Board approves bonds to purchase Las Vegas charter school facilities

A state board on Tuesday approved moving forward with issuing of $32.2 million in revenue bonds to assist in financing the acquisition of charter school facilities operated by the Doral Academy of Nevada in Las Vegas.

Nevada attorney general joins coalition to defend water rights

Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt is taking the lead for a 10-state coalition of attorneys general in filing a court brief defending state governments’ ability to regulate groundwater usage.

 
LVCVA president and CEO gets 6 percent raise, 50 percent bonus

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors has unanimously approved a 6 percent raise and a 50 percent bonus for its president and CEO Rossi Ralenkotter.

Water trapped inside Ohio fair ride may have caused corrosion

KMG says excessive corrosion within a support beam wore away the steel wall’s thickness over the years, causing the catastrophic failure of the swinging and spinning Fire Ball ride.

US airlines bumping fewer passengers from flights

Following widespread outrage over a passenger who was violently dragged off an overbooked plane, U.S. airlines are bumping customers at the lowest rate in at least two decades.

Human brain can form new memories during sleep, researchers say

A sleeping brain can form fresh memories, according to a team of neuroscientists. The researchers played complex sounds to people while they were sleeping, and afterward the sleepers could recognize those sounds when they were awake.

Trump threatens North Korea with ‘fire and fury’ as tensions rise

President Donald Trump threatened North Korea “with fire and fury like the world has never seen” on Tuesday after suggestions the communist country has mastered one of the final hurdles to being able to strike the United States with a nuclear missile.

Bonds for seniors affordable housing in Las Vegas gets go-ahead

A state panel on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for the state Housing Division to issue up to $30 million in bonds for construction of a 272-unit affordable housing rental project for seniors in Las Vegas.

 
8 jurors selected in Taylor Swift groping case

Eight jurors were selected Tuesday to determine whether Taylor Swift was groped by a former radio DJ during a concert meet-and-greet or whether he was unfairly fired after being wrongfully accused by the pop star.

Owner of Naga Thai Dining blends her recipes with other chefs’

Naga Thai Dining in Henderson opened in February 2011 under the ownership of chef Supanee, a Bangkok native, and her family.

She has been in the restaurant business for 15 years and is primarily self taught, said her husband, Scott, who co-owns Naga Thai with Supanee.

David Letterman coming back to TV via Netflix

David Letterman, who said goodbye to his long-running talk show two years ago, will say hello to TV again with a new show for Netflix.

Deborah Wall: Hidden Forest trail gets cooler as you go

Hidden Forest can be the destination for a wonderful 10-mile, round-trip day hike, or for a backpack excursion up to arustic cabin in a ponderosa pine forest. Though the trailhead lies within 50 miles of Las Vegas, its 5,860-foot elevationprovides a welcome escape from the searing summers of the valley floor. It gets even cooler as you go, for the hike has anelevation gain of about 2,000 feet. The gain is spread pretty evenly through the journey, but it’s moderately strenuous evenso.

Las Vegas Valley heating up again

The Las Vegas Valley can expect warm weekdays and a possibly rainy weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

Single-vehicle crash jams southbound US 95 near Rancho

The Tuesday morning accident blocked several lanes of traffic for more than three hours before it was cleared, the Regional Transportation Commission reported.

Suspect in Las Vegas Strip shooting ID’d, remains in jail

The suspect in a shooting incident on Lsa Vegas Boulevard on Monday, 21-year-old Eliazar Torres-Cruz, was jailed Monday on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, as well as domestic battery and gun charges.

Suspect faces kidnapping charge in connection with Rio incident

A 35-year-old man is being held without bail Tuesday morning in Clark County Detention Center on charges of first-degree kidnapping, robbery and domestic battery with a deadly weapon resulting in substantial harm in connection with an incident at the Rio

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