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• Minden pilot, 74, dies in glider crash in Pine Nut Mountains

  08-08-2016 23:48 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of a crash that killed a glider pilot in the Pine Nut Mountains southeast of Carson City.
  
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• Coroner identifies 3 who died in Moapa Valley crash

  08-08-2016 23:40 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner on Monday identified the three people who died in a Moapa Valley crash Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Carson City Sheriff’s Office: Man surrenders to police after brief stand-off

  08-08-2016 23:35
  
  The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in court.Carson CityFRIDAYAt 5:03 a.m., a 77-year-old San Francisco, Calif., woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI after deputies responded to reports of a woman passed out in a vehicle near Nye Lane and Carson Street. At the same incident, Jennila McDaniel, 38, of Carson City was arrested on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana. Bail for t
  
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• BLM starts rounding up wild burros at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park

  08-08-2016 23:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Bureau of Land Management has begun rounding up about 40 wild burros at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park in Red Rock Canyon, where the growing herd is endangering motorists and damaging the restoration work.
  
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• Obama will attend 20th annual Lake Tahoe Summit

  08-08-2016 22:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Harry Reid’s swan song as the Nevada senator involved in the creation of the Lake Tahoe Summit will be noteworthy, with invitees including President Obama and The Killers at the Aug. 31 event.
  
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• Obama to appear at 20th annual Lake Tahoe Summit

  08-08-2016 22:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Harry Reid’s swan song as the Nevada senator involved in the creation of the Lake Tahoe Summit will be noteworthy, with invitees including President Obama and Nevada’s own The Killers performing at the Aug. 31 event.
  
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• South Carson Street near Spooner junction night time lane closures begin today

  08-08-2016 20:56
  
  Nighttime lane closures will take place periodically on South Carson Street near Spooner junction for the Nevada Department of Transportation’s Carson City Freeway project.Periodic single lane closures have been in place on northbound Carson Street near the U.S. 50 junction over recent months. Beginning today, additional overnight lane closures and reduced speed limits will be in place on both directions of South Carson Street in the Spooner junction area. The periodic closures are anticip
  
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• President Obama to headline 2016 Lake Tahoe Summit at South Shore

  08-08-2016 20:39
  
  STATELINE, Nev. — The White House on Monday announced that President Barack Obama will travel to Lake Tahoe on Aug. 31 to speak about his commitment to protecting the environment and addressing climate change.Obama will headline the 20th annual Lake Tahoe Summit, which this year is hosted by Nevada Sen. Harry Reid.On Monday, White House Spokesman Eric Schultz said Obama will talk about how America can ensure that national treasures like Lake Tahoe can be protected for future generations.C
  
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• States Vie to Shield the Wealth of the 1 Percent

  08-08-2016 19:51
  Nevada, Delaware and other states compete to offer ways for the rich to fend off creditors, divorcing spouses and even tax collectors.
  
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• Tahoe researchers seek old photos of lake algae

  08-08-2016 19:43
  
  With all their modern scientific equipment and state-of-the-art computer models, researchers trying to better understand the effect of algae growth in Lake Tahoe are searching for new tools to aid in their mission — old photo albums.Experts at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center said in an annual report last week that the mountain lake is still getting warmer, regional winters are still getting shorter and snowfall is still on the decline.Water quality also has worsened a bit.
  
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• Researchers seek old photos of lake algae

  08-08-2016 19:43
  
  With all their modern scientific equipment and state-of-the-art computer models, researchers trying to better understand the effect of algae growth in Lake Tahoe are searching for new tools to aid in their mission — old photo albums.Experts at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center said in an annual report last week that the mountain lake is still getting warmer, regional winters are still getting shorter and snowfall is still on the decline.Water quality also has worsened a bit.
  
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• Lake Tahoe researchers seek old photos of lake algae

  08-08-2016 19:32
  
  INCLINE VILLAGE — With all their modern scientific equipment and state-of-the-art computer models, researchers trying to better understand the effect of algae growth on Lake Tahoe are searching for new tools to aid in their mission — old photo albums. Experts at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center said in an annual report last week that the mountain lake is getting warmer and the water clarity has worsened. The Sierra Sun reports, however, what is less clear is the trend
  
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• Inmate serving life dies in Carson City prison

  08-08-2016 19:32
  
  A 44-year-old Clark County man serving life in prison for sex crimes involving a minor has died at the state prison in Carson City. Nevada Department of Corrections officials say Paul E. Stone died just before 11:40 a.m. Friday in the medical facility at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center. His body has been turned over to the Carson City Sheriff’s Office coroner, who will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Stone had been imprisoned since his conviction in Carson Count
  
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• Metro investigating ‘suspicious’ death in central Las Vegas Valley

  08-08-2016 19:15 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Las Vegas Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man found in the central Las Vegas Valley Sunday night.
  
