The usual happenings in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area carried on Saturday despite a partial government shutdown now expected to drag into Christmas.
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Olympic swimming prospect Zane Grothe returned Saturday to Henderson to host two swim clinics alongside Boulder City-Henderson Heatwave coach Mike Polk, his mentor and former coach.
The pursuit, captured on camera by documentary series Live PD, unfolded with the sound of breaking glass coming from inside the hotel room, which sent the deputies sprinting back to the parking lot.
More than 500 bicyclists got a chance to inaugurate the newest segment of I-11, pedaling over roughly 25 miles Saturday morning from Boulder City’s Veterans’ Memorial Park toward the Colorado River and back.
The fire in Trout Canyon , between Pahrump and Mountain Springs, north of state Route 160, was reported about 2:35 p.m. Saturday. U.S. Forest Service officials confirmed in a tweet at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday that the fire was fully contained and had burned 30.6 acres.
North Las Vegas and Henderson police departments were not fully outfitted with body-worn cameras before July 1, the day a statewide law took effect requiring law enforcement agencies to equip uniformed officers with portable recording devices.
A 17-year-old boy was airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital on Monday after a wakeboarding accident at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
The exact meaning behind the message and the motives of a suspect whose actions sparked a roughly 90-minute standoff Friday near the Hoover Dam with law enforcement officials remained unclear Saturday.
On Monday afternoon, nearly 50 years since she last saw her first love, Navin sat among at least 300 people gathered at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City to honor and remember those who died serving in the U.S. armed forces.
Those headed back to Southern California from Las Vegas after Memorial Day weekend can expect heavy traffic on Interstate 15.
One suspected drunken driver on Friday night did all the work for the Nevada Highway Patrol when he was found asleep at the wheel at the agency’s command center.
Longtime engineer, who rose to serve as CEO of the company, died Saturday in Clark County — one day after the 30th anniversary of the historic PEPCON explosions that shook the Las Vegas Valley on May 4, 1988.
The restrictions apply to areas controlled by the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Mount Charleston’s fire prevention district, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service.
Born on May 4, 1988, in a Henderson hospital, Rebekah Johnson was the youngest person injured in the historic PEPCON explosions.
The 1988 event could be felt throughout the valley and would later be described as the largest domestic, non-nuclear explosion in recorded history.
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