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Funeral for former R-J columnist Kimak is Monday

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

January 13, 2013 - 2:00 am

A funeral for former Review-Journal outdoors columnist John Kimak will be 10:40 a.m. Monday in the chapel of the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City.

Kimak, an Air Force veteran, longtime Las Vegas resident and retired Chaparral High School teacher, died Wednesday after a three-year bout with leukemia. He was 77.

He wrote about fishing, hunting and wildlife issues for the Las Vegas Review-Journal from 1979 to 2003.

The veterans cemetery is located at 1900 Buchanan Blvd., in Boulder City.

Nevada Division of Forestry fire engine. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Nevada prisoners suffered burns fighting wildfire, lawsuit says

By Katelyn Newberg / RJ

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By David Wilson / RJ

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Henderson Council candidates debate sports subsidies

By Mark Credico / RJ

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Reno geothermal company threatens lawsuit over protected toad

By Taylor R. Avery / RJ

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A Reno-based geothermal company is threatening to sue the Biden administration over its decision to designate a rare toad as an endangered species last year.

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California governor rolls back drought restrictions after remarkably wet winter

Hayley Smith and Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times Tribune Content Agency

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Gavin Newsom stopped short of declaring that the drought is over, saying some parts of his drought emergency order remain important as California adapts to volatile weather patterns and the looming possibility of another long dry spell.

Lombardo pushes his safer schools bill over restorative justice

By Julie Wootton-Greener / RJ

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The event at Valley High School came the day after Gov. Joe Lombardo testified before the Assembly Committee on Education on a bill that would repeal a restorative justice law.