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Dexter Louis Derscheid

Last updated Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 11:42pm

Dexter Louis Derscheid, 46, died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. A celebration of life gathering will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26 . Those interested in attending please RSVP to Sootykelly@aol.com for further details. Interment will be held in Carson City Nevada. Read the full obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Battle over big Vegas water pipeline gets hearing

Sandra Chereb The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, September 26, 2011 - 5:28pm

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A hearing scheduled to last into late fall began Monday on the Southern Nevada Water Authority's plans to pump billions of gallons of water from remote valleys along the Nevada-Utah line to quench Las Vegas' thirst.

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Guardsmen killed in Nev. shooting served in Iraq, Afghanistan

Sandra Chereb The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 1:12pm

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Dozens of 911 calls made from in and around a Nevada IHOP detail a frantic scene as witnesses describe the shooter and dispatchers tried figure out if more than one person was involved in the rampage that killed four and wounded seven.

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Police investigate the outside the scene of the shooting at an IHOP restaurant in Carson City, Nev., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. A gunman with a rifle opened fire at a International House of Pancakes restaurantkilling three people including two uniformed National Guard members and himself, and wounding six others in a hail of gunfire during the morning breakfast hour, authorities and witnesses said. (AP Photo/ The Reno Gazette Journal, David B. Parker)

5 of 9 people shot at Nev. IHOP were Guard members

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 5:17pm

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- An official says five of the nine people who were shot by a gunman at an IHOP restaurant in Nevada were members of the Nevada National Guard.

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Emergency personnel respond to a shooting at an IHOP restaurant in Carson City, Nev. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. Seven people were wounded after a gunman opened fire at the restaurant, authorities said. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison)

Nevada IHOP gunman dead after killing 3, wounding 6

Sandra Chereb The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 6:01pm

CARSON CITY, Nev. — A gunman wielding an AK-47 opened fire on a table of uniformed National Guard members at an IHOP restaurant on Tuesday in an outburst of violence that killed four people, wounded eight others and put Nevada’s capital city on high alert as the shooter unloaded his assault rifle in a bustling business district.

The shooter’s motive was unclear, but family members said he had mental issues. He had never been in the military and had no known affiliation with anyone inside the restaurant.

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