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• Some Obamacare premiums will increase 25 percent in 2017

  24-10-2016 23:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama’s health care law, and many consumers will be down to just one insurer, the administration confirmed Monday. That will stoke another “Obamacare” controversy days before a presidential election.
  
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• RJ poll shows Clinton pulling away from Trump in Nevada

  24-10-2016 22:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Democrat Hillary Clinton has a solid lead over Republican Donald Trump in Nevada as early voting is underway, according to a poll commissioned by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  
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• RJ poll shows Clinton adding to lead over Trump in Nevada

  24-10-2016 22:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Democrat Hillary Clinton has a solid lead over Republican Donald Trump in Nevada as early voting is underway, according to a poll commissioned by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  
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• Songwriters’ group sues Las Vegas bar over licensing fees

  24-10-2016 19:47 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has filed a copyright infringement suit against Adrenaline Sports Bar & Grill, accusing the venue of not paying the proper licensing fees for the public performance of copyrighted music.
  
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• Election May Be a Turning Point for Legal Marijuana

  24-10-2016 18:32
  Opinion polls point to the possibility that voters in California and four other states will legalize marijuana in what some call a vast experiment in public health.
  
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• Prison beauty school in North Las Vegas offers female inmates hope for new start

  24-10-2016 18:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  For Kimala Kimble, the opportunity to learn cosmetology skills while in prison — and its promise of a new beginning — came at the right time.
  
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• Voices: Robert Hooper | Manufacturing is key for the US and Nevada

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  October is National Manufacturing Month in the United States, which highlights the value of manufacturing to the U.S. economy including available, highly-skilled careers. The first Friday of October was National Manufacturing Day, a celebration of modern manufacturing with the hope of inspiring the next generation manufacturers. It was also a celebration in Nevada of the Western Manufacturing Alliance (WMA) launch. This new alliance seeks to help manufacturers throughout the Western U.S. to be
  
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• Voices: Bill O’Driscoll | Post-recession economic engine humming ahead

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  The recession is fading fast in the Reno-Sparks rearview mirror, at least in key data points that reflect a potential prolonged wave of prosperity for the region.Headlines have already proclaimed new flights to such coveted markets as New York City, new gaming operators such as Station Casinos coming to town, and a new lease on life set for the rubble that was Park Lane Mall.Now comes hard proof to back it all up: Unemployment, whose needle once soared to nearly 14 percent, has, as of August, p
  
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• USDA grants $1.3 million for telehealth and education in Nevada

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week it will provide more than $1.3 million to fund three telecommunications projects for improved technology systems to support distance education and telemedicine in Nevada. Forty-six education sites at elementary, middle and high schools, community colleges, Cooperative Extension Service Centers, and Nevada Youth Training Centers will access improved technology and more advanced educational curricula, and 21 additional health care sites will
  
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• Tourism director in Carson City to tout Raiders stadium

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  Nevada Tourism Director Claudia Vecchio says she thinks the approval of the stadium and Clark County convention center bonding will be a game changer for tourism.“I think our entire world has changed in a good way,” she told the Nevada Business Connections monthly breakfast at the Gold Dust West Oct. 19.Increased tourism from those projects will increase lodging tax revenues that fund the state’s tourism budget, enabling her to expand efforts that now focus on marketing Nevada
  
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• The region’s best were honored at the 5th Annual EDAWN Existing Industry Awards

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN) celebrated the contributions and successes of exiting companies in the Greater Reno-Sparks area at the 5th Annual EDAWN Existing Industry Awards. Clear Capital, a Reno-based company that provides valuations, data analytics and technology solutions for the real estate industry, was presented with the 2016 Large Company of the Year award.Kevin Marshall, president of Clear Capital, who moved his company from Truckee a few years ago, was
  
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• Sacramento Kings acquire controlling interest in Reno Bighorns

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  The NBA Development League and the Sacramento Kings announced that the team has acquired a controlling interest in the D-League’s Reno Bighorns. With the purchase, the Kings become the 15th NBA team to own and operate its NBA D-League affiliate. “With today’s purchase, half of NBA teams now own and operate their NBA D-League affiliate — an important milestone that proves how essential developing top young NBA talent has become,” said NBA D-League President Malcolm
  
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• Reno’s Southgate Coins closes shop after 16 years

