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Witnesses continue to come forward with differing accounts of a police shooting in front of a Summerlin Costco store that left an armed customer dead.

Erik Scott was shot and killed by three Las Vegas police officers who were called to a disturbance at the crowded store.

Police said they have spoken to 40 witnesses, more than a dozen of whom said they saw Scott pull out a handgun, one of two permitted firearms he carried.

The Review-Journal has interviewed seven witnesses. Three said Scott drew the gun, but none said they saw him point it at officers.

Three people have been killed in officer-involved shootings across the valley since June 11.

At a news conference on Friday, Sheriff Doug Gillespie called on the public to be patient and allow the shootings to be investigated thoroughly.

Monday

Fire at the Village

A nonprofit group that provides jobs and training to mentally disabled people is looking for new retail space after its downtown thrift store was destroyed by a fire.

The Sunday blaze gutted the Opportunity Village Thrift Store, a fixture on Main Street and Coolidge Avenue for a half-century.

Insurance is expected to cover the damage, and the store's 40 disabled employees will work temporary jobs at the group's three campuses.

Tuesday

Big boost, tiny county

Expansion plans at the nation's only lithium mine, in tiny Silver Peak, is expected to bring some much needed jobs to the state's least populous county. The mining operation in Esmeralda County is expanding and adding a geothermal power plant with the help of a $28.4 million federal stimulus grant.

Wednesday

Green for green power

It's costing a bundle for local power utility NV Energy to comply with a state law that requires it to buy green energy.

New filings from the company show that it plans to pay 8.6 cents to 13.5 cents per kilowatt hour to buy electricity from seven renewable-power projects.

That price runs two to four times higher than the roughly 4 cents per kilowatt hour the utility paid over the past 18 months for wholesale power, most of which came from natural-gas generation.

Thursday

Poll puts Reid in front

A new Review-Journal/KLAS-TV poll shows U.S. Sen. Harry Reid with a strong lead over Republican opponent Sharron Angle after a TV and radio ad campaign that portrays the Tea Party favorite as "too extreme."

The poll showed that if the general election were held now, Reid would win 44 percent to 37 percent for Angle.

Friday

Poll puts Reid behind

Republican Brian Sandoval maintains a double-digit lead over Democrat Rory Reid in the race for governor, but the gap between them has narrowed slightly, according to a new Review-Journal/KLAS-TV poll.

Sandoval is ahead 47 percent to 36 percent in the poll of 625 likely voters. He held a 14 percentage-point lead over Sen. Harry Reid's son in a similar poll in early June.