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Men in orange: Inmate work crews help clean graffiti
Four men clad in orange from beanies on their heads to jumpsuits down to their ankles piled out of the work truck and opened the back of the covered bed. The men pull out rollers and a bucket of tan paint. Their motive: to work covering the recently tagged walls, their unlabored breaths forming white…
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Taking charge: FASTT program provides mental health services to low-level inmates
Sheriff Ken Furlong said getting help for mental health patients was something that had been pushed aside for a long time in Carson City. Saying it was an issue that “needs to be resolved,” the sheriff and other community leaders have partnered with the state in a new program . . .
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DA files murder charges against Patrick Dunn
ELKO — Patrick Dunn told investigators he tried to dispose of the gun he used to shoot Erik Espitia during an altercation early on May 27, according to court records. The narrative of the alleged murder of Erik Espitia was filed at the Elko County Justice Court Friday afternoon, including a narrative of events according…
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Freedom Ride: Group travels across U.S. to honor veterans
ELKO — The thunder rolled into Elko Wednesday night with a police escort and roared out of town Thursday morning with honk, a smaller escort and a single salute. The Freedom Riders, on the National Veterans Awareness Ride, were treated to dinner Wednesday night at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Gasper J. Salaz Post 2350.…
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Burning Questions: course teaches how to investigate a fire
ELKO — The facts, at the outset, were few. A fire had charred the ground, although the cause was unknown. A lady was camping out of her Jeep Cherokee, hanging out right next to the burn drinking whiskey from a bottle with her small dog on a pink leash. She even managed to intimidate some…
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New law requires off-road vehicles to register
ELKO — Off-highway vehicles are ubiquitous in Nevada, from dune buggies on Sand Mountain to hunters retrieving their kills. Come July 1, Nevada residents who want to buy an off-highway vehicle, such as an all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile, will have to register it within 30 days after purchase. Residents who already own OHVs will have…
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Crushing the Future
ELKO — The Italians do a few things very well: sports cars, food, wine and flirtation. New to the list is specialty construction equipment, except, not in terms of the machines themselves, which belong to the likes of Sweden’s Volvo and Japan’s Komatsu . . .
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Jackpot JOP candidate sued for harassment
JACKPOT — An Elko County deputy, who had a temporary restraining order issued against him for two months, is being sued, along with other members of the Elko County Sheriff’s Office and Elko County. Brad Hester, who is running for justice of the peace in Jackpot, is being sued for damages stemming from alleged stalking,…
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Ely fire chars 12,047 acres, 90 percent contained
ELY — The North Schell fire, a prescribed U.S. Forest Service burn that ballooned to 12,047 acres, continued to be at 90 percent containment Friday. The fire, 20 miles northeast of Ely, is expected to be fully contained by Wednesday, according to U.S. Bureau of Land Management Public Affairs Specialist Chris Hanefeld. The Schell fire…
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Kamaludeen to serve life without parole
Kamaludeen to serve life without parole Friday, October 24, 2008 Jurors handed Mohamed Kamaludeen a life sentence without the possibility of parole Thursday after hearing testimony from Judy Calder’s family and a Canadian inspector investigating a 1993 stabbing that Kamaludeen was allegedly involved in. Kamaludeen was convicted Wednesday of murdering professor Judy Calder on Aug.…