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Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 23, 2018
One person was critically injured Sunday morning after a crash involving four vehicles in the eastern Las Vegas Valley. The crash happened shortly before 7 a.m. near the intersection of East Charleston and South Lamb boulevards. The injured person, who was thrown from their vehicle after the impact,Ãâà...
Longview News-Journal
April 23, 2018
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — What a great introduction to Las Vegas! It was a long flight from South Carolina, but the weather couldn't have been better and I really enjoyed every minute of it. Driving from the airport to the strip, I was flattered to see on the side of hotels and on billboards giant welcome signs withÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 23, 2018
Ten officers with North Las Vegas will ride alongside Jessica Parque. Twenty-six other local law enforcement officials will be there too, including 20 Metropolitan Police Department officers and detectives. “It's a big team effort,” Metro detective Rachel Calderon said. “It's not a race. The whole point isÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 23, 2018
Military veteran Ed Wiesing at his Las Vegas home, Thursday, April 12, 2018. Wiesing underwent a surgical procedure last year that left him paralyzed from his legs. The veteran support group Guns to Hammers is helping remodel Wiesing's bathroom to make it more wheelchair accessible. Erik VerduzcoÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 23, 2018
Cassie Catania-Hsu was a UNLV student during the real estate bubble and, like so many others in town, decided to sell houses. She was just 21, but how hard could it be? Not very. She'd pick up buyers at the airport, drive them around to find houses and drop them back off the same day to fly out.
FOX5 Las Vegas
April 23, 2018
On Sunday, kidney transplant recipients had a memorable reunion with their donors thanks to medical officials from the University Medical Center in the central Las Vegas Valley. During the reunion, donors like Karen Gerard reflected on their gifts of life. “Doesn't matter of its one hour, 20 years, 30 years,”Ãâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 23, 2018
A national chain of nonprofit treatment centers is threatening to close its only remaining clinic for drug addicts and the mentally ill in Las Vegas by the end of May amid a funding dispute with state and Southern Nevada governments and hospitals. If that happens, one expert warns, jails, hospitals and theÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 23, 2018
Civil rights leader U.S. Rep. John Lewis has spent much of his lifetime fighting for racial equality and human rights, but the 78-year-old icon stopped in Las Vegas on Sunday with a new mission to support education for the next generation. The Georgia Democrat, who was beaten with batons, trampled byÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 23, 2018
Home Builders Research President Andrew Smith and founder Dennis Smith wrote that the first quarter was the best in a decade for closings and permits, as Las Vegas' “buying frenzy” produced more than 1,000 of each during the same month for the first time since 2007. Moreover, prices will likely keepÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 3, 2018
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 3, 2018
It's one of Las Vegas' most famous homes and one shrouded in mystery that few people have ever seen. It's not the home of a celebrity or athlete that you can see on a bus tour or simply by driving by the address. That's because the home was built as a bomb shelter and is under the ground. The famousÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 3, 2018
MLK statue in North Las Vegas attracts rallies, vigils ... Lawrence Weekly in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. statue, near the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Carey Avenue in North Las Vegas, on Monday, March 26, 2018. (Andrea Cornejo/Las Vegas Review-Journal @DreaCornejo).
KTNV Las Vegas
April 3, 2018
Bad news at the pump. Las Vegas gas prices have hit $3 for the first time in more than 2 years. Contact 13's Tricia Kean is looking at some ways you can save the next time you fill up the tank. The fastest way to save when you're getting gas is to join any rewards program. Many grocery stores make it easy.
News3LV
April 3, 2018
The incident was reported just after 5 a.m., according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police. The initial investigation indicates the victim, identified as a man in his 50s, was walking with his girlfriend in the area of Bridger Avenue and Casino Center Boulevard. The girlfriend's father approached them and stabbed the man.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 3, 2018
Las Vegas Valley gas prices on Monday also hit an average of $3 per gallon, but those aren't the highest in the Silver State. In Sparks, a gallon of unleaded gas cost $3.19 on average, followed by $3.13 in Reno, according to AAA. Expect gas prices to soar like the summertime temperatures as vacationersÃâà...
KTNV Las Vegas
April 3, 2018
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - Does Clark County need more marijuana dispensaries? That's a question being posed by Clark County Commissioner Susan Brager. "I don't think we need more medical anywhere. I don't think we need more recreational," Brager said. The topic is being discussed by countyÃâà...