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  After 16 years of doing business in northern Nevada, October 31 will mark the final day of operation for Southgate Coins at their South Virginia Street location. Rusty and Marie Goe, owners and operators of Southgate Coins had not planned to close their coin store so abruptly, but they are accepting the change.The Goes plan to maintain the Southgate Coins website moving forward.“We still have our website,” Rusty said. “We have an extensive list of clients we will still work wi
  
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• Reno marketing firm, KPS3, celebrates 25 years of adapting to change

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  Marketing is about adaptation. It’s about defining a strategy and making that strategy work for a specific audience in a specific arena. The way experienced marketers hit that target often requires shifting strategies at a moment’s notice. It’s this ability to intelligently adapt that Stephanie Kruse, founder of KPS3, a full-service marketing, communications and digital agency, attributes to her firm’s 25 years of success.“KPS3 has managed to remain malleable where
  
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• NonProfit Spotlight | Leadership in charitable corporations

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  In every industry there are watchdogs, trade associations, and usually also local peer groups we can interact with and learn from. The Community Foundation of Western Nevada serves many of those roles for charitable corporations in our region. Although we have much in common because we are all qualified charitable nonprofits, each of us is different from each other because our products are our mission, and each charity has a unique mission to achieve. It is that mission that is usually what sep
  
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• Nonprofit Spotlight | Highlighting businesses and their giving

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  Moana Nursery and American Cancer Society Moana Nursery donated more than $8,000 to the American Cancer Society to support breast cancer research on Oct. 20. Moana Nursery raised the donation as part of the Real Men Wear Pink campaign. Bruce Gescheider, Moana’s president, along with other leaders throughout the community, helped lead the campaign.In addition to Gescheider’s participation in the campaign, all three Moana Nursery stores – and teammates as well as Moana’s L
  
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• Nonprofit Spotlight | CASA provides better outcomes for children in foster care

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  Each year, more than 600,000 children experience foster care in this country. The child welfare system is overburdened, struggling to meet the needs of children in foster care. CASA, which stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates, is a community-driven solution to help kids through that overburdened system, and to help them find permanent, safe and stable homes. CASA began in 1977 when a Seattle juvenile court judge became concerned about making decisions on children’s cases with
  
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• National judicial organization in downtown Reno

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) is the nation’s oldest and one of the largest judicial membership organizations. The Reno-headquartered, non-profit provides resources, support and training to aid in the continuing education of judges and other juvenile and family court professionals across the United States. While the NCJFCJ is nationally recognized as a leader in providing juvenile and family court judicial education, many are not aware that they are bas
  
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• Locally owned dispensary, Mynt, broke ground in downtown Reno

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  An abundance of ‘thank yous’ to community members, those involved in the project, friends and family was certainly the theme of the Mynt Cannabis Dispensary groundbreaking event on October 13. Prior to several of Mynt’s investors purchasing the location in June, the downtown corner lot at 132 East Second Street had been vacant for over 10 years. The project has been in development for about two years and became fast tracked in March. Mynt’s Clint Cates cited their licens
  
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• How does an election affect the real estate market?

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  Oy! An election year. As commercial real estate brokers, every four years we experience an odd phenomenon where the market first slows, and then crawls, and then stops ... and then jumps and starts, all inexplicably, until we realize it’s a presidential election year, and people are just plain scared. As scary as the upcoming election may be, how does it fit into forecasting the future market? There are some preconceived notions about presidents from one party having a better track record
  
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• Deceuninck held its grand opening of their $22.5 million plant in Fernley.

  24-10-2016 16:03
  
  The leader in vinyl and fiberglass door and window manufacturing in the East is opening up its first western plant in Fernley.Deceuninck North America (DNA) celebrated its grand opening of the 150,000-square-foot, $22.5 million plant Saturday, Oct. 22.That’s just the beginning.Filip Geeraert, CEO of DNA, said the building is designed to expand.“We can at least triple it depending on how fast we grow,” he said in a phone interview with the NNBW before the grand opening. “
  
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• More than 1,100 lose power in North Las Vegas

  24-10-2016 15:38 via reviewjournal.com
  
  More than 1,100 customers are without power in North Las Vegas early Monday morning.
  
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• Crash snarls commute through Spaghetti Bowl

  24-10-2016 15:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A crash on northbound Interstate 15 at the U.S. 95 interchange is slowing traffic for morning commuters.
  
