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ROAD WARRIOR ALERT: Arizona I-15 project winds down for winter

November 2, 2012 - 12:46 pm

The repaving of a 16-mile segment of Interstate 15 in northwestern Arizona is nearing its final stages for the winter, the Arizona Department of Transportation said. Road crews will remove traffic restrictions, and work will cease Wednesday.

The agency will return in late March to apply the top layer of asphalt. The final stage of the $11.6 million project between the Virgin River Gorge and the Utah state line will take about one month to complete.

Crews will work this weekend to lay down the first two layers of pavement, requiring a single lane restriction in both directions.

Daniel Rodimer, a former congressional candidate and pro wrestler, leaves the courtroom after h ...

Grand jury indicts ex-congressional candidate on murder charge, documents show

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

April 26, 2024 - 9:11 pm

A Former Nevada congressional candidate was indicted on a murder charge in connection to the death of an Idaho man in a Strip resort room in the fall.

Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar, left, chats with Phillip Davis, a veteran of the U ...

‘There’s a need’: Nevada recruits veterans to work as poll workers

By Jessica Hill / RJ

April 26, 2024 - 5:24 pm

Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar is partnering with a national advocacy group to encourage veterans to serve as poll workers in the 2024 elections.

Demolition work continues on the Tropicana hotel-casino as a crew removes concrete and pavement ...

Tropicana was profitable right up until it closed, landowner says

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

April 26, 2024 - 1:01 pm

Executives with Tropicana landlord Gaming & Leisure Properties Inc. said the Las Vegas Strip resort closed April 2 as part of the A’s ballpark construction timeline.

A student protester against the war in Gaza walks past tents and banners in an encampment in Ha ...

Campuses across US wrestle with how to address protests

By Noreen Nasir, Aaron Morrison and Nick Perry The Associated Press

April 26, 2024 - 6:14 pm

Protesters at universities across the country are demanding schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling the conflict.

Students block the Sciences Po university Friday, April 26, 2024 in Paris. Students at the pres ...

Paris students block university building in pro-Palestinian protest

By Jeffrey Schaffer and Barbara Surk The Associated Press

April 26, 2024 - 12:24 pm

The protest, which prompted the university to move classes online, was inspired by pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the United States.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in ...

U.S. says it’s reviewing new information about Israeli unit accused of abuses before the war in Gaza

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Farnoush Amiri and Matthew Lee The Associated Press

April 26, 2024 - 12:20 pm

The U.S. has determined that an Israeli military unit committed gross human-rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank before the war in Gaza began.

Thousands of Houthi supporters take part at a rally against the U.S. and Israel and to support ...

Ship in Red Sea damaged; missiles from Houthi terrorists suspected

By Jon Gambrell The Associated Press

April 26, 2024 - 12:17 pm

The attack follows an uptick in assaults launched by the Houthis in recent days after a relative lull in their monthslong campaign over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.