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• Pope Francis returns home from global youth rally, visit to Auschwitz

  31-07-2016 23:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Pope Francis encouraged hundreds of thousands of young people at a global gathering Sunday to “believe in a new humanity” that is stronger than evil and refuses to see borders as barriers.
  
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• Every city has a story to tell, and Henderson’s no different

  31-07-2016 22:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  When many come from somewhere else, historical societies, such as Henderson’s, can make a difference.
  
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• Summerlin Parkway getting median cables, but no lane additions for now

  31-07-2016 22:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas city officials are trying to fix a safety problem on Summerlin Parkway by installing a system of heavy, high-tension steel cables that will line both sides of the median. But plans to widen the heavily traveled road are in limbo.
  
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• ‘Planting seeds’ to help Las Vegas’s homeless veterans get off the streets

  31-07-2016 22:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Louis Lacey gave a final instruction to his crisis intervention team before heading out to search for homeless veterans in tunnels near the Strip. “Let’s go save some people,” he said.
  
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• ‘Planting seeds’ to help Las Vegas’ homeless veterans get off the streets

  31-07-2016 22:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Louis Lacey gave a final instruction to his crisis intervention team before heading out to search for homeless veterans in tunnels near the Strip. “Let’s go save some people,” he said.
  
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• Winning $487 Million Powerball Ticket Sold in New Hampshire

  31-07-2016 18:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Folks in New Hampshire are eager to learn who among them holds the winning ticket to a $487 million Powerball jackpot. New Hampshire lottery officials tell television station WMUR someone bought the winning ticket at the local Hannaford supermarket in Raymond, a southern New Hampshire town of about 10,000.
  
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• Four injured in early morning crash

  31-07-2016 16:55 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Four people were injured in an early Sunday morning crash on the west side of the valley .
  
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• Roger Mayweather, uncle of boxer Floyd Mayweather, missing

  31-07-2016 16:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are searching for Roger Mayweather, the uncle of professional boxer Floyd Mayweather, who has been missing since Saturday and may need medical help.
  
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• Roger Mayweather, uncle of boxer Floyd Mayweather, has been found

  31-07-2016 16:36 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas police are searching for Roger Mayweather, the uncle of professional boxer Floyd Mayweather, who has been missing since Saturday and may need medical help.
  
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• Western Nevada College holding Reach for the Stars black tie gala Aug. 20

  31-07-2016 08:55
  
  Want to make a difference in our community? Come spend an illuminating evening under the galaxy of planets, and help Western Nevada College students reach their own heights. On Saturday, Aug. 20, the WNC Foundation presents the first “Reach for the Stars” Black Tie Gala” to help meet academic needs, 6 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at the Jack C. Davis Observatory.The event will offer community members the opportunity to learn about celestial events, including the Perseid Meteor Shower, a
  
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• U.S. Bureau: Carson City workers earn 4 percent less than rest of nation

  31-07-2016 08:55
  
  On average, Carson City workers earn 4 percent less than the national average wage, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The average hourly wage in May 2015 was $22.23, versus $23.23 nationally, for workers in the Carson City metropolitan statistical area, which comprises only the capital. Wages in Carson City were lower than the respective national averages in 13 of the 22 major occupational groups.The biggest differences were in management, where Carson City workers earn an avera
  
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• The Cone Zone: Carson City downtown work to continue July 31-Aug. 6

  31-07-2016 08:55
  
  Construction updates for July 31-Aug 6. Spear, Telegraph and Proctor streets will be closed all week on the east side to Plaza Street and on the west side to Curry Street.Washington Street will be closed on the west side to Curry Street on Wednesday. Carson Street will be closed between Washington and Musser streets Thursday through Saturday. Sophia Street will be closed on the east side to Plaza Street on Saturday.…
  
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• Grand opening set for Carson Tahoe Health’s new breast center

  31-07-2016 08:55
  
  It has been reported one in eight American women will battle breast cancer during their lifetime. And studies show the best defense against breast cancer is early detection. With this in mind, Carson Tahoe is excited to announce the grand opening of a new comprehensive breast exam center. The new center, opening in August, will offer patients easy access to the latest breast imaging and diagnostics services currently available in the region.The Carson Tahoe Breast Center is located in North Car
  
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• Golden moment in Carson City

  31-07-2016 08:55
  
  Manuel Silva, using his iPhone 6 Plus, caught this golden eagle landing on Kings Canyon Road.…
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s to host National Night Out

  31-07-2016 08:55
  
  The Carson City Sheriff’s Office will be hosting its 14th annual National Night Out event from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday to bring the community and law enforcement together for a night of family fun.The free event, held in Mills Park, will focus around the theme “Partnership in Action” to show the community about the different organizations and agencies around Carson who help keep the community safe. “We chose Partnership in Action because that partnership will always be there
  
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• Carson City road report for Aug. 1-7

