IN BRIEF
'DACE DAY'
Moapa Valley refuge open house Saturday
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will host a "Dace Day" open house Saturday at Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge to preview a new visitors center, trail and viewing chamber.
The event, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. will mark National Wildlife Refuge Week and showcase a three-year habitat restoration effort for the endangered Moapa dace, a tiny fish that thrives in a spring-fed stream.
The refuge is located 60 miles northeast of Las Vegas on Warm Springs road, off of Highway 168.
PILOT TRAINING
Nellis aircraft takes to Lincoln County skies
Nellis Air Force Base will fly aircraft over Lincoln County next week near Caliente and Panaca to train pilots on how to support friendly troops battling militants in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The close air support exercises on Oct. 23 and Oct. 24, will simulate tracking enemy targets in an urban environment, officials said in a news release Thursday.
"Aircraft will stay at an altitude of at least 4,000 feet, will not carry live weapons and will not fly at supersonic speeds," the release states.
Base officials also announced the beginning Monday of a Red Flag air combat training session that will run through Nov. 1.
About 80 aircraft will depart Nellis twice a day with some remaining in flight for up to four hours.
POSSESSION, PARAPHERNALIA
Substitute teacher faces drug charges
A substitute teacher at Sierra Vista High School was charged Thursday with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, according Clark County School District school police.
The female teacher fell asleep in class, said Lt. Ken Young, school police spokesman. She was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia and an unauthorized prescription drug while at the campus at 8100 W. Robindale Road, near Buffalo Drive.
Police did not release the teacher's name.
RIGHT NUMBER
Cell phone callback helps nab suspect
A suspect in a robbery was arrested after he used a stolen cell phone to call a relative, and the relative later called back and instead got the victim who had transferred the number to a new phone, Reno police said Thursday.
According to police, a 68-year-old tourist was gambling at the Silver Legacy Resort on Oct. 7 when he was struck in the head and knocked to the ground by a man who took his fanny pack that contained the cell phone.
The suspect used the phone to call a family member.
When the relative tried to call back later, he instead called the victim's new phone.
The family member gave the victim the suspect's name.
Jason Scott, 34, was arrested Wednesday on charges of robbery and an enhancement for crimes against the elderly, police said.