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• Lake Tahoe researchers are looking for old photos of lake algae

  08-08-2016 18:39 via reviewjournal.com
  
  With all their modern scientific equipment and state-of-the-art computer models, researchers trying to better understand the effect of algae growth on Lake Tahoe are searching for new tools to aid in their mission — old photo albums.
  
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• New app for on-demand drone insurance launches in Nevada, other states

  08-08-2016 18:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Verify, the first on-demand drone insurance company, on Monday launched a new app in a market that is ripe for innovation and competition — both in Nevada and nationally.
  
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• New app for drone insurance launches today

  08-08-2016 18:35 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The first on-demand drone insurance company, Verifly, has spearheaded competition with a new app launched Monday.
  
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• Police report 21 arrests during Hot August Nights in Reno

  08-08-2016 18:16 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police say 21 people were arrested during Reno’s annual Hot August Nights event, during which authorities reported rescuing a teenager from the Truckee River.
  
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• Renown honored for quality heart care

  08-08-2016 17:07
  
  For the sixth year in a row, Renown Regional Medical Center was honored by the American Heart Association (AHA) for high quality heart care.The Get with the Guidelines – Heart Failure Gold Achievement Award recognizes Renown’s commitment and success in continually treating heart patients using the highest standards of care.Renown Regional has also been awarded AHA’s Mission: Lifeline Heart Attack Receiving Gold Plus honor for treating the most serious type of heart attack that
  
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• Nevada doctors turn to MDVIP model

  08-08-2016 17:07
  
  MDVIP is a national network of primary care physicians across 43 states that includes four doctors in northern Nevada.“MDVIP is a personalized preventive care business,” Bret Jorgensen CEO of MDVIP explained in a phone interview.MDVIP believes their model helps consumers take control of their own health by being more proactive with care than reactive, which leads to physicians stepping in at the diagnosis stage, often too late.To be an MDVIP member, patients pay an annual memebershi
  
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• HabeRae Development talks big vision for Tiny Ten

  08-08-2016 17:07
  
  HabeRae has specialized in developing city lots where existing infrastructure could be utilized and the developments helped to beautify blighted areas of downtown Reno.“We want properties no one else wants.” Pam Haberman of HabeRae Development said. “Voodoo properties as we call them.”Recently, HabeRae took on a different type of project known as Tiny Ten.Tiny Ten, located on the corner of Ryland and Locust, has a projected completion date of May 2017. HabeRae anticipate
  
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• Generations working together

  08-08-2016 17:07
  
  Throughout history older workers have bemoaned the work ethic of the next generation while young workers criticized their elders for hanging on to old ways. Not much has changed.Or has it? Jason S. Morga, vice president of Kelly Services Americas Marketing Group, says the pace of technological innovations has created new dynamics in the workplace that make the current multi-generational environment unique.Morga, coauthor of “Gen Now: Understanding the Multi-gen Workforce and The Coming Le
  
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• Fernley a prime location for residential, commercial development?

  08-08-2016 17:07
  
  During the recession, Fernley was one of the hardest hit markets in Nevada, if not the entire country.But Aaron West, CEO of the Nevada Builders Alliance and Andrew Haskin, director of business development for the Northern Nevada Development Authority (NNDA), stressed that the community of almost 20,000 people could be ripe for exponential economic growth. West and Haskin spoke to a large group of city officials and residents at a breakfast meeting at Wigwam Restaurant and Casino Aug. 3.West in
  
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• Downtown Reno’s first medical marijuana dispensary

  08-08-2016 17:07
  
  The corner of Lake and East Second Street in Downtown Reno is getting a new view once MYNT opens The business at 132 East Second Street will be the first medical marijuana dispensary in Downtown Reno.“Our anticipated opening date will be mid November,” Scott Dunseath said in a phone interview at the end of July.“We have approved use of that space,” he said.“Now it is just a matter of getting all our permitting and architectural plans approved through the city,&rdqu
  
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• Downtown Courtyard hotel ready open

  08-08-2016 17:07
  
  The Courtyard by Marriott Reno Downtown/Riverfront is set to open Tuesday, Aug. 9. The new 135-room hotel is located in the heart of downtown Reno at 1 Ballpark Lane, across from Greater Nevada Field. “With its central location we expect to draw downtown business travelers, leisure travelers, baseball fans and travelers associated with the University of Nevada and the two nearby hospitals,” Amy Preston, general manager of the Courtyard by Marriott, said in a recent press release. Ho
  
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• Aqua Metals celebrates opening of AquaRefinery