Travel+Leisure
April 2, 2018
The billionaire behind the Virgin Group announced last week that his company has purchased the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and will transform the building into a Virgin Hotel. The hotel will continue to operate as the Hard Rock until rebranding into “Virgin Hotels Las Vegas” is complete in late fall 2019.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 30, 2018
Las Vegas police accuse Nicholas Raphael Bruels, 52, of calling Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, four times March 21 to threaten the resort, the report said. He called the hotel switchboard and “cussed” out the operator about his reservation and threatened to burn down the hotel, the report said.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 30, 2018
The Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office is holding a public comment period on a proposal to lease roughly three acres of public land to the city of Las Vegas for a park. The land is adjacent to Wayne Bunker Park on Constantinople Avenue, between Buffalo Drive and Tenaya Way in theÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 30, 2018
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority executives, directors and contractors responded to a Review-Journal investigation last year by downplaying questions about agency spending and the independence of its board and by planning aggressive damage control. A consultant hired by the agencyÃâà...
KTNV Las Vegas
March 30, 2018
Around 9:14 p.m. on March 29, North Las Vegas Police Department officers arrived at the scene of a crash involving a vehicle and a female pedestrian on North Las Vegas Boulevard and McCarran Street. The 43-year-old woman hit by the car was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver of the vehicleÃâà...
Las Vegas Sun
March 30, 2018
Why do we debate whether Nevada should accept nuclear waste from sites all over the United States? Can we look at this debate in a different light? These “spent fuel rods” actually contain approximately 95 percent of the uranium they started with; only 3 to 5 percent has been used. Why would we bury 95Ãâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 30, 2018
Anticipating another large crowd, the State Department of Education added a second Las Vegas location for a public hearing Friday on its proposed gender diverse regulation. The Department of Education's board room on Maryland Parkway will be open for the 11 a.m. meeting, as will the auditorium atÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 30, 2018
Four people were hospitalized Friday morning after a head-on crash in central Las Vegas. The injuries are not life-threatening, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Timothy Hatchett. Las Vegas police are investigating the crash that was reported at 5:03 a.m. They say the driver of aÃâà...
CBS News
March 30, 2018
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- Three Las Vegas teenagers on spring break have died in a fiery crash in Southern California after their car was hit by a suspected drunken driver. Authorities said the teens were stopped at a red light on Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach around 1 a.m. ThursdayÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 30, 2018
Two communities more than 290 miles apart are mourning the deaths of three Las Vegas teens who were killed in a fiery crash early Thursday in Southern California. The deadly crash happened shortly before 1:10 a.m. Thursday on the Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, California. Police saidÃâà...
GreenState
March 30, 2018
As far as legal cannabis goes, Las Vegas straddles miracle and mirage. Sin City has blossomed into a vertically integrated capital of cultivation, processing, manufacturing and retailing packaged for the masses amid glitz, glam and government regulations as keenly choreographed as Cirque du Soleil.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 16, 2018
Words will flow like — well, feel free to choose your own literary metaphor — when 60 Southern Nevada wordsmiths gather Saturday at Paseo Verde Library for Henderson Libraries' fifth annual Local Author Showcase. The free, all-day event will give readers the chance to meet, talk with, buy books fromÃâà...
CBS Las Vegas
March 16, 2018
LAS VEGAS (KXNT) – The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) will reduce north bound U.S. Highway 95 to two through lanes at the Elkhorn Road structure from 9 p.m., March 19, through December. South bound U.S. Highway 95 will also be reduced to two through lanes at the Elkhorn RoadÃâà...
Las Vegas Sun
March 16, 2018
Vegas Golden Knights right wing James Neal (18) congratulates Vegas Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (29) after the Knights home opener Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, at the T-Mobile Arena. The Knights won 5-2 to extend their winning streak to 3-0. By Jesse Granger (contact). Published FridayÃâà...
News3LV
March 16, 2018
Police officers were trying to get someone out of the attic of a vacant Las Vegas grocery store Friday. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers got a report just before 10 a.m. Friday, March 16, that a man was stuck in the attic of a shopping center near Craig and Rancho. A maintenance worker on site said aÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 16, 2018
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Food & Wine
March 16, 2018
However, for the restaurant's second outpost in Las Vegas, which opened three years ago, the growing brand decided on a unique twist for their drinks menu: Almost the entire draft selection – 14 of the 15 total lines – consists of beer produced in Nevada, a rarity for a state not known as much of a beerÃâà...
Las Vegas Weekly (blog)
March 16, 2018
Your votes in our 2018 Chicken Wing Bracket have been counted, and our field of 32 has been cut in half. You know it's a tough tournament when local favorites like Johnny Mac's, Soyo and Sunny's are gone after one round. And judging from the quality of the remaining spots, it won't get any easier.
