• Las Vegas police investigating death of 4-month-old boy found Tuesday

  28-07-2016 00:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Jax Ewing was found dead after police responded about 11:42 a.m. Tuesday to the 4800 block of Boulder Highway, near East Flamingo Road, to investigate a report of a child’s death.
  
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• Las Vegas police investigating abuse in death of 4-month-old boy found Tuesday

  28-07-2016 00:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Jax Ewing was found dead after police responded about 11:42 a.m. Tuesday to the 4800 block of Boulder Highway, near East Flamingo Road, to investigate a report of a child’s death.
  
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• UNLV’s CampMed guides high school freshman to possible medical careers

  28-07-2016 00:27 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A three-day camp held July 21-23 at UNLV helped 50 carefully chosen incoming high school freshmen decide if a career in the medical field was right for them.
  
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