Promoters of the RiSE Festival cleared one of their last hurdles Tuesday night with the successful test launch of a couple hundred sky lanterns before an audience of several dozen public lands officials.
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The newly formed Blue Ribbon committee appointed to examine shortcomings in Clark County child welfare services met on Tuesday to hear a wide range of problems facing the system and the courts.
Clark County commissioners are considering a proposed ordinance that would affect taverns like Dotty’s that serve food and offer gaming. Among the proposed changes, taverns with slot machines would be required to get at least half of their revenue from the sale of food and beverages.
Questions about travel with an emphasis on any recent visit to West Africa have increased in priority in Southern Nevada emergency rooms because of concerns about the Ebola virus.
Clark County commissioners on Tuesday approved an $11 million contract that includes longevity pay for University Medical Center employees who are represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 1107.
Henderson City Council members approved a two-year state lobbyist contract for $228,000 for Richard Perkins, the city’s former police chief.
A Las Vegas man who died Sunday in an off-roading accident at Dumont Dunes was identified Tuesday by the San Bernardino County coroner’s office. Justin Matthew Walker, 22, died after his all-terrain vehicle flipped several times and he was ejected, according to the coroner.
Clark County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved an agreement that will allow the sheriff to take over the duties of the abolished Las Vegas Township constable’s office in January.
A man accused of severely beating a 3-year-old boy — fracturing a bone near his eye, causing bruising all over and even biting him — was known to be violent, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.
A 27-year-old Las Vegas father was sentenced to between 10 and 30 years in prison Tuesday in the death of his toddler son, despite a plea from the boy’s mother to keep her husband out of prison.
A woman who allegedly led authorities on a car chase in Idaho and shot her surrendering boyfriend before being shot by sheriff’s deputies pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to robbing two Las Vegas banks.
Las Vegas police say two men and a woman showed up at Domingo Alva-Gonzalez’s home with his stolen Chevrolet pickup and then swiped the rest of his belongings the day after his body was found in the Colorado River.
Federal prosecutors Tuesday moved to dismiss a second misdemeanor against a Phoenix woman accused of throwing a shoe at Hillary Clinton during an April speech in Las Vegas.
One person was hospitalized after being shot in the northeast valley Tuesday morning, Las Vegas police said.
A pedestrian from India who was hospitalized after being struck in a September hit-and-run has died, Las Vegas police said on Monday.
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