National Geographic
March 14, 2018
About 10 miles south of Las Vegas, Seven Magic Mountains, an outdoor, public art installation, seems to arise from nowhere. In 2016, Swiss multimedia artist Ugo Rondinone stacked seven rainbow-colored towers of boulders, 30 feet in height. The stones are painted in DayGlo, which he chose as the mostÃâà...
KTNV Las Vegas
March 8, 2018
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - Las Vegas could soon be home to a world-class zoo. A group appears to be putting together a plan right now to bring nearly 1,000 wild animals to the valley. According the the Zoological Society's website, they want to build a park that will be home to over 900 animals, and spreadÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 8, 2018
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 8, 2018
Ryan Payne, left, Jeanette Finicum, widow of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, Ryan Bundy, Angela Bundy, wife of Ryan Bundy, and Jamie Bundy, daughter of Ryan Bundy, walk out of a federal courthouse in Las Vegas, Dec. 20, 2017. Ryan Bundy, the eldest son Cliven Bundy, said Thursday, March 8, 2018, he'llÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 8, 2018
Residents in the Northeast woke up to a blanket of snow Thursday morning, but the Las Vegas Valley will continue to see highs in the 70s through the weekend. Thursday's forecast has a high of 71 degrees with light winds through Friday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. The forecastÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 8, 2018
Prosecutors say a man who idolized the Route 91 Harvest festival gunman told members of a Las Vegas church last month that he was planning “something big.” The man, 23-year-old Calin Hodges, was indicted Wednesday on a terrorism charge. But Hodges' lawyer, Malcolm LaVergne, told the LasÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 8, 2018
Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto. By Gary ... WASHINGTON — Gary Schofield, a retired Las Vegas police deputy chief, was confirmed by the Senate to be U.S. Marshal for the District of Nevada. Schofield ... “He has served the city of Las Vegas — and our country — well.”.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 8, 2018
A cybersecurity company will consolidate its West Coast operations into the former Holsum bread factory in downtown Las Vegas. The company, NS8, will staff at least 30 people at the building near Charleston and Martin Luther King boulevards, CEO Adam Rogas said. “We expect to be fully operational inÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 8, 2018
Dogs currently in the shelter population are being vaccinated for the H3N2 strain of the Canine Influenza Virus (CIV). All new dogs six weeks of age or older will be vaccinated immediately after arrival at the shelter, the Animal Foundation said. Dogs that remain at the shelter for longer than two weeks willÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 8, 2018
It was also not immediately clear how many sites, including downtown Las Vegas, local governments proposed to Amazon. The agencies behind the effort to recruit Amazon include Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, Governor's Office of Economic Development, Clark County and cities of Las Vegas,Ãâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 6, 2018
Former Las Vegas police detective Gordon Martines announced his candidacy for Clark County sheriff over the weekend. Martines, who was employed by the Metropolitan Police Department for more than two decades, is the third candidate to announce a run for sheriff, joining incumbent Joe LombardoÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 6, 2018
Everything Michael Gaytan and his mother, Cristina, owned was piled up in front of their unit at Las Haciendas Apartments on Las Vegas Boulevard North. Along with everyone else in the 25-unit apartment community, they were told at 5 p.m. Friday that they were being evicted from their one-bedroomÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 6, 2018
Nevada Department of Transportation tests a new Active Traffic Management sign on southbound U.S. Highway 95 near Valley View Boulevard approaching the Spaghetti Bowl in Las Vegas Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2018. The first six full-color digital signs will go online Tuesday. By the end of 2019, 42 ofÃâà...
WLWT Cincinnati
March 6, 2018
Ragne Domaas, of Norway, makes a heart symbol with her hands as her friend takes a photo Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, at Las Vegas' famous sign near a makeshift memorial for victims of a mass shooting in Las Vegas. Stephen Paddock opened fire on an outdoor music concert on Sunday killing dozens andÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 6, 2018
The Las Vegas Valley is a hodgepodge when it comes to ability to make and complete a cellphone call. Larger clusters of places where it's difficult to make, take and complete cellphone conversations exist along the 215 Beltway. Clusters exist near the beltway's intersections with U.S. Route 95, SummerlinÃâà...
Condé Nast Traveler
March 6, 2018
Opium at The Cosmopolitan...It's not what it sounds like. On March 13, the hotel will debut a new experience from Spiegelworld (the creators of Absinthe), called Opium. The website promises comedy, live funk music, and "space travel"—basically, it's about as Vegas as it gets. You can buy your tickets here.
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