This year's municipal primary season never evolved into an edge-of-your-seat nail-biter, as most incumbents faced only minor opposition.


LOSS OF A SON: 'God takes one and leaves another'

KINGMAN, Ariz. -- After learning of her son's death in Iraq, Carol Howland now looks forward to the birth of her son's first child to ease her anguish.

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Son's slaying doubles tragedy for family
It has been 17 years since his wife's death, and Malcolm Richards has yet to see her killer punished.

TUESDAY VOTE: Incumbents have edge in primary
This year's municipal primary season never evolved into an edge-of-your-seat nail-biter, as most incumbents faced only minor opposition.

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Unscientific query of voters reveals good vibes for Goodman
A query of seven voters leaving the early voting site at Meadows Mall at lunchtime last week doesn't constitute a "scientific" poll, but their answers to who they voted for and why were still interesting.

NEON MONDAY: Take time out for a few laughs
Andres Fernandez, a comic with a slight background as a soap opera actor, headlines at the Comedy Stop at the Tropicana tonight.

Recreation, spirituality clash in Northern Nevada
RENO -- A long time ago, a giant serpent left the Walker River and burrowed into the land, according to the lore of the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe.

Court dismisses ex-UNLV officer's lawsuit
A federal appeals court last month tossed out a defamation lawsuit in which a former UNLV police officer sought damages from university President Carol Harter because she scolded him as a bigot in front of fellow officers.

Schools keep eye on weather
A terrorist attack involving chemical or biological agents takes place locally. A chemical spill or industrial accident sends contaminants into the atmosphere.

Legislative deadline for votes on bills looms
CARSON CITY -- Nevada's legislative committees will have heavy voting schedules starting today as the 10th week of the 2003 session opens and a deadline for their votes on bills nears.

Deaths
Gertrude Adamson Gertrude Adamson, 53, died March 31 in a local hospital. She was born Sept. 16, 1949, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

REVIEW: Sigur Ros an enchanted mystery
When Jonsi Por Birgisson scrunches up his face to sing, shadows fill his eye sockets, and what's left of his lighted face appears to be dangerously angular; he looks madder than the Mad Hatter, more damaged than a broken heart.

LOSS OF A SON: 'God takes one and leaves another'
KINGMAN, Ariz. -- After learning of her son's death in Iraq, Carol Howland now looks forward to the birth of her son's first child to ease her anguish.

Hundreds turn out for Sparks pro-troops rally
SPARKS -- Hundreds of people, many waving American flags, packed a downtown amphitheater Sunday for a "Support Our Troops" rally.

Parents demand schools provide free bottled water
FALLON -- A petition drive to gather support for a plan to provide arsenic-free drinking water to Fallon schoolchildren has drawn overwhelming support, organizers said Sunday.

COLUMN: Norm!
"Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum" is out; chic is in at Treasure Island. That major makeover planned for the hotel's 10th anniversary celebration this fall will include a bit of a name change.

In Brief
LAS VEGAS Man shot, killed while holding conversation A man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon at an apartment complex, Las Vegas police said.

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