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• 1 person dies in Spaghetti Bowl crash Monday morning

  24-10-2016 15:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man died Monday morning after crashing his pickup into another truck on southbound Interstate 15 near Charleston Boulevard, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
  
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• 1 person dies in Spaghetti Bowl crash; all I-15 lanes reopened after semi crash

  24-10-2016 15:14 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A man died Monday morning after crashing his pickup into another truck on southbound Interstate 15 near Charleston Boulevard, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Details emerge from deadly tour bus crash that killed 13 in California

  24-10-2016 13:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The gambling jaunt ended in one of the deadliest wrecks in California history with 13 people killed and 31 others injured.
  
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• Figure skater-commentator Scott Hamilton has 3rd brain tumor

  24-10-2016 13:02 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Olympic figure skating champion and commentator Scott Hamilton has been diagnosed with a third brain tumor.
  
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• Chase of car-theft suspects ends inside casino parking garage

  24-10-2016 12:00 via reviewjournal.com
  
  No shots were fired, but Nevada Highway Patrol troopers pointed their guns after cornering car-theft suspects in a northwest Las Vegas casino parking garage Monday morning.
  
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• AT&T-Time Warner deal faces scrutiny from all sides

  24-10-2016 10:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  T&T’s $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner represents a new bet on synergy between companies that distribute information and entertainment to consumers and those that produce it.
  
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• Tom Hayden, counterculture rebel and former husband of Jane Fonda, dies

  24-10-2016 08:59 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Famed ’60s anti-war activist Tom Hayden, whose name became forever linked with the celebrated Chicago 8 trial, Vietnam War protests and his ex-wife actress Jane Fonda, has died. He was 76.
  
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• Las Vegas traffic hub helps secure safe path for Clinton and Trump motorcades

  24-10-2016 08:42 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Huddled within the Las Vegas region’s traffic nerve center, a team of 10 people monitored cars lined up along sections of Interstate 15, the 215 Beltway and surrounding streets that were closed to clear a secure path for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
  
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• Bristlecone pines untroubled by tree-killing beetle invasion, study shows

  24-10-2016 08:37 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A new study of ancient bristlecone pine trees, including some specimens high on Mount Charleston, shows they are highly resistant to damage from mountain pine beetles, which have killed millions of other pine trees across the West as the climate has warmed over in the past decade.
  
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• CCSD schools want to rise above Nevada’s underperforming label

  24-10-2016 08:25 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Desert Pines High School is one of 21 in the Clark County School District that the state considers underperforming. That makes it eligible for conversion to a charter school, through the new initiative known as the Achievement School District.
  
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• Hope grows for opponents of Blue Diamond Hill development proposal

  24-10-2016 08:09 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Opponents of a plan to build thousands of homes atop Blue Diamond Hill have renewed hope that the Clark County Commission will block the proposed development at its Dec. 7 meeting.
  
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• Civil War buffs from around West relive history at Spring Mountain Ranch

  24-10-2016 07:56 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Civil War reenactors from Nevada and several surrounding states demonstrated Saturday and Sunday at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park that soldiers fighting battles between the North and South didn’t have it easy.
  
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• Eight people displaced in central Las Vegas apartment fire

  24-10-2016 07:11 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Clark County firefighters responded to an apartment fire at 2637 Red Rock St., near Jones Boulevard and Sahara Avenue, at 8:10 p.m. Sunday. No one was injured, but an animal died in the fire.
  
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• Coroner identifies moped rider killed in Friday crash near the Rio

  24-10-2016 06:24 via reviewjournal.com
  
  A moped rider who died in a Friday morning crash near the Rio has been identified.
  
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• Feds want expanded review of drilling in New Mexico’s Chaco region

  24-10-2016 06:13 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The federal government is planning an expanded review of public lands management in northwestern New Mexico to address concerns about oil and gas development surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
  
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• Anne Holton, wife of Tim Kaine, coming to Las Vegas for Democratic rally

  24-10-2016 06:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Anne Holton, the wife of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, will campaign in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
  
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• Anne Holton, wife of Tim Kaine, coming to Las Vegas for Democratic event

  24-10-2016 06:03 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Anne Holton, the wife of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, will campaign in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
  
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