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Hundreds expected to protest proposed Blue Diamond Hill project

Heather Fisher, president of the environmental nonprofit Save Red Rock, expects hundreds of people to wear the color as a sign of protest against proposed development on Blue Diamond Hill, which lies next to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

Las Vegas Boy Scouts plant US flags on Presidents Day

At approximately 6:15 a.m. Monday morning, a silver pickup truck stopped outside a house in a Spring Valley neighborhood. Two men got out and stuck a piece of rebar into a corner of the front yard before sliding on a plastic pipe with an American flag on top.

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Las Vegas traffic doesn’t exactly stack up with rest of world

The average driver spent 21.6 hours sitting in traffic during peak commuting times all of last year in Las Vegas, ranking 333rd out of 1,064 cities around the globe, according to a report released Monday by Inrix, a transportation analysis company in Kirkland, Washington.

Frank Marino’s new ‘Divas’ are Adele, Benatar and Shannel

Frank Marino has portrayed Joan Rivers for 32 years in “Divas Las Vegas,” and is rocking up the show by adding Pat Benatar and Adele, as played by drag star Shannel, to the lineup.

Reno area under flood warning again

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Reno area amid heavy rainfall and a winter storm warning in the Sierra Nevada.

Las Vegas woman searches for answers in son’s shooting death

Las Vegas police found Jared Medina’s body on Jan. 5 on West Lake Mead Boulevard. First responders did not notice any signs of trauma, but an autopsy the next day showed he had been shot in the back.