“The reality is that there are people that are going to try and take advantage of the crisis,” said Aaron Rouse, special agent in charge of the Las Vegas field office.
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“The main resource we really need right now is the human kind — volunteers,” said Daniele Staple, executive director of the Rape Crisis Center.
During the first week of Nevada’s initial emergence from the coronavirus-triggered shutdown, the state’s largest charity devoted to ending domestic violence experienced an explosion of calls to its hotline.
Authorities suspect that John Dabritz committed crimes involving an explosive device in Nye County just prior to the fatal shooting of a Nevada Highway Patrol sergeant.
A motive in the March 27 shooting of a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper was revealed for the first time in public court documents obtained Thursday by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Quick quiz: What’s one of the safest beverages you can drink in Southern Nevada? If your answer is “tap water,” you’re right! Southern Nevada’s municipal water supply meets or surpasses all State of Nevada and Federal Safe Drinking Water Act standards. In fact, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) tests your water 300,000 times a […]
Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
A weak trough passing north of Las Vegas will bring some gusty winds as the only blemish on a Memorial Day weekend forecast, says the National Weather Service.
Nicholas Bott, 44, had been facing a felony charge of child abuse and a gross misdemeanor count of contact with a minor.
Safety while boating at Lake Mead National Recreation Area has long been an issue, leading to several deaths almost every year since 2000.