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• Judge weighs dismissing federal firearms case against man accused of being fake doctor

  22-08-2016 23:51 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The trial for Rick Van Thiel on federal firearms charges was put on hold this week while a judge considers a motion to dismiss the case without prejudice.
  
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• More fish in Yellowstone River, tributaries being tested for disease

  22-08-2016 23:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Montana wildlife officials are conducting tests on fish from additional areas to see if they are infected with a disease blamed in a massive fish kill in the Yellowstone River.
  
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• Man killed in ATV crash near Jean dry lake bed identified

  22-08-2016 23:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner on Monday identified the man who was found dead after an all-terrain vehicle crash Sunday morning.
  
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• Man found dead in northwest Las Vegas backyard identified

  22-08-2016 23:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner on Monday identified the man whose body was found with apparent gunshot wounds in a northeast valley backyard Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Man found dead in northeast Las Vegas backyard identified

  22-08-2016 23:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Clark County coroner on Monday identified the man whose body was found with apparent gunshot wounds in a northeast valley backyard Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Father of boy killed by alligator at Disney World tried to free son, report says

  22-08-2016 22:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The father of a toddler killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World last June reached into the animal’s mouth in an attempt to free his son’s head from the reptile’s jaw, according to a final report on the death released Monday by Florida’s wildlife agency.
  
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• Japanese first lady visits Pearl Harbor, pays tribute to victims

  22-08-2016 21:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Japan’s first lady has visited Pearl Harbor in Hawaii for the first time to pay tribute to the victims of the Japanese attack 75 years ago.
  
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• Clark County School District to get $5M to settle lawsuit over air conditioning work

  22-08-2016 20:34 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County School District will collect more than $5 million after settling a lawsuit dating from 2012, when an air conditioning contractor abandoned the projects and declared bankruptcy.
  
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• Mass. woman robs nun of her rosary beads

  22-08-2016 20:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Police say a Massachusetts woman robbed a nun at knifepoint and got away with her rosary beads.
  
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• Minnesota man arrested in kidnapping, killing of co-worker’s 5-year-old daughter

  22-08-2016 18:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man has been jailed on suspicion of first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of a co-worker’s 5-year-old daughter whose mother says was taken from their home in central Minnesota.
  
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• Early morning crash kills two on Goni Road

  22-08-2016 17:43
  
  Carson City Sheriff’s Office reports two people are dead following a rollover that occurred Monday morning in Goni Canyon.The crash happened on one of the off-road routes in the canyon early Monday morning.One male survived and walked away from the scene.Law enforcement is still on scene investigating the crash.More information to follow as it becomes available.…
  
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• Judge puts Obama administration’s transgender rules on hold

  22-08-2016 17:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A federal judge in Texas is blocking for now the Obama administration’s directive to U.S. public schools that transgender students must be allowed to use the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity.
  
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• Training future healthcare professionals

  22-08-2016 17:07
  
  Career College of Northern Nevada (CCNN) is working to prepare students for jobs in the healthcare industry as more companies continue to settle in northern Nevada. “The more people that are in the area, the more people that are going to need healthcare,” Bryce Richardson, placement coordinator at Career College of Northern Nevada, said. “With healthcare expansion more people are covered, which means healthcare practices will grow.”CCNN is preparing future healthcare pro
  
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• TMCC High School offers your future now!

  22-08-2016 17:07
  
  For two decades, the Washoe County School District (WCSD) has worked in partnership with Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) to offer motivated sophomores, juniors, and seniors the opportunity to earn their high school diplomas while simultaneously getting a head start on college by taking free college classes and availing themselves of college resources, labs, learning centers, tutors, and activities with college-level instructors. The school is called TMCC High School, and while most stu
  
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• Thrive Market opens distribution center in Nevada

  22-08-2016 17:07
  
  Thrive Market, a healthy living e-commerce company, has opened a new distribution facility in northern Nevada’s Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. Thrive Market is an online grocery retailer that sells healthy, organic and natural products at wholesale prices. The company ramped up distribution in their new facility several weeks ago. They plan to hire up to 400 new employees and will be investing $3.5 million in capital equipment toward their new operation. They currently have around 115 empl
  
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• ‘The sky’s the limit’

  22-08-2016 17:07
  
  Both TMCC and UNR are working to expand their education programs that involve Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). Part of this growth is a result of the FAA’s Part 107 rule going into effect August 29.Mark Sharp, instructor at Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) highlighted the impact of Part 107 for TMCC students. “Some students are signing up in anticipation of the rule changing,” he said.Prior to Part 107, a pilots license would have been required to fly a drone. “St
  
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• South Wells resurgence spreading

  22-08-2016 17:07
  
  A partnership of investors is adding to the supply of multifamily units in Reno by turning an empty strip of land on South Wells into 10 duplex units and adding to an existing multifamily structure next door.Floyd Rowley, who coordinated the investors, said he learned more than a year ago about the sale of the Dozen at the DeLuxe property by HabeRae Development. The property just south of the South Wells Avenue roundabout included the historic DeLuxe Laundry building containing apartments, a ca
  
