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New program has Las Vegas nurses taking calls

In cases where patients need medical care but not necessarily an ambulance, the nurses can order up a 21st-century alternative — a Lyft to pick the patient up and take them to a hospital or an urgent care facility.

UNLV’s new $1 million microscope to boost research

Carrying a price tag of nearly $1 million, a high-speed, laser-scanning microscope — the first of its kind in the state — will be coming to UNLV next spring.

Woman in custody after toddler taken in central Las Vegas

A woman is in custody after a child was taken Saturday afternoon in the central Las Vegas Valley, police said. The boy was later found, and the woman was taken into custody, police said.

Residents dive into the past about Las Vegas female pioneer

Nearly 140 years after Helen Stewart and her husband settled in Southern Nevada, locals gathered where the couple’s ranch once stood to learn about her achievements in the late 1800s.

Fire extinguished at Westgate near Las Vegas Strip

Clark County Fire Department crews responded about 5:50 p.m. to the Westgate, 3000 Paradise Road, dispatch records show. Black smoke was seen coming from near the hotel.

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New details released in Henderson couple’s deaths

New details of a March murder-suicide in Henderson that left two people dead were released Saturday by the Clark County coroner’s office.

Basque Fry speeches delight conservatives in Nevada

Speakers at the third annual Basque Fry gave red meat speeches to an appreciative crowd of 3,000 who flocked to the conservative Republican gathering in Northern Nevada.

 
Fun Walk opens new MLK segment to Las Vegas residents Saturday

The department’s Fun Walk Saturday morning aimed to give residents a taste of a 3.7 mile Interstate 15 reconstruction between Sahara and the Spaghetti Bowl. By about 9 a.m. Saturday, only a handful of individuals, mostly nearby locals and those with NDOT connections, made it to the event.