Dinora Montoya, left, and her 12-year-old daughter, Susana, made nearly identical trips through El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico to the United States. Photo by John Locher.
Dinora Montoya was desperate, and so she did a desperate thing: She fled her home, leaving her 2-year-old daughter behind, and made a treacherous, illegal journey to the United States.
It's an anomaly amid the flourishing urbanization around the old part of Henderson: 2,200 acres of vacant real estate that looks every bit as tempting as the poisoned apple that nearly did in Snow White.
NEWS DIGEST
'MANHATTANIZATION' OF LAS VEGAS
A mountain of litigation is rising along with the many planned high-rise condominium tower projects that are reshaping Las Vegas' skyline.
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
SAYING THE MOTORIST WAS DRIVING ERRATICALLY, school police chased a Mazda sedan through the parking lot of Palo Verde High School.
ROAD WARRIOR: Boulder City bracing for bypass blues
If you're mulling a Memorial Day weekend hop to Arizona, you might already know the drill: get behind an endless string of cars slowly creeping over the Hoover Dam along U.
Robot vehicle makers gear for race across Mojave
SILVER SPRINGS -- An unmanned 1986 Humvee was the best performer in last year's first-ever robot vehicle race across California's Mojave Desert, but completed only 7 1/2 miles of a 142-mile course.
THIS WEEK
Monday The Metropolitan Police Department Fiscal Affairs Committee meets at 8 a.m. in commission chambers of the Clark County Government Center, 500 S.
CENTENNIAL EVENTS
Today The Helldorado Shootout Trap Shooting Tournament will be at the Las Vegas Gun Club, 3440 Arville St.
2,200-ACRE PARCEL: Polluted site eyed for homes
It's an anomaly amid the flourishing urbanization around the old part of Henderson: 2,200 acres of vacant real estate that looks every bit as tempting as the poisoned apple that nearly did in Snow White.
Low turnout spurs bill for city election shift
With early voting under way for the June 7 general elections, many Clark County municipalities are bracing for what could be the lowest turnout in years.
WEEK IN REVIEW: Poll shows taxpayers want schools, surplus
There was money to fund per-pupil spending to the national average and enough left over for a generous taxpayer rebate -- at least there was in the world of public opinion revealed in a poll addressing a series of issues last week.
About 100 protest being disenrolled by tribes
TEMECULA, Calif. -- More than 100 American Indians ousted from their casino-owning tribes joined hands Saturday to protest what they called the growing problem of money grabs by tribal leaders through disenrollment.
NORM: 'Las Vegas' wraps season in style
In Las Vegas, it's all about the big finish. The same goes for NBC's "Las Vegas," which wraps up another season Monday, with help from Mayor Oscar Goodman, Gladys Knight, John Elway and Jon Bon Jovi.
NEON MONDAY: Cole Porter show at CCSN
Cole Porter's great songs unfold with narration about his life when the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society presents "Cole Porter on Broadway" at 3 p.
CORRECTIONS
An item in the Almanac in Saturday's Review-Journal contained an error. The remains of the nuclear-powered U.