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• Educating for the future

  22-08-2016 17:07
  
  From drones to electric cars, biofuels to batteries, northern Nevada has seen an influx of new and expanding industries in recent years.Keeping pace with changing employer job demands is no easy task for community colleges and the University of Nevada, Reno.But it’s a task for which community colleges are well suited, says Kyle Dalpe, interim dean of technical sciences at Truckee Meadows Community College.Community colleges, Dalpe says, have two main missions: to serve as a gateway for st
  
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• Dealing with the DOL’s new Final Rule

  22-08-2016 17:07
  
  On May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor announced its Final Rule setting forth the new requirements employers must meet to properly classify their employees as “exempt” from federal overtime standards. These new requirements go into effect on Dec. 1, 2016, and because misclassification can result in enormous costs and liability, it is imperative that employers start planning now to be ready for the change.What Will be Different Under the Final Rule?The most significant change
  
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• Communities Matter

  22-08-2016 17:07
  
  Making northern Nevada a better place to live takes more than money. As a charitable foundation, this truth hits home to us. Thanks to the generosity of the people in our community, The Community Foundation has granted out more than $90 million since our inception in 1998. Grants are not our only way to strengthen the community. Money is not our only voice. As we grew and built relationships with donors, with charities, with our elected officials and business leaders, and with thought leaders a
  
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• BAM!DOG offers a righteous eatery in Reno

  22-08-2016 17:07
  
  Stephen King and wife, Joanne had long pondered getting into the food industry in northern Nevada.The couple, originally from New York state, was interested in starting or buying into a New York-style deli or bagel shop. They consulted with Rod Jorgenson of the Nevada Small Business Development Center on various options and decided the concept ultimately wasn’t for them.But they still had the itch to open a restaurant somewhere in the Truckee Meadows, but it took a stroke of inspiration f
  
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• Japan’s prime minister dressed as Super Mario at Rio closing ceremony

  22-08-2016 09:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s brief but show-stopping gig at the Olympic closing ceremony as the Nintendo game character Super Mario offered a tantalizing glimpse at Tokyo’s plans for the 2020 games.
  
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• Millennial’s values and politics are a mixed bag

  22-08-2016 09:29 via reviewjournal.com
  
  America’s oldest millennials — nearing 20 when airplanes slammed into the World Trade Center — can remember the economic prosperity of the 1990s, and when a different Clinton ran for president.
  
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• Telemedicine helps VA cut wait times, increase specialist access

  22-08-2016 08:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Southern Nevada district among many offering veterans quicker access to care that is also more convenient.
  
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• Las Vegas health nonprofit comes back from brink of financial collapse

  22-08-2016 07:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  FirstMed Health and Wellness Center was on life support early this year, but new management team is now expanding its services for low-income and underserved patients.
  
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• Community health nonprofit was on brink of financial collapse

  22-08-2016 07:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  FirstMed Health and Wellness Center was on life support early this year, but new management team is now expanding its services for low-income and underserved patients.
  
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• North Korea threatens nukes, calls US, South Korea drills invasion practice

  22-08-2016 07:10 via reviewjournal.com
  
  South Korea and the United States began annual military drills Monday despite North Korea’s threat of nuclear strikes in response to the exercises that it calls an invasion rehearsal.
  
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• Bump Up program helps minority men get College of Southern Nevada degrees

  22-08-2016 06:31 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The Bump Up initiative, launched last spring at the College of Southern Nevada, is a mentorship program that strives to help more black and Latino men stay in school and earn degrees.
  
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• Wildfire evacuation orders around Cajon Pass lifted; blaze 85 percent contained

  22-08-2016 05:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Five days after an explosive wildfire in Southern California drove thousands from their homes, authorities lifted all evacuation orders Sunday to allow them to return.
  
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• The wildfire evacuation orders around Cajon Pass are lifted, blaze 85 percent contained

  22-08-2016 05:26 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Five days after an explosive wildfire in Southern California drove thousands from their homes, authorities lifted all evacuation orders Sunday to allow them to return.
  
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• Obama’s post-vacation schedule is quite full

  22-08-2016 05:06 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Barack Obama returned from vacation Sunday, ready for a busy fall season and more battles with Congress over Zika funding, the federal budget and $400 million the administration paid Iran.
  
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• Man dies in east Las Vegas stabbing

  22-08-2016 03:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man died Sunday evening after he was stabbed Sunday afternoon in the east valley, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• East Las Vegas stabbing sends one person to UMC

  22-08-2016 03:50 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A person suffered life threatening injuries from a stabbing Sunday evening in the east valley, Las Vegas police said.
  
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• Democratic VP candidate Kaine to make 2 Las Vegas campaign stops Monday

  22-08-2016 03:46 via reviewjournal.com
  
  In his first visit to Nevada since being named Democratic vice presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine will make two campaign stops Monday in Las Vegas — one an address to an Iron Workers convention at The Mirage and the other a public rally at Local 525 Plumbers & Pipefitters Training Center.
  
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• 51 killed at Turkish wedding by child suicide bomber

  22-08-2016 03:23 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A child suicide bomber killed at least 51 people and wounded nearly 70 others at a Kurdish wedding party near Turkey’s border with Syria.
  
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