Christian Daniels, 15, started the Desert Balloon Project to protect desert tortoises. Most weekends, you’ll find him taking long hikes to collect wayward Mylar balloons.
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A man who was killed in a two-vehicle crash Friday afternoon has been identified.
A 23-year-old man faces two counts of DUI resulting in death in connection to the crash.
According to a news release Monday from the U.S. Justice Department, Oganes Berberyan, 63, and Valentina Zemlyak, 63, evaded taxes on more than $1.1 million in income.
Kathy Blanco, 30, died from stab wounds to the neck, according to the Clark County coroner’s office, which has ruled her death a homicide.
The DEA will be collecting tab tablets, capsules, patches, and other solid forms of prescription drugs. Liquids, syringes and illegal drugs will not be accepted.
Officers were called to a mobile home park Monday after they recieved a report of a female dead at a residence, according to Las Vegas police.
The Nevada National Guard, the Clark County Fire Department, the Las Vegas Fire Rescue bomb unit and the FBI will participate in an emergency response exercise this week in Las Vegas.
The Thunderbirds returned to Nellis Air Force Base from the Cocoa Beach Air Show in Florida, according to a statement from the squadron.
He took his sweet time, but Mojave Max finally emerged Thursday from his brumation, signaling the official start of spring in the Las Vegas Valley.
A long line of people extended far outside the Cashman Center vaccine center, but a spokesman said the suspension of the Johnson & Johnson product was not responsible.
“There have only been 3 other times on record that I have emerged after April 12!” the famed desert tortoise tweeted on Monday.
Destiny Jackson died of multiple blunt force injuries, the Clark County Coroner’s Office said Monday. Her death was ruled an accident.
The case has been closed, and no charges will be filed, a Metropolitan Police Department spokesman said Friday.
A fire Sunday evening in a Walmart Supercenter in Las Vegas that forced employees and customers to evacuate is believed to have been set by an arsonist, investigators say.
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