  08-08-2016 17:07
  
  Aqua Metals, a lead-acid battery recycling company, is now one step closer to revolutionizing battery recycling with the opening of their new AquaRefinery.The 135,000-square-foot facility, located in northern Nevada’s Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC), is designed to recycle lead batteries in an environmentally friendly manner. “Most people are starting to understand that we are entering an age of battery and energy storage,” Steve Clarke, CEO and chairman of Aqua Metals, sa
  
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• Animal Ark provides safe haven for wild animals

  08-08-2016 17:07
  
  Imagine a place where injured, abandoned or unwanted animals not only survive, but thrive. A place where cheetahs run, wolves howl, hawks soar and bears play.Located on 38 acres just north of Reno lies the Animal Ark, a wildlife sanctuary and education center that has been providing a safe haven for injured, abandoned or non-releasable wildlife since 1981. Animal Ark Co-Founder and Executive Director Aaron Hiibel and his wife, Diana, who is co-founder and programs manager, along with a network
  
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• Officials investigating Kansas City waterslide where 10-year-old boy died

  08-08-2016 16:05 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The 10-year-old son of a Kansas state lawmaker died while riding a waterslide that’s billed as the world’s largest, according to officials and the boy’s family.
  
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• Delta struggles to resume normal operations

  08-08-2016 15:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Twelve hours after a power outage knocked out its computer systems worldwide, Delta Air Lines was struggling Monday to resume normal operations. By early afternoon, Delta said it had canceled 451 flights. Tracking service FlightStats Inc. counted 2,000 delayed flights — about one third of the airline’s entire schedule.
  
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• Delta resumes some flights while dealing with global computer outage

  08-08-2016 15:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Delta begins limited flights amid global computer shutdown; thousands stranded and cancellations, delays are ongoing.
  
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• Delta cancels hundreds of flights, but computers back up

  08-08-2016 15:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  At least half of all Delta Air Lines flights Monday were delayed or canceled after a power outage knocked out the airline’s computer systems worldwide.
  
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• Japan’s emperor hints he may abdicate

  08-08-2016 10:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Japanese Emperor Akihito, 82, in a rare video address to the public on Monday, said he worried that age may make it difficult for him to fully carry out his duties, remarks widely seen as suggesting he wants to abdicate.
  
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• Female Pakistani star rises from poverty, is killed defying norms

  08-08-2016 10:19 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Like most of the men in this village of mud homes, Muhammed Azeem cannot read or write. But in a culture where girls are second-class citizens at best, Azeem was different.
  
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• Winds make Southern California fires worse

  08-08-2016 10:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Firefighters are battling a wildfire in Southern California that grew to more than 2 square miles in mere hours and forced the evacuation of homes near a reservoir.
  
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• Wildfire causes evacuations near San Bernardino

  08-08-2016 10:04 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Firefighters are battling a wildfire in Southern California that grew to more than 2 square miles in mere hours and forced the evacuation of homes near a reservoir.
  
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• Bombing kills 53 at Pakistani hospital

  08-08-2016 09:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A powerful bomb went off on the grounds of a government-run hospital in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Monday, killing at least 42 people and wounding dozens, police said.
  
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• Despite connection to Panama Papers Nevada likely to remain tax haven

  08-08-2016 08:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Look to Congress to find politicians who helped turn Nevada into a major home for shell companies, which can be used to evade taxes and hide illegal assets from around the world.
  
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• Former bookkeeper facing 49 charges of Las Vegas theft and forgery

  08-08-2016 06:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Roxanne “Roxie” Sparks, 57, is accused of transferring more than $200,000 between two of her clients’ accounts over a four-year period.
  
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• Woman, unborn baby, killed in wrong-way Reno crash that left the other driver dead

  08-08-2016 03:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  RENO — Reno police have identified a woman who, along with her unborn baby, was killed in a wrong-way crash that left the other driver dead.
  
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• Nevada Secretary of State launches mock voting website

  08-08-2016 02:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske has launched a new website that lets students too young learn about the election process and cast mock votes.
  
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• Nevada Secretary launches mock voting website

  08-08-2016 02:32 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske has launched a new website that lets students too young learn about the election process and cast mock votes.
  
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• Moapa Valley crash leaves three dead, two in critical condition

  08-08-2016 01:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A crash Saturday afternoon in Moapa Valley leaves three dead and two in critical condition, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
  
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• Moapa Valley crash leaves 3 dead, 2 in critical condition

  08-08-2016 01:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A fatal crash Sunday afternoon in Moapa Valley left three people dead and two people in critical condition, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Clark County coroner identifies man killed in drive-by shooting

  08-08-2016 01:41 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner on Sunday has identified the man who died after a drive-by shooting in the downtown area on July 23.
  
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• Health officials closely monitoring tests for St. Louis encephalitis

  08-08-2016 00:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In the fight against mosquito-transmitted diseases, the Southern Nevada Health District is Clark County’s lookout, ready to sound the alarm in case of danger.
  
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