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Until recently, the Southern Nevada Conservation District has flown mostly under the radar. That low profile is about to change, though, now that the seven-member board has the power to ask voters to consider a tax increase. That power has the business community and elected officials asking questions about plans for the district, now known mostly for its annual Christmas tree-recycling program.
Former state Sen. Sandra Tiffany found an ad in the newspaper, responded to it and waited. When she didn’t hear back, she called a friend with connections at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.
A cross-country flight was briefly delayed Sunday morning at McCarran International Airport, after Transportation Security Administration officials discovered suspected narcotics in a piece of luggage, according to airport spokeswoman Christine Crews.
William Hatley has paid his debt to society for traveling overseas with a phony passport. Hatley, 64, pleaded guilty in federal court to making a false statement on a passport application and using the Social Security number of another person, both felonies. He was sentenced Jan. 21 to the four months behind bars he served while waiting to resolve his case.
A 44-year-old man died Sunday morning after he was hit by a car Sunday morning in North Las Vegas.
Most of the Las Vegas Valley saw light-to-moderate showers Sunday. There are chances for “another round of showers” and even snow flurries Monday morning, the National Weather Service said.
A lightning strike caused a fire Sunday at a house within the Las Vegas Country Club neighborhood, a fire official said.
A man who went missing on Friday has been found, police said.
A man who was taken to the hospital in critical condition after a Saturday mobile home fire has died, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.
A move toward consistency may help get child welfare cases resolved faster and children into permanent homes sooner.
Clashes between Republican lawmakers and Clark County School District officials have started to overshadow a study to carve up the nation’s fifth-largest school system despite hopes that politics wouldn’t interfere with that process.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Sunday identified a woman who was killed in a wreck early Wednesday after her car was struck by a stolen SUV.
Homa Woodrum makes a living as a guardianship attorney, but it is her work as an allergy advocate that she calls her “passion project.”
The gun lobby is often portrayed as a goliath, but in the fight in Nevada over the Background Check Initiative, it might be the underdog.
Saturday’s high temperature set a record at 74 degrees, eclipsing the old mark for Jan. 31, set in 2014, by a single degree. “It’s not terribly unusual to have a warm day in January,” National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Outler said. “However, it is warmer than normal.”
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“It’s just heartbreaking,” said Judy Roman, whose houseboat was totaled and whose security camera recorded the fire.
Members of the Henderson Fire Department demonstrated how they respond to a 911 call about a child trapped in a hot car.
A fatal shooting at a Walmart parking lot is being investigated as a possible case of self-defense, according to the Henderson Police Department.
A suspect accused in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian told investigators that she had struck construction equipment, according to her arrest report.