  31-07-2016 08:55
  
  The following information applies to the period of Aug. 1-7: 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. Overnight lane closures will take place on S. Carson Street between Fairview Drive and Overland Street from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Friday. One lane in each dire
  
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• Carson City board to consider building permit contract

  31-07-2016 08:55
  
  A contract that outsourced Carson City building permit services is up for review at the Board of Supervisors meeting Thursday.City staff is recommending supervisors renew the contract with Charles Abbott Associates, Inc. subject to board review in one year. The contractor provides a full-time building official, building inspector, and permit counter technician, and other staff as needed, and uses their own vehicles for inspections and other equipment needed for building permit functions. In ret
  
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• Las Vegas’ Vashti Cunningham lying low before jumping high in Olympics

  31-07-2016 08:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Young track and field star Vashti Cunningham is preparing to leap into the national limelight under the watchful eye of her coach and famous football-playing father. She is a threat to win Olympic gold in the high jump in Brazil.
  
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• Boulder City bypass taking shape

  31-07-2016 07:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than a year into construction, concrete bridges are taking shape along a 15-mile stretch of dirt road that’s being transformed into Interstate 11.
  
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• New Henderson nonemergency ambulance service starts Monday

  31-07-2016 07:22 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Beginning Monday, Community Ambulance will be responding to all nonemergency calls in Henderson, thanks to a franchise agreement recently approved by Henderson City Council.
  
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• Entire Nevada Supreme Court recuses itself from developer case

  31-07-2016 07:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The entire Nevada Supreme Court recused itself from hearing an appeal between a lender and a developer because of ties the developer has to another company building a new courthouse in Las Vegas.
  
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• Powerball numbers chosen

  31-07-2016 05:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The numbers for tonight’s Powerball are 11-17-21-23-32. The Powerball is 5 and the Power Play is 2 (eleven, seventeen, twenty-one, twenty-three, thirty-two; Powerball: five; Power Play: two).
  
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• Parents, educators, state officials wait to hear Nevada high court rulings on school choice

  31-07-2016 04:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  It could be a week, two weeks or months before the Nevada Supreme Court issues its rulings on two constitutional challenges to a school choice law seen as the most ambitious school choice law in the nation.
  
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• School district patrol car hit by vehicle

  31-07-2016 03:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A Clark County School District patrol car was struck by a vehicle in the central valley Saturday afternoon.
  
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• It’s business as usual back home on Bundy range

  31-07-2016 03:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  For a man federal authorities have described as rancher in name only, Cliven Bundy still sends a fair amount of cattle to market. Since Bundy was arrested by the FBI on Feb. 10, his ranch has sold 117 cows, calves and steers to buyers and auction houses in Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, according to state brand inspection records.
  
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• With older Bundys in jail, youngest son runs family ranch — PHOTOS

  31-07-2016 02:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Since February, Cliven Bundy’s youngest son, Arden, 18, has been keeping track of the cattle on the range and taking care of the farming at the family’s homestead along the Virgin River.
  
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• Nevada Police & Fire Games honors officer killed in 2013 rescue attempt

  31-07-2016 02:12 via reviewjournal.com
  
  “Just do it for Dave” is what Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. Dave Callen told potential participants before a Saturday event that was part of the 40 th annual Nevada Police & Fire Games.
  
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• SPLASH

  31-07-2016 01:43
  
  Bob McFadden Plaza opened with a splash Saturday and no one enjoyed it more than the dozens of kids keeping cool in sweltering weather. “I look around and I look at that splash pad,” said Mayor Bob Crowell, before the ribbon cutting. “This is what defines community.” It was about 10 a.m., and already 80-plus degrees, when Crowell took to the new stage there to introduce a handful of people who were instrumental in getting the pedestrian plaza built. He thanked Jenny and
  
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• Bob McFadden Plaza opens to great fanfare in downtown Carson City (photo gallery, video)

  31-07-2016 01:43
  
  Bob McFadden Plaza opened with a splash Saturday and no one enjoyed it more than the dozens of kids keeping cool in sweltering weather. “I look around and I look at that splash pad,” said Mayor Bob Crowell, before the ribbon cutting. “This is what defines community.” It was about 10 a.m., and already 80-plus degrees, when Crowell took to the new stage there to introduce a handful of people who were instrumental in getting the pedestrian plaza built. He thanked Jenny and
  
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• Bob McFadden Plaza in downtown Carson City opens

  31-07-2016 01:21
  
  Bob McFadden Plaza opened with a splash Saturday and no one enjoyed it more than the dozens of kids keeping cool in sweltering weather. “I look around and I look at that splash pad,” said Mayor Bob Crowell, before the ribbon cutting. “This is what defines community.” It was about 10 a.m., and already 80-plus degrees, when Crowell took to the new stage there to introduce a handful of people who were instrumental in getting the pedestrian plaza built. He thanked Jenny and
